Liz Ewings

Liz Ewings is a painter whose work focuses on the inner workings of the ocean through the interpretation and recombination of oceanographic data as a means to explore the imposition of order on chaos. Ewings was born and raised in Seattle. She studied apparel design at Western Washington University, and worked as a menswear designer in Seattle, Portland, and LA. Following her first encounter with humpback whales in Hervey Bay, Australia, she returned to Seattle to study scientific illustration and oceanography at the University of Washington.

BSc in Oceanography, University of Washington
BA in Apparel Design, Western Washington University
Certificate, Natural Science Illustration, University of Washington Extension

Liz Ewings work has been exhibited in group shows throughout the West Coast, including the Burke Museum of Natural History in Seattle, Washington, the Otter Project in Santa Cruz, CA, and at the Good Arts Building during the Seattle Arts Fair in 2016. Her first public installation was shown in 2017 at Occidental Park in Seattle, Washington. She was accepted into the Downtown Santa Monica Artist’s Alley project in 2019, and had Her first solo show at Cherry Street Coffee House in Pioneer Square in the same year. Her work is included in the collection of the director of the UW School of Oceanography.