Eli Stertz

biography | images

Born in New York, 1980 

Lives and works in New York, USA

Education

1999-2003 The Art Institute of Boston, Boston MA,BFA in Photography
2003 New York University, NYC NY
2002 Maine Photographic Workshops, Rockport ME
2003 and 2002 School of Visual Arts, NYC NY


Solo Exhibitions

2006
Citric Gallery, Brescia Italy

Galerie Analix Forever, Geneva Switzerland

Città Che Cambia, The City That Changes, Galleria del Teatro, Parma Italy


Selected Group Exhibitions

2006
Confini (Borders), PAC-Palazzo Massari, Ferrara, Parma Palazzo Pigorini with cataloguePanopticon Gallery, Boston MA

2005
Quotidiana 05, Artists under 35, Museo Civico del Santo, Padova with catalogue

Post Fragile, Galerie Analix Forever, Geneva Switzerland

Fragile, Galerie Analix Forever, Geneva Switzerland. Curated by Gianni Romano

2004

House Warming Show, Via Vigano, Milano Italy

2003
Contrast Values, Red Eye Gallery, Providence RI

2002

NO TITLE, 84 Forsyth Gallery, NYC NY Imaging Images, 601 Gallery, Boston MA

2001
Parsons School of Design, NYC NY, July - August

Awards

2003 Purchase Award, Art Institute of Boston

Publications

Eli Stertz, published by Postmedia Books, Milan, Italy, January 2007, project collaboration between Citric Gallery and Analix Forever Gallery (Geneva)

Work

Photography is the most instinctive medium that Eli Stertz has found to document his curiousity towards the human figure and its surroundings. Following in his father’s and grandfather’s footsteps, he experiences the world through photography. His experience delves further, as he composes and studies each scene on the basis of a profoundly thought out scenography while at the same time maintaining an innate spontaneity. Each photo and scene may result from considerable and meticulous effort due to Eli’s interest in continuously observing the figure within its setting, discovering how it behaves and how it relates within this space. The model dictates what to do and how to work through body language. A series of shots are taken before finding the right composition and the image which best expresses his thought.