Ellen Altfest

BIOGRAPHY
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ELLEN ALTFEST
1970 Born in New York, NY
  Lives and works in New York
   
Training  
2002 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
1997 Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT
1993 Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
   
Solo Exhibitions
2012 Head and plant, New Museum, New York, NY 
2011 The Bent Leg, White Cube Hoxton Square, London, UK
2010 The Leg, Chinati Foundation, Marfa, TX
2007 Paintings, White Cube Hoxton Square, London, UK
2005 Still Lives, December, Bellwether, New York, NY
2002 Rocks and Trees, Bellwether, Brooklyn, NY
   
Selected Group Exhibitions 
2013  Biennale di Venezia, 55 Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte, Venice, Italy  
2012 It is what it is, or is it?, Contemporary Art Museum, Houston, TX
  Annual exhibition, National Academy Museum, New York, NY
  Body of evidence, Francois Ghebaly Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2011 NY: New Perspectives, with the contribution of Linda Yablonsky, Brand New Gallery, Milan, Italy
2009 ON FROM HERE, Guild & Greyshkul, New York, NY
2006 USA TODAY, organized by the Saatchi Gallery, The Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK 
  Dynasty curated by Christopher Ho and Omar Lopez Chahoud, Gallery MC, New York, NY
  Men, curated by Ellen Altfest, I-20 Gallery, New York, NY
2005 2nd Annual Watercolor Exhibition, Guild & Greyshkul, New York, NY
2004 Where are we going, where do we come from? curated by Katherine Bernhardt, Champion Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
  Grotto, Jessica Murray Projects, Brooklyn, NY
  Hello Chelsea, Bellwether, New York, NY
2003 You, Royal Modern, New York, NY
2002 Painting as Paradox, Artists’ Space, New York, NY
2001 The Brewster Project, Brewster, NY
  In the Landscape, Silverstein Gallery, New York, NY
2000 The Artist’s Studio, P.P.O.W., Sothebys.com, New York, NY
  Three Artists, Bellwether, Brooklyn, NY
  The Drawing Show, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA (curated by Ellen Gallagher)
  Emerging Artists, Provincetown Museum, Provincetown, MA
1999 Open Road, Joyce Goldstein Gallery, New York, NY
1998 May 17, 1998, Cornish Estate, Cold Spring, NY
1997 Scapers, Red Mill Gallery, Johnson, VT