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Ellen Coleman Izzo
451 76th Street Brooklyn, NY 11209
917-696-5470
www.ellencolemanizzo.com
ellencolemanizzo@gmail.com

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 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 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-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

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