Elizabeth Ransom is a visual artist and researcher working with alternative photographic practices. She is also a teaching assistant and associate lecturer for the MFA and BA photography courses at UCA Farnham. As an artist Ransom takes from her own life experiences of migration to explore hybridity, home and memory. Her work has been exhibited internationally in the UK, India, Mexico, China and the US.
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EDUCATION
Current MPhil/PhD University for the Creative Arts, Farnham, UK
2019 Post Graduate Certificate in Creative Arts Education, University for the Creative Arts, Epsom, UK
2016 Master of Fine Arts, Photography, University for the Creative Arts, Farnham, UK
2012 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours), Western Washington University, WA, USA
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS AND PUBLICATIONS IN 2021
1 - 31 Oct 2021 WIP, Foyer Gallery UCA, Farnham UK
13-19 July 2021 Materiality and Landscape, Brewery Tap UCA Project Space, Folkestone UK
Out Now! United, Work Show Grow Publication, Worldwide (Order your free copy HERE)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 Remembering Nature, Farnham Pottery, Farnham UK
2020 W.I.P Work in Progress PhD Exhibition, Brewery Tap UCA Project Space, Folkestone UK
2020 Out of Isolation, University for the Creative Arts, Farnham UK
2017 London Pinhole Festival, Four Corners Gallery, London, UK
2016 The One Fest Goa International Photo Festival, Goa, India
2016 Flash, The Lightbox Gallery and Museum, Woking, UK
2016 F:38, Hoxton Arches, London, UK
2016 UCA Graduate Show, University for the Creative Arts, Farnham, UK
2016 Highlights from the University of the Creative Arts, Farnham, The Lightbox Gallery and Museum, Woking, UK
2015 Oaxaca Estenopeica, World Pin Hole Day Pop up Show, Oaxaca Mexico and Edinburgh Scotland
2015 First Phase, Lishui Photography Festival, Lishui, China
2014 Volunteer Art Show, Seattle Art Museum, WA, USA
2013 The Collective Body, University for the Creative Arts, Farnham, UK
2012 Flux-B, B-Gallery, WA, USA
2012 Beyond Borders International College Art Competition, Viking Union Gallery, WA, USA
2012 Obscure: Pinhole Exhibition, B-Gallery, WA, USA
2011 SEM Landscape Installation, SMATE, WA, USA
2011 Two Heads are Better Than One, Western Washington University, WA USA
2011 True Grid, Wilson Library Sky Bridge, WA, USA
2011 Everything Small, Viking Union Gallery, WA, USA
TEACHING
Current Associate Lecturer BA Photography, University for the Creative Arts, Farnham UK
Current Teaching Assistant MFA Photography, University for the Creative Arts, Farnham, UK
2012 Teaching Assistant, Western Washington University, WA, USA
VISITING LECTURER
Frances Bardsley Academy for Girls
West Highland College UHI
Western Washington University
RESEARCH
2021 Putting ourselves in the picture, AHRC/UKRI Fellowship, Assistant Researcher & Project Administrator, UCA, UK
2019 KATALOG Journal Special Issue 30.2 Fast Forward Women in Photography, Editorial Assistant, UCA, UK
2016 British Women in Photography, The Lightbox Gallery and Museum, Research Assistant, Woking, UK
2016 Elisabeth Frink Horse (1980), Milton Keynes Council, Research Assistant, Milton Keynes, UK
PUBLISHED WORK
2021 'United', Work Show Grow, (Order your free copy HERE)
2019 'Discussions in Online Collaborative Work, Cohesion and Learning in Higher Education and Cake' by Smart, Ransom,
Le Fevre, Sheldon, Jones & Mensink, Journal of Useful Investigations in Creative Education, UCA, UK (Read on the JUICE website HERE)
2016 ‘Out of Obscurity – Flowers Gallery’ Fleur and Arbor, Online (Read on the Fleur and Arbor website HERE)
2012 The Stone Issue, The Planet Magazine, Western Washington University, WA, USA
(Read on The Planet website HERE)
CURATORIAL
2018 Flora, Woking Train Station, Woking, UK
Ongoing since 2016 UCA Farnham: Graduate Photography Show, The Lightbox Gallery and Museum, Woking
WORKSHOPS
2021 Botanical Camera-less Photography Workshop, Farnham Pottery
2020 Cyanotype Camera-less Photography, Farnham Pottery
2020 Experimental Cyanotypes Workshops, Farnham Pottery
2020 Introduction to Cyanotypes Workshop, Farnham Pottery
2020 Introduction to Anthotypes Workshop, Online
COMMISSIONS
2011 Flora, Macy's Flagship Department Store, WA, USA
INTERNSHIP
2015-2016 Exhibition Intern, The Lightbox Gallery and Museum, Woking, UK
VOLUNTEER WORK
2014-2015 Ambassador, Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle Art Museum, WA, USA,
