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Current and Upcoming

Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction

Curated by Lynne Cooke

The Museum of Modern Art

New York, NY

April 20–September 13, 2025

Kitsch, Craft, Critique

Allen Memorial Art Museum

Oberlin College

Oberlin, OH

June 14 - December 23, 2025

Fabricated Imaginaries: Crafting Art

Rose Art Museum

Brandeis University

Waltham, MA

August 20, 2025 – May 31, 2026

Pattern Recognition

Weatherspoon Art Museum

UNC Greensboro

Greensboro, NC

June 7, 2025 – January 10, 2026

News

Forthcoming Monograph: Ellen Lesperance

Forthcoming Monograph: Ellen Lesperance

Forthcoming Monograph: Ellen Lesperance

Publication date set for fall 2025 in collaboration with Hollybush Gardens, London and Derek Eller Gallery, NYC. Designed by in the shade of a tree, Paris, Lesperance's first monograph will contain essays by Laura Guy, Jen Kabat, and a conversation between the artist and Amy Tobin. Check back for information on ordering.

Velvet Fist, 2020, at Printer Matter

Forthcoming Monograph: Ellen Lesperance

Forthcoming Monograph: Ellen Lesperance

Published on the occasion of the solo exhibition Ellen Lesperance: Velvet Fist at the Baltimore Museum of Art, this book contains an introductory essay by the author, over eighty examples of Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp protest knitwear, and a glossary of illustrated symbolism. 

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New Editions of Lithographs with Tamarind Press

Forthcoming Monograph: Ellen Lesperance

New Editions of Lithographs with Tamarind Press

Spring 2025, Tamarind Institute releases two new editions of 10-color lithographs with chine collé: “XOXOX (All Day)" and "XOXOX (All Night)." Follow the link below for more details and purchase information. 

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2022 Ocula Magazine Interview

2020 Solo at Derek Eller Gallery NYC Reviewed in Art-Agenda

New Editions of Lithographs with Tamarind Press

"Ellen Lesperance Merges Knitting with Paint to Extend Activist Archives," a conversation with curator Stephanie Seidel on the occasion of ICA Miami solo Ellen Lesperance: Amazonknights

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2021 BOMB Magazine Interview

2020 Solo at Derek Eller Gallery NYC Reviewed in Art-Agenda

2020 Solo at Derek Eller Gallery NYC Reviewed in Art-Agenda

"Unexpected Vernacular: Ellen Lesperance Interviewed by Jared Quinton" is published in July, 2021 in conjunction with solo exhibition at Hollybush Gardens, London

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2020 Solo at Derek Eller Gallery NYC Reviewed in Art-Agenda

2020 Solo at Derek Eller Gallery NYC Reviewed in Art-Agenda

2020 Solo at Derek Eller Gallery NYC Reviewed in Art-Agenda

Ellen Lesperance's "Together we lie in ditches and in front of machines," reviewed by R.H. Lossin

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Recent Exhibition Archive

I Am Woman Inflicted with the Burden of Bearing Mankind

I Am Woman Inflicted with the Burden of Bearing Mankind

I Am Woman Inflicted with the Burden of Bearing Mankind

Solo, Derek Eller Gallery

New York, NY

April 2025- May 2025

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Stay in the Centre of No-Man's Land

I Am Woman Inflicted with the Burden of Bearing Mankind

I Am Woman Inflicted with the Burden of Bearing Mankind

Solo, Hollybush Gardens

London, U.K.

March 2024- April  2024

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Sophie Taeuber-Arp with Contemporary Artists

I Am Woman Inflicted with the Burden of Bearing Mankind

Hauser &Wirth 

69th St., New York, NY

September 2023- November 2023

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The Land of Feminye

Ellen Lesperance: Amazonknights

Solo, Derek Eller Gallery

New York, NY

October 2022- November 2022

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Ellen Lesperance: Amazonknights

Ellen Lesperance: Amazonknights

Ellen Lesperance: Amazonknights

Solo, ICA Miami

Miami, FL

November 2021- March 2022

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Will There Be Womanly Times?

Ellen Lesperance: Amazonknights

Ellen Lesperance: Amazonknights

Solo, Hollybush Gardens

London, UK

July - September 2021

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Together we lie in ditches and in front of machines

Together we lie in ditches and in front of machines

Together we lie in ditches and in front of machines

Solo, Derek Eller Gallery

New York, NY

October - November 2020

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Ellen Lesperance: Velvet Fist

Together we lie in ditches and in front of machines

Together we lie in ditches and in front of machines

Solo, Baltimore Museum of Art

Baltimore, MD

February - September 2020

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Dress Codes: Ellen Lesperance and Diane Simpson

Together we lie in ditches and in front of machines

Frye Art Museum

Seattle, WA

August 2019 - January 2020

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Still I Rise: Feminisms, Gender, Resistance

Still I Rise: Feminisms, Gender, Resistance

De La Warr Pavilion

Bexhill-on-Sea, UK; Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham, UK

2018 - 2019

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