Carla Fisher Schwartz
Semifinalist
Carla Fisher Schwartz (b. 1987, Tarzana, CA; l. Oakland, CA) has a BA from the University of California and an MFA from Washington University, St. Louis, MO. Her work has been exhibited at venues including the 120710 Gallery, Berkeley, CA; Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA; Chicago Artists Coalition and Mission Projects, both Chicago, IL; Contemporary Print Media Research Center, University of California Santa Cruz; and Brick City Gallery, Springfield, MO. She has completed residencies at Artists’ Cooperative Residency, Design Inquiry, Kala Art Institute, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Stove Works and Terrain at the Springfield Art Association. Fisher Schwartz has received a Vermont Studio Center Fellowship. She is Assistant Professor, Department of Art and Art History, San José State University, CA.
Statement from the Artist:
My practice investigates the conceptual implications of the digital landscape – specifically, how virtual environments frame our experience of the physical world. I am particularly interested in moments when these technological representations falter or reveal their constructed nature, such as glitches in “Google Street View,” lost texture files from video games or invented geographies embedded in satellite maps. Through print media, sculptural objects and installation, I raise questions about the virtual experience of the world, exposing not only the technological frameworks that generate these representations, but also the human desires and limitations that underlie them.