Elizabeth Bick’s series Carolina examines the construction and performance of American identity in the contemporary South. In Carolina, Bick photographs spaces that invite groups of individuals to perform for themselves, one another, and the camera within staged and historically loaded environments. Bick spent two weeks printing work from Carolina as a 2026 Aurora + Herron Resident.

Elizabeth Bick is a photographer and scholar who explores the intersection of photography and performance. Selected exhibitions include Fraenkel Gallery, Sotheby’s New York, the Norton Museum of Art, the Ogden Museum of Art, the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, the Houston Center for Photography, and the University of Texas Visual Arts Center. She has received grants and awards from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Joan Mitchell Foundation, and the Rudin Prize, nominated by Shirin Neshat. Her work has been critically reviewed in the New York Times, The New Yorker, Financial Times, Photograph Magazine, Hyperallergic, and TIME Magazine, and she has been commissioned by Public Art Fund, The Atlantic, Harper’s, Wall Street Journal, and NY Times Magazine. She has participated in the American Academy in Rome artist and scholars residency, Ingmar Bergman Estate Artist Residency, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council workspace residency, and Santa Fe Art Institute residency. Her works are held in permanent collections at MoMA Library, Museum of Contemporary Photography, the Norton Museum of Art, and the Warehouse Art Museum. She is a professor and head of photography in the department of studio art at the College of Charleston. She holds an MFA in Photography from Yale University.