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Ellen Ornitz
2570 Heeb Road
Manhattan, Montana 59741
406.579.4756
ellen.ornitz@gmail.com
SELECTED EXHIBITION RECORD
2025
Aunt Dofe’s, two-person show, Willow Creek, MT
2024
Missoula Art Museum art auction, Missoula, MT
Radius Art Gallery, group show, Missoula, MT
Kirk’s Grocery, group show, Billings, MT
Kirk’s Grocery, two-person show, Billings, MT
2023
Missoula Art Museum art auction, Missoula, MT
Radius Art Gallery, group show, Missoula, MT
Kirk’s Grocery, group show, Billings, MT
Holter Museum of Art, group show, Helena, MT
2022
Holter Art Museum, “Convergence”, three-person show, Helena, MT
Missoula Art Museum, “Burnt Fossils”, one-person show, Missoula, MT
Missoula Art Museum art auction
Radius Art Gallery, group show, Missoula, MT
2021
Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, “Convergence” three-person show, Great Falls, MT
Missoula Art Museum art auction
Radius Art Gallery, group show, Missoula, MT
2020
Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, art auction, Great Falls, MT
2019
Radius Art Gallery, group show, Missoula, MT
Urban Art Project, group installation, Great Falls, MT
2018
Radius Art Gallery, “Montana Found”, group show, Missoula, MT
2015
Missoula Art Museum, Annual Art Auction, Missoula, MT
Blackwood Salon, Bozeman, MT
2014
Yellowstone Art Museum, “Unconscious Bent”, Billings, MT
Yellowstone Art Museum, Annual Art Auction, Billings, MT
Missoula Art Museum, Annual Art Auction, Missoula, MT
Turman-Larison Gallery, two-person show, Helena, MT
Danforth Gallery, “Another Other Way”, Livingston, MT
Finalist for Contemporary Northwest Art Awards, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
2013
Missoula Art Museum, Annual Art Auction, Missoula, MT
Holter Art Museum, Annual Art Auction, Helena, MT
Danforth Gallery, "True Legacy," Livingston, MT
Oh Suzanna's Gallery, "Studies", solo exhibit, Bozeman, MT
2012
Holter Art Museum, Abstract Expressionist Legacy, Helena, MT
Installation, Urban Art Project, group installation, Great Falls, MT
2011
Missoula Art Museum Auction, curated by MAM staff & committee, Missoula, MT
Emerson Center for the Arts & Culture, group staff exhibit, The Mud Room, Bozeman, MT
2010
National tour of "Transforming Hate", traveling exhibit, through United States (2010-present)
"Art Mobile", traveling group exhibit throughout Montana Public Schools
Emerson Staff/Board Group Exhibit, Emerson Center for the Arts & Culture, Bozeman, MT
Aunt Dofe's Hall of Recent Memory, two-person show, Willow Creek, MT
Emerson Center for the Arts & Culture, Auction, Bozeman, MT
2009
Montana Triennial juried group exhibit, Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT Juried by Seattle-based curator, Beth Sellars
Emerson Center for the Arts & Culture, Auction, Bozeman, MT
"Transforming Hate", traveling exhibit, curated by Holter Museum, shown at these venues:
Carbon County arts Guild and Deport Gallery, Red Lodge, MT
Custer County & Heritage Center, Miles City, MT
Paris Gibson Square Art Museum, Great Falls, MT
Mondak Heritage Center, Sidney, MT
Helen Copeland Gallery, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
2008
Emerson Center for the Arts & Culture, Auction, Bozeman, MT
"Transforming Hate", traveling exhibit, curated by Holter Museum, shown at these venues:
Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT
Copper Village Museum and Art Center, Anaconda, MT
University of Montana - Western, Dillon, MT
2007
Northwest Ceramic Invitational, group exhibit of ceramic artists
Turman-Larison Contemporary Art, Helena, MT
Catalyst, three-person invitational exhibit, Missoula, MT
"ANA" juried exhibit, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT
Oregon College of Arts & Craft, Art Auction, Portland, OR
2006
Missoula Art Museum invitational group exhibit & art auction, Missoula, MT
Missoula Art Museum inaugural exhibit, permanent collection, Missoula, MT
Holter Museum of Art, art auction, Helena, MT
Emerson Center for the Arts & Culture, staff exhibit, Bozeman, MT
2005
