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Ellen Lesperance
Exhibitions, CV, Press


Ellen Lesperance (b. 1971, Minneapolis) lives and works in Portland, Oregon. Most recently, the artist's work was featured in Dress Codes with Diane Simpson at the Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA and currently, is the focus of a solo exhibition at the Baltimore Museum of Art, MD. Her work has been exhibited widely including at the New Museum and the Drawing Center, both New York, NY; the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY; the Tate, St. Ives, UK; De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea, UK; Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham, UK; Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA; Portland Art Museum and Portland Institute of Contemporary Art, both Portland, OR; and the Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery, Haverford, PA. Her work is represented in the following public collections: the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY; the Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY; the Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR; the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Frye Art Museum, both Seattle, WA; the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA; the Museum Fine Arts Houston, Texas; the Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA; and the Kadist Art Foundation, San Francisco, CA. The artist has received grants and awards from the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, Art Matters, Pollock Krasner Foundation, the Ford Family Foundation and Headlands Center for the Arts’ Chiaro Award.


Ellen Lesperance
Q of Hearts, 2019
gouache and graphite on tea stained paper
44h x 29 1/2w in
111.76h x 74.93w cm
ELes 144


Ellen Lesperance
Wake the Dead, 2019
gouache and graphite on tea stained paper; wool
42 x 29 1/2 inches; knit component variable
ELes 145

Ellen Lesperance
Wake the Dead, 2019
gouache and graphite on tea stained paper; wool
42 x 29 1/2 inches; knit component variable
ELes 145

Ellen Lesperance
Stop Hate, 2019
gouache and graphite on tea stained paper
29 1/2h x 29 1/2w in
74.93h x 74.93w cm
ELes 134


Ellen Lesperance
Stop War 1st Priority, 2019
gouache and graphite on tea stained paper
29 1/2h x 29 1/2w in
74.93h x 74.93w cm
ELes 122


Ellen Lesperance
Maria Auxiliadora, em um céu azul celestial, os anjos te trazem punhados de pincéis e tubos de tinta., 2019
gouache and graphite on tea stained paper
41 x 29 1/2 inches
ELes 139


Ellen Lesperance
Greenham Women Are Everywhere, 2019
gouache and graphite on tea stained paper
41 x 29.5 in / 104.1 x 74.9 cm
ELes 137


Ellen Lesperance
The Vigil, 2019
gouache and graphite on tea stained paper
41 x 29.5 in / 104.1 x 74.9 cm
ELes 136

Ellen Lesperance
Reclaim Your Brain, 2017
pigmented slip on terracotta
7 1/2 inches in height; variable
ELes 106


Ellen Lesperance
Amazonknights. Womonspirit. Womonpower. Glory., 2017
gouache and graphite on tea stained paper
41 x 29.5 in / 104.1 x 74.9 cm
ELes 102


Ellen Lesperance
Oui Girl, Look!, 2017
gouache and graphite on paper
42 x 29 1/2 inches
ELes 105


Ellen Lesperance
Wounded Amazon (for Sandra Bland), 2017
gouache and graphite on toned cyanotype
41 3/4 x 29 1/2 inches
ELes 093


Ellen Lesperance
Wounded Amazon (Ghost Ship), 2017
gouache and graphite on toned cyanotype
41 3/4 x 29 1/2 inches
ELes 092


Ellen Lesperance
Catastrophe, 2017
gouache and graphite on tea-stained paper
22 x 29 1/2 inches
ELes 095


Ellen Lesperance
Woe For Man, 2017
gouache and grapthite on tea-stained paper
22 x 29 1/2 inches
ELes 096


Ellen Lesperance
Pink Triangles, 2017
gouache and graphite on paper
42 x 29 1/2 inches
ELes 098


Ellen Lesperance
W.I.T.C.H.1985, 2017
performance, fabric, ribbon, glass beads, embroidery, ink, paint, wood, cardboard and concrete
dimensions and duration variable
ELes 101


Ellen Lesperance
W.I.T.C.H.1985 (cloak), 2017
fabric, ribbon, glass beads, embroidery
varied edition of 3
variable
ELes 100.1


