sydney elizas
CURRENT/UPCOMING SHOWS
2026 Dialogue Exhibition
June 13 - July 18th, 2026
Jazz Gallery Center for the ArtsRECEPTION:
June 13th 4-6pm
926 E Center Street, Milwaukee WI 53212
Held In Ribbons (detail), 2025, Acrylic on Canvas, 24 x 30in.
From Within (detail), 2025, Acrylic on Canvas, 24 x 30in.
Sometimes It Whispers (detail), 2025, Acrylic on Wood, 36 x 60in.
I Went Into Surgery And All I Got Was This Eel (detail), 2025, Acrylic on Wood.
Chin Itch (detail), 2025, Acrylic on Wood.
Looped (detail), 2024, Acrylic on Canvas, 36 x 48in.
Saint George and the Pigeon (detail), 2024, Acrylic on Plaster and Wood Lathe.
My Inner Shoal (detail), 2023, Textiles.
Wistful Affection (detail), 2022, Textiles.
Held In Ribbons, 2025, Acrylic on Canvas, 24 x 30in.
From Within, 2025, Acrylic on Canvas, 24 x 30in.
Sometimes It Whispers, 2025, Acrylic on Wood, 36 x 60in.
I Went Into Surgery And All I Got Was This Eel, 2025, Acrylic on Wood.
Chin Itch, 2025, Acrylic on Wood.
Looped, 2024, Acrylic on Canvas, 36 x 48in.
Wistful Affection, 2022, Textiles.
My Inner Shoal, 2023, Textiles.
My Inner Shoal (detail), 2023, Textiles.
My Inner Shoal (detail), 2023, Textiles.
My Inner Shoal (detail), 2023, Textiles.
My Inner Shoal (detail), 2023, Textiles.
Saint George and the Pigeon, 2024, Acrylic on Plaster and Wood Lathe.
Saint George and the Pigeon (detail), 2024, Acrylic on Plaster and Wood Lathe.
Saint George and the Pigeon (detail), 2024, Acrylic on Plaster and Wood Lathe.
Saint George and the Pigeon (detail), 2024, Acrylic on Plaster and Wood Lathe.
Sydney Short
b. 2004 in Illinois
331-422-9501
[email protected]EDUCATION2026
BFA in Fine Art + New Studio Practice - Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee, WI
Art History Minor - Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee, WI
2024
Study Abroad Program - Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Florence, Italy
2022
Pre-College - School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Dual Enrollment - Waubonsee, ILGROUP EXHIBITIONS2026
Dialogue - Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI
Challenging Expectations, Finding Awe - Charles Allis Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Senior Thesis Exhibition - Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee, WI
2025
In The Moment - Real Tinsel, Milwaukee, WI
Much Love, - Gray Area Extended, Milwaukee, WI
Magic in the Attic - DIY Pop-up, Milwaukee, WI
2024
Tracing the Contemporary Italian Aesthetic - Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee, WI
Sense of Place - The Gray Area, Milwaukee, WI
Surplus Salon - MIAD Gallery at the Ave, Milwaukee, WI
2023
Punks, Geeks, and Lovers - MIAD Gallery at the Ave, Milwaukee, WI
Trees Not Always Green - Hillel Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
FYE Student Exhibit - Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee, WICURATORIAL PROJECTS2026
Junior Project Publication - co-curated with Jon Horvath, Jason-Yi, Marta Tereziya, and
Megan Butler, Milwaukee, WI
2025
The Space Between - co-curated with Kennedy Gerber and Caesar Nguyen, TASK
Creative, Cudahy, WI
Body Body - co-curated with James Kramer, Madison Boeder, and Emily Dahm, The
Gray Area, Milwaukee, WI
Biota Unbound - co-curated with Allie Painter and Dylan Dornfeld, The Gray
Area, Milwaukee, WIINTERNSHIPS2025
Hawthorn Contemporary - Milwaukee, WI
2024
Hawthorn Contemporary - Milwaukee, WITEACHING EXPERIENCE2026
Teaching Assistant - Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee, WI
(courses taught: Junior Project)
Printmaking Lab Monitor - Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee, WI
Teaching Assistant - Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee, WI
(courses taught: Introduction to Painting)
2025
Teaching Assistant - Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee, WI
(courses taught: Introduction to Painting)
Printmaking Lab Monitor - Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee, WI
2024
Teaching Assistant - Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee, WI
(courses taught: Introduction to Painting)
Teaching Assistant - Northwestern Center for Talent Development, Evanston, IL
(courses taught: Science)
Printmaking Lab Monitor - Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee, WIAWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS2025
NSP Small Grant Spring ‘25
2022
Board of Trustees Scholarship - Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design
National Silver Award - Scholastic Art and Writing AwardsPUBLICATIONS2025
Junior Project - Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design
2024
Connections Catalog - Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design
Pre-College Experience - Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design
2023
Pocket Gallery - Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design2022
Pre-College Flyer - Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design
Pre-College Experience - School of the Art Institute of ChicagoOTHER EXPERIENCE2026
Short-Term Studio Assistant - David R. Harper, Milwaukee, WI
In Conversation with Place and History Artist Talk - Charles Allis Museum, Milwaukee, WI
2025
MIAD Holiday Sale Participant
2024
MIAD Holiday Sale Participant
Zine Fair Participant - Milwaukee, WI
2023
MIAD Holiday Sale Participant
Zine Fair Participant - Milwaukee, WI
Sydney Short (she/her) is an interdisciplinary artist currently based in Milwaukee, WI, attending the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design. Raised in midwestern suburbia just beyond Illinois farmlands, she has a deep connection to the outdoors that greatly influences her work. Through practices passed down from generations of her family, Short uses her “inheritance” to resist the speed and disposability of digital culture. Her work has been exhibited in multiple group shows across Milwaukee, including the Charles Allis Museum, Real Tinsel, and Gray Area.At the moment of writing this, she is listening to the song Hold On by The Shore.