Ellen Ramsey
Born 1960, Des Moines, Iowa, USA
Lives and works in Seattle, Washington
ramsey.ellen@gmail.com
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025
American Tapestry Biennial 15, Epiphany Center for the Arts, Chicago, IL
Intersections & Diversions, Strohl Art Center, Chautauqua, NY
What's Going On?, The Mills Building, San Francisco, CA
Fiber Between the Lines, Pacific Northwest Fiber Arts Museum, La Conner, WA
Tapestry Artists of Puget Sound: Telling Their Stories, Postmark Center for the Arts, Auburn, WA
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, Morley Gallery, London, UK, and others
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, Oxmarket Contemporary, Chichester, UK, and others
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
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 Artist, https://createwhimsy.com/projects/spotlight-ellen-ramsey-contemporary-tapestry-artist/, 2023
Sivermine Gallery, Ellen Ramsey - Fiber 2020 Exhibiting Artist, video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHjOPBXlHSs&t=5s
Selected Bibliography
Peters Valley School of Craft, Timeless Textiles, 2025
I Like Your Work, It’s Complicated: Summer Exhibition Catalog, 2024
Heallreaf 5, Exhibition catalog, 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, 2019
Heallreaf 3, Exhibition catalog, 2019
World Tapestry Now: American Tapestry Biennial 12, Exhibition catalog, 2018
Selected Awards
Juror's Award of Merit, CraftForms, 2024
Finalist, Kate Derum International Award for Tapestry (AU), 2024
Honorable Mention, Small Expressions, 2023
Heallreaf Prize (UK), 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