Mary Ellen Oxby
Edmonton, AB, Canada
Mary Ellen Oxby (b. 1990) is an emerging photo-based artist born in Vermont and raised everywhere else in North America. In 2013 she received her BFA in Photography at NSCAD University and currently resides in Edmonton, Alberta. Much to her roommate’s dismay, her subjects are often dark, corporeal, and inhabit their freezer so as to not decay. Inspired by the portrayal of mental illness in horror film versus the actual reality, her current work explores and dissects the stereotype of the “psychotic woman” in contemporary society from a feminist perspective. Consequently, she has a distinct focus on the subtleties of expressing feminization and mental illness through use of atmosphere: exploring the “other” with and without the absence of the self. Her tools, the view camera and medium format camera, allow for a clinical precision in her photographs as evidenced by her penchant for symmetry and lens tilt capabilities. In 2012 she received the Canon Photography Award.
2013 - Starfish Student Award - Photography Finalist, 2012 - Canon Photography Award, 2012 - Robert Pope Foundation Undergraduate Award, 2011 - Alexander J. McDonald Memorial Award
- Arts
- Editorial
- Environment
- Events
- Fashion
- Food
- Interior
- Landscape
- Portrait
- Still life
VSVSVS - Make It Flat
Mary Ellen Oxby
Nuit Blanche, Edmonton, Alberta, 2015
Wish Tree - Yoko Ono
Mary Ellen Oxby
Nuit Blanche, Edmonton, Alberta, 2015
Half the Air In A Given Space - Martin Creed
Mary Ellen Oxby
Nuit Blanche, Edmonton, Alberta, 2015