BIO
Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Elisa Schwalm completed her M.F.A. in Photography and Related Media at Parsons the New School for Design in 2011. She received her B.F.A. in Image Arts: Photography from Ryerson University, in addition to a B.A. in Psychology from Queens University. She. Her work explores a multitude of issues relating to nature, history, man and the landscape. Her photographs have been exhibited and published throughout the US, Canada and France.
CURRICULUM VITAE
education
Master of Fine Art (Photography), Parsons The New School 2011
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Photography), Ryerson University 2008
Post Graduate Diploma (Digital Media), George Brown College 2004
Certificate of Photography, Speos Photographic Institute 2002
Bachelor of Arts (Psychology & Health), Queens University 2000
solo exhibitions
2008
Solitude, Ryerson IMA 3rd Floor Gallery, Toronto, Canada
group exhibitions
2011
The Dark Side: Night Photography, 1650 Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Parsons MFA Photography Group Exhibition, Represented at Pingyao International Photography Festival Pingyao, China
2011 MFA Photography Thesis Exhibition, Aronson Gallery, Parsons The New School for Design, New York, USA
Summer Open Studio, Parsons The New School for Design, New York, USA
Speos 25th Anniversary Group Exhibition Paris & Arles, France
Work In Progress: MFA Photography, Parsons Festival, New York, USA
Spring Open Studio, Parsons The New School for Design, New York, USA
2010
Urban Landscape, 1650 Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
NYC Dance Machine: Music & Photography, Lit Lounge, New York, USA
Fall Open Studio, Parsons The New School for Design, New York, USA
Double Vision, The Case, New York, USA
Summer Open Studio, Parsons The New School for Design, New York, USA
Spring Open Studio, Parsons The New School for Design, New York, USA
2009
Fall Open Studio, Parsons The New School for Design, New York, USA
Tech Show, Parsons School of Design, New York, USA
Summer Open Studio, Parsons The New School for Design, New York, USA
Contact Show, Ben Navaee Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2008
Group Show, Ben Navaee Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Maximum Exposure, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, Canada
2007
Ryerson Gallery Holiday Show, Toronto, Canada
Crystal Ballroom, Art in the Halls @ 401 Richmond, Toronto, Canada
True and False, Niagara Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Maximum Exposure, Image Arts Building, Toronto, Canada
Documentary Media, Ryerson Image Arts Building, Toronto, Canada
3rd Year Show, Ryerson Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2006
Ryerson Gallery Holiday Show, Toronto, Canada
Human Figure, Ryerson Image Arts Building, Toronto, Canada
Maximum Exposure, Image Arts Building, Toronto, Canada
publications
MFA Photography Thesis Exhibition, Exhibition Catalog
(to download: http://photo.parsons.edu/mfa/2011_MFA_Catalog_WEB.pdf)
Urban Landscape, Exhibition Catalog, 1650 Gallery
In View: an MFA in Process, 2009
“Nine”, Photographic Book, 2007
Toronto Fashion Week Ad, Flare Magazine, March 2004
Photo Ed Magazine, Fall 2003
Toronto Star, fashion section October 2002
Toronto Fashion Week Ad, Flare Magazine, April 2002
ITM Makeup School Newsletter, Spring 2002
Chardon Savard Design School Catalogue 2001-2002