"Spirit of Place: Now & Then", group exhibit, The Emerson, Bozeman, MT
Phantom Gallery participation, group exhibit, Butte, MT
2004
"Legacy of Place," group exhibit, The Emerson @ Beall Park, Bozeman, MT
2003
"Resurrections," solo exhibit, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT
"Resurrections," solo exhibit, Art Museum of Missoula, Missoula, MT
2002
Paper invitational group exhibit, Paris Gibson Square MOA, Great Falls, MT
Ceramics invitational group exhibit, Artworks Gallery, Bozeman, MT
Ceramics invitational group exhibit, Sutton West Gallery, Missoula, MT
Art Auction, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT
Self-portrait invitational, Danforth Gallery, Livingston, MT
2001
"Ceramics Northwest" invitational group exhibit, Museum of the Rockies, Bozeman, MT
Ceramics invitational group exhibit, Custer County Art Center, Miles City, MT
Ceramics invitational group exhibit, Artworks Gallery, Bozeman, MT
"Relatively Speaking", group exhibition, Helen Copeland Gallery, MSU, Bozeman, MT
"Resurrections", solo exhibition, Norman Dahl Gallery, Great Falls, MT
"Resurrections", group exhibition, Danforth Gallery, Livingston, MT
Art Auction, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT
"Figuratively Speaking", Sutton West Gallery, Missoula, MT
2000
Art Auction, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT
"Resurrections", solo exhibition, Robert and Gennie DeWeese Gallery Bozeman, MT
"Women of Pompeii", two-person exhibition, Gallery of Fine Arts, University of Montana, Missoula, MT
Ceramics invitational group exhibition, Artworks Gallery, Bozeman, MT
SELECTED AWARDS & COLLECTIONS
Juror's Award, "ANA" Group Exhibit, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT
Permanent Collections:
Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT
Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, Great Falls, MT
Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT
University of California, Santa Cruz, CA
Purchase Award, "Art Equinox" Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, Great Falls, MT
Individual Artist Fellowship recipient, Montana Arts Council, Helena, MT
PROFESSIONAL WORK HISTORY
Curator, Arts Administrator, Teacher
The Emerson Center for the Arts & Culture, Bozeman, Montana
Curator of Exhibits & Education: 1998-2013
Facilities and Education Coordinator: the Emerson @ Beall Park Art Center: 1997-1998
Exhibitions Committee member and volunteer: 1992-1998
Teacher: ceramics, painting, drawing & mixed media: 1985-2010
Art Editorials: Bozeman Daily Chronicle, The Tributary, Billings Gazette, and others, 1993-2007
Artist in the Schools/Communities, Montana Arts Council, Helena, MT, 1995-2001
Art Workshops, Montana Education Association, Great Falls, Mt
BOARD SERVICE
Board of Trustees, Vice President, Beall Park Art Center, 1991-1992
Board Member, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT, 2013
Board Advisor, Bozeman Sculpture Park, 2011
Board Member, Montana Arts Council, 2007-2010
Board Member, Montana Art Gallery Directors Association, 2001-2003
EXHIBITION JUROR, Selected Exhibits
Juror, Yellowstone Art Museum Annual Art Auction, 2010
"Disclosing October", group exhibit exploring issues of domestic violence,
Exit Gallery, Montana State University, 2007, 2006, 2003, 2002, 2001
"No Place Like Roam" juried exhibit, Emerson Center for Arts & Culture, 2006
"Cool Art Club" competition, Montana State University, Bozeman, 2006
Undergraduate Competition, University of Montana, Dillon, 200
Student Art 2005 juried exhibit: The Emerson Center for Arts & Culture, 2004
Undergraduate Photography competition: Montana State University, 2003
Undergraduate Competition, Gallery of Visual Arts, University of Montana, 2000
EDUCATION
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
M.A. Secondary Art Education
Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana
Graduate work in ceramics
Teaching certification, Art K-12
Graduate work in painting and sculpture
University of California, Santa Cruz, California
B.A. Fine Arts, Painting