Ellen Siebers (b. 1986) is a painter based in Hudson, New York. Siebers was born and raised in Wisconsin. She received her MFA from the University of Iowa and her BFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
EDUCATION:
• Master of Fine Arts in Painting, 2012, University of Iowa
• Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting & Drawing, 2008, University of Wisconsin-Madison
SOLO & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS:
2023
• “dream song”, Parrasch Heijnen, Los Angeles, CA
2022
• “a divinity that shapes our ends”, MARCH, New York, NY
2021
• “sunrise to sunset”, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, KY
• “in the family of things”, SEPTEMBER, Hudson, NY
2017
• “Sunbathers”, Big Medium Gallery, Austin, TX
2016
• "Basic Instinct", with Peter Shear, FJORD, Philadelphia, PA
• "Reading a Wave", with Ian White Williams, Proto Gallery, Hoboken, NJ
2015
• "Soft Nails", Matteawan Gallery, Beacon, NY
2014
• "Ellen Siebers", curated by Peter Shear, Bushwick Open Studios/Do It Yourself, 3rd Ward Building, Bushwick, NY
2013
• "Haunted House", with Peter Shear, Madison, WI
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2024
• “out of earth”, the approach, London, UK
2023
• “in the presence of”, September Gallery, Hudson, NY
• “sauntering days”, Harper’s Gallery, East Hampton, NY
• “April Group”, Pt. II Gallery, Oakland, CA
2022
• “November Group”, Pt. II Gallery, Oakland, CA
• “Still Going”, Taymour Grahne Projects, London, UK
2021
• “Eau de Vallotton”, Tif Sigfrids, New York, NY
• “You Got Your Secret On”, Quappi Projects, Louisville, KY
• “Afterimage”, Maake Magazine, curated by Alex Paik (online)
2020
• “Portals”, PEEP Projects, Philadelphia, PA
• “Personal Space”, Collective131 on Artsy
2019
• “Love is a Bug”, Bar4000, Chicago, IL
2018
• “Of Weight and Breath”, East Side Project Space, Nashville, TN
2017
• “Domestic”, Deanna Evans Projects, Brooklyn, NY
2016
• "Cold Summer", curated by Peter Shear, The Provincial, Kaleva, MI
• "Steinpilz, Grids and Glorias", Frosch & Portmann, NYC
2015
• "Cosmicomics", curated by Vicki Sher, Frosch & Portmann, NYC
• "Personal:Interpersonal:Connected", Sardine, BK, NY
• "Improvised Showboat", curated by Zachary Keeting and Lauren Britton, NYC
• "Dear You", curated by Olivia Smith, Field Projects, NYC
• 2014
• "Do It Yourself", Bushwick Open Studios, curated by Peter Shear and Julie Torres, 3rd Ward Building, Bushwick, NY
• "Party Lines", Smart Clothes Gallery, NYC
• "Verge", Prince Street Lofts/Verge Art Fair, NYC
2013
• “Precautionary Principle”, Porter Butts Gallery, Madison, WI
• “Madam I’m Adam”, Remote Projects, Bloomington, IN
• “Wild America”, Common Wealth Gallery, Madison, WI
• “Kentucky National”, Clara M Eagle Gallery, Murray, KY
• “Haunted House” (with Peter Shear), Pier 1218, Madison, WI
2012
• “Tilting at Windmills”, Porter Butts Gallery, Madison, WI
• “Fresh Blood”, Mason Murer Gallery, Atlanta, GA
• “R.E.S.P.E.C.T.”, Peter Paul Luce Gallery, Cornell College, Mount Vernon, IA
2011
• “About Face, a Decades Turn on Portraiture” Hous Projects, Los Angeles, California
• “The Beast in Me”, Madison Public Library, Madison, Wisconsin
• “Hannah (han’na) n.2”, Byron Burford Gallery, Iowa City, Iowa
• “Pulp (works on paper/works with paper)”, Beta Pictoris Gallery, Birmingham, AL
• “Master Pieces 5”, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2010
• “Go Figure”, The Hogar Collection, Williamsburg (Brooklyn), New York
• “Five hundred and thirty-one”, Marshall Arts, Memphis, TN
• “Hannah (han’na) n.1”, Byron Burford Gallery, Iowa City, Iowa
2009
• University of Iowa Poetry Anthology, Byron Burford Gallery, Iowa City, Iowa
• The October Occupation, Public Space One, Iowa City, Iowa
PUBLIC & PRIVATE COLLECTIONS:
• UK Art Museum
• Wolfhill
• Al Shands/Great Meadows
VISITING ARTIST LECTURES:
2023
• Nurturing Independence Through Artistic Development // NIAD Art Center
2012
• Guest Lecturer/Studio visits, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
AWARDS:
• Elizabeth Greenshields Grant, 2023
• Vermont Studio Center Grant, 2014
• University of Iowa Quarter-time Teaching Assistantship, 2009/2010/2011/2012
• Mildred Pelzer Lynch Fellowship, University of Iowa, 2011/2012
• Iowa Quarter-time Fellowship, 2009
PUBLICATIONS:
2023
• Graphite Journal, Hammer Museum
2018
• NUT, second edition
2013
• #107 New American Paintings (Midwest)
2011
• Volume 31.2 The Pleiades (Cover Image), June 2011
• Volume 31.1 The Pleiades (Cover Image), January 2011
2010
• #87 MFA Annual: New American Painting (Editor’s Choice)
• Hannah (han'na) n.1. (A book of collaborations between painters & poets)