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