AMBER ELISON
EDUCATION
2022 Master of Fine Arts, Photography, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
2006 BA, History, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
2015-19 Forest Park Community College, St. Louis, MO (photography, drawing,
painting, printmaking, digital media courses)
2016-18 The Living School at the Center for Action and Contemplation
EXPERIENCE
2022-23 Cofounder, Riga House Residency, Columbus, OH
2022-23 Lecturer in Film/Video, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2022 Studio Assistant, Gina Osterloh Studio, Columbus, Ohio
2021-22 Graduate Teaching Associate, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2020-21 Studio Assistant, Ann Hamilton Studio, Columbus, OH
2019-21 Dark Room, Digital Lab, and Print Lab Assistant, The Ohio State
University, Columbus, OH
2019-21 Photo/Video Editor, Urban Arts Space, Columbus, OH
2017-18 Dark Room Lab Assistant, Forest Park Community College, St. Louis, MO
2016-17 Assistant Art Director, Revival School for the Arts, St. Louis, MO
2015 Curatorial Intern, The Luminary, St. Louis, MO
SHOWS
2023 Folds, Project: ARTspace, New York, NY (fall, 2024)
2023 Roy Presents: Emerging Artist Show, Roy G Biv Gallery, Columbus, OH
2023 Little Poems for Little Kings, photography collaboration and publication for poetry
chapbook with artist Ryan J. Eilbeck of Natural Sway
2022 Songs from Within, Columbus Printed Arts Center & The Fort, Columbus, OH
2022 17 Days Project, Atrium Gallery at Richmond Center for Visual Arts, Kalamazoo,
MI & The Bret Llewellyn Art Gallery at Alfred State College, Alfred, NY
2022 Guest Collaborator for Dream Clinic, at Dream Clinic Gallery, Columbus, OH
2022 this, that, and the other thing, Graduate Thesis Exhibition, Urban Arts
Space, Columbus, OH
2022 Fergus Scholarship Award Exhibition, Urban Arts Space, Columbus, OH
2021 Duo III, a collaborative online video presentation with Yildiz S. Güventürk,
2021 OSU MFA Dance Thesis Show, Columbus, OH
2020 24-Hour Drama, Hybrid Arts Lab, Columbus, OH
2020 Liminal Habit, video duet presentation for Summer Series at Urban Arts
Space, Columbus, OH
2020 Fergus Scholarship Award Exhibition, Hopkins Hall Gallery, Columbus,
OH
2020 ImageOHIO, ROY G BIV Gallery, Columbus, OH
2020 Consummate Love, Hopkins Hall Gallery, Columbus, OH
2019 Urban, St. Charles Community College, St. Louis, MO
2018 The Exhibition XXXIV, Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
2018 Resolve, Intersect Arts Center, St. Louis, MO
2016 Varsity Arts, Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
2015 After Dark, The Chapel Gallery, St. Louis, MO
RESIDENCIES, AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS
2023 Greater Columbus Arts Council Individual Artist Grant Recipient
2022 Cove Park Residency, Argyll & Bute, Scotland
2022 The Ohio State University Fergus Residency Grant Recipient
2022 Greater Columbus Arts Council Individual Artist Grant Recipient
2022 Fergus Family Scholarship and Award Exhibition Recipient
2021 The Ohio State University Fergus Residency Grant Recipient
2021 Greater Columbus Arts Council Individual Artist Grant Recipient
2020 Fergus Family Scholarship and Award Exhibition Recipient
ARTIST PRESENTATIONS & PANELS
2023 Artist Talk at Kenyon College, Gambier, OH
2022 Artist Talk at Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus, OH
2020 Summer Series Featured Artist, Urban Arts Space, Columbus, OH
2020 Artist Panel Discussion, ImageOhio, Shot Tower Gallery, Columbus,
OH
2020 Artist Presentation, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2020 Graduate Student Artist Panel, OSU Arts Scholars Program, Columbus,
OH