Elaine Stocki

Elaine Stocki (born 1979) is a Canadian artist and professor known for her paintings, photographs and her abstract feminist art. Stocki lives in Los Angeles and teaches art at Fullerton University.

Early life and education Stocki was born in 1979 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She studied at the University of Manitoba, where she received both a BSc (chemistry) and a BFA degree. She received a Master of Fine Arts from Yale University in 2009. Stocki prints her images on silver gelatin, and tints them by hand. Stocki has expressed disdain for the ironical photography of the 1990s often referred to as postmodern. "I think the deadpan look of photographers like Tina Barney doesn't reflect human experience. ... I take offense at work that is entirely divorced from human experience!"

Stocki was awarded the international Tierney Fellowship in Photography for emerging artists in 2009, the same year as South African photographer Tracy Edser. and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

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