Ellen Berkenblit
She was born in Paterson, New Jersey and graduated from the Cooper Union in 1980. She received an Arts and Letters grant from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2013, and a Guggenheim Fellowship in the following year. She has exhibited at the Anton Kern Gallery.
Ellen Berkenblit
- Name
- Ellen Berkenblit
- Born
- May 4, 1958
- Birthplace
- Paterson, New Jersey, US
- Field
- Painting
- Education
- Cooper Union
- Awards
- Guggenheim Fellowship
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- painter · draftsperson
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She was born in Paterson, New Jersey and graduated from the Cooper Union in 1980. She received an Arts and Letters grant from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2013, and a Guggenheim Fellowship in the following year. She has exhibited at the Anton Kern Gallery.
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The Brooklyn Museum holds examples of her work. Often working in large-scale and in oil paint, a recurring motif in Berkenblit’s work is a magical female protagonist, frequently depicted as a cartoonish women in profile, with long lashes, rosy cheeks, and wild hair. She is represented by Anton Kern Gallery in New York, Contemporary Fine Arts in Berlin and Corbett vs Dempsey in Chicago.
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• Name — Ellen Berkenblit • Born — May 4, 1958 • Birthplace — Paterson, New Jersey, US • Field — Painting • Education — Cooper Union • Awards — Guggenheim Fellowship
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- 1.Ellen Berkenblit Biography. Artnet.
- 2.Arts and Letters Awards in Art. American Academy of Arts and Letters. Archived 17 August 2016.
- 3.Doing the Loop-de-Loop: The latest surprise from Ellen Berkenblit / artcritical.
- 4.Asfour, Nana. ELLEN BERKENBLIT. Art in America.
- 5.Nicksin, Carole. Ellen Berkenblit. Artillery Magazine. 5. 1. 48. September–October 2010.
- 6.Brooklyn Museum: Ellen Berkenblit. www.brooklynmuseum.org.
- 7.Frieze Magazine - Archive - Ellen Berkenblit. www.frieze.com.
- 8.Gratza, Agnieszka. Ellen Berkenblit. Frieze Art Magazine.
- 9.Ellen Berkenblit. John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Archived 13 April 2014.
- 10.Dunham, Carroll. Ellen Berkenblit: Paintings 2011-2014. Anton Kern Gallery. 2014. 978-0-9833622-8-9.
- 11.Smith, Roberta. Art In Review; Ellen Berkenblit. The New York Times. 14 July 2000. 0362-4331.
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