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    • murals
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    • identity
    • stories
    • leap
    • Moons of Our Solar System
    • botanicals/geologicals
    • Natura Morta
    • The Last of Their Kind
    • Oceanic
    • intertidal
    • Sticks and stones
  • About
    • Statement
    • CV
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Ellen Litwiller (b.1966)
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, BFA 1991

 Upcomming Events:

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Selected Solo Exhibits 
2018 - Installation at the Bay Model, Sausolito, CA
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
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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


 




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