Elizabeth Withstandley
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA, USA
Artist statement
I am a research-driven multidisciplinary artist working in video installation, photography, and community-based projects. I create conceptually driven projects that explore individuality, identity, and the connections between people and their environments. My multi-channel video installations, often incorporating web-based components, present immersive portraits of individuals, groups, and cultures, inviting viewers to reflect on contemporary culture and their place within it. My work seeks to foster introspection and dialogue about the complexities of identity and the human experience.
Artwork
- Farewell Transmission, 2026. 3 channel HD Video, recording station and sculptural elements
- The Outcast of the Universe, 2025. photographic series of twelve diptychs and video trailers
- The State of Being Indivisible (I want a perfect soul), 2024. HD Video
- The State of Being Indivisible (I want a perfect soul), 2024. 5 channel HD video installation
- Getaway, 2022. 10 Channel HD video installation
- Getaway, 2022. 10 channel video installation
- Searching for the Miraculous (installation images and details), 2020. 3 channel HD video installation
- Searching for the Miraculous ( 1 minute promo clip), 2020
- The Symphony of Names: No Man Is an Island (installation views), 2018. HD video installation with 10 channel audio, speakers
- The Symphony of Names : No Man is an Island, 2018. 4 channel HD video composite with 10 channel audio, acrylic, speakers and speaker wire
- The Real Brian Wilson (installation images and details), 2017. 2 channel HD video Installation with digital artifacts
- The Real Brian Wilson (detail 2 minute clip), 2017. 2 channel HD video with digital artifacts
- You Can Not Be Replaced (installation images), 2015. 2 channel HD video
- You Can Not Be Replaced (composite view), 2015. 2 Channel HD video installation
- Collective Distance (video stills), 2020. Video Stills
- Collective Distance (1 minute clip), 2020. HD video
- A Brief History of Happiness (video still), 2018. HD Video Still
- A Brief History of Happiness ( 1 minute clip), 2018. 25 channel HD Video composite