Ellen Lustig

Ellen Lustig is a multi-faceted artist and composer working in various media to create her dynamic installations. Ellen’s light sculptures are a fabrication of acrylic etchings enhanced by LEDs and music, producing what feels like an all- immersive voluminous 3d space. Her animation series includes digitally rendered passages that mimic the designs seen in her sculptures and also have the effect of an other-worldly landscape.
A graduate of California college of the arts in Oakland, California, Lustig has spent decades as a caricature artist, ceramic sculptor, mural painter, and puppet maker, creating unique pieces that are sought after nationwide. In addition to numerous one woman and group shows with her sculptures and paintings, she dedicates time by regularly teaching art to cancer patients and their families in hospitals and wellness centers such as Gilda’s club of Chicago. Ellen can also be found playing blues keyboards at open mic nights in Chicago and the suburbs.

GYMNASIUM(HIGH SCHOOL) SWEDEN 1970 SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY N.Y. 1970-1971 CALIF. COL. OF ARTS AND CRAFTS CA.1971-1973 SAN FRANCISCO ART INST. CA.1973 CHICAGO ART INST. IL 1973-1974 SCHOLARSHIPS PAINTING CCAC

1974-CONTEMP. ART WKSHP. CHGO-SOLO SHOW
1974-1976 DESON ZAKS GALLERY CHGO
1975-RENAISSANCE SOCIETY CHGO-GROUP SHOW
1975 KOHLER ART CENTER WISC –GROUP FOOD SHOW
1975 REBECCA COOPER GALLERY WASH.DC–GROUP SHOW
1976 HOKIN GALLERY CHGO-SOLO SHOW
1977 HOKIN GALLERY CHGO-GROUP SHOW
1978-1984 ARC GALLERY CHGO –GROUP SHOW
1978 MURAIL KARASIK GALLERY N.Y.
1978 ELANE HORWICH GALLERY SCOTTSDALE
1977-1979 ANHALT GALLERY L.A.
1979-1984 ALLEN STONE GALLERY N.Y. –GROUP SHOWS
1983-HOKIN GALLERY BAY HARBOR –SOLO SHOW
1997-OKLAHOMA ART MUSEUM OKL. CITY GROUP FOOD SHOW
2003, 2009- TAKOHL GALLERY CHGO –SOLO SHOW
2004-THE GLEN GALLERY GLENVIEW
2004-SOLO SHOw- STARBUCKS
2005-HIGHLAND PARK. -SOLO SHOW
2007-CHICAGO CULTURAL CENTER-GROUP SHOW-
2009-CHICAGO’S TREASURER’S OFFICES
2009-CHICAGO CULTURAL CENTER-GROUP SHOW
2009-ARTOPOLIS-GROUP SHOW-2009
2020-THE ART CENTER HIGHLAND PARK-GROUP SHOW
2020-EVANESCENT GALLERY OAK PARK-GROUP SHOW
2021-THE ART CENTER HIGHLAND PARK-GROUP SHOW
2021-ART PRIZE GRAND RAPIDS, MI -GRANT RECEIVER