BIOGRAPHY

Born: Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1971

Resides: Portland, Oregon

Education: Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University (M.F.A., 1999); University of Washington (B.F.A., 1995)

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2017

“W.I.T.C.H. 1985,” Portland Art Museum, Oregon.

“The Subjects,” Crumpacker Family Library, Portland Art Museum, Oregon.

2016

“Run Now Women, XO,” Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris.

2015

“We Were Singing,” Adams and Ollman Gallery, Oregon.

2014

“You & I Are Earth,” Adams and Ollman Gallery, Oregon.

2013

“The Strong, Star-Bright Companions,” Ambach & Rice Gallery, Los Angeles.

2010

“Ellen Lesperance,” Seattle Art Museum, Washington.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2018

“New Materialism,” Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm (September 9–November 11).

2017

“Trigger: Gender as a Tool and a Weapon,” New Museum, New York.

“Makers Catalogue,” Derek Eller Gallery, New York.

2016

“Ellen Lesperance and Helen Mirra, Traversing,” Armory Arts Center, Pasadena.

2015

“Take Back Vermont!” ZieherSmith Gallery, New York.

2014

“Thread Lines,” The Drawing Center, New York.

“Almost Something, Not Quite Nothing,” Ambach & Rice Gallery, Los Angeles.

2013

“American Identities: A New Look, Modern Life,” Brooklyn Museum, New York.

“Hang Up,” Josh Lilley Gallery, London.

Selected Bibliography

2017

Vogel, Wendy. “‘Trigger: Gender as a Tool and a Weapon’ at New Museum, New York,” Mousse (December).

Kabat, Jen. “Pattern Recognition,” Frieze (September).

Cotter, Holland. “When It Comes to Gender, Let Confusion Reign,” New York Times (September 28).

2016

Mizota, Sharon. “For Ellen Lesperance and Helen Mirra, the Message Is Woven into the Art,” Los Angeles Times (June 27).

Rosenberg, Karen. “Knit, Purl, Protest: The Radical Stitchcraft of Ellen Lesperance,” Artspace.com (January 8).

2014

Taylor, Sue. “Ellen Lesperance,” Art in America (December).

Rosenberg, Karen. “Thread Lines,” New York Times (October 16).

2013

Herbert, Martin. Vitamin D2: New Perspectives in Drawing. London: Phaidon.