Ellen Hausner

My work changes and moves constantly, which is a reflection of my international background, my constant travels, and my personal quest. Born in New York City, I grew up in Asia, in cultures where both worship and meditation are an integral part of everyday life. This constant sense of the sacred permeates my work, which explores the themes of evolution, transformation, and transmutation. I have practised vipassana meditation for over twenty years and it is central to my vision as an artist. That meditative state of mind is the starting point of creation for me, and I let it through by allowing the colours to present themselves, the figures to emerge, the forms to find their way into existence, and subconscious and deeply hidden elements of the psyche to come to light through the suggestion of the paint. My work is an exercise in process.

I work with a great range of painting, drawing, and printmaking media, and with a background in painting and paper restoration, my work often involves fine detail. Much of my artistic schooling has been in traditional technique, but I am interested in applying those techniques to create something personal. It is the mood of the artwork which interests me above all else, and different techniques ...

2012 Heatherley’s School of Fine Art, London, UK
2008 Studieframjandet, Stockholm, Sweden
1999 The Art Students’ League, New York, New York
1998 Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock, New York
1995 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois. Awarded the Incentive Award Merit Scholarship.
1983 The Art Students’ League, New York, New York
1975 -1983 Private tutorship under Lee Barslaag, Kathmandu, Nepal

2021
--Triptych Gallery, Kiev, Ukraine. Solo Exhibition

2019
--Attic Gallery, Corfu, Greece: 'Through Restless Seas'. Solo Exhibition
--Cornerstone Gallery, Didcot: 'Chromantics'. Group Exhibition
--Gerald Moore Gallery, London: 'Science and Art'. Group Exhibition
--Gallery 8, Oxford: 'Anywhere You Are'. Solo Exhibition

2018
--The Jam Factory, Oxford: Oxfordshire Artweeks. Group Exhibition
--The Jam Factory, Oxford: 'Hatched 2018'. Group Exhibition

2016
--The Jam Factory, Oxford: 'Art on the Move'. Group Exhibition
--VW Showroom, Oxford: 'Dislocate'. Group Exhibition
--St. Hilda’s College, Oxford: 'As Above, So Below', an exhibition held alongside the academic conference 'Art and Articulation'. Group Exhibition

2015
--Sutton Courtney Abbey, Abingdon: 'Unravelling Time'. Group Exhibition
--Filament 14 Artist’s Space, Oxford: 'The Inside is the Outside'. Solo Exhibition
--Oxford University Press, Oxford: 'Cells'. Solo Exhibition
--Magdalen Road Studios, Oxford: Open Studios. Group Exhibition
--Magdalen Road Studios, Oxford: Open Studios. Group Exhibition

2013
--Oxfordshire Art Weeks: 'One painter, three ceramicists'. Group Exhibition

2012
--Heatherley’s School of Fine Art, London. Graduation Exhibit...