Liz Rodda

Born 1982, Sacramento, CA

Currently lives and works in Austin, TX

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2016

Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA

2015

Total Body, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX

Impressions, David Shelton Gallery, Houston, TX

2013

Clockwise, Crisp-Ellert Art Museum, Flagler College, St Augustine, FL

2012

Altered States, Texas State University, School of Art & Design, San Marcos, TX

2011

Tomorrows, Brand 10 Art Space, Fort Worth, TX

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND SCREENINGS

2015

Surf Club, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA

Super/Natural, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA

2014

Festival of (In)Appropriation, curators: Jaimie Baron, Lauren Berliner and Greg Cohen, traveling screening sponsored by the Los Angeles Film Forum: The Egyptian Theatre, Los Angeles, CA; Northwest Filmforum, Seattle, WA; Metro Cinema, Edmonton, Canada; Spectacle Theater, Brooklyn, Anthology Film Archives, NYC

Screen Shots, curator: Vera Petukho, Northwest Film Forum, Seattle, WA

Drop Shot, curators: Cody Bryant, Sarah Alice Moran, Dead Space Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

Filmideo, curators: Amanda Thackray and Karl Erickson, Index Art Center, Newark, NJ

Core Samples, curator: Adrian Zuniga, Galleri Urbane, Dallas, TX

Object Abuse, Spinach Gallery, London, UK

The Video Show, Raritan Valley Community College, Branchburg, NJ

The Temporary Show, curator: JenClare Gawaran, Whitadel Arts, Detriot, MI

2013

Texas Biennial, curators: Bill Arning, René Paul Barilleaux, Christian Gerstheimer, K8 Hardy, Teresa Hubbard / Alexander Birchler, Annette Lawrence, David Pagel, Bárbara Perea, Christina Rees, Dario Robleto, Noah Simblist, Jeremy Strick and Clint Willou; Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum, San Antonio, TX

N-Minutes Video Art Festival, curator: Lury Lech Polanski, Shanghai, China

Moving Pictures, Brand 10 Art Space, Fort Worth, TX

Filmideo, curator: Lowell Craig, Index Art Center, Newark, NJ

2012

Optic Nerve 14, curator: Bonnie Clearwater, The Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami; BIG SCREEN PLAZA, New York, NY; and de la Cruz Collection Contemporary Art Space, Miami, FL

Kiss the Future, curators: Patrick Michalopoulos and Ismail Erbil, Schwartz Gallery, London, UK

MADATAC 04, Contemporary New Media Audio-Visual Festival, Madrid, Spain                  

Paradoxes in Video, curator: Larry Caveney, Garage 4141 Gallery, San Diego, CA

Interlife Crisis, curator: Andrea Steves, Tim Furstnau, Isabel Blue, Rani Ban, FICTILIS, Seattle, WA

Art Now, City Arts Center, Oklahoma City, OK

Arrest Me, curator: Scott Lawrimore, Director of the Frye Art Museum, Punch Gallery, Seattle, WA

2011

Land Before Skype, curator: Aaron Walker, CS13, Cincinnati, OH

Video Loops, Rabbithole Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

Short & Sweet, Wildlife Preserve Summer Film Series, Boston, MA

How To: A Video Anthology, curator: Ariel Evans, Big Medium, Austin, TX

A Century of Artists Films, curator: Michael Cousin, Oriel Mwldan, Cardigan, UK

Chain Letter, Shoshana Wayne, Los Angeles, CA

Space Reliant, curator: Hannah Israel, Illges Gallery, Columbus State University, Columbus, GA

Art 365, curator: Shannon Fitzgerald, Untitled Art Space, Oklahoma City and Living Arts, Tulsa, OK

Receiver Time-Based Media Festival, Communications Museum, Charleston, SC

2010

Video_Dumbo, curators: Caspar Stracke & Gabriela Monroy, Dumbo Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY

MISC: Video & Performance, curator: by Zeina Assaf, NY Studio Gallery, New York, NY

Up & Coming, curator: by Michael Cousin, Independents Liverpool Biennial, Domino Gallery, Liverpool, UK

Art & Architecture, Gowanus Ballroom, Brooklyn, NY

Open Studio, Takt Kunstprojektraum, Berlin, Germany

Terminal, curator: Jodi Gresham, Upgrade! Tennessee, Austin Peay University, Clarksville, TN

Outcasting Season 11, curator: Michael Cousin, Wales, UK, internet broadcast

2009

Polymer: Contemporary Video Art, curator: SEED, Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, TN

Extremely Shorts, curator: Bill Arning, Aurora Picture Show, Houston, TX

Double Vision, Basile Auditorum, Herron School of Art & Design, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN

Digital/Ritual, SMart Festival, curator: Curatorial Studio, Open Concept Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI

Without Borders VI: Conjunction, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME; University of Maine Museum of Art, Bangor, ME; and Space Gallery, Portland, ME

Interactive Works, (in conjunction w/Troika Live-I Workshop) 3LD Art & Technology Center, New York, NY

Her Shorts International Women’s Video Festival, curator: Plugged Art Collective, Fishbowl Gallery, Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology, Nelson, New Zealand

2008

White/Box/Group/Show, 5 Art Gallery, Tampa, FL

Split this Rock, curator: Francesco Levato, The Poetry Center of Chicago, Chicago, IL

ZEBRA Video Festival, curator: Francesco Levato, Literaturwerkstatt, Berlin, Germany

Her Shorts, curator: Plugged Art Collective, 3 Ring Circus Productions, New Orleans, LA

2007

Red Lines, Death Vows, Foreclosures, Risk Structures, in collaboration with The Center For Advanced Visual Art & The Center For Urban Pedagogy, MIT Museum Compton Gallery, Boston, MA

