Angela Ellsworth

Angela Ellsworth
Nationality American
Education
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Angela Ellsworth is an American artist. She has worked as a painter, a performance artist and as a maker of art objects. She is a descendant of Lorenzo Snow and was raised as a Mormon; some of her work relates to that upbringing.[1][2] She is openly lesbian.[3]

Ellsworth studied at Hampshire College, in Amherst, Massachusetts, where she received a bachelor's degree in fine art, and graduated from the Mason Gross School of the Arts of Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey with a Master of Fine Arts degree in performance and painting.[3]

Ellsworth has exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney, Australia, and at the Arizona State University Art Museum in Tempe, Arizona.[3] She is one of the founders of the Museum of Walking, which occupies a small room at the Arizona State University Tempe campus. [4] Four of Ellsworth's works are in the UMFA's permanent collection.

References

  1. "Intriguing Art with Social Commentary at Art Miami". Artsy Editorial. Artsy. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
  2. Sativa Peterson. "Hero Worship (2010) Angela Ellsworth". Phoenix New Times. Phoenix New Times. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 Kathleen Vanesian. "Angela Ellsworth on Being Gay, the Mormon Church, and Her Increasing Artistic Success". Phoenix New Times. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
  4. Sarah Ventre. "Museum of Walking Wishes You Would Take a Hike". KJZZ. Rio Salado College and Maricopa Community Colleges. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
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