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ELLA WEBER
b.1987
email: ellapweber@gmail.com
EDUCATION
2015 MFA with distinction, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, Print Media
2010 BFA University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, Printmaking
RESIDENCIES
2021 The Church / Art House, Omaha, NE
2020 MASS MoCA Residency, North Adams, MA
2019 The NARS Foundation, Brooklyn, NY
2019 Rogers Art Loft, Las Vegas, NV
2019 PLAYA Art & Science Residency, Artist in Residence, Summer Lake, OR
2019 Jentel Artist Residency, Banner, WY
2018 Munson Williams Proctor Arts Institute Pratt, Printmaker in Residence, Utica, NY (9 months)
2017 Signal Culture, Artist in Residence, Owego, NY
2016 Ox-Bow School of Art and Artist Residency, Artist in Residence, Saugatuck, MI
2016 Kimmel Harding Nelson Arts Center, Artist in Residence, Nebraska City, NE
2016 The Wassaic Project, Artist in Residence, Wassaic, NY
2016 Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild, Artist in Residence, Woodstock, NY
2015 Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Artist in Residence, Snowmass Village, CO
2014 Anderson Ranch Workshop, Magic in Form, Found Object Assemblage, Arthur Simms
2013 The Frans Masereel School Residency, Printmaking in Belgium with the University of Kansas, Kasterlee, Belgium
2009 Italian Sojourn Printmaking Residency, Santa Reparata International School of Art (SRISA)
SOLO/TWO PERSON EXHIBITION
2024 All Flesh is Like Grass, TugBoat, Lincoln, NE
2024 A Lazy Love, Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND
2023 Sorry for your loss, 2011 Honda Fit, Westroads Mall, Omaha, NE
2023 Della, The Church/Art House, Omaha, NE
2020 This Feels Nice, Radial Gallery, University of Dayton with The Blue House Gallery, Dayton, OH
2019 When The Fun Stops, Rogers Art Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
2018 Sounds Good, The Union for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE
2018 It Is what It Is, Munson Williams Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, NY
2017 Welcome Home, Again, Oil Building Bear Hug Exhibition, Omaha, NE
2016 Waterbody, Project Project, Omaha, NE
2016 The Monthly, themonthly.org, curated by Mary Hill (solo)
2015 Enlarged to Show Texture, Haw Contemporary, Gallery 5, Kansas City, MO
2015 Enlarged to Show Texture, Art & Design Gallery, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (solo)
2014 Suspended Preservatives, Suite & Bridges Gallery, Lamar Dodd School of Art, Athens, GA
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2023
Post Facade, Maple Street Construct, Omaha, NE
2022
Worked, A.P.E, NorthHampton, MA
Artist Run Spaces, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
Improvise, Maple Street Construct, Omaha, NE
Bemis Benefit, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE
2019
Umbra: New Prints for a Dark Age IPCNY New Prints 2019/Summer, IPCNY, New York, NYVideo in America, Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY
Stories of Love and Loneliness, sUgAR/University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
Invisible Synonyms, Generator Space, Omaha, NE
Blue, Site:Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
Birthday Suit, Site:Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
2019 Delta National Small Prints Exhibition, Bradbury Art Museum, Arkasnas State Univeristy, AR
2018
Meat Cute, Lalaland, Fayetteville, AR (Year 7 : The Temperature. Love Story, Neon Heater Art Gallery)
The Cube Art Project, Lincoln, Ne
Push/Pull, Kent Bellows Studio, Omaha, NE
38th Annual Art Auction, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO
Grave, Omaha Creative Institute, Omaha, NE
Party in the Back with BBQLA traveling exhibition, Maple Street Construct, Omaha, NE
Bemis Benefit, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE
2017
Missed Connections, Petshop Gallery, Omaha, NE
Omaha Entertainment & Arts Awards Showcase Exhibition, Petshop Gallery, Omaha, NE
A Bit of Bite, Lawrence Art Center, Lawrence, KS
The Cube Art Project, Lincoln, NE
Fake Art, Forum Gallery at Cranbrook Academy of Art, Southfield, MI
Vagabond Time Killers, The Wassaic Project Summer Exhibition, Wassaic, NY
Serial Box Projects, Video Screening, Columbia, MO
Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild AIR Exhibtition, Kleinert James Gallery, Woodstock, NY
Delete TV, Experimental Video, Hackney, London
LosAngeles CineFest, Semi Finalist, Experiemental Video, L.A., CA
