elizabeth chitty has created performance and video installation projects since the mid 1970s. her performance work over the course of her career has been defined in four phases: the first from 1975 to 1982, the second from 1983 to 1990, the third from 1992 to 1997, and the fourth being in the present; and was influenced by the context of what was occurring during these time periods. in the 1970s and the 1980s her single-channel videos were widely exhibited, including venues such as the 11e biennale de paris in 1980 and the 1988 opening at the national gallery of canada.