RESUMÉ
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2013 : August, Anchor Art Space, Anacortes, Washington
2012 : October, 2012: Body Double, SOIL Gallery, Seattle WA.
SOIL at Miami Aqua, December 5 - 8, Aqua Hotel, Miami Beach.
SOIL at Sea, SEATAC International Airport, Concourse A, July - December, 2012
2011 : Violet Strays, violetstrays.com
Prognosticators at SOFIA BIENNALE, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sofia, Bulgaria
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2010 : the book of knowledge, SOIL Gallery, Seattle WA
2009 : hypnopomp: installation at Threshhold Gallery, MITHUN Architects, Seattle, WA
2008 : it takes one to know one curated by Antony Gormley, performance/installation, Trafalgar Square, London
2008 : SomeSpace, Seattle, WA
2005 : Electropounce at Gallery 4Culture, Seattle WA
2004 : Ellen Ziegler, Methodologie, Gallery Unpublished, Seattle WA
2003 : Ellen Ziegler, In Lieu Exhibit Space, Seattle WA
2000 : Working Girl, installation, Portland Arts Commission, Portland OR
1999 : Offering, installation, King County Arts Commission Gallery, Seattle WA
1998 : Prognostication, installation, Well, sculpture and drawings, Cornish College, Seattle WA
1996 : Calx, installation at SOIL, Seattle WA
1996 : 23 Windows, inaugural installation, Bellevue Regional Library, Bellevue WA
1995 : Calx, installation, Kittredge Gallery, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma WA
1995 : Visit, installation at Whitman College, Walla Walla WA
1995 : Mukoh sangen ryo tonari, Kobe earthquake memorial, installation at Port of Seattle headquarters. Gift of the American Institute of Architects to the City of Kobe.
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2011
Miami Aqua Art Fair 2011, Miami Beach, FL
LOOSE LEAF: Artists and writers make books together, SOIL Gallery, Seattle WA
Brand 40: Fortieth Annual National Juried Exhibition of Works on Paper. Peter Frank, Juror
First Place Juror's Purchase Award
UN-SPEAK-ABLE: Book Arts Exhibition, The Arts Center, Corvallis, OR
2010
hypnagogue: installation at Seattle Design Center, Seattle, WA
Show of Hands: Northwest Women Artists 1880-2010
Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham. WA, curated by Barbara Matilsky
From A to Z: New Members Show, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
2009
Averted Vision, SOIL Gallery, Seattle WA, Curated by In Lieu Exhibit Space
Inaugural Invitational Exhibit, Goathead Press, Mighty Tieton Warehouses, Tieton WA, Curated by Fay Jones and Barbara Robertson
2007
CRUD, at SOIL Gallery, Seattle WA
Artist Trust, 20 Years, at SAM Gallery, Seattle WA
Drawings of Another Kind, at LIMN Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Undercover: the art of the book, Urban Institute of Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI
2006
Contagion, installation, Washington Ensemble Theater Gallery
Coupling IV: Secret Handshake, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle WA
2005
New Age Old, curated by Suzanne Beal, Sandpoint Gallery, University of Washington
People Doing Strange Things with Electricity at Dorkbot, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle WA
Art of the Book, Art Books Press, Seattle WA
Recycled Art, BallardWorks, curated by Marita Dingus, Seattle WA
2004
Fresh Material, Urban Institute of Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI
Rosso, curated by Stefano Catalani, AG 31 Gallery, Seattle WA
Blueprint: Portfolio, G.Gibson Gallery, Seattle WA, and University of Wisconsin at Madison; Southern Graphics Print Archive at University of Mississippi; Rutgers University, University of the Arts, Philadelphia; California State University at Long Beach.
2001
Natural Causes: nature and its influences, Gallery One, Ellensburg, WA
1999
Offering, installation at Horsehead 10, Sand Point Naval Air Station, Seattle
Pearl, at Phresh, Seattle Art Museum, Bumbershoot: new sculpture curated by Trevor Fairbrother
1998
Wick, installation at Springs Eternal, Bank of America Gallery, Seattle, WA
1997
Beeswax, work by 14 artists, SOIL, Seattle WA
Wick, installation at BioAdversity, Cornish College Fisher Gallery, Seattle WA
At Home, installation at Water Weighs, Museum of Art, Missoula MT
1996
From Here to There, public art ideas at Bumbershoot, 1st Prize Jury Award, Seattle Arts Commission
Current, installation at Horsehead 8, Duvall WA
1995
Northwest Biennial Competition: The Land, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma WA
SELECTED PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS
1999: Signs of Life, water feature, 1% for Art, Seattle Water Department and Seattle Arts Commission
1998: Hemisphere and Basin, water feature, Antioch University, Seattle, WA
1998: Who What Why How, water feature, Carlsbad Library, Carlsbad, CA
SELECTED AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS AND RESIDENCIES
2011: First Place Juror's Purchase Award, Brand 40: Fortieth Annual National Juried Exhibition of Works on Paper. Peter Frank, Juror
2011: Individual Artist’s Grant, 4Culture
2011: Foundation for Contemporary Art Travel Grant, NYC.
