Ellen Litwiller (b.1966)
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, BFA 1991
Upcomming Events:
June 11, 2018 - Installation at the Bay Model, Sausolito, CA
Selected Solo Exhibits
2017 Oceanic, solo exhibit at the Bolinas Museum, CA
2017 Natura Morta, solo exhibit, Morris Graves Museum, Eureka, CA
2016 Moons of Our Solar System, solo exhibit, Throckmorton Theater, Mill Valley, CA
2016 Sea Stars, solo exhibit, Artworks Downtown, San Rafael, CA
2016 The last of Their Kind, solo exhibit, Emeritus Center, College of Marin, CA
2015 Sea Stars, solo exhibit, Romberg Tiburon Center, Tiburon, CA
2015 The Wasting, solo exhibit, Spinster Sisters, Santa Rosa, CA
2014 Animali d’Europa in Pericolo di Estinzione, Public Installation, Castelfranco Veneto, Italy
2014 The Last of Their Kind, Solo Exhibit, 1850 Fourth Street, San Rafael, CA
2012 LEAP, Underground Gallery, Solo Exhibit, San Rafael, CA
2008 Phase 1 of the Moon Project, Solo Exhibit, Bean There, San Francisco, CA
Awards/Publications/Residencies
2017 Original Minds, Radio Interview, KMWR Radio Station, CA
2017 The Quarterly
2016 Artist in Residence, Romberg Tiburon Center, CA
2016 Documenting Loss, Article, Marin IJ
2016 Art Exhibit Deals With Threatened Species, Article, College of Marin Emeritus Newsletter
2015 Footing the Bill: Art and Our Ecological Footprint, Art Works For Change
2015 Artist in Residence, Whiskeytown NP, CA. Selected by Emma Acker, De Young Museum
2015 The Primal Paradox, About Place Journal, On-line publication, The Black Earth Institute
2014 Second Place, Visions of the Wild, Vallejo, CA
2013 Endangered, Article, The Beachcomber
2012 Best of Show, curated by Andrea Schwartz, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes, CA
2008 First place, curated by Chester Arnold, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA
Selected Exhibits and Events
2018 Piedmont Center for the Arts 4th Annual Juried Exhibit, Jurors: Sarah Roberts, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Associate Curator of Painting and Sculpture and by Carin Adams, Oakland Museum of California, Associate Curator, Art and Material Culture.
2017 Piedmont Center for the Arts 4th Annual Juried Exhibit, Jurors: Sarah Roberts, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Associate Curator of Painting and Sculpture and by Carin Adams, Oakland Museum of California, Associate Curator, Art and Material Culture.
2016 Discovery Day, Site Specific Works, Romberg Tiburon Center, CA
2016 Climate Change, Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA
2015 Hardly Stictly Mini 2015, Invatation only by Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA
2014 Imagine San Rafael, Participatory Art Exhibit at Youth In Arts, San Rafael, CA
2014 Visions of the Wild, Vallejo Community Arts Foundation, Vallejo, CA
2014 Shelter, Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA
2013 Fur, Feathers and Fins, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA
2013 Up, Up and Away, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA
2013 Forts and Flags Event, Event, West End Celebration, San Rafael, CA
2012 The Crocker-Kingsley Competition, Blue Line Gallery, Roseville, CA
2012 The Mothering Tree, Public Installation, San Rafael, CA
2011 Elements, Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA
2011 Duration, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes, CA
2009 Night Visions, Cocinos Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, AZ
2009 Annual Juried Show, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA
2008 Marin Museum of Contemporary Art First Juried Show, Novato, CA
2007 Day of the Dead Invitational, Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA
Fortnight Collective
2016
2014 Imagine San Rafael, Participatory Art Exhibit with Fortnight Collective
2014 Home Sweet Home, Installation with Fortnight Collective
2013 Forts and Flags, Event at the West End Celebration with Fortnight Collective
2013 The Mothering Tree, Installation with Fortnight Collective
2013 Love, Loath and Long For, Event with Fortnight Collective
History
2005-Present
Independent Contractor for Murals, Illustration, Models and Exhibit Installation for Natural Histiory Museums
-California Academy of Sciences
-Alumni Studios, http://alumniexhibits.com/wp/
-Weldon Exhibits: http://weldonexhibits.com/
2012- Present
Founding member of Fortnight Collective, http://www.fortnightsanrafael.com/
1996-2005
Weldon Exhibits, Novato, CA. (AKA Academy Studios)
Designed and painted murals for natural history museums including, but not limited to: Smithsonian, Chicago Field Museum, North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, and Papalote Museo del Nino in Mexico. Worked closely with scientist, designers and museum administration to ensure design intent and scientific accuracy throughout exhibits.
