CV- Elizabeth Souza
elizabeth.elizartist@gmail.com
Education
2023 MFA, Master of Fine Arts, (with distinction) Concentration Painting and Drawing California State University, Northridge.
2018 BA, Bachelor of Art, Cum Laude, Studio Art, California State University, Channel Islands. Semester Honors 2016, 2017, 2018
Professional Experience
2024 Lecturer, Life Drawing, California State University, Northridge
2023 Lecturer, Life Drawing and Advanced Drawing, California State University Channel Islands.
2023 Lecturer, Drawing, California State University Northridge.
2023 Professor Of Record, Drawing, California State University Northridge.
2022 Instructional Student Assistant, Figure Drawing Workshop, California State University Northridge.
2022 Teaching Assistant, Drawing, California State University Northridge
2021-2022 Teaching Assistant, 2-Dimensional Design, California State University Northridge
2020-21 Focus On the Masters, Teaching Artist.
2019 Animal Makers, Figure Finishing Artist. Bellagio Fall Display.
Artist-In-Residence/Invitational Programs
2024 Land+Sky Site-Specific Art Invitational, Inaugural pilot project, Camarillo, California. September 7-15
2024 Studio Channel Islands Art Center, SCIART, Artist-In-Residence. Camarillo, California. Roxy Ray Scholarship Recipient.
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Whispered Stories, Moorpark College Art Gallery. October 19 – November 17
2022 Native – Indo – Pure, California State University Northridge, Shed Gallery. December 5 – 10
2019 Seasons of Migration, California State University, Channel Islands, Napa Hall. March 4 – April 4.
Artist Talks
2023 Moorpark College, Whispered Stories, November 9, 2023
2023 CSUN Art’s Council, May 1, 2023
2022 Collage Artists of America, May 20, 2022
2018 Art Yarn Lecture, Ventura County Handweaver’s and Spinners Guild, May 26, 2018
On Exhibit in Collections
2022 Effigies of the Departed, 2021, Mixed Media Collage on Paper, 15.5 x 11.5 inches. Mike Curb College Dean’s Office, CSUN
2021 Maybe Oma, Oil on Canvas, 36 x 24 Inches, University Student Union, CSUN
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
Bloom Shoebox Projects, Los Angeles CA February 10-February 25, 2024.
L.A. Open, 1st Place Winner, TAG Gallery Los Angeles, January 10- February 7.
Transcendence Breaking Boundaries, Santa Clarita City Hall, January 12- March 6.
2024
Time Poverty. California State University, Long Beach, Max L. Gatov Gallery, September 11- September 21.
Making Waves, California State University Channel Islands, Napa Gallery, September 14-October 14.
ArtWalk Ventura, Museum of Ventura County Pavilion. September 23-24 Ancestral Connections. Avenue 50 Studio, June 24- July 29
Graduate Exhibition, California State University, Northridge, Art Gallery, May 6-30
Small but Mighty, CSUN Shed Gallery, April 17-21.
Obsessive Accessibility, West Gallery, California State University, Northridge, February 6-16
Emergence, Studio Channel Islands Gallery, Camarillo, CA ,February 4-24
GLAMFA 23, Greater Los Angeles MFA, Accountability, Responsibility, and Sustainability. CSULB SOA Art Galleries, January 22 – February 2
2022
Alumni Art Exhibition. New Media Gallery, Ventura, CA November 10- January 13A Summer Journal, California State University, Northridge Shed Gallery, August 26-September 2
Annual Juried Student Show- Winner Juror’s Choice Award and Dean’s Purchase Award, CSUN West Gallery, California State University, Northridge.
Connections-Curator March 14-29, CSUN Shed Gallery, Northridge, CA.
Emergence After Isolation: A Painting Guild Juried Show, California State University, Northridge West Gallery, March 23-April 4.
Black Joy and Liberation Art Showcase, CSUN West Gallery, February 14-28
GLAMFA Greater Los Angeles MFA, “Connectivity,” California State University, Long Beach, SOA Art Galleries, January 24 -February 3
2021
2021-2022 Maybe Oma, on display in California State University, Northridge. Associate Dean Kandace Harris’ office.
2021
Ventura College Legacy Exhibition. Museum of Ventura County. Ventura, California. March.
2018
Arts Under the Stars, California State University Channel Islands. April 4-May 5.
Diversity and Inclusion, presented by CSUCI Art Secret Society. 643 Project Place. Ventura, California. March 2-30.
2018
32nd Annual Open Competition, Buenaventura Art Association. Ventura, California. January 16- February 10
Selected Awards and Scholarships
2024 1st Place, LA Open Exhibition, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles.
2024 Roxy Ray Artist Endowment Fund SCIART, Camarillo
2022 CSUN Annual Juried Student Show- CSUN West Gallery, Northridge, CA Winner Juror’s Choice Award and Dean’s Purchase Award
2022 Bob and Lynn Bassler Painting Scholarship
2022 Collage Artists of America Scholarship
2022 Dean’s Purchase Award, California State University Northridge for “Effigies of the Departed.”
2022 Juror’s Choice Award from Conrad Ruiz, California State University Northridge.
2021 Bob and Lynn Bassler Painting Scholarship
2020 Mary Bayramian Scholarship Fund
2020 Santa Paula Society of the Arts Award in the Field of Painting 2020 Mary Bayramian Scholarship Fund 2020 Award of Merit in Painting, Ventura College 2020 Phyllis Arnold Memorial Scholarship
Published Work
2024 New Visionary Magazine, Issue 9, February. 2011 Spin Off Magazine. Helix Scarf. Fiber Art Piece. 2011 Spin Off Magazine. A Coiled Yarn Scarf Fiber Art Piece.
Public Art
2022 Free Play: Open Scripts Toward An Anti-Racist Tomorrow. Background Painting. February 25- March 6. 2018 Sunflower Mural. Group Art Piece. Hillmont Psychiatric Center, Ventura, California.