Ellen Ramsey
Contemporary Tapestry



Seattle, Washington, USA
ramsey.ellen@gmail.com

Selected Recent Exhibitions

2024

VIII International Triennial of Textile Arts, Szombathely, Hungary

Tapestry Artists of Puget Sound, Vashon Center for the Arts, Vashon Island, WA

2023   

Common Threads: Tapestry Artists of Puget Sound, Jansen Art Center, Lynden, WA

Heroes and Villains, Columbia City Gallery, Seattle, WA

International Fiber Arts XI, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA

Small Expressions, Pacific Northwest Quilt and Fiber Arts Museum, LaConnor, WA; Haywood Community College, Clyde, NC; Yadkin Valley Fiber Center, Elkin, NC

Wall Hanging, The Vestibule, Seattle, WA

Connections, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY

American Tapestry Biennial 14, Appalachian Center for Craft, Smithville, TN

2022

Small Expressions, UT Downtown Gallery, Knoxville, TN; Aiken Center for the Arts, Aiken, SC; Arts & Heritage Center, North Augusta, SC; Edison Gallery, Foothills Art Center, Elkin, NC; Studio 203, Los Angeles, CA

Clay & Textile, Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY

72nd A-One, Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan, CT

Heallreaf 4, Farfields Mill, Sedbergh, UK; Oxmarket Contemporary, Chichester, UK; RBSA Gallery, Birmingham, UK.

2021  

More Impact: Climate Change, San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, San Jose, CA.

International Fiber Arts X, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA.

Weaving Re-Imagined, New Hope Arts, New Hope, PA.

Small Tapestry International 7: Elements, Gallery of Wood Art, St. Paul, MN; Lincoln City Cultural Center, Lincoln City, OR.

2020  

Politically Charged, Blue Line Arts, Roseville, CA.

Fiber 2020, Silvermine Arts Center Gallery, New Canaan, CT.

Currents 2020: National Craft Exhibition, Schack Art Center, Everett, WA

The Gold Standard of Textile and Fiber Art, Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY

2019 

Heallreaf 3, Surface Gallery, Nottingham, UK; Espacio Gallery, London, UK.

International Fiber Arts IX, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA.

Finalist's Exhibition: Kate Derum Award for Small Tapestries, Australian Tapestry Workshop, Melbourne, Australia.

Transformation: Fiber as Medium, The Common Thread Gallery, online at http://thecommonthreadgallery.com

2018 

World of Threads, Queen Elizabeth Park Community & Cultural Centre, Oakville, Ontario, Canada.

World Tapestry Now: American Tapestry Biennial 12, online https://americantapestryalliance.org/exhibitions/atbiennials/

2017 

International Fiber Arts VIII, Sebastapol Center for the Arts, Sebastapol, CA.

2016 

American Tapestry Biennial 11. South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, IN; Mulvane Art Museum, Topeka, KS; Museum of Quilts and Textiles, San Jose, CA.

2015 

Small Tapestry International 4. Orville Hanchey Gallery, Northwestern     State University, Natchitoches, LA; Biggs Museum of Art, Dover, DE; Artspace, Raleigh, NC.

2014 

From Lausanne to Beijing: 8th International Fiber Art Biennale, Nantong, China.


Prizes and Awards

Honorable Mention, Small Expressions 2023

Heallreaf Prize (UK), Heallreaf 3, 2019

Finalist, Kate Derum Award for Small Tapestries (AU), 2019

People's Choice Award, Northwest Fine Arts Competition, 2018

Best in Show, Coastal Fiberarts, 2015

Best in Show, Fiber Celebration, 2014

Best Dynamic Future, Putting the Art in Fiber Arts, 2012

Award of Excellence, Fiber Celebration, 2005


Education

Individualized study in Gobelin tapestry technique with Mary Lane, former Director of Education at the Schuer Tapestry Studio (NY, 1982-1989), 1998-2001

MA, Art History, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 1990


Professional Affiliations

Juried member, Northwest Designer Craftsmen, 2019 - present

Member, Textile Study Group of New York, 2019 - present

Member, Tapestry Weavers West, 2018 - present

Juried member, Tapestry Artists of Puget Sound, 2012 – present

American Tapestry Alliance, 1997 – present; Board of Directors, 2003-2009

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