Resume

ELLEN ORSECK

Born 1952, Baltimore, MD. Lives and works in Houston, TX.

EDUCATION

2022 “Constructing the Contemporary Narrative” with Eric Fischl, New York Art Academy, Sag Harbor

2022 “Demystifying the Portrait,” with Aiden Barker, New York Art Academy

2007-2009 Masters in Painting, New York University, Venice Italy and New York City

1975-1976 Masters of Arts in Teaching, Museum Education, George Washington University, D.C.

1970-1974 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Frostburg State University, Frostberg, MD

1972-1973 Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, – One Year at MICA and Mural Apprenticeship, Baltimore, MD and Ellicott City, MD

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2017 Reflections from the Beginning, Jones Gallery, Duchesne, Houston, TX

2014 Liquified, Nicole Longnecker Gallery, Houston, TX
2010 Submerged, Texas Collaborative Projects, Houston, TX

2007 Storms, Sumos and Sweets, O’Kane Gallery, University of Houston Downtown, Houston, TX

2007 Made in Texas, Bering and James Gallery, Houston, TX
2004 About Face: Exploring Human Expression, Montgomery College, The Woodlands, TX

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024 Visual Arts Alliance 41st Juried Exhibition, Gus Kopriva Juror, Reeves Art + Design, Houston, TX

2024 Visual Arts Alliance 40th Juried Exhibition, Tanja Peterson Juror, Redbud Art Center, Houston, TX

2024 Visual Arts Alliance 39th Juried Exhibition, Kerry Inman Juror Jung Center of Houston, Houston, TX

2023 Visual Arts Alliance, 38th Juried Exhibition, Heidi Vaughn Juror, Sabine Studios, Houston, TX

2023 Soot to Soul, Hardy Nance Studio, Houston, TX

2022 (w)Hole: Grief, Apology, Healing, The Jung Center, Houston, TX

2022 25th Anniversary Show, Myrtle Beach Art Museum, Myrtle Beach, SC

2020 The Power of She: A Permanent Collection Exhibition, Myrtle Beach Art Museum, Myrtle Beach, SC

2019 Illusions, Caroline Garcia Gallery, Houston, TX

2018 Collaborations, Sawyer Yards, Houston, TX

2018 The Sketchbook Project, Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn, NY

2018 Dangerous Professors, Flatlands Gallery, Houston, TX

2017 The Art of Education: Rice University Glasscock School, Houston, TX

2017 The Flower & Garden Show, Mother Dog Studios, Houston, TX

2015 Art on the Avenue, Sawyer Yards, Houston, TX

2015 Abstracting the Round, Carolyn Garcia Gallery, Houston, TX

2014 Earth Matters, Nicole Longnecker Gallery, Houston, TX

2014 Creation or Evolution: The Artists’ Journey, Carolyn Garcia Gallery, Houston, TX

2014 Woodland’s Gala Trust, The Woodland’s Texas, Woodlands, TX
2013 Caution: Live Snakes, Mother Dog Studios Gallery, Houston, TX

2013 Bird Brained, Mother Dog Studios Gallery, Houston, TX

2013 Haunted, Spring Street, Stark Naked Theater, Houston, TX

2013 Soul: The Artist at Work, Winter Street Studios Houston, TX

2013 Nocturnal Landscape, Rotunda Art Gallery, Houston, TX

2013 Finding Self: An All Woman Art Show, Spring Street, Stark Naked Theater, Houston, TX
2013 From O to Z: Wizard of Oz Oztravaganza, Hardy and Nance Street Studios, Houston, TX

2012 NYU Venice, 80wse Galleries, New York, NY

2012 Wade Wilson Inaugural Show, Santa Fe, NM
2012 Impressions Print Show, Wade Wilson Art, Houston, TX

2012 Dog Park, Gallery G, Houston, TX
2012 References to the Real World: Figures in a Life, Carolyn Garcia Gallery, Houston, TX
2011 The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX
2011 New Texas Talent, Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, TX

2011 It’s Raining Cats and Dogs, Mother Dog Studios, Houston, TX

2010 Four Dimensions, Vaughan Christopher Gallery, Houston TX

2010 Summer Swim, Nauhaus Gallery, Houston, TX
2009 Showcase Houston, Deutser Gallery, Houston, TX
2009 Submerged, Master Thesis Show NYU, Washington Square East Galleries, New York, NY

2009 Through the Looking Glass, Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX

2008 O’Kane Gallery, University of Houston Downtown, Houston, TX

2008 Texas, Bering and James Gallery, Houston, TX
2007 The Monotype Exhibition, Museum of Printing History, Houston, TX

2007 Cinco, Bering and James Gallery, Houston, TX

2007 Amistad, Texas Artists in Peru, Museo de la Nacion, Lima, Peru

2007 Works in Progress, Universita luav di Venezia, Italy. New York University, Venice, Italy

2006 Texas Artist Invitational, North Harris College, Houston, TX

2005 Clean Slate, G Gallery, Houston, TX

2005 Texas National, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX

2005 Project Storm: Hurricane Relief Benefit. Project Row Houses, Apama Mackey Gallery, Houston, TX
2005 Everybody Art Show Us Your Feminism, University of Houston, Houston, TX

2005 Back Room, Gallery DIG, Houston, TX
2005 Vistas and Visions, Houston Foundry, Houston, TX
2005 Municipal Arts Commission, City Hall, Houston, TX

2004 The Ten Plagues Invitational, Deutser Gallery, Houston, TX

2004 Assistance League Celebrates Texas Art, Williams Tower, Houston, TX
2004 Showcase Houston, Deutser Gallery, Houston, TX
2003 Reflections of Hotel Life, Omni Hotel, Houston, TX

2003 Soft Frequency Hardware, Gallery 101, Houston, TX

2003 Box Show, Mind Puddles Gallery/Bering & James Gallery Houston, TX

2003 Free for All, Steve Martin Gallery New Orleans, LA
2002 The National Small Oil Painting Exhibition, The Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS

2002 The Art of Living, ArtScan Gallery, Houston, TX

2002-5 Annual Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) Retablos Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX

2001 The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center Houston, TX

2001 Visual Arts Alliance Exhibition, Allen Center III Houston, TX

2001 Soul Journeys, The CG Jung Center Houston, TX

CORPORATE & PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

African American Archives and Research Center of Houston, Houston, TX

Congregation Brith Shalom, Houston, Houston, TX
Frostburg State University, Frostburg, MD
George Washington University, DC
The Jung Center of Houston, Houston, TX

Lyondell Corporation, Houston, TX
Montgomery College, The Woodlands, TX

Myrtle Beach Art Museum, Myrtle Beach, NC

Houston Municipal District Services, Cypress, TX

The University of Houston, Downtown, Houston, TX

AWARDS & PROJECTS

2024 Portrait Society of America, Face-Off, Southern Kindness Gallery, Houston, TX

2024 In the Voice of Bonnard, Art History Orientation, Kimball Museum Tour, Fort Worth, TX

2023 Honor Award, Watercolor Art Society, Houston, TX

2021 Portrait Society of America, Face-Off, Sawyer Yards, Houