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ELLEN TANNER

Born: 1975, Chattanooga, TN Lives and works in Central Texas

Education

2005 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art Education, University of Texas, Austin, Texas

1998 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2021 “Fables & Families”, Moody Gallery, Houston, Texas

2018 “Fables, Families and Myths”, Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, Texas

2017-18 “Fables, Families and Myths”, Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, Texas

2013 “Aesop’s Fables & Other Tales”, Moody Gallery, Houston, Texas

Selected Group Exhibitions

2020 “From the Vault: Selections from the Art Museum of Southeast Texas”, Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, Texas

2018 "44 Artists from Texas", The Louise Underwood Center for the Arts, Lubbock, Texas

2015-16 “40th Anniversary Exhibition”, Moody Gallery, Houston, Texas

2013 “Modern Classics: Christopher St. Leger, Ellen Tanner and Jean Wetta”, Beeville Art Museum, Beeville, Texas

2010 “35 Years: Anniversary Exhibition”, Moody Gallery, Houston, Texas

2009 Hunting Art Prize Group Show, Houston, Texas

2007 Live Oak Art Center Juried Group Exhibition, Columbus, Texas

Radical Nautical Group Exhibition, Gallery Lombardi, Austin, Texas

Pokey Group Exhibition, Gallery Lombardi, Austin, Texas

2004 Graduating Senior Exhibition, Creative Research Laboratory, Austin, Texas

2003 Ladyfest Juried Art Exhibition, Gallery Lombardi, Austin, Texas

2002 Viva La Women Group Exhibition, Dallas, Texas

Step by Step Graphics Illustration Annual Juried Exhibition

2000 American Society of Illustrators 42nd Annual Book and Juried Exhibition

1998 Graduating Senior Design Exhibition, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas

Bibliography

Houston Chronicle, “Top 4 Fine Arts Events for the Week”, -Andrew Dansby, July 29 2021, https://preview.houstonchronicle.com/art-exhibits/four-fine-arts-events-to-check-out-this-week-16348484

“Top 5, Ellen Tanner: Fables and Families”, https://glasstire.com/2021/07/29/top-five-july-29-2021/ July 29, 2021.

Wilson, Sarah Beth; Sandovici, Ph.D., Dr. Maria Elena, Ellen Tanner: Fables, Families & Myths, Catalogue to the exhibition, Art Museum of Southeast Texas, 2017.

Fletcher, Audrey, “Stories told through Details”, cat 5, December 14, 2017, pp. C8-C9 (reproductions).

“Top 5, #1 Ellen Tanner: Fables, Families and Myths”, https://glasstire.com/2017/12/14/top-five-december-142017/ December 14, 2017 (reproductions).

New American Paintings, West No. 114, Volume 19, Issue 5, Juror: Nora Burnett Abrams, Editor / Publisher: Steven T. Zevitas, October/November 2014, The Open Studios Press, pp. 138-141 (reproductions).

Fischer, Joshua, “Twofer! Texas Storytelling: Ellen Tanner and the Lizard Cult”, Glasstire.com,December 27, 2013.

Tennant, Donna, “Ellen Tanner, Moody Gallery, Houston, Texas”, Visual Art Source, December 21, 2013.

Anspon, Catherine, “Art Notes”, Paper City, December 2013, p. 14.

Professional Experience

Exhibition Juror, “Protégé 2018”, Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, Texas