Ellen Coleman Izzo

The Homeless Memorial  
If I Die Tomorrow, Who Will Do the Dishes?  
Belly Up to the Bar  
The Quilt  
Infant Mortality Figures  
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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

2010 Contemporary Etchings and Monotypes, Pyramida Centre for Contemporary Art, Haifa, Israel
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 ½” 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 East Side 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 Curated by
1992 Works On Paper, The Graphic Eye Gallery, Port Washington, NY Curated by
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

2005 New York City Art Teachers Association/UFT, Artworks 05 workshop presentation for innovative printmaking unit.
2002 Professional Development at the Brooklyn Museum, Presentation of printmaking techniques for District 20 arts educators utilizing museum artifacts as the inspiration for creating collagraph prints.
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
State University College at New Paltz, NY, BFA
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
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-p Visual Arts Teacher, PS 503 (Formerly PS 314) Brooklyn, NY
2003-7 Project Arts Liaison, P.S. 314, (503) Brooklyn, NY
2000-01 Project 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
1999 21 For 25, Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY Grant for The Quilt (catalog)

Affiliations

The Lower East Side Printshop
National Art Education Association
The New York Society of Etchers
Brooklyn Arts Council
Manhattan Graphics Center
Pratt Graphics Center