Ela Boyd // CV

Ela Boyd is currently a Visual Art MFA candidate at UCSD. She is originally from Hollywood, CA and received her BFA from California College of Arts in San Francisco. In her work, she explores phenomenological issues with the interplay of light, space and time. Her methodology involves collapsing spatiotemporal modalities using photography, collage, sculpture and new media installation works. Most recently, she has been working with interactive media to fuse various modes of visual perception and offer an experience of a new ontological paradigm. Her work has been exhibited in various galleries and art spaces within California, including LA Center for Digital Art, Lawrence Ascher Gallery, Barnsdall Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery and Pharmaka Gallery. In 2005, Boyd attended an artist residency at Est Nord Est in Quebec and has been included International exhibitions in Canada and Portugal.

Solo Exhibitions:
2005 Ephemeral Phenomena, Atelier Deluxe Musique/ADM project, Los Angeles, CA
2003 Alchemical Phenomena, Nexus Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2001 Window Installation, Art Institute of Boston, MA
2001 Objectivity/Seeing the Earth from SpaceInstallation, Scuola Lorenzo Di Medici, Italy
2001 Perceive Installation, Scuola Lorenzo Di Medici, Italy
2000 Waterfall Window Projection Installation, Art Institute of Boston, MA


Group Exhibitions:
2011 Slide Projector, Agitprop,San Diego, CA
2011 Many Worlds, Many Times, ARTifact Gallery, UCSD, San Diego, CA
2011 Practice Diagrams, UCSD MFA Visual Art Department Gallery, San Diego, CA
2011 Actualities, Window Installation, LACDA, Los Angeles, CA
2011 Future Show, UCSD MFA Visual Art Department Gallery, San Diego, CA
2010 Bottomless Swap Meet, UCSD MFA Visual Art Department Gallery, San Diego, CA
2010 UCIRA Conference Open Studios, UCSD MFA Visual Art Department, San Diego, CA
2010 Concatenation, LACDA, Los Angeles, CA
2010 Room to Read Auction, Saint Vibiana, Los Angeles, CA
2010 International Mail Art Exhibition, Pasadena Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
2009 New and Improved II, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
2009 Open Call LA, Barnsdall Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2009 Wisdom Within Us, Create:Fixate, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Through the Looking Glass, Salon Oblique, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Works on Paper, Pharmaka Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008 New and Improved, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Art Montreal, Dare Dare, Montreal, Canada
2006 Small Wonders, Pharmaka Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006 Photo SF, San Francisco, CA
2006 Bitscapes, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
2006 Summer Survey, Lawrence Ascher Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006 A Galinha Da Vizinha e Melhor Que A Minha, 555, Portugal, Spain
2005 Small Wonders, Pharmaka Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Unbound, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Superfuzz, Montmartre, Hollywood, CA
2005 Love, Atelier Deluxe Musique/ADM project, Hollywood, CA
2005 Snap to Grid, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
2004 Best of the Bay, SOMA Arts and Artwork SF, SOMA Arts Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2004 Summer in the City, New Expressions RX Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2004 Luminous Glass, Venusian Gardens, New Orleans, LA as part of the Annual International Glass Art Society Conference
2004 Artists Rise, Guerilla Gallery, 2nd + Folsom, San Francisco, CA
2003 13 Artists 1 Street,Guerilla Gallery Jupiter, Berkeley, CA
2002 Space Time Continuum, Outdoor Installation Joaquin Miller, Oakland, CA
2000 Emerald Necklace, Outdoor Installation at the Emerald Necklace Riverway Boston, MA
1999 Dualities, Pasadena Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
Artist in Residence/ Instruction:
Current TA for Computing in the Arts courses UCSD undergraduate program, San Diego, CA
2005 Artist In Residence Le Centre Sculptuer Est Nord Est, Saint Jean Port Joli, Quebec, Canada
2005 Image Transfer Workshop Instructor, Le Centre Sculptuer Est Nord Est, Quebec, Canada
2005 Art Instructor, Tinker and Totally Kids, Los Angeles, CA

Education
Current University of California San Diego, Visual Arts Department MFA Candidate
2007 Advanced Photoshop, UCLA Extension
2001-2003 California College of Arts, San Francisco, CA BFA Individualized Major, Merit Scholarship, Dean’s List, Sculpture and Installation, using: glass, video, new media, sound and light, visual criticism
2000 Scoula Lorenzo Di Medici, Florence, Italy Art History, sculpture, video and Italia
Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA: Photography Major, Merit Scholarship, Dean’s List, Fine Art Photography, medium and large format, black & white and color printing, alternative process, documentary photo, visual criticism and philosophy