Elizabeth Mihaltse Lindy (b. 1970) is a multi-disciplinary artist with a conceptual and material focus, using sculpted paper, photography, and video to delve into themes of the female body, life cycles, and material transformation. She earned a BFA in Graphic Design from the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, RI, and an MFA in Visual Art from Lesley University College of Art + Design in Cambridge, MA, and has furthered her artistic studies in painting at Parsons School of Design and The Art Students League of New York. Currently residing and working in Beacon, NY. 

My work gives life to body-sized sheets of paper in a baptism that transforms material into an embodiment of care and longing. I transmute the paper from a tight bundle, squeezed of all usefulness, and I carefully unwrap it to avoid tears. Using my body as a frame, shrouds are cast into ephemeral figures that are heavy and weightless, fragile and resilient, hollow and filled with breath. These silent skins become screens, activated through their absorption, reflection, and projection of light and shadow. They evoke presence of a life through absence, natural cycles, tender folds of skin poised for a rite of passage, veiled remains, votives of memory, and shells of a carved-out existence. They are vulnerable to the elements, and deflate over time in mourning. Through photography and video, these figures are memorialized and continue to exist long after their decay, leaving behind shreds of a torn shroud and a digital record of their journey.

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Elizabeth Mihaltse Lindy’s Exhibitions at Super Secret Projects:

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Shh... A group exhibition

Hold On: A group exhibition