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Selected Solo Exhibitions |
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| 2024 | Shimmer, SAS Gallerie, Bossier City, LA | |
| 2023 | Ellen Soffer: Pink Sky, Recent Paintings and Works on Paper, artspace, Shreveport, LA, (Curated by Kelly McDade) | |
| 2018 | Some Are Poems, Bossier Parish Community College, The Learning Commons, Bossier City, LA | |
| 2016 | Yellow Wind, Night Garden, Acadiana Center for the Arts, Coca-Cola Studio, Lafayette, LA Curated by Brian Guidry |
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| 2015 | Ellen Soffer: The Other Side of Yellow, Magale Library Gallery, Centenary College of Louisiana, GA | |
| 2014 | Ellen Soffer: The Shimmer Series, Peacock Gallery, Middle Georgia State College, Cochran, GA Curated by Charlie Agnew |
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| 2012 | Ellen Soffer: Eccentric Color, Magale Library, Centenary College of Louisiana, Shreveport, LA | |
| 2011 | Ellen Soffer: Busy Season, East Bank Gallery, Bossier Arts Council, Bossier City, LA | |
| Selected Group Exhibitions | ||
| 2023 | Something Big Something Small, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA | |
| 2022 | Trialogue, featuring Selena Dixon, Todd Camplin, and Ellen Soffer, Mesquite Art Center, Mesquite, TX | |
| 2022 Collectible Artists, Central ARTSTATION, Shreveport, LA | ||
| Critical MASS 10, artspace, Shreveport, LA, Catalog | ||
| HOLIDAY, LABspace, Hillsdale NY | ||
| 2021 | Critical Mass 9, artspace, Shreveport, LA | |
| 8th Annual Benefit Exhibition: Tools for School and Education Works, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, Invitational Benefit Exhibit | ||
| Looking Forward, Carter Burden Gallery, NYC, NY, (Juried by Nancy Azara) | ||
| 2020 | Flatfile 8×8, Flatfile Gallery, online exhibition | |
| Pushing the Envelope, Pulp Gallery, Holyoke, MA | ||
| Mail Art 2020, Lawrence & Clark, Chicago, IL | ||
| 8×8 Art on Paper, Flatfile Gallery, online exhibition | ||
| HOLIDAY, LABspace, Hillsdale, NY | ||
| Quaran Time, artpace, Shreveport, LA | ||
| Art on the Wall, Flatfile Gallery, online exhibition | ||
| Brand 48 Annual National Juried Exhibition of Works on Paper, online exhibition, Brand Library & Art Center, Glendale, CA, (Juried by Dan McCleary), Catalog | ||
| 2019 | Impulse, Mary Tomás Gallery, Dallas, TX | |
| Critical Mass 7, artspace, Shreveport, LA | ||
| B.I.G, Bold, Impressive and Grand – a Curated Exhibition, Mary Tomás Gallery, Dallas, TX (six-person exhibition, Masri, Winter Rusiloski, Ellen Soffer, Roy Tamboli, Mary Tomás, Fred Villanueva) |
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| Marks in Time – Alan Dyson, Anthony Reans and Ellen Soffer, Louisiana State Exhibit Museum, Shreveport, LA (Curated by Nita Cole) |
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| 2018 | The 12th Annual Louisiana Fine Arts Showcase, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA Curated by Lily Brooks, catalog |
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| Genius Loci, Castello di Spannocchia, Italy | ||
| Summer Group Exhibit, Mary Tomás Gallery, Dallas, TX | ||
| Color Play, Mary Tomás Gallery, Dallas, TX | ||
| 2017 | Twelve, Mary Tomás Gallery, Dallas, TX | |
| Summer Group Exhibit, Mary Tomás Gallery, Dallas, TX | ||
| Fresh, Mary Tomás Gallery, Dallas, Texas | ||
| 2016 | The 10th Annual Louisiana Fine Arts Showcase, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA (Curated by Lily Brooks) Catalog |
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| B16: Wiregrass Biennial, Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan, AL (Curated by Dana-Marie Lemmer) |
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| Summer Fun, Mary Tomás Gallery, Dallas, TX | ||
| 2015 | Abstract Nature, Marlene Yu Museum, Shreveport, LA (Curated by Marlene Yu) |
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| CORE II, Mary Tomas Gallery, Dallas, TX (Curated by Ashley Tatum) |
