About
Eliza McKenna (b. 1997, Woodstock, NY) is an artist and mystic based in the Hudson Valley, NY. Her work explores grief, memory, and consciousness within and beyond the body through photography, writing, and experimental materials. She holds a BA in Film Studies from Wesleyan University and an MFA in Photography from Pratt Institute.
Email: eliza@elizamckenna.com
CV
EDUCATION
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY — MFA August 2020 - July 2023
Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT — BA August 2016 - May 2020
EXHIBITIONS
Solo Exhibition, You Were Young and So Was I, EMACK Studio June 2025
Group Exhibition, A Testament to Loss, Too Tired Project May 2024
MFA Thesis Show, Pratt Institute May 2023
Group Exhibition, AIR Show, The Byrdcliffe Guild May-June 2023
Group Exhibition, The Portrait, Praxis Photo Arts Center July 2022
Group Exhibition, Annual Juried Art Competition, South Arkansas Arts Center July 2022
Group Exhibition, Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Schmucker Gallery at Gettysburg College June 2022
Group Exhibition, Open Vision, Decode Gallery March 2022
Virtual Group Exhibition, ECOSYSTEM X, MOZAIK Philanthropy January 2022
Photo Book, Magic Hour, Booooooom February 2021
Magazine Feature, Intercut Magazine February 2018
PRESS
“Not Only a Place, But a Feeling” Pratt Institute November 2023
“30 artists under 30 in the Hudson Valley” Times Union December 2023
ARTIST TALKS
“Meet the Artist” with Six Hudson Valley Photographers Under 30, Center for Photography at Woodstock March 2024
RESIDENCIES
Byrdcliffe AiR APRIL - August 2022
AWARDS
Shortlisted Photographer Royal Photographic Society August 2024
Finalist Film Photo Award Fall 2022
Featured Art Prize Future Art Awards: Ecosystem X Mosaik Philanthropy 2021