Bemis Benefit Art Auction, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE
17th Annual 5”x7” Show, BYRDCLIFFE Kleinert/James Center for the Arts, Woodstock, NY
Wassaic Project Summer Benefit, The Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY
$100 Dollar Art Sale, Project Project, Omaha, NE
Hobby Lobby Display, A Bright New Boise, The Johnny Carson School of Theatre & Film, Lincoln, NE
2016
50th Anniversary Annual Art Auction, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO
18th Annual Postcards From the Edge, Sikkema Jenkins & Co, New York, NY
Bemis Benefit Art Auction, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE
$100 Dollar Art Sale, Project Project, Omaha, NE
2015
4th Biennial International Print Show, Art at Wharepuke, Northland, New Zealand
Official Selection, BLOW-UP Chicago International Arthouse Film Fest, Chicago, IL
Men Explain Things, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO
Bemis Benefit Art Autcion, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE
$100 Dollar Art Sale, Project Project, Omaha, NE
2014
Print Camp, Kansas Union Gallery, Lawrence, KS
Pint & Print, Sweeties Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Graduate Exhibition, Art and Design Gallery, Lawrence, KS
Print Sounds, Love Garden, Lawrence KS
Crossfire, Lattice Works, Athens, GA
Nashville Print Revival Printmaking Exhibition, Middle Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN
2013
Shy Rabbit Print International 4, Shy Rabbit Contemporary Arts, Pagosa Springs, CO Juror Michael Krueger
SSAB Student Juried Art Show, The Spencer Museum, Lawrence KS
Graduate Exhibition, Art and Design Gallery, Lawrence, KS
Delta National Small Prints Exhibition, Bradbury Gallery Arkansas State University, AK Juror: Anne Coffin
2012
Delta National Small Prints Exhibition, Bradbury Gallery Arkansas State University, AK Juror: Roberta Waddell
Voice, Les Femmes Folles, The New BLK Gallery, Omaha, NE
New Prints 2011/2012 Benefit Exhibition and Silent Auction, IPCNY, New York, NY
BemisUNDERGROUND’s $100 Art Fundraiser, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE
13th Annual Bemis Silent & Undergound Art Auction, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts,Omaha, NE
2011
Mid America Print Council 2011 Fall Members’ Competition, Benedictine University, Lisle, IL Juror: Andrew DaCaen
31st Annual National Print Exhibition, Artlink Contemporary Art Gallery, Fort Wayne IN Juror: Randy Bolton
2011 Bemis Center Regional Exhibition, Bemis Underground, Omaha, NE Juror: Kate Hackman
IPCNY New Prints 2011/Winter, International Print Center New York, New York, NY
Jurors: Brad Ewing, Richard Gerrig, Diana Goldin, Lisa Hodermarsky, Michelle Levy, Nicola Lopez
Boston Printmakers 2011 North American Print Biennial, The Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA Juror: Jim Dine
2011 Delta National Small Prints Exhibition, Bradbury Gallery Arkansas State University, AK Juror: John Caperton
2010
Small Treasures, Annual Artist Members Juried Exhibition, Haydon Art Center, Lincoln, NE Juror: Julie Farstad
IPCNY New Prints 2010/Summer: Heat! International Print Center New York, New York, NY
Jurors: Carol Blake, John Caperton, Kathy Caraccio, Deborah Chaney, Marc Lepson, Barry Winiker
2010 Southern Printmaking Biennial National Print Exhibition, Hoag Student Center Gallery, North Georgia College & State University, Dahlonega GA Juror: Matt Rebholtz
30th Annual National Print Exhibition, Artlink, Fort Wayne, IN Juror: Claudia Berlinski
24th Annual Juried Undergraduate Art Competition, Eisentrager-Howard Gallery, Lincoln, NE Juror: Keith Jacobshagen
Under the Influence, Kiechel Fine Art Gallery, Lincoln, NE
Buy It Before They’re Famous, Sheldon Museum of Art Young Art Circle Print Gala, Lincoln, NE
Unclaimed Baggage, The Lichen, Lincoln, NE
Echo, Rotunda Gallery, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
2009
23rd Annual Juried Undergraduate Art Competition, Eisentrager-Howard Gallery, Lincoln,NE
Raw, The Toolhouse, Lincoln, NE
Ciao Bella, Richards Hall, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
Visiting Student Exhibition, Santa Reparata International School of Art (SRISA) Florence, Italy
Lincoln Print Group Exhibition, Gallery 9, Lincoln, NE
VISITING ARTIST/LECTURE
2024 The Deli Diaries Book Tour, Plains Art Museum, ND
2023 Author, The Deli Diaries, published by Latah Books, Spokane, WA
2021 Della, University of Connecticut, Hartford, CT
