RESUME - ELLEN SCHIFFMAN

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2023 Colabella Fine Art – Ridgefield CT – solo Exhibit - What Was, Still Is….

2023 Ridgefield Public Library – Solo exhibit- Embrace the Journey

2023 Ely Ctr of Contemporary Art, Perspectives Gallery, New Haven - Myth & Magic, 3-person

2022 New Britain Museum of Art, New Britain, CT - Nor'easter - Juried, 2nd place prize

2022 Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI - Biennial Exhibit - National Juried

2022 Bristol Art Museum, RI - Putting the Pieces Back Together, collage exhibit - Nat'l Juried

2022 Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT - Tangible Traces - 3 person invitational

2022 Silvermine Art Center, New Canaan, CT - Summer Salon - Juried

2022 Ridgefield Guild of Art, Ridgefield, CT - Coming of Age - Invitational

2021 Westport Art Collective, Pop Up Exhibit

2020 Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan CT, Fiber 2020 – National Juried

2019 Providence Art Club, Providence, RI – National Juried–Sculpture Award winner
2019 Silvermine Art Center, New Canaan , CT – Summer Salon - Juried show
2019 Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT - Connecticut Women Artists – Juried show
2019 Brookline Art Center, Brookline, MA - New England Thread – Juried Show
2018 BWAC Gallery, Brooklyn NY- Material Matters – Juried show
2018 Pelham Curtis Gallery, New Canaan CT - Organic Explorations – 2 person show
2018 Mercy Gallery, Windsor CT – “Following the Thread” – Solo Show
2018 Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury CT – “Mixmaster” - Juried
2017 Dedee Shattuck Gallery, Westport MA “Small Works” - Invitational
2017 Flinn Gallery, Greenwich CT “Of Art and Craft” - Invitational
2017 River Street Gallery, New Haven CT “Unbound” - juried show
2017 Fuller Museum of Craft, Brockton Ma “The 52 Box Project” – Solo Show
2016 Fiber Arts Guild of Pittsburgh PA, “Fiberarts International 2016”- Juried
2016 Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn NY -“Transgressing Traditions” - SDA Juried
2016 Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury CT - “Mixmaster”, Juried
2016 ArtWalk, Hartford CT - “Fiber Alchemy: 2 Viewpoints” – Invitational 2 person show
2016 The Nest Art Factory, Bridgeport CT - “Healing” – Juried
2016 Peters Valley Gallery, Layton NJ “Maker Moxie” Juried
2016 Wilton Library, Wilton CT “The Message is in the Medium” - 4 person invitational
2016 Gallery on the Green, Canton CT “CT Scissorhands” Juried
2016 Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Ridgefield CT “By a Thread”- Invitational
2016 Blue Door Gallery, Yonkers NY “Big Ideas/ Small Packages” - Juried
2015/2016 Westport Library, Westport CT, “Color, No Color” - Solo Show
2015 Excellence in Fiber On-line Gallery – FiberArt Now Magazine - Juried
2015 Textile Center of Minneapolis “Small Expressions”- Juried
2015 Etui Fiber Arts, Larchmont NY, “Spun” - Juried
2015 Kershner Galley, Fairfield CT, “On the Fringe: Exploration in Fiber” - Juried
2015 Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Ridgefield CT, Annual, Juried
2015 Havilland Gallery, South Norwalk CT, “NESTings”, Invitational
2014 Nylen Gallery, Westport CT, “52 Weekly Works in Fiber and Beyond”, Solo Show
2014 Mark Twain Library, Redding CT, “Fantastic Fiber”
2014 Danbury Art & Frame, Danbury Ct, “State of Wonder”, 3 person show - Invitational
2014 Beechwood Arts, Westport CT- Invitational
2013 Guilford Art Center, Guilford CT, “Artistry” - Invitational
2013 Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven CT, “Celebration of American Craft”- Juried
2013 Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Ridgefield CT, “The Women”- Invitational
2012 Wayne Art Center, Wayne PA, “Craftforms”, Juried
2012 Kershner Gallery, Fairfield CT, “Shaping Color”, 2-person show - Invitational
2012 Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Ridgefield CT, Winner-Best in Show - Juried
2012 Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven CT, “Celebration of American Craft” - Juried
2011 Danbury Art and Frame, Danbury CT, “Fiber” - Invitational
2011 Nylen Gallery, Westport CT, “The Textile Show”- 5-person Invitational
2011 Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Ridgefield CT, “Continuum”- Invitational
2011 Hospice of Western CT, “Art of Caring” - Juried
2011 Perkin Gallery, Southport CT - Juried
2011 Carriage Barn, New Canaan CT, Annual Members Show - Juried
2011 Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven CT, “Celebration of American Craft” - Juried

Professional Affiliation

Surface Design Association – CT State Representative
Silvermine Art Center – Guild Member
Textile Study Group of New York
American Craft Council
Westport Art Collective