Ellen Lesperance
Land of Feminye IV (Eyes Everywhere), 2016
gouache and graphite on tea-stained paper
29 1/2 x 41 inches
ELes 079


Ellen Lesperance
Run Now Women, XO, , 2015
gouache and graphite on tea-stained paper
22 x 29 1/2 inches
ELes 076


Ellen Lesperance
We Are the Gentle Angry Women and We Are Singing For Our Lives, 2015
gouache and graphite on tea-stained paper
22 x 29 1/2 inches
ELes 077


Ellen Lesperance
Members of the A.I.R. Gallery Cooperative Meet on a Saturday Morning in 1977 Soho to Redress History, 2015
gouache and graphite on tea stained paper
22 x 29 1/2 inches
ELes 030


Ellen Lesperance
Congratulations on Every Section of Fence Ever Pulled or Cut Down, on Every Minute in Police Custody, Court, and on Every Day in Prison. Celebrations for Every Police Vehicle Marked, Challenged, Stopped! Congratulations and Celebrations!, 2015
gouache and graphite on tea-stained paper
22 x 29 1/2 inches
ELes 073


Ellen Lesperance
Congratulations on Every Section of Fence Ever Pulled or Cut Down, on Every Minute in Police Custody, Court, and on Every Day in Prison. Celebrations for Every Police Vehicle Marked, Challenged, Stopped! Congratulations and Celebrations!, 2015
gouache and graphite on tea-stained paper
22 x 29 1/2 inches
ELes 073


Ellen Lesperance
August, 2014, Ferguson, Misery: I Am a Woman, 2015
gouache and graphite on tea-stained paper
22 x 29 1/2 inches
ELes 024


Ellen Lesperance
Velvet Fist, 2014-15
gouache and graphite on tea-stained paper
42 x 29 1/2 inches
ELes 021


Ellen Lesperance
The Classics, 2014
pigmented slip on terra cotta
11 inches in height
ELes 125


Ellen Lesperance
Kiev (Femen), 2014
pigmented slip on terra cotta, silk
11 inches in height
ELes 127


Ellen Lesperance
February 7, 1983, 2014
gouache and graphite on tea-stained paper
40 x 29 1/2 inches
ELes 009


Ellen Lesperance
It was deep into her second winter at the peace camp and times were treacherous. But it was 'La Luta Continua' that she said to the other women in passing: The Struggle Goes On . . ., 2014
gouache and graphite on tea stained paper; wool
22 x 30 in / 55.9 x 76 cm; variable
ELes 124


Ellen Lesperance
It was deep into her second winter at the peace camp and times were treacherous. But it was 'La Luta Continua' that she said to the other women in passing: The Struggle Goes On . . ., 2014
gouache and graphite on tea stained paper; wool
22 x 30 in / 55.9 x 76 cm; variable
ELes 124


Ellen Lesperance Du jaroj da seksa perforto kontrau virinaj Egiptaj manifestaciantoj..., kaj jam ni portas trancilojn en la stratoj. Ili volas nin resti en niaj hejmoj, sed ni ..os! Neniam! Bandoj da krimuloj de brutuloj strio ni nuda. Ili venkis, palp kaj seksperfort ni. Aj, Egiptio! Devas ne esti libereco sen la libera la virinaro!, 2014
gouache and graphite on tea-stained paper
40 x 29 1/2 inches
ELes 010


Ellen Lesperance
Woman II (She Stormed the Compound Singing: 'Old and Strong, She Goes On and On, On and On. You Can't Kill the Spirit. She is Like a Mountain’), 2013
gouache and graphite on tea-stained paper, wool, mohair
painting: 40 x 29 1/2 inches; sweater: variable
ELes 007


Ellen Lesperance
Woman II (She Stormed the Compound Singing: 'Old and Strong, She Goes On and On, On and On. You Can't Kill the Spirit. She is Like a Mountain’), 2013
gouache and graphite on tea-stained paper, wool, mohair
painting: 40 x 29 1/2 inches; sweater: variable
ELes 007