Ellen Lesperance

Current and Upcoming exhibitions

Less Is a Bore: Maximalist Art & Design

Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA

06.26.19 - 09.22.19

Dress Codes: Ellen Lesperance and Diane Simpson

The Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA

09.21.19 - 01.05.20

Women Stories, Feminist Stories

The São Paulo Museum of Art, São Paulo, Brazil

08.23.19 - 11.17.19

NADA Chicago

NADA Chicago Invitational, Chicago, IL

09.18.19 - 09.21.19

Solo: Flowers Wrapped in Newspaper

Adams and Ollman Gallery, Portland, OR

October 2019

Ellen Lesperance: Velvet Fist

The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MA

01.26.20 - 06.26.20

News

September 2018 Solo: "Lily of the Arc Lights" Reviewed in Artforum

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

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September 2018 Solo: "Lily of the Arc Lights" Reviewed in the New York Times

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."

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September 2018 solo: "Lily of the Arc Lights" Reviewed in Artillery Magazine

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

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"Pattern Recognition," frieze issue 189

Jennifer 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."

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Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant

I am thrilled to have been awarded a 2017 Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation biennial Grant. For a full list of awardees, see link below.

LINK

"Trigger: Gender as a Tool and a Weapon" in the New York Times

Holland Cotter's exhibition review "When It Comes to Gender, Let Confusion Reign," is featured in a September 2017 issue.

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Recent Exhibition Archive

Still I Rise: Feminisms, Gender and Resistance

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

2018 - 2019

Nashashibi/Skaer Thinking Through Other Artists

Group exhibition: Tate St. Ives, Cornwall, UK

10.20.18 - 1.06.19

Lily of the Arc Lights

Solo exhibition: Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY

September 2018

New Materialism

Group exhibition: Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden

September - November 2018

Trigger: Gender as a Tool and a Weapon

Group exhibition: The New Museum, New York, NY

September 2017 - January 2018

The Subjects and W.I.T.C.H. 1985

Solo exhibitions: Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR

August - November, 2017

Ellen Lesperance

Current and Upcoming exhibitions

Less Is a Bore: Maximalist Art & Design

Dress Codes: Ellen Lesperance and Diane Simpson

Women Stories, Feminist Stories

NADA Chicago

Solo: Flowers Wrapped in Newspaper

Ellen Lesperance: Velvet Fist

@congratulationsand celebrations

News

September 2018 Solo: "Lily of the Arc Lights" Reviewed in Artforum

September 2018 Solo: "Lily of the Arc Lights" Reviewed in the New York Times

September 2018 solo: "Lily of the Arc Lights" Reviewed in Artillery Magazine

"Pattern Recognition," frieze issue 189

Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant

"Trigger: Gender as a Tool and a Weapon" in the New York Times

Recent Exhibition Archive

Still I Rise: Feminisms, Gender and Resistance

Nashashibi/Skaer Thinking Through Other Artists

Lily of the Arc Lights

New Materialism

Trigger: Gender as a Tool and a Weapon

The Subjects and W.I.T.C.H. 1985

Peace Camps

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Thanks, Ellen Lesperance