Ellen Lesperance

Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA

06.26.19 - 09.22.19

The São Paulo Museum of Art, São Paulo, Brazil

08.23.19 - 11.17.19

The Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA

09.21.19 - 01.05.20

NADA Chicago Art Fair, Adams and Ollman, Chicago, IL

09.18.19 - 09.21.19

Adams and Ollman Gallery, Portland, OR

November 2019

The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MA

01.26.20 - 06.26.20

A multigenerational survey of strategies of pattern and decoration in art and design with a foreword by Jill Medvedow and texts by Jenelle Porter, Elissa Auther, Amy Goldin.

Claire Lehmann reviews my NYC solo exhibition at Derek Eller Gallery in the magazine's December 2018 issue.

Jillian Steinhauer writes on my September 2018 solo exhibition at Derek Eller Gallery, NYC: “Speaking about Greenham, a former protester once said, 'We weaponized traditional notions of femininity.' Ms. Lesperance continues the crusade in the realm of art."

Arthur Ivan Bravo reviews my NYC solo show at Derek Eller Gallery in the Nov/Dec 2018 painting issue of the magazine.

Jen Kabat wrote a features about my work in the September 2017 issue of frieze magazine: "...Lesperance transmits messages about history, feminism and labour through the art of knitting."

I am thrilled to have been awarded a 2017 Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation biennial Grant. 

Group exhibition: De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea, UK; Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham, UK

2018 - 2019

Group exhibition: Tate St. Ives, Cornwall, UK

10.20.18 - 1.06.19

Solo exhibition: Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY

September 2018

Group exhibition: Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden

September - November 2018

Group exhibition: The New Museum, New York, NY

September 2017 - January 2018

Solo exhibitions: Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR

August - November, 2017