elysabeth f. cianci

Curriculum Vitae


AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES

2026     Zea Mays Printmaking Residency – Florence, MA
In Cahoots Residency – Petaluma, CA
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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


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