2021 Della, Do Space, Omaha, NE
2020 University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
2020 When The Fun Stops, Las Vegas, NV
2020 Artist Talk, University of Connecticut, Hartford, CT
2020 Artist Talk, Stetson University, FL
2019 Stand Up Comedy Artist Talk, Writers Block, Las Vegas, NV
2019 Panel Discussion, Nebraska Art Council State Conference, Omaha, NE
2019 State of the Art, DO Space, Omaha, NE
2019 Jentel Presents, Artist Residency, Sheridan, WY
2019 Artist Presentation, PLAYA Presents, Summer Lake, OR
2018 Artist Talk, MFA Print Class, Pratt Institute School of Art, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Stand up Comedy Sketch, The Lookout Lounge, Omaha, NE
2018 Grant Expert Lecture, Artist Inc., Omaha Creative Institute, Omaha, NE
2018 Artist Talk, Emporia State College Department of Art, Emporia, KS
2018 Artist Talk, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE2018 Visiting Artist Lecture, Emporia State College, Emporia, KS
2018 Radical Work-Life, Union for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE
2017 Artist Talk, MWPAI Museum of Art, Utica, NY
2016 Visiting Artist, Kendall College of Art & Design, Grand Rapids, MI
2016 Artist Talk, Ox-Bow School of Art and Artist Residency, Artist in Residence, Saugatuck, MI
AWARDS/SCHOLARSHIPS
2020 Micro Grant, Amplify Arts, Omaha, NE
2020 Micro Grant, Nebraska Arts Council 2019 Individual Artist Fellowship, Nebraska Arts Council
2019 Les Christensen Excellence In Art Purchase Award, Permanenet Collection, Arkansas State Univeristy
2018 Best New Media Artist, Omaha Entertainment & Arts Awards, Omaha, NE
2018 Micro Grant, Amplify Arts, Omaha, NE
2018 Generator Grant, Amplify Arts, Omaha, NE
2018 First Place, Cube International Video Art Project, Lincoln Cube and Color Eye Media
2018 Omaha Entertainment & Arts Awards Best Solo Show Nominee
2018 Omaha Entertainment & Arts Awards Best Emerging Artist Nominee2017 Alice C. Cole Fellowship Finalist
2017 Omaha Entertainment & Arts Awards Best 2-Person Show Nominee
2016 Ox-Bow Travel Stipend, NEA Grant
2016 NEA Grant Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild Pollock Krasner Grant
2015 Oswald Maurer Award, KU Department of Visual Art, School of the Arts
2015 Graduate Teaching Assistantship, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
2014 Presidential Scholarship, Anderson Ranch, Snowmass Village, CO
2014 Graduate Teaching Assistantship, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS School of the Arts,
2014 Student Travel Grant, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
2013 Graduate Assistantship, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
2013 School of the Arts, Student Travel Grant, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
2013 Spencer Museum of Art Top Art Award, Spencer Museum, Lawrence, KS
2013 Jane Voorhees Printmaking Scholarship, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
2012 Burrows Art Scholarship, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
2012 Teresa & Steve Owens Purchase Award. Delta National Small Prints, Permanent Collection, Arkansas State University.
2011 Top Award, 31st Annual National Print Exhibition Artlink Contemporary Art Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN
2011 Materials Award, Boston Printmakers 2011 North American Print Biennial The Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA, USA.
2011 Pam Myrose and Daniel J. Reeves Purchase Award,
2011 Delta National Small Prints Exhibition Permanent Collection, Bradbury Gallery Arkansas State University, AK
2010 Hazel V. Emley Scholarship, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
2010 Louise Mundy Scholarship, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
2010 Francis William Vreeland Scholarship Nominee, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
2010 Nebraska Young Artists Award Print Designer, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
2009 University Program Council UNL Logo Design Contest Winner
2009 G & L Schleich Scholarship, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
2009 N. & J. Hills Scholarship, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
2007 Faulkner Freshman Scholar, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
2006 George Beadle Scholarship, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2018 Adjunct Instructor, University of Nebraska–Omaha, Foundations: 2D