2009: Individual Artist’s Grant, 4Culture
2008: Gap Grant, 2008, Artist Trust of Washington
2007: Gap Grant, Artist Trust of Washington
1996: First Place Award, From Here to There: Ideas in Public Art, Seattle Arts Commission
Gap Grant, Artist Trust
1992: Artist Trust Fellowship, Design
1987: Rome Fellowship, Northwest Institute of Architecture and Urban Studies, Rome, Italy
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS
2013: Upcoming, Artist-in-residence, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO.
2010: "My Favorite Things: A Highly Opinionated Tour", of Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musée National Picasso, Paris, Seattle Art Museum.
Lectures and workshops: University of Guanajuato, Mexico; Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle; EDGE Program, Artist Trust of Washington; University of Washington School of Art; Seattle Central Community College; School of Visual Concepts, Seattle; Whitman College, Walla Walla. Consortium participant, AWAKE: Art, Buddhism and the Dimensions of Consciousness, sponsored in Seattle by the Seattle Asian Art Museum and the Henry Art Gallery of the University of Washington
Consortium participant, AWAKE: Art, Buddhism and the Dimensions of Consciousness, sponsored in Seattle by the Seattle Asian Art Museum and the Henry Art Gallery.
Juror, Bellwether 2012: reGeneration, sculpture and installation exhibition, City of Bellevue, Washington
Juror, Artist Trust Fellowship Award
Juror, Fellowship Award, Northwest Institute of Architecture and Urban Studies in Italy
SELECTED REVIEWS
2012
Body Double in Vanguard Review, T.s.Flock: http://www.vanguardseattle.com/2012/10/25/pioneer-square-gallery-guide-october-2012/
Luscious Darkness: Body Double in New American Paintings, Erin Langner newamericanpaintings.wordpress.com/2012/10/19/luscious-darkness-ellen-zieglers-body-double/
Monarch Review: Ellen Ziegler, Elizabeth McDonald, www.themonarchreview.org/ellen-ziegler/
Art for the day before a sunbreak/Jen Graves http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/06/19/art-for-the-day-before-a-sunbreak
Loose Leaf/Jen Graves: http://www.thestranger.com/suggests/10676802/loose-leaf
2011 The Three-Dimensional Line (curation) Huffington Post
One and Other/it takes one to know one
Trafalgar Square, London July 24, 2009
http://www.artsjournal.com/anotherbb/2009/08/ellen-ziegler-shares-the-plint.html#more
CRUD: embodiment, pollution, infestation, decay, metamorphosis, and the transformations of time
Seattle Times: Hothouses of imagination at SOIL
Seattle Weekly: Soil Gallery's "Crud" Makes for Small Conversation
Artdish: Crud at Soil Gallery
The Stranger: Crud at Soil Gallery
May 2007
Drawings of Another Kind, Kenneth Baker, San Francisco Chronicle
May 2005
Visual Arts Pick: Ellen Ziegler, Seattle Weekly
2/13/04 :Atelier 31 Gallery exhibit has 13 artists seeing red, Seattle PI
12/98 :Ellen Ziegler at Cornish College, Frances DeVuono, Artweek
10/24/98 :Reflections on Reflection, Victoria Josslin, Seattle Times
7/11/98 :Under Construction: Sculpture at Sand Point Eric Fredricksen, The Stranger
5/22/98 :Ellen Ziegler: Water and Spirits Deloris Ament, Seattle Sidewalk
2/4/98 :The Wonders of Water, Robin Updike, Seattle Times
9/12/98 :Power of man and nature are addressed thoughtfully Victoria Josslin, Seattle P-I
8/4/97 :Take an art walk on the Eastside, Robin Updike, Seattle Times
8/17/96 :Art on fire,John Boylan, Bellevue Journal-American
6/27/95 :Northwest Biennial Competition: The Land, Robin Updike, Seattle Times
6/95 :Ellen Ziegler at Whitman College, Frances DeVuono, Artweek