Eliza Bentz is a fiber artist and sculptor from the barrier islands of Southeast Georgia. She works with natural, repurposed, and found materials to create fine art and objects. Her work is concerned with the intersection of craft history and industrialization and is made as a means to reclaim tactility and agency in a world concerned with consumption and convenience.
Bentz completed her BFA in fibers from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2017 and has since gone on to exhibit both nationally and internationally in Georgia, North Carolina, London, and Provence. She is currently an MFA candidate at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia.
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Education
2017 Bachelor’s of Fine Art, Fibers / Savannah College of Art and Design
2025 Master’s of Fine Art, Studio Art / The University of Georgia
Solo exhibitions
2022 Coming / Going / Central Gallery, Greensboro, NC
2022 Finite, The Glass Gallery, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2023 To Wander A Well Worn Path / The Lupin Foundation Gallery, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2024 Meditation on Breath / The Suite Gallery, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2025 Through Line / Whitespec, Atlanta, GA
Group exhibitions
2015 It’s All On Paper / Oglethorpe Gallery, Savannah, GA
2014, 2015, 2016 Fibers Open Studio / SCAD, Savannah, GA
2016 Out of the Fire / Sulfur Studios, Savannah, GA
2017 Fibers Senior Showcase / SCAD, Savannah, GA
2017 American Craft Council / School-To-Market Program, Baltimore, MD
2019 SCAD Pop / Lacoste, France
2019, 2020 SCAD Open Studio / Savannah, GA and virturally
2020 Atomic Furnishings / Asheville, NC
2022 Field Companions / Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta, GA
2022, 2023, 2024 Graduate Open Studios / The Glass Gallery, Lamar Dodd School of Art, Athens, GA
2023 Summer Invitational / Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2024 Interconnect / Echo Contemporary, Atlanta GA
2024 Student Fiber Trends 2024 / Haywood Community College, Clyde, NC
2024 Homework / White Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Teaching
2016-2017 Peer Tutor, Savannah College of Art and Design
Summer 2019 Natural dyeing workshop / Lacoste, France
2023 - 2024 Teaching Assistant, University of Georgia
2024 -present Graduate Student Instructor, University of Georgia / instructor of record for Weaving 1 and Advanced Weaving
Residencies
2019 SCAD Alumni Atelier - Lacoste, France
2024 High Desert Test Sites at AZ-West - Joshua Tree, California
Additional Experiences
2011, 2012 Ceramics Class Instructor / Color Me Happy Pottery
2017 Hand and Lock Embroidery Prize Finalist / London, England
2018 Fabrication Commission / Eny Lee Parker, First Hand
2019 Gallery Manager / Lacoste, France
2020 Workshop host / virtual
2021 Installation Assistant / Windy Chien
Hospitality Commissions
2022 Credit Karma East Coast Headquarters, Charlotte, NC