Liz Deschenes was born on 1966 and is an American contemporary artist and educator.
17 Facts About Liz Deschenes
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Liz Deschenes's work is situated between sculpture and image and engages with post-conceptual photography and Minimalism.
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Liz Deschenes has taught at Bennington College and was a visiting artist at Columbia University's School of Visual Arts and Yale University.
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Liz Deschenes currently teaches at the School of Visual Arts, New York, and is a visiting artist in photography at Bard College.
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Liz Deschenes was born in 1966 in Boston, Massachusetts, and grew up on the South Shore, a largely homogeneous and conservative town.
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Liz Deschenes graduated from RISD in 1988 with a BFA degree in photography.
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Liz Deschenes worked in photography labs as a technician throughout her career as a young artist, becoming adept at chemical and analogue printing processes.
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In 2001, influenced by her visit to the National Association of Broadcasters' convention in Las Vegas, Liz Deschenes created her series Blue and Green Screens, which foregrounded the invisible backdrops used for special effects in film production.
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Liz Deschenes explores the materials and properties of photography, light, and perception, often in relation to the architectural environments within which they are displayed.
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Liz Deschenes "calibrates her works to the site" in order to reveal the spectator's relationship to the space, whether by encouraging new visual encounters or responding to and disrupting the architectural space.
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In 2007, Liz Deschenes presented her series of photographs titled Moire at Miguel Abreu Gallery's "Registration" exhibition.
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Liz Deschenes moved the gallery's entrance to a previously unused exterior side door, leading the viewers through a long hallway to two adjacent rooms.
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In 2014, at the invitation of the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Liz Deschenes created Gallery 7, a site-specific installation composed of three elements: eleven photographs in freestanding frames; three horizontal lines etched into the gallery walls; and the natural light from the floor-to-ceiling windows.
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In 2014, Liz Deschenes was a recipient of the prestigious Rappaport Art Prize.
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In 2018, Liz Deschenes staged her Rates exhibition at Miguel Abreu Gallery.
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Liz Deschenes' work has been included in numerous group exhibitions at the Whitney Museum of American Art, Musee d'Art Moderne, the Centre Pompidou, and Extra City Kunsthal in Antwerp.
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Liz Deschenes was featured in the 2012 Whitney Biennial and "Parcours", a two-person exhibition at The Art Institute of Chicago that she co-curated with Florian Pumhosl and Matthew Witkovsky.