Ellen Ramsey Studio

Ellen Ramsey

Born 1960, Des Moines, Iowa, USA

Lives and works in Seattle, Washington

ramsey.ellen@gmail.com



Selected Group Exhibitions



2024

CraftForms, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA

NWCraft24, The Schack Art Center, Everett, WA

Kate Derum International Award for Tapestry: 2024 Finalists, The Australian Tapestry Workshop, South Melbourne, AU

Heallreaf 5, traveling, Westin Park, Shropshire UK, Morley Gallery, London, UK, Farfield Mill, Cumbria, UK

VIII International Triennial of Textile Arts, Szombathely, Hungary

Woven Images, VU Gallery, Bellingham, WA

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

2023   

Heroes and Villains, Columbia City Gallery, Seattle, WA

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

Small Expressions 2023, traveling, Pacific Northwest Quilt and Fiber Arts Museum, LaConnor, WA, and others

Wall Hanging, The Vestibule, Seattle, WA

Connections, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY

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

Tapestry Artists of Puget Sound, Jansen Art Center, Lynden, WA

2022

Small Expressions 2022, traveling, UT Downtown Gallery, Knoxville, TN, and others

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

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

Heallreaf 4, traveling, 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.

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/


Selected Press


Dye Sherpe, Chloe, NWCraft24, Art Access, vol.33 no.4. July-August 2024, p. 5

Exploring the Creative Process: How Three Textile Artists Use Sketchbooks, Fiber Art Now FANfare blog, https://www.fiberartnow.net/blog/exploring-the-creative-process/, June 19, 2024

Spotlight: Ellen Ramsey Contemporary Tapestry Artisthttps://createwhimsy.com/projects/spotlight-ellen-ramsey-contemporary-tapestry-artist/, 2023

Small Expressions 2023, Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot, Winter 2023, Vol. 54 no. 4, p.26

Sivermine Gallery, Ellen Ramsey - Fiber 2020 Exhibiting Artist, YouTube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHjOPBXlHSs&t=5s


Selected Bibliography

It’s Complicated: Summer Exhibition Catalog, curated by Erika Diamond for I Like Your Work, 2024

American Tapestry Biennial 14, Exhibition catalog, 2023

Connections, Ceres Gallery, Exhibition Catalog, 2023

Heallreaf 4, Exhibition Catalog, 2022

Small Tapestry International 7: Elements, Exhibition catalog, 2021

Currents 2020: National Craft Exhibition, Northwest Designer Craftsmen, Exhibition Catalog, 2020

Transformation: Fiber as Medium. The Common Threads Gallery, Exhibition Catalog, 2019

Heallreaf 3, Exhibition Catalog, 2019

World Tapestry Now: American Tapestry Biennial 12, Exhibition Catalog, 2018


Selected Awards

Finalist, Kate Derum International Award for Tapestry (AU), 2024

Honorable Mention, Small Expressions 2023

Heallreaf Prize (UK), Heallreaf 3, 2019

Finalist, Kate Derum International Award for Tapestry (AU), 2019

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


Education

Individual instruction in French classical tapestry technique with master weaver Mary Lane, (former Director of Education at the Scheuer Tapestry Studio, NYC, active 1982-1989), 1998-2001

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

BBA, Finance, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 1983

Using Format