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| Starting Small, CENTRAL BOOKING, New York, NY Curated by Danielle Grega |
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| CHAOS!!!, Ro2 Art, Dallas, TX | ||
| The 9th Annual Louisiana Fine Arts Showcase, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA Curated by Dale Newkirk Catalog |
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| Longview Museum of Fine Arts East Texas Regional Artists Exhibit, Longview, TX Curated by Renee Hawkins |
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| Flying Colours, Artport, Shreveport Regional Airiport, Shreveport, LA | ||
| 2014 | 9th Annual Texas Artist Coalition Juried Membership Exhibit, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, TX Juried by Judy Tedford Deton |
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| 27th September Competition, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA Juried by James Michalopoulos Catalog |
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| 2014 Benefit for BalletX, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia PA Invitational Benefit Exhibit |
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| Colorfields, Liz London’s Art Gallery, Dallas, TX (Two person exhibition, Ellen Soffer and Bereniche Aguiar) | ||
| The 8th Annual Louisiana Fine Art Showcase, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammon, LA Curated by Dale Newkirk Catalog |
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| Art Exhibition II, Norsworthy Fine Art Gallery, Shreveport, LA | ||
| 29th Annual International Exhibition, The Meadows Gallery, The University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, TX Juried by Dean Daderko |
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| 2013 | Triplets, The Small Gallery, Dallas, TX Curated by Rita Barnard |
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| Working It Out, The Painting Center, New York, NY Catalog Curated by Mona Brody, Alyce Gottesman, and Jo Ann Rothchild |
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| BallexX Benefit Exhibit, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA Invitational Benefit Exhibit |
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| Picturing Prose and Poetry, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia PA | ||
| Delta, McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX | ||
| Exotica, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA Juried by Ellen Owens |
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| 8th Annual Texas Artist Coalition Juried Membership Exhibit, Fort Worth, TX Juried by Kenneth Craighead |
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| Critical Mass, Artspace, Shreveport, LA | ||
| 2012 | Bona Fide 2!, Artspace, Shreveport, LA | |
| Yuletide Treasures, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA | ||
| 7th Annual Texas Artist Coalition Juried Membership Exhibit, Fort Worth Community Art Center, Fort Worth, TX Juried by Sue Norwood-Flynn |
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| 25th September Competition, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA Juried by Linda Stein, Catalog |
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| ArtPort-Paired, Shreveport Regional Airport, Shreveport, LA, Catalog | ||
| Summer in the City, DaVinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA | ||
| Trans-, 2012 Membership Exhibit, McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX | ||
| 2011 | Meltdown! 2011 Membership Exhibit, McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX | |
| Refresh, P’s Gallery, Longview, TX | ||
| Surface, The Wylie and May Louise Jones Gallery, Bakersfield College, Bakersfield, CA (Group show of three artists: Ellen Soffer, Brett Anderson and Dennis Sopczynski) Curated by Margaret Nowling |
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| Going with the Flow, P’s Gallery, Longview, TX | ||