1993-95
Art Restoration Apprenticeship with Elena Scabbia, Veneto, Italy
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, BFA 1991
Upcomming Events:
June 11, 2018 - Installation at the Bay Model, Sausolito, CA
Selected Solo Exhibits
2017 Oceanic, solo exhibit at the Bolinas Museum, CA
2017 Natura Morta, solo exhibit, Morris Graves Museum, Eureka, CA
2016 Moons of Our Solar System, solo exhibit, Throckmorton Theater, Mill Valley, CA
2016 Sea Stars, solo exhibit, Artworks Downtown, San Rafael, CA
2016 The last of Their Kind, solo exhibit, Emeritus Center, College of Marin, CA
2015 Sea Stars, solo exhibit, Romberg Tiburon Center, Tiburon, CA
2015 The Wasting, solo exhibit, Spinster Sisters, Santa Rosa, CA
2014 Animali d’Europa in Pericolo di Estinzione, Public Installation, Castelfranco Veneto, Italy
2014 The Last of Their Kind, Solo Exhibit, 1850 Fourth Street, San Rafael, CA
2012 LEAP, Underground Gallery, Solo Exhibit, San Rafael, CA
2008 Phase 1 of the Moon Project, Solo Exhibit, Bean There, San Francisco, CA
Awards/Publications/Residencies
2017 Original Minds, Radio Interview, KMWR Radio Station, CA
2017 The Quarterly
2016 Artist in Residence, Romberg Tiburon Center, CA
2016 Documenting Loss, Article, Marin IJ
2016 Art Exhibit Deals With Threatened Species, Article, College of Marin Emeritus Newsletter
2015 Footing the Bill: Art and Our Ecological Footprint, Art Works For Change
2015 Artist in Residence, Whiskeytown NP, CA. Selected by Emma Acker, De Young Museum
2015 The Primal Paradox, About Place Journal, On-line publication, The Black Earth Institute
2014 Second Place, Visions of the Wild, Vallejo, CA
2013 Endangered, Article, The Beachcomber
2012 Best of Show, curated by Andrea Schwartz, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes, CA
2008 First place, curated by Chester Arnold, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA
Selected Exhibits and Events
2018 Piedmont Center for the Arts 4th Annual Juried Exhibit, Jurors: Sarah Roberts, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Associate Curator of Painting and Sculpture and by Carin Adams, Oakland Museum of California, Associate Curator, Art and Material Culture.
2017 Piedmont Center for the Arts 4th Annual Juried Exhibit, Jurors: Sarah Roberts, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Associate Curator of Painting and Sculpture and by Carin Adams, Oakland Museum of California, Associate Curator, Art and Material Culture.
2016 Discovery Day, Site Specific Works, Romberg Tiburon Center, CA
2016 Climate Change, Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA
2015 Hardly Stictly Mini 2015, Invatation only by Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA
2014 Imagine San Rafael, Participatory Art Exhibit at Youth In Arts, San Rafael, CA
2014 Visions of the Wild, Vallejo Community Arts Foundation, Vallejo, CA
2014 Shelter, Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA
2013 Fur, Feathers and Fins, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA
2013 Up, Up and Away, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA
2013 Forts and Flags Event, Event, West End Celebration, San Rafael, CA
2012 The Crocker-Kingsley Competition, Blue Line Gallery, Roseville, CA
2012 The Mothering Tree, Public Installation, San Rafael, CA
2011 Elements, Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA
2011 Duration, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes, CA
2009 Night Visions, Cocinos Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, AZ
2009 Annual Juried Show, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA
2008 Marin Museum of Contemporary Art First Juried Show, Novato, CA
2007 Day of the Dead Invitational, Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA
Fortnight Collective
2016
2014 Imagine San Rafael, Participatory Art Exhibit with Fortnight Collective
2014 Home Sweet Home, Installation with Fortnight Collective
2013 Forts and Flags, Event at the West End Celebration with Fortnight Collective
2013 The Mothering Tree, Installation with Fortnight Collective
2013 Love, Loath and Long For, Event with Fortnight Collective
History
2005-Present
Independent Contractor for Murals, Illustration, Models and Exhibit Installation for Natural Histiory Museums
-California Academy of Sciences
-Alumni Studios, http://alumniexhibits.com/wp/
-Weldon Exhibits: http://weldonexhibits.com/
2012- Present
Founding member of Fortnight Collective, http://www.fortnightsanrafael.com/
1996-2005
Weldon Exhibits, Novato, CA. (AKA Academy Studios)
Designed and painted murals for natural history museums including, but not limited to: Smithsonian, Chicago Field Museum, North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, and Papalote Museo del Nino in Mexico. Worked closely with scientist, designers and museum administration to ensure design intent and scientific accuracy throughout exhibits.
1993-95
Art Restoration Apprenticeship with Elena Scabbia, Veneto, Italy
