elysabeth f. cianci
Curriculum Vitae
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2026 Zea Mays Printmaking Residency – Florence, MA
In Cahoots Residency – Petaluma, CA
Artist Resource Trust Grant recipient, Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation – Sheffield, MA
Grants for Creative Individuals recipient, Mass Cultural Council – Boston, MA
Penland School of Craft Winter Residency Fellowship – Bakersville, NC
2025 Artist Merit Grant recipient, Zea Mays Printmaking Residency – Florence, MA
2023 In Cahoots Residency – Petaluma, CA
2022 In Cahoots Residency – Petaluma, CA
2021 Alison Rood Birmingham Grant recipient, In Cahoots Residency – Petaluma, CA
2020 Work of Merit Award, Denis Roussel Award for Alternative Photographic Processing
2019 Photographic Resource Center Scholarship recipient– Cambridge, MA
EXHIBITIONS
2026 Plus One, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
Photo // Faculty, Photography Resource Center – Cambridge, MA
. Holding Together: Cloth, Material & Making, Madison County Arts Council – Marshall, NC
2025 Handmade Photobook Week: Elysabeth Cianci, LENSCRATCH*
Handmade Photobook Exhibition, The Griffin Museum of Photography – Winchester, MA
Photo // Faculty, Photography Resource Center – Cambridge, MA
Multiple Fairs Contemporary Art Book Fair, Boston University – Boston, MA
2024 Flux(us), 92 Seattle Street at Harvard University – Boston, MA
Pulp: Book and Paper Arts, Sebastopol Center for the Arts – Sebastopol, CA
New England Art Book Fair – Portland, ME
2023 The Voice in the Hand, Petaluma Arts Center – Petaluma, CA
Boston Art Book Fair, Boston Center for the Arts – Boston, MA
2021 Chasing the Light, Viewfinder Exhibition – Boston, MA
Next Now, Montserrat Gallery – Beverly, MA
2020 Shifting Sights, A R E A Construction Gallery – Boston, MA
*Solo Exhibition
COLLECTIONS
2025 These Are Our Few Seasons, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Tufts University – Boston, MA
Canopy, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Tufts University – Boston, MA
2023 These Are Our Few Seasons, Fine Arts Library, Harvard University – Cambridge, MA
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Visit Critic | Rhode Island School of Design – Providence, RI
05/2026
Guest Critic | Massachusetts College of Art and Design – Boston, MA
05/2026
Visiting Lecturer | Massachusetts College of Art and Design – Boston, MA
01/2023 - Present
Professor serving in the Fine Art 2D Printmaking department.
Adjunct Professor | Lesley University – Cambridge, MA
09/2022 - Present
Professor serving in the Studio Arts department.
Adjunct Professor | Montserrat College of Art – Beverly, MA
09/2020 - Present
Professor serving in the Interdisciplinary Studies department.
Woodshop Monitor | The Carpenter Center for the Visual Art, Harvard University – Cambridge, MA
09/2024 - Present
Assistant to the Woodshop Coordinator for the Department of Art, Film, and Visual Studies.
Juror | Lesley University – Cambridge, MA
05/2025
Juror for the Studio Arts Majors Final Reviews.
Juror | Massachusetts College of Art and Design – Boston, MA
05/2023
Juror for the Fine Art 2D Printmaking Majors Final Reviews.
Adjunct Professor | Lesley University – Cambridge, MA
01/2020 - 05/2020
Professor of Introduction to Photography: Darkroom Photography.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
2025 - Present The Society of Printers, Boston, MA
EDUCATION
2020 MFA in Photography and Integrated Media Lesley University, College of Art and Design, Cambridge, MA
2017 Outdoor Educator Certificate, Leave No Trace Master Educator, National Outdoor Leadership School, Lander, WY
2015 BAin English Literature and Language: Creative Writing summa cum laude, Gordon College, Wenham, MA