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The Homeless Memorial
If I Die Tomorrow, Who Will Do the Dishes?
Belly Up to the Bar
The Quilt
Infant Mortality Figures
He Said/She Said
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Ellen Coleman Izzo
451 76th Street Brooklyn, NY 11209
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Selected CV
Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
2005
If I Die Tomorrow, Who Will Do the Dishes? (The Quest for Unconditional Love),
The Cocoa Bar, Brooklyn, NY
Emerging Artists International Open Studio Exhibition, New York City, NY
2003
Belly Up to the Bar, Square One Gallery, New York, NY
1996
Open Studio, The Lower East Side Printshop, New York, NY
1993
Patrons, Al Hubbard s, Brooklyn, NY
1984
Roses, Lincoln Savings Bank, New York, NY
1984
Awaiting Orders, 43 Lawton Street Gallery, New Rochelle, NY
1981
Etchings, The Gay Nineties Bistro, New Paltz, NY
Group Exhibitions
2012
Moving Stories, Saint Joseph s College, Brooklyn, NY
2011
Faces of the Economy, Art For Change, New York, NY
Chain Letter, Samson Art Projects, Boston, MA
NARS Open Studio
2010
Ready, Set, Create, NARS Foundation, Brooklyn, NY
Systems Failure, Target Gallery at Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA
Curated by Sarah Tanguy
Contemporary Etchings and Monotypes, Pyramida Centre for Contemporary Art, Haifa, Israel
NARS Open Studio
2009
Works on Paper, Nambu Contemporary Art Association, Inchun City, Korea
Contemporary Etchings and Monotypes, The National Arts Club, New York, NY Curated by
Samantha Rippner (catalog)
NARS Open Studio
2008
The Art of Democracy, National Arts Club, New York, Loyola University Museum,
Chicago, IL, (catalog)
City Worker s Invitational, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY Curated by Harvey Dinnerstein
and Burton Silverman
Art of the Northeast, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT. Curated by
Thom Collins
New Yorker s by New Yorker s, Art at First: NY Society of Etchers, New York, NY
NARS Open Studio
Beautiful Road, International Contemporary Art Exhibition, BaikMin Museum of BoSung Gun,
Korea (catalog)07-08
8 * x 11, Arts and Literature Laboratory, New Haven, CT Numerous venues
06-08
The Art of Persuasion, The National Arts Club, New York, NY; Westchester Community
College, Valhalla, NY; Paramount Center for the Arts, Peekskill, NY Curated by Marilyn
Kushner (catalog)
2006
The Lower East Side Printshop Keyholder Exhibition, New York, NY
Gender/Identity, Arts and Literature Laboratory, New Haven, CT
City Worker s Invitational, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
The Lower East Side Printshop
Keyholder Exhibition, New York, NY
The Winter Print Salon, The Garage, Brooklyn, NY
2005
Fashion District Arts Festival, The Lower East Side Printshop Keyholder Exhibition, New
York, NY
Los Angeles Printmaking Society (exchange with the New York Society of Etchers), Los
Angeles, CA
2004
Black Church Studio (exchange with the New York Society of Etchers), Dublin, Ireland
(catalog)
2002
New York City Not-For-Profit Workshop Exhibition, New York Society of
Etchers, New York, NY (catalog)
2001
Reactions, Exit Art, New York, NY (Gifted to the Library of Congress, Washington, DC)
2000
Printwork 2K, Barrett House Galleries, Poughkeepsie, NY Curated by Marilyn Symmes
1999
Messages, Goethe Institut, New York, NY; Birmingham Museum, Birmingham, UK;
Kuppelhalle der Dresdner Bank, Leipzig, Germany
1998
Album, Thirty years at the Lower EastSide Printshop, Chelsea Art Building, New York, NY.
Curated by Nancy Princenthal (catalog)
Printwork 98, Barrett House Galleries, Poughkeepsie, NY Curated by Starr Figura
1995
Printed at the Lower East Side Printshop, La Mama La Galleria, New York, NY
1994
Printwork 94, Barrett House Galleries, Poughkeepsie, NY Curated by David Kiehl
Violence in the Media, St. John s University Gallery, Jamaica, NY
1992
Works On Paper, The Graphic Eye Gallery, Port Washington, NY
1986
Statue of Liberty: A Contemporary View, Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT; John Szoke
Graphics, New York, NY
1985
10th Annual Miniature Print Exhibition, Pratt Manhattan Galleries, New York, NY
1984
A Christmas Invitational 43 Lawton Street
Gallery, New Rochelle, NY
U.S. National Fine Art Competition and International
Exhibition, Tallahassee, FL
1981
Faculty Select: MFA/BFA Candidates, State University of New York at New Paltz
Workshops and Presentations
2011
Brooklyn Artist Gym Artist Talk: The Homeless Memorial
NARS Artist Salon Program
2010
NARS Open Studio, Brooklyn, NY Printmaking workshop for attendees of all ages
2005
New York City Art Teachers Association/UFT, Artworks 05 Workshop presentation for
innovative printmaking unit
2002
Professional Development at the BrooklynMuseum, Presentation of printmaking techniques
for arts specialists
2000
New Grants / New Works, The Lower East Side Printshop Speaker Series
1999
New York Prints, The Lower East Side Printshop
1996
Open Studio at The Lower East Side Printshop, Infant Mortality Figures and The Portrait
series
Education and Professional Studies
City University of New York at Brooklyn, MA (2004)
State University College at New Paltz, NY, BFA (1981)
At the Lower East Side Printshop:
Solar Plate Etching, Jason Watson
Grant Writing for Artists, Betti-Sue Hertz
Business of Being an Artist, Jackie Battenfield
Collage Adhesives, Kathy Caraccio
Gum Bichromate Printing, E.E. Smith
Book Structures, Miriam Schaer
Public Art Institute, Center for Architecture, New York, NY
US Department of Education participant/facilitator: Artful Learning Communities, Art of
Teaching grants. Co-facilitated a Professional Learning Community (PLC) in Visual Arts;
Developed strategies for collaborative inquiry around formative assessment practices and
student learning; Utilized ARIS, the NYCDOE electronic sharing platform for teachers as
well as VoiceThread to share teacher and student work
NYC Department of Education: Writing and Art: Connections that Support Student
Achievement; Museum Ambassadors program at the Metropolitan Museum;
Studio in-a-School artist/art teacher collaborations program
Thinking Through Art Symposium, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, MA
Learning through Art Symposium, Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Teaching Experience
2001-pVisual Arts Teacher, PS 503 (Formerly PS 314) Brooklyn, NY
2003-7
Project Arts Liaison, P.S. 314, (503) Brooklyn, NY
2000-01Project Arts Teacher, New York City Board of Education, District 20, Brooklyn, NY
Grants and Awards
2003
Puffin Foundation Award, Teaneck, NJ Grant for Belly Up to the Bar
199921 For 25, Women s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY Grant for The Quilt (catalog)
Affiliations
BRIC Rotunda Gallery
The Lower East Side Printshop
National Art Education Association
The New York Society of Etchers
Brooklyn Arts Council
Manhattan Graphics Center
Pratt Graphics Center
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