Residencies and Awards
2025-08 Monira Foundation Special Projects Residency Jersey City, NJ
2022-11 Magnum Foundation Health & Equity Grantee New York, NY
2020-05 Jane Bair Memorial Photography Award, PrattMWP
Two Person Exhibitions
2023-09 Vestige: Tania Alvarez and Sydney Ellison, Munson Museum, Utica, NY
2021-09 Taking: Sydney Ellison and Jade Rodgers, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Group Exhibitions
2025-08 Ruby Red Gala, Rubylith Darkroom, Brooklyn, NY
2025-03 Reunited, Study Hall Gallery, Utica, NY
2022-07 Points of Departure, Visible Records, Charlottesville, VA
2022-03 What Can I Bring?, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2021-01 The Family Of, Peep Space, Tarrytown, NY
2020-11 WE: The Women’s Caucus, Columbus, OH
Online Exhibitions
2020-11 Counter Archives Curated by Raymond Thompson Jr. and William Camargo, thecuratedfridge.com
2020-08 Reminisce/miss Curated by John O’Toole, Oranbeg Press
2020-05 Full House Curated by Drew Nikonowicz, localhost.gallery
2020-04 Available Space Curated by Nick Norman, thenicollective.com
2020-04 Liminal Curated by Brennan Booker and Alyssa Thorn, cummulusphoto.com*
2020-03 Family Frames Curated by Kathryn Harrison, dont-smile.com
Curatorial Projects
2022-09 If We Never Get Better, TILT Institute, Philadelphia, PA
2021-09 Safe Travels, Study Hall Gallery, Utica, NY
Education
2022 BFA in Photography, Pratt Institute, New York, NY
Press + Features
2021-02 Focus On Appropriation: Sydney Ellison by Brennan Booker, Lenscratch.com
2020-07 Sydney Ellison by Michael Hicks, Der Greif Artist Blog, dergreif.com
Selected Artist Talks and Lectures
2025-02 Magnum Foundation Teen Lecture
2023-02 Community Resources: Maintenance VS Development, Google Image Equity Fellowship, Online
2022-04 The Photographer’s Green Book (with Ally Caple, Jay Simple, and Zora J Murff), The New School, New York, NY
2021-10 Portraiture and Representation (with Ally Caple and Gia Sergovich), University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
2021-10 Safe Travels, Pratt MWP, Utica, NY
2021-08 Collage and Representation, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
2021-02 Marble Hill Camera Club, Online
2020-04 Reclamation: Intersections of Gaze and Agency in Sotheby’s Auction Catalogs, Research Open House Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY (Moved Online Due to COVID-19)
Workshops and Teaching
2022-10 If We Never Get Better Discussion Group, TILT Institute, Philadelphia, PA
2022-07 Facilitator for The Photographer’s Green Book Zine Workshop, Visible Records, Charlottesville, VA
2022-05 Facilitator for The Photographer’s Green Book, Magnum Foundation, and 8-Ball Press Lower East Side History Month Zine Workshop, New York, NY
2021-04 Assistant Instructor in Teen Photo at Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA
Interviews and Writing
2021-11 ‘Odette England’ Dairy Character Interview, lightwork.org
2021-06 Re:Collection: Sydney Ellison on Pedro Isztin, lightwork.org
2021-06 Light Work Welcomes Summer Intern: Sydney Ellison, lightwork.org