Ellen Alt’s work is inspired by languages, alphabets and symbols. Starting with a calligraphy class in college, this interest has led from Cannonite pictograms, through the history of writing, to messages embedded in ice as part of her recent work about climate change. Her mixed media work has been exhibited in the U.S, Germany, Russia, China, England and the Middle East. One of her pieces was presented to Hillary Clinton on the occasion of the peace treaty between Israel and Jordan and is in the collection of the White House. Ms. Alt also organizes community sculpture and mural projects throughout the world. She holds an MA in studio art from New York University and a BFA from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Ms. Alt lives in Manhattan with her husband, Carlos Narvaez, a photographer. She maintains a studio in Long Island City.
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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
SENSE OF ICE
Lichtundfire Gallery, New York, New York, curated by Robert Curcio and Priska Juschka, Dec 2018 – Jan 2019
ON THE CONSEQUENSES OF HATE SPEECH
Manny Cantor Center, New York, New York, Dec 2018 – Jan 2019
I DREAM IN BLUE AND GREEN
LIC Arts Open Gallery @ The Factory LIC, curated by Grace Lerner, Sept – Oct 2018
CHASHAMA: SPACE FOR ARTISTS – One Person Show
New York, NY, June 2018
FORM AND FANTASY, New York Society of Women Artists
The Village Center of Port Jefferson, New York, Mar– April 2018
FREEDOM: An Artistic Expression
Belskie Museum of Art and Science, Closter, New Jersey, Mar 2018
DELAWARE VALLEY ARTS ALLIANCE, For What it is Worth
Narrowsburg, NY, Feb – Mar 2018
ART AS SANCTUARY, New York Society of Women Artists
Saint Peter's Church, New York, New York, October – Dec 2017
Mikhail Zakin Gallery, Demarest, New Jersey, Feb – March 2017
CLIMATE CHANGE AWARDS POP UP, Human Impacts Institute
New York, New York, October 2017
GALLERY AT MAYYIM HAYYIM, two person show
Newton, Massachusetts, June – September 2017
GEORGE BILLIS GALLERY, New York Society of Women Artists
New York, New York – The Primacy of Color, Nov – Dec 2016
QUADRATFUSS, catalog
Annex Art, Berlin, Germany, Jan. 2016
ECOLOGY: The Difference Perception Makes
Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY, Feb 2015
LAUDES CREATURARUM
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY, Oct. 2014
HULLABALLOO COLLECTIVE
FOUNTAIN ART FAIR, New York, NY, Mar. 2012, Mar. 2013, Mar 2014
PAUL SEFTEL PROJECT SPACE, New York, NY, Aug. 2012
CURATE NYC
Rush Art Gallery, New York, NY, Oct 2013
KRAFT CENTER, solo show
Columbia/Barnard University, New York, NY, Oct – Nov 2012
DREITZER GALLERY, solo show
Brandeis University, Boston, MA, June – July 2012
HOLOCAUST CENTER
Detroit, MI, “Silent Witnesses: Migration Stories”, Catalog, Jan – April 2012
ERNEST RUBENSTEIN GALLERY - solo show
New York, NY, “Embodied Light: 9-11 in 2011”, Sept. – Nov. 2011
THE PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF JEWISH ART
Philadelphia, PA, “The Dura Europos Project”, Catalog, Dec. 2010 – Mar. 2011
FLOMENHAFT GALLERY ANNEX
New York, NY, “Generation D: Identities”, Dec. 2010
CLIMATE GALLERY
New York, NY, “RE:fuse/RE:use”, May – June 2010
ART FAIRS
ASIA CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR http://www.asiacontemporaryart.com/artists/artist/Ellen_Alt/en/
Hong Kong, China, March 2018
AWARDS
Art Buzz Publication, Honorable Mention in Mixed Media. 2009
Ish-Shalom Foundation Grand, Israel, 1993
COLLECTIONS
The White House, Washington, D C
Pzifer Corporate Collectioin
International Museum of Collage, Assemblage and Construction
Pagosa Springs, CO
Ben Uri Art Society, London, England
ORGANIZATIONS/LINKS
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ellen.alt.9
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ellen_alt_artist
New York Artists Circle http://nyartistscircle.com/index.php/portfolio-3/
New York Society of Women Artists www.newyorksocietyofwomenartists.com/ellen-alt
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Art Daily, Dec 8, 2018 http://artdaily.com/news/109749/Lichtundfire-opens-an-exhibition-by-eight-artists-whose-work-represents-ice#.XDoD7FxKjIU
Times Herald-record, MARCH 23, 2018 http://www.recordonline.com/entertainmentlife/20180322/climate-change-artistic-theme-in-two-big-exhibits
The Jewish Press: A Jewish Art Salon Exhibit, November 2010
Jewish Artists / Signatures & Monograms / International, John Castagno, Scarecrow Press, August 2010
The Hindu, India, April 26 2009
The Times of India, April 20 2009
Portfolio, Norfolk, VA, August 2008