Born in Austin and raised in Houston, Texas, Elizabeth Chiles graduated with a B.A. in Art History from Columbia University and an M.F.A. in Photography from San Francisco Art Institute. Her work has been widely exhibited, including solo exhibitions at Fotofest, Galveston Arts Center, Southwest School of Art, testsite, and grayDUCK Gallery, as well as group exhibitions at Foley Gallery, conduit gallery, The Texas Biennial, and The Contemporary Austin. Her work is in the public collections of The City of Houston, The City of Austin, Dell Children’s Hospital, The LINE Hotel, Google, and University Health Women's & Children's Hospital, among others. Elizabeth has taught over 30 courses in theory and photography at The University of Texas at Austin, Texas State University, and Southwestern University. She served on the Board of Trustees and was co-chair of programming at the Austin Center for Photography from 2008–2015 and has served as a mentor to several young artists and a juror on a number of grants and awards panels. She is the recipient of City of Austin arts grants from 2014–2021.