| Impromptu, Artspace, Shreveport, LA | ||
| Selected Bibliography | ||
| 2022 | Wilkerson, Emily, “Critical Mass X,” 318 Forum, March 9 – March 22, 2022 | |
| Wilkerson, Emily, “Most captivating art transports viewer,” Shreveport Times, February 28, 2022 | ||
| Wilkerson, Emily, “Critical Mass X review: Most captivating art transports the viewer,” Shreveport Times (online), February 25, 2022 | ||
| 2021 | Kennell, Tiana, “Critical Success,” The Shreveport Times, May 2, 2021 | |
| Kennell, Tiana, “National critics applaud northwest Louisiana artists in Critical Mass 9,” The Shreveport Times (online), April 29, 2021 | ||
| Shaffer, Gabriel, “Best in Show,” 318 Forum, April 21 – May 4, 2021 | ||
| Shaffer, Gabriel, “Best in Show,” 318 Forum (online), April 19, 2021 | ||
| 2020 | Juarez, Frank, “Artist Spotlight Ellen Soffer,” Artdose Magazine Weekly, November 1, 2020 | |
| Peterson, Christian, “Meet Ellen Soffer / Visual Artist, Painter,” Shoutout DFW, September 16, 2020 | ||
| 2019 | Landi, Ann, “It’s Bananas, but the Art Fairs Rock On,” Vasari21, December 10, 2019 | |
| Landi, Ann, “Can We Finally Stop Talking About Jeff Koons,” Vasari21, May 27, 2019 | ||
| 2018 | Landi, Ann, “Gudrun Mertes-Frady and Mary Gabriel: Formidable Women, Then and Now, Vasari21, October 15, 2018 | |
| Landi, Ann, “Say It with Flowers, Grieving through Drawing, and Sibling Miseries,” Vasari21, August 13, 2018 | ||
| Kennell, Tiana, “August Art Exhibitions to Visit in Shreveport-Bossier City,” The Shreveport Times, August 8, 2018 | ||
| 2017 | Camplin, Todd, “FRESH at Mary Tomás Gallery,” moderndallas.net, May 5, 2017. | |
| Corbin, Michael K., “Ellen Soffer: Close-Up Particles,” artbookguy.com, April 1, 2017. | ||
| 2015 | Camplin, Todd, “Ellen Soffer,” moderndallas.net, July 31, 2015. | |
| Marszalek, Norbert, “The WIP Project” What is Painting? Featuring Ellen Soffer,” Neoteric Art, March 20, 2015. | ||
| 2014 | Bath, Alison, “Bold abstracts, color hallmark of artist’s work,” The Shreveport Times, December 11, 2014: 7C. | |
| Studio Visit, Volume 25, 2014, Juried by Trevor Richardson. | ||
| Statman, Jan, “Scene,” Interview on Longview and Kilgore Texas Cable TV, Longview, Texas, April/May 2014. | ||
| 2013 | Statman, Jan, “Artist’s Interview, Ellen Soffer,” Piney Woods Live, December 2013. | |
| Whitehead, Mike, “The Creative Class,” SB Magazine, July 2013: 46-49. | ||
| Hasten, Karl, “‘Centered,’ Soffer’s passion for art spreads from palette to canvas,” City Life, May 2013: 43 (Fiarchild, Lora, untitled photo, 2013.) | ||
| 2012 | Demerath, Loren, interview on Better Shreveport, KSCL 91.3 FM, November 5, 2012. | |
| Klein, Sheri, “Interview with artist Ellen Soffer,” Jewish Art Education, August 12, 2012. | ||
| Studio Visit, Volume 18, 2012, Juried by Trevor Richardson. | ||
| 2011 | Bolger, Monica, “Art exhibit on campus showcases unique art,” The Renegade Rip (Bakersfield College), September 21, 2011 | |
| Wylie and May Louise Jones Gallery, “Surface,” August 2011. | ||
| 2010 | Marszalek, Norbert, “Interview with Ellen Soffer,” Neoteric Art, April 17, 2010. | |
| Selected Lectures | ||
| Artist Talk, Understanding Art Class, Bossier Parrish Community College, Bossier City, LA, 2012 | ||
| Artist Talk, “Second Northwest LA Artists’ Triennial,” Meadows Museum of Art at Centenary College, Shreveport, LA, 2010 | ||
| Collections | ||
| The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA | ||
| Longview Museum of Fine Arts, Longview, TX | ||
| University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA | ||
| Education | ||
| 1983 | MFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL | |
| 1981 | Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME | |
| 1981 | BFA with Honors, Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, PA | |
| 1975/6 | Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH | |
| 1975 | Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA | |