Elizabeth Atterbury
Elizabeth Atterbury (b. 1982, West Palm Beach, FL) received a BFA from Hampshire College and an MFA from MassArt. She lives and works in Portland, Maine. Recent solo exhibitions include Mrs. (Queens), Document (Chicago), The Colby College Museum of Art (Waterville, ME) and kijidome (Boston). She has been in two person and group exhibitions at the Portland Museum of Art (Portland, ME), Kate Werble (New York), Et al. Etc (San Francisco), and Bodega (New York) among others.
Atterbury’s studio practice is fluid, fluctuating between picture making and object making, relying on a series of glyphs that the artist has created to form a coded language. Fascinated with the autonomy of the artifact – objects disassociated from their original function and context – Atterbury’s practice considers the distinction or lack thereof between artifact, prop, model and sculpture. In her monotype prints that combine chine collé and embossing techniques, Atterbury constructs ephemeral tableaux specifically for the purpose of transfiguring and recording them. Both her photographs and sculpture build upon a continued interest in display and its visual structures, along with a more recent interest in language, ritual, and abstraction.
Elizabeth Atterbury, 44 Flags 1, 2020, Chine collé and embossment
Elizabeth Atterbury, 44 Flags 1, 2020, Chine collé and embossment
Elizabeth Atterbury, 44 Flags 2, 2020, Chine collé and embossment
Elizabeth Atterbury, 44 Flags 3, 2020, Chine collé and embossment
Elizabeth Atterbury, 44 Flags 5, 2020, Chine collé and embossment
Elizabeth Atterbury, 44 Flags 6, 2020, Chine collé and embossment
Elizabeth Atterbury, 44 Flags 8, 2020, Chine collé and embossment
Elizabeth Atterbury, 44 Flags 11, 2020, Chine collé and embossment
Elizabeth Atterbury, 44 Flags 13, 2020, Chine collé and embossment
Elizabeth Atterbury, 44 Flags 20, 2020, Chine collé and embossment
Elizabeth Atterbury, 44 Flags 21, 2020, Chine collé and embossment
Elizabeth Atterbury, Center Before Outside 1, 2019, Chine collé and embossment
Elizabeth Atterbury, Center Before Outside 3, 2019, Chine collé and embossment
Elizabeth Atterbury, Center Before Outside 6, 2019, Chine collé and embossment
Elizabeth Atterbury, Center Before Outside 9, 2019, Chine collé and embossment
Elizabeth Atterbury, Center Before Outside 10, 2019, Chine collé and embossment
Elizabeth Atterbury, Center Before Outside 28, 2019, Chine collé and embossment
Elizabeth Atterbury, Center Before Outside 36, 2019, Chine collé and embossment
Elizabeth Atterbury, Center Before Outside 39, 2019, Chine collé and embossment
Elizabeth Atterbury, Three Walking, 2019, Mortar, plywood, and glue
Elizabeth Atterbury, Center Before Outside (Red, Yellow, Blue, Black), 2019, Mortar, plywood, glue
Elizabeth Atterbury, Labor, 2019, Mortar, plywood, and glue
Elizabeth Atterbury, Tango Tango, 2020, Mortar, plywood, and glue
Elizabeth Atterbury, Tango Tango (detail), 2020, Mortar, plywood, and glue
Elizabeth Atterbury, The Well is a Wall, 2020, Mortar, plywood, and glue
Elizabeth Atterbury, The Well is a Wall (detail), 2020, Mortar, plywood, and glue
Elizabeth Atterbury, 26 Waves, 2018, Mortar, plywood and glue, 22 3/4 x 19 x 1 in
Elizabeth Atterbury, Alone at night, 2018, Mortar, plywood and glue, 23 x 19 x 1 in
Elizabeth Atterbury, Still life with bowl and mirror, 2018, Mortar, plywood and glue, 23 x 19 x 1 in
Elizabeth Atterbury, Anonymous Old Poem, 2018, Mortar, plywood and glue, 23 x 19 x 1 in
Elizabeth Atterbury, Another Poem, 2018, Mortar, plywood and glue, 23 x 19 x 1 in
Installation view, Night Comes In,
2018,
Mrs., New York,
Clockwise from the floor:
Arrangement 1 (Discoveries), 2018, Mixed media, Dimensions variable; Beads III, 2018, Peach pits, 61.5 x 1 x 1 inches; River Poem, 2018, Mortar, plywood, glue, 23 x 19 x 1 inches
Em Oh Em,
2017,
Beach Sand, basswood
8.5 x 3.5 x 2.25 inches (each)
Urn,
2018,
Basswood, ash,
7 x 7 x 3.625 inches
Elizabeth Atterbury, Calligraphy Frame, 2018, Maple, acrylic paint, glue, 60 x 40 x 1 in
Elizabeth Atterbury, The Well, Again (Pool), 2017, Beach sand, glue, MDF, 10 1/2 x 8 x 6 1/4 in
Elizabeth Atterbury, The Well, The Wall, 2016, Silver gelatin print, 20 x 24 in, Edition of 3
Elizabeth Atterbury, Beach Woks (Marks of a Tool II), 2016, Silver gelatin print, 20 x 24 in, Edition of 3
Elizabeth Atterbury, Ghost Tracks, 2014, Silver gelatin print, 24 x 20 in
Elizabeth Atterbury, Still Life with Popcorn and Pits, 2016, Silver gelatin print, 11 x 14 in, Edition of 3
Installation view at DOCUMENT
Elizabeth Atterbury, Logogram III, 2016, Silver gelatin print, 20 x 24 in
Elizabeth Atterbury, Logogram II, 2016, Silver gelatin print, 20 x 24 in
Elizabeth Atterbury, Logogram I, 2016, Silver gelatin print, 20 x 24 in
Elizabeth Atterbury, Sunny Side, FL (Tomb), 2016, Enamel paint, steel, 12 x 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 in
Elizabeth Atterbury, Sunny Side, FL (The Cut), 2016, Enamel paint, steel, 13 1/2 x 28 1/2 x 1 1/4 in
Elizabeth Atterbury, Sunny Side, FL (Sunset Hedge), 2016, Enamel paint, steel, 1 1/2 x 16 x 2 1/2 in
Elizabeth Atterbury, Sunny Side, FL (Small House), 2016, Enamel paint, steel, 1 x 16 3/4 x 14 1/2 in
Elizabeth Atterbury, Sunny Side, FL (Bull Shark), 2016, Enamel paint, steel, 2 1/2 x 18 x 1 1/2 in
Elizabeth Atterbury, Sunny Side, FL (Paper Cut / Hedge), 2016, Enamel paint, steel, 10 x 9 x 1 3/4 in
Elizabeth Atterbury, Sunny Side, FL (Noguchi's Intetra, Mist Fountain), 2016, Enamel paint, steel, 11 x 9 1/2 x 9 1/2 in
Elizabeth Atterbury, Sunny Side, FL (Lawn), 2016, Enamel paint, steel 9 x 9 in
Elizabeth Atterbury, Sunny Side, FL (Big House), 2016, Enamel paint, steel, 16 x 18 x 6 in
Elizabeth Atterbury, Sunny Side, FL (Palms), 2015, Enamel paint, steel, 17 1/2 x 11 x 16 in
Elizabeth Atterbury, Relief (China White), 2015, Plywood and paint, 33 x 48 x 1 3/4 in
Elizabeth Atterbury, Moonlight on the river, 2014, Chromogenic print, 14 x 11 in
Elizabeth Atterbury, Slow Song, 2014, Chromogenic print, 14 x 11 in
Elizabeth Atterbury, Marks of a tool, 2014, Silver gelatin print, 11 x 14 in
Elizabeth Atterbury, Rake, 2014, Silver gelatin print, 24 x 20 in
Elizabeth Atterbury, Black Beach, 2014, Silver gelatin print, 13 1/2 x 11 1/2 in, Edition of 3
Elizabeth Atterbury, Bones, 2014, Silver gelatin print, 11 x 14 in, Edition of 3
Elizabeth Atterburym Glyphs II, 2014, Silver gelatin print, 11 x 14 in
Elizabeth Atterbury, Glyphs, 2014, Silver gelatin print, 11 x 14 in
Elizabeth Atterbury, Site, 2014, Silver gelatin print, 11 x 14 in
Elizabeth Atterbury, Sculpture Park, 2014, Silver gelatin print, 11 x 14 in
Elizabeth Atterbury, Bricks, 2013
Chromogenic print, 13 1/2 x 11 1/2 in
Elizabeth Atterbury, Harry, Henri, Sal, 2013, Chromogenic print, 14 x 11 in
Elizabeth Atterbury, Blue Runner Night, 2014, Chromogenic print, 13 1/2 x 11 1/2 in, Editon of 3