Static/Flux, MK Gallery, Portland State University, Portland, OR

Vanguard Video Festival, curator: Shoshana Brand, Echo Park Film Center, Los Angeles, CA

Art As Process, curator: Charles Goss, Lynn Arts Center, Lynn, MA

Her Shorts, curator: Gina Cestaro,Plugged Video Collective, Historic Y, Tuscon, AZ

2006

Boston Young Contemporaries, curators: Kiki Smith, Gideon Bok & Laura Donaldson, 808 Gallery, Boston, MA

Common Language, curator: Adriana Rios, GALLERIA 10+36, Medellin, Columbia

After Ashley, Boston Center for the Arts Plaza Theatre, Boston, MA (video projections for theatre)

MFA Thesis Exhibition, Bakalar Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA

Are You Together?, curator: Samuel Topiary,Mix 18 New York Experimental Film Festival, Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY

 

AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES

2015

Fountainhead Artist Residency, Miami, FL

REP Grant, “Sound, Site & The Moving Image,” Texas State University

2014

Wassaic Artist Residency, Wassaic, NY

VIDEO FOCUS/Stigmart 10, featured artist (essay & interview)

Creative Capital Development Workshop, Selected Participant, The Contemporary Austin

2013

Vermont Studio Center Artist Residency, Johnson, VT

2011

Resident for Visiting Artists & Scholars Program, Columbus State University, Department of Art, Columbus, GA

2010

Takt Kunstprojektraum Artist Residency, Berlin, Germany

2009

Art 365 Fellowship, Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition

Professional Basic Grant, Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition

2008

Jr. Faculty Research Grant, University of Oklahoma                 

2007

The Experimental Television Center Artist Residency, Owego, NY

2006

Co. 1 Residency (Video Design for Theater Production, Boston Center for the Arts Plaza Theater)

 

LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS

2015

Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX

Fountainhead Residency, Miami, FL

1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA

2014

Wassaic Art Project, Wassaic, NY

2013

Crisp-Ellert Art Museum, St. Augustine, FL

Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT

2011

University of Wisconsin-Madison, Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, WI

OAEA Conference, “Time & The Moving Image”, University of Oklahoma, School of Art

Columbus State University Art Department, artist lecture, Columbus, GA

Untitled Art Space, Oklahoma City, OK

2009

Beijing School of the Arts, Renmin University, Beijing, China

2007

Massachusetts College of Art, artist panel, Boston, MA

2006

Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA

University of Massachusetts Boston, MA

 

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

2015

Rodda, Liz. Interview by Gracelee Lawrence, International Sculpture Center. Web. (upcoming)

Newhall, Edith, “Surf’s Up,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, January 18.

2014

Rodda, Liz. Interview by STIGMART10, VIDEOFOCUS. http://issuu.com/stigmart10press/docs/stigmart_videofocus_-_special_issue

Wissot, Lauren, “The Festival of (In)Appropriation #6 at Los Angeles Filmforum,” Filmmaker Magazine, February 15.

Nordine, Michael, “A Found Footage Fest at L.A. Filmforum,” LA Weekly Arts and Culture, February 12.

2013

Rodda, Liz. Interview by Daniel Brown. Circular Motion, STAREHOUSE. Web. 15 August.

"Take This Quiz." At Length. Elaine Bleakney and Julie Dickover, http://atlengthmag.com/art/take-this-quiz/

2012

Houdek, Alesh, “Optic Nerve 14 at MoCA”, Critical Miami, 20 September.

Morgenstern, Hans, “Optic Nerve 14,” New Times Miami, Visual Arts, 17 September.

Van Ryzin, Jeanne Claire, “The art of chance: Liz Rodda,” The Austin Chronicle, 29 August.

2011

Carter, Rebecca, “Liz Rodda’s ‘Tomorrows’ at Brand 10,” Glasstire, 21 July.

Hearst, Alison, “She Will Encounter Some Kind of Accident,” Art 365 catalogue essay.

Fitzgerald, Shannon, “A Desirable Trajectory,” Art 365 catalogue essay.

Robinson, Gaile, “Liz Rodda’s Tomorrows”, Star-Telegram, 23 June.

Brandenburg, John, “Art Exhibit Showcases Works of Five Artists,” News OK 3 April.

McDonnell, Brandy, "Grants Encourage Artists to Experiment," News OK 25 March.

Matin, Charles, “Fast Five,” Oklahoma Gazette 23 March 2011.

Arthur, Dee Dee, “Shock, awe and hot dogs,” Charleston City Paper, 14 Mar.

Ryan, Lisa, “Ready to Receive,” Charleston City Paper, 8 Mar.

"Featured Artists," Gowanus Ballroom, Web. 8 Mar. http://gowanusballroom.com/category/featuredartists/.

2010

Wall, Holly, "Art 365: Liz Rodda," Art Focus, July/August: 18-20.

Williams, Libby, "365 Degrees and Rising," Urban Tulsa Weekly, August: 18-20.

Kirt, Julia, "Gallery Relationships” Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, 18 Oct. Web.

"Die Fantastischen Fier: Liz Rodda… Silke Super," Motor FM: Berlin, Germany, 22 July. Radio.

Video interview for DVD Catalogue: Art 365, sponsor: Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition.

2009                 

Without Borders VI: Conjunction, Volume 6 No. 1, University of Maine Intermedia MFA

 

EDUCATION

2006

MFA, Studio for Interrelated Media, Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Boston, MA

2004

BA English, Willamette University, Salem, OR

2002

Study Abroad Universite d’Aix-en-Marseilles III Aix-en-Provence, France

 

PROFESSIONAL

Assistant Professor, Texas State University, School of Art & Design, San Marcos, TX