2018 Artist Mentor in Printmaking, Josyln’s Kent Bellows Mentoring Program, Omaha, NE
2018 Adjunct Instructor, PrattMWP, 4D Foundations: Time and Movement, Utica, NY
2018 Community Arts Education Instructor, MWPAI, Screenprinting: Cut Copy Paste
2017 Adjunct Instructor, PrattMWP, Fine Arts Seminar, Utica, NY
2017 Community Arts Education Instructor, MWPAI, Screenprinting: Cut Copy Paste
2017 Artist Mentor in Printmaking, Josyln’s Kent Bellows Mentoring Program, Omaha, NE
2017 Instructor, Josyln Art Museum Summer Drawing Camp, The Union, Omaha, NE
2017 Adjunct Instructor, PrattMWP, Fine Arts Seminar, Utica, NY
2017 Artist in Residence Community Arts Instructor, MWPAI, Screenprinting: Cut Copy paste
2017 Artist Mentor in Printmaking, Josyln’s Kent Bellows Mentoring Program, Omaha, NE
2017 Instructor, Josyln Art Musuem Summer Drawing Camp, The Union, Omaha, NE
2016 Adjunct Instructor, University of Nebraska–Omaha, Advanced Printmaking: Lithography
2016 Adjunct Instructor, University of Nebraska–Omaha, Foundations: Color Literacy
2015 Instructor of Record, University of Kansas, Drawing 101 Spring Semester
2014 Instructor of Record, University of Kansas, Drawing 101 Fall Semester
2014 Instructor of Record, University of Kansas, Drawing 102 Spring Semester
2013 Teaching Assistant, University of Kansas, Beginning/Advanced Lithography
2010-2014 Graphic Designer, Urban Finch, Omaha, NE
2008-2010 Graphic Designer, Student Involvement Information Strategies, Lincoln, NE
PRESS
2020 Fotofocus, Slice of Life: A Grocery Store Deli Serves as a Fount of High-Art Photography, October 14, 2020, https://www.fotofocus.org/2020/10/14/slice-of-life-a-grocery-store-deli-serves-as-a-fount-of-high- art-photography/
2019 Janna Karell, “When The Fun Stops,” artist Ella Weber’s culminating project, features handmade playing", Las Vegas Review-Journal, August, 2019
2018 Angie Seykora & Ella Weber, “In Conversation: Angie Seykora & Ella Weber”, Strange Fire, Nov 15, 2018. http://www.strangefirecollective.com/in-conversation-angie-seykora-ella-weber
2018 Sean Robinson “The Ham Ma’am, Omaha Magazine, June 20, 2018.
http://omahamagazine.com/articles/tag/ella-weber/
Kim Carpenter, “Have a Nice Day at Union Exhibit-If You Want”, Omaha World Herald, July 19, 2018.
Corbin Hirschhorn, “Sounds Good to Be at The Union”, KVNO News, July 19, 2018.
http://www.kvnonews.com/2018/07/the-union-opens-sounds-good/
Christopher Marshall, “Food Inspired Artist- Ella Weber”, Omaha Magazine, June 18, 2018.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0UkcYaTf0Y
2017 Jack Wood, “Ella Weber-Artist Profile”, ÆQAI, Feb 9, 2017. http://aeqai.com/main/2017/02/ella-weber-artist-profile/
2016 Lena Ziegler, “Resident Spotlight”, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, July 20, 2016.
https://airbyrdcliffe.wordpress.com/2016/07/20/resident-spotlight-ella-weber/
2015 Blake Lockard, “6 Questions With Ella Weber”, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, December 8, 2015.
http://www.andersonranch.org/6-questions-with-16/?utm_source=hootsuite
2014 Kiosk Magazine, 50th printed edition, University of Kansas, Spring 2014.
2014 Jessica Smith, “The Dodd Galleries Open Four New Exhibitions,” Flagpole, September 17, 2014.
http://www.flagpole.com/arts-culture/art-notes/2014/09/17/local-color
Deb Washler, “Traveling Exhibit,” Artlink Contemporary, June1, 2014.
http://www.artlinkfw.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/print-exhibit-info.pdf
2012 Sally Deskins, “Voice at the New BLK Gallery,” Les Femmes Folles, Women in Art blog, April 2, 2012. http://femmesfollesnebraska.tumblr.com/post/20346932967/les-femmes-folles-presents-voice-at-the-new-blk
Broad Blogs, “Dominance, Submission, Meaning and VOICE,” April 13, 2012.
http://broadblogs.com/2012/04/13/dominance-submission-identity-meaning-voice/
2011 Ochosi Editions. “Okey Dokey Smokey by Ella Weber Makes its Midwest Debut,” That’s Inked Up. December 6, 2011.
Dan Swartz. “National Print Exhibition: 31 years is a charm, Artlink’s annual National Print show is one of its finest,” Fort Wayne Reader, May 2011.
Fort Wayne Area Artists Blog, “Artlink Awards $2,200 in Prizes to Printmakers” http://fortartists.blogspot.com. Thursday April, 28, 2011.
2010 L. Kent Wolgamott. “All the work is strong in Kiechel show.” Lincoln Journal Star, May 2010.
Dan Swartz. “ARTLINK 30th Annual National Print Exhibition” Fort Wayne Reader.
May 2010. http://www.fortwaynereader.com/story.php?uid=1653