Lilly McElroy

Lilly McElroy is an Assistant Teaching Professor of Photography at The University of Kansas' School of Architecture & Design. She holds an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC). Her practice centers lens-based art exploring complex relationships with the American West, eco-anxiety, and feminist gestures through performative acts in natural landscapes.

Education: MFA in Photography from SAIC. Key residencies include The Skowhegan School (2018), MOCA Tucson (2017), and The Charlotte Street Foundation (2015).

Research focuses on:

• Power dynamics in environmental representation
• Feminist critiques of nature
• Ephemeral material practices
• Body as artistic medium
• Subversion of Western landscape tropes

Recent exhibitions include Modern Art Oxford (2022), Figge Art Museum (2021), and Southern Exposure Gallery (2020). Work appears in Aperture, ArtForum, and The New York Times.

Notable projects:

• 'Sanding Away A Year's Worth of Sunsets' (2020): 365 sunset photographs sanded into a growing void
• 'I Will Destroy You' (2021): Site-specific installations at global coordinates