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Ellen Nieves
Many years ago I was caught at sunset in a tropical storm. I sat alone on the beach, watching the wind blow clouds over the ocean. Then everything became still and the rain came down suddenly. The sky turned blue-black. I waited until I was soaked, then ran onto the wraparound porch of the closest house. I remember the tin roof echoing and intensifying the sounds of the storm. Inside, an aged victrola was playing, what else- a torch song, and a soft yellow light was shining through the house's many wooden shutters. My whole body relaxed into the storm, the wind, the darkness, the light and the sound. I was in tune with the world. It was as if a breathtaking chasm of time and space had opened up and was exploding and unfolding before me. It had the magical quality of joy that comes out of solitude and intimate participation with nature. And this sensation of wholeness in relation to nature is the basis for my paintings. They are my memories of wonders both internal and external.
Education:
Carnegie Institute
University of Miami, Bachelor of Fine ArtsExhibits:
2004 Poughkeepsie Art Museum, group show, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
2004 Haddad Iascano Gallery, Great Barrington, MA.- group show
2004 Lynn Goldsmith Gallery, Basalt, Colorado
2004 Sheila Atcheson Gallery, Birmingham Alabama
2003 Lynn Goldsmith Gallery, Basalt, Colorado
2003 Sheila Atcheson Gallery, Birmingham, Alabama
2002 Brisons Veor Charitable Trust Residency - Cape Cornwall, England
2002 Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, N.Y. - group show
2001/2 Lynn Goldsmith Gallery, Basalt Colorado
2001 Marilyn Cooper Gallery, Lewisburg, West Virginia
2001/2 Sheila Atcheson Gallery, Birmingham, Alabama
2000 Recipient of The Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation Grant
2000 The Catskill Center, Erpf Cultural Institute, Arkville, N.Y.
2000 The Kleinert/James Art Center, Woodstock, N.Y.
1997 Woodstock Artists Association, Woodstock NY- solo show
1997 Hawthorne Gallery, Woodstock, NY - group show
1997 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY - group show
1996 Tivoli Artists Assn. Tivoli, NY - group show
1993 Warren Street Gallery, Hudson, NY - solo show
1992 Kleinert Art Center, Woodstock NY - solo show
1990 Emerging Artist Gallery, NY, NY - group show
1989 AT&T, Short Hills, NJ- group show
1987 Ground Zero Gallery, Miami Fla. - group show
1987 Finalist New York Foudation for the Arts Grant
1984 Gemini Gallery, Palm Beach Fla. - group showPublications:
Woodstock Times- 1991-1997
Maison Francaise, English Insert, July/August 1988
Interior Design Magazine, June 1987
