2020 • American Folk, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA • Between the Divides, KMR Arts, Washington Depot, CT
2019 • The Lightness and the Dark, College of Southern Maryland, La Plata, MD • Sweet Home, The River House, Capon Bridge, WV
2018 • American Folk, Salem College, Winston Salem, NC • The Lightness and the Dark/American Folk, The Barns of Rose Hill, Berryville, VA
2017 • The Lightness and the Dark, White Room Gallery, Thomas, WV
2016 • Kentucky Musicians, Seedtime on the Cumberland, Appalshop, Whitesburg, KY • Everglades, 251 Dekalb, King of Prussia, PA
2015 • Modern Tintypes of Folk Musicians, Loyal Jones Appalachian Center Gallery, Berea College, Berea, KY
2014 • American Folk, KMR Arts, Washington Depot, CT • American Folk, Foley Gallery, New York, NY • American Folk, Candela Books + Gallery, Richmond, VA
2012 • The American Ethos: Revisited, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ
2011 • A Lonesome Sound, Nashville Airport, Nashville, TN
2010 • Everglades, KMR Arts, Washington Depot, CT
2008 • Rooted, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY
Select Group Exhibitions 2020 • Revelations: Recent Photography Acquisitions, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA
2019 • American Truth, Visual Arts Gallery, The School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2018 • Southbound, The Halsey Institute, Charleston, SC • A Knowing Intimacy: A Photography Exhibit by West Virginia Women, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
2017 • The Photography Show Presented by Aipad, Candela Gallery, New York, NY • Of Metal And Light, The Halide Project, Philadelphia, PA
2015 • Imaging Eden: Photographers Discover the Everglades, Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL • PDN’s 30 Emerging Photographers, Annenberg Space for Photography, Los Angeles, CA • Dear Dave, Foley Gallery, New York, NY
2014 • The Suitcase Show: Art in the Endangered Everglades, Galleri Schaeffers Gate 5, Oslo, Norway • Flight: Aloft in the Everglades, ArtCenter South Florida, Miami, FL
2013 • The Mythology of Florida, Ogden Museum of Southern Art. New Orleans, LA • Dear Dave Magazine, Photoville. Brooklyn, NY • Tierney Fellowship, Photoville. Brooklyn, NY • Unbound!, Candela Books + Gallery, Richmond, VA • Bronx Museum Biennial, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY
2012 • Art Edition, Gallery Blume, Seoul, Korea • New Caledonia Art Festival, Gallery Blume, New Caledonia • Spoon Art Fair, Gallery Blume, Hong Kong • Photolust Benefit Auction, Photo Center NW, Seattle, WA.
2011 • Athens Photo Festival, Athens, Greece • The AIRIE Collection, Ernest F. Coe Visitor Center, Everglades National Park, FL • Identity Blueprint, Camera Club of New York, New York, NY • Developed Work, Midwest Center for Photography, Wichita, KS • Salon Photo Show, Matt Roberts Arts, London, England • Four On The Verge, 440 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY • Promises of Greatness, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
2010 • In leaves no step had trodden black, Visual Arts Museum, The School of Visual Arts, New York, NY • New Photography Selections from the 2008 – 2009 CCNY Darkroom Residency Program, Camera Club of New York, New York, NY • New York Photofest, Powerhouse, Brooklyn, NY
2009 • Linked: New Yorkers Meet Londoners, Keumsan Gallery, Heyri Art Valley, South Korea • Landscape: Voyage, KMR Arts, Washington Depot, CT • Arbor, Michael Mazzeo Gallery, New York, NY • Tektonic, Seton Hall University School of Law, Newark, NJ, Arts Guild New Jersey, Rahway, NJ, and Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ
2008 • New England/New York/New Talent 2008, Hampden Gallery, Amherst, MA • New York Photofest, Powerhouse, Brooklyn, NY
Awards • Puffin Foundation Grant, Puffin Foundation, 2015 • Assets for Artists, MASS MoCA, 2014 • PDN’s 30 2013, Photo District News, 2013 • Artist in the Marketplace, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY, 2013 • Ruth and Harold Chenven Foundation Grant, Ruth and Harold Chenven Foundation, 2012 • IPF Grant, Aaron Siskind Foundation, 2011 • Everglades National Park Artist in Residence (AIRIE), Everglades National Park, FL, 2010 • Goldwell Open Air Museum Residency, Goldwell Open Air Museum, Beatty, NV, 2010 • Puffin Foundation Grant, Puffin Foundation, 2010 • Darkroom Residency, The Camera Club of New York, 2008 • Tierney Fellowship, Tierney Family Foundation, 2007 • Alumni Scholarship, The School of Visual Arts, 2007
Publications • Harper’s Magazine. The Last Frontier: Homesteaders on the Margins of America. August 2019 • New York Times Lens Blog. Tintype Portraits of Old-Time Musicians in Appalachia. March 2019 • Smithsonian Magazine. Robert Smalls. Select images from Beaufort, South Carolina. September 2018 • Harper's Magazine, All Over This Land: Local Politics in the Age of Trump, Berkeley Springs, West Virginia. October 2017 • The Oxford American, The Book of the Dead by Catherine Venable Moore. Select images from Hawk's Nest and Surroundings, WV. December 2016 • CNN.com. Modern Day Musicians, Old-Time Feel. January 2016 • Goldenseal. Lisa Elmaleh and the Modern Art of Tintype by John Lilly. Summer 2015 • Garden and Gun. Lyrical Portraits by Steve Russell. December 2014 • The Oxford American, American Folk: Photographs by Lisa Elmaleh. Summer 2014 • Photo District News, Studio Visit by Holly Hughes. February 2014 • Harper’s Magazine. The Separating Sickness by Rebecca Solnit. Select images from Carville, LA. June 2013 • Rangefinder, In The Everglades by David Carol, June 2013 • Photo District News, PDN’s 30 2013, interview by Dzana Tsomondo, April 2013 • Photo District News, Context Is Everything, by Conor Risch, October 2012 • Rangefinder, What's In Your Bag? by David Carol, November 2012 • Harper’s Magazine. Old Mrs. J by Yoko Ogawa. Untitled, Pine Roots. February 2012 • Harper’s Magazine. Portfolio. Into the Shadow of These Trees. Images from the Everglades series. May 2011 • New York Photo Festival Blog. Various journal entries. April 2011 • Wall Done Magazine. May 2010 • NPR: The Picture Show: 100 Words, January 2010 • Harper’s Magazine. Readings section. Overgrowth. December 2009 • Dear Dave, no. 4. A Pilgrim Among Us: the Photographic Works of Lisa Elmaleh. Essay by Anna Blume. Winter 2008-2009
Education • Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree, Photography, The School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, May 2007
Teaching Experience • The School of Visual Arts, New York, NY. 2011 – Present • Penumbra Foundation, New York, NY. 2009 – Present • Pennsylvania College of Art and Design, Lancaster, PA. 2016-2017 • The Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY. 2014 – 2015 • Visiting instructor, Watkins College of Art, Design, and Film, Nashville, TN. 2013, 2014 • Summer Arts, Brooklyn Friends School, Brooklyn, NY. 2010 – 2013 • Photography Instructor, Identity Blueprint, Gallery Aferro, Newark NJ, February 2011 – March 2012
Lisa Elmaleh Photography
Lisa Elmaleh, 1984, USA, lives in West Virginia, and is a photographer who uses an 8x10 large format camera, the wet plate collodion process, and travels the country in a red pickup truck working in the Everglades and Appalachia.