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Ellyn Weiss
5 Avalon Court
Bethesda, MD 20816
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studio: 3706 Wells Ave, Mt. Ranier, MD 20712
summer:Truro, MA
artist’s statement
The art that I most admire speaks directly to the heart without mediation or explanation, like music. That is the goal that I reach for.
representation
Art Advisory, Washington, DC
Adah Rose Gallery, Kensington, MD
Wohlfarth Galleries, Washington, DC andProvincetown, MA
VisionArt/Melissa Twomey
solo and featured shows
2012 upcoming:
March - May: solo show, Woman's National Democratic Club, Washington, DC
May: Too Much Information, Zeitgeist III, District of columbia Arts Center, curating with Sondra Arkin
September - November: Wax Works, The Athenaeum, Alexandria, VA, 5 artists
December - January, Tar Redux, solo show at the McLean Arts Center, McLean, VA
2011
Abstraction, Louisa Gould Gallery, Martha's Vineyard, MA
Big Ideas, Gateway Arts Center, Brentwood, MD, collaboration with Sondra Arkin and Susan Finsen
Axis, Washington, DC
Dispersed, Hillyer Art Space, Washington, DC
2' x 10', Gallery 555, Washington, DC
2010
Ancient Life, Wohlfarth Gallery, Provincetown, MA
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
2009
Dark Matter, Nevin Kelly Gallery, Washington, DC
Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission, Riverdale, MD.
2008
Spectrum Theater, Arlington, VA
2007
Fortune Cookies, Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC
Time of War, Nevin Kelly Gallery, Washington, DC
2006
Circular Reasoning, Nevin Kelly Gallery, Washington, DC
New Work,Northern Virginia JCC, Fairfax, VA
Sharon Fine Gallery, Bethesda, MD
2005
No Bars Held, Touchstone Gallery, Sept. 2005
2004
Mark Palmer Gallery, Paducah, KY
2003
Only Spores Live Forever, Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC.
Worldspace, Washington, DC
2002
Lipsett Gallery, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
2001
Glenview Mansion Art Gallery, Rockville, MD
J. Anthony Fine Arts, Charlottesville, VA
2000
COA Gallery, Truro, MA.
selected group/juried shows
2010
International Arts and Artists, Washington, DC
Gallery 555, Washington, DC
People's Choice, ArtDC, Hyattsville, MD
Delicacies, Studio B @ Biagio, Washington, DC
Constructing Differences/Uncovering Connections,International Arts and Artists, Washington DC
Artists of the Gateway District, Gateway Arts Center Inaugural Show, Brentwood, MD
2009
The Art of Change, Artist's Inaugural Ball, Warehouse Gallery, Washington, DC
Zeitgeist II:What's Important Now, Nevin Kelly Gallery, Washington, DC
Lottoheart, Rehoboth Beach, DE.Affordable Art Fair, New York, NY
Holiday, Studio 4903, Washington, DC
Stimulus, Nevin Kelly Gallery, Washington, DC
Red, St. Valentine Bled for Us All, the Pink Line Project, Washington, DC
2008
Under Surveillance, Nevin Kelly Gallery, Washington, DC
20 X 20, Coldwell Banker, Washington, DC
Affordable Art Fair, NY, NY
Artists Respond to War, Truro Center for the Arts, Truro, MA
Members, Truro Center for the Arts
2007
Peace Now, Warehouse Gallery, Washington, DC
Attainable Art, Nevin Kelly Gallery, Washington, DC
Small Work, Touchstone Gallery,Washington, DC
No Representation, Warehouse Gallery, Washington, DC
Art Romp 2007, Washington, DC
Encaustics, Truro Center for the Arts, Truro, MA
Inaugural Show, H&F Fine Art, Mt. Ranier, MD
2006
Millennium Center Artists, curated by Zenith Gallery, Wash. DC
Attainable Art, Nevin Kelly Gallery, Washington, DC
Shock and Awe, Warehouse Gallery, Washington, DC
2005
Art Romp, Warehouse Gallery, Washington, DC
Encaustics, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
Accessible Art, Nevin Kelly Gallery, Washington, DC
The Peace Scrolls, City Gallery,Charleston, S.C
Where’s the Peace?, Warehouse Gallery, Washington DC
Project:Painting, Washington, DC
Montgomery County Commission on the Arts, Silver Spring, MD
2004
Handpicked, Museum of Modern Arf, Arlington, VA
Anonymous, Washington Project for the Arts/Corcoran
Sharon Fine Gallery Inaugural show, Bethesda, MD
Artomatic, Washington DC
2003
Small Work, Mark Palmer Gallery, Paducah, KY
Artswalk, Silver Spring, MD
2002
Artomatic, Washington DC, 2000, 1999.
2001
washingtonart.com Fifth Anniversary, Washington DC
New Artists, Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC
2000
MOCA 2000, Museum of Contemporary Art, Washington DC
1999
Mixt Nerve, Del Ray Artisans Gallery, Alexandria, VA]
Artomatic, Washington, DC
residency
Greenbelt Center for the Arts, 2005 -6.
awards
HeART of the City: City Hall Art Collection, Washington, DC, 2006
Featured Artist, Beltway Poetry Quarterly, Vol. 5 No. 4, Autumn, 2004.
Special Purchase Award, District of Columbia Commission on the Arts and Humanities,2003.
Featured Artist, washingtonart.net, autumn, 2001.
Special Purchase Award, District of Columbia Commission on the Arts and Humanities, 1999.
All-Media National Competition, eklektikos Gallery, Washington, DC, 1999, award.
Art League juried shows, Torpedo Factory Gallery, Alexandria VA, 1998 - 2001, merit award, March 1999.
Wilson Center Gallery juried shows, Washington, DC. 1998 - 2001.
Patron’s Show, Art League Gallery, Alexandria, VA, award, Feb.1999.
education
B.A. Smith College; JD. Boston University School of Law. Further study at the Corcoran College of Art, Washington, DC. and the Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, Massachusetts.
collections
HeART of the City: City Hall Collection, Washington, DC
District of Columbia Art in Public Places
American Society of Association Executives
Embassy Suites Hotels
National Institutes of Health Clinical Director
The Union of Concerned Scientists
The Sentencing Project
curating
No Representation, Warehouse Gallery, Washington, DC, 2007
Under Surveillance, Nevin Kelly Gallery, Washington, DC, 2008
Red,sponsored by the Pink Line Project, Washington, DC, 2009
Zeitgeist II: What's Important Now, Nevin Kelly Gallery, Washington, DC, 2009
Studio Gallery members shows, 2009, 2010
teaching
Encaustic workshops, Washington Glass School
jurying
Thoreau's Legacy, Union of Concerned Scientists, 2010
Earth in the Balance, Union of Concerned Scientists, 2008
Art Enables, Washington DC, 2007
writing
Blog: www.GessoHead.org
Contributor, Pink Line Project, Pink Noise online journal
Contributing editor, Bourgeon online arts magazine, 2010-11
etc.
Union of Concerned Scientists, Board of Directors, 1990 - present
Art Enables, Board of Directors, 2009 - present
Touchstone Foundation, Board of Directors, 201present.
Day Eight, Board of Directors, 2010 - 2011
Artomatic, Board of Directors, 2004 – 2007, Executive Committee, 1999- 2004. I helped to conceive and execute these unique “by-artists-for-artists” events in 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004 and 2007, which bring hundreds of artists together to fill vacant industrial space for 3 to 6 weeks with art, music, poetry, theater and the rampant creative spirit.
Touchstone Gallery, 406 Seventh Street, Washington, DC., Board of Directors, 2002 - 2005; President, 2004 - 2005.
A.Salon, cooperative studio building, Board of Directors, 1999 – 2000, President, 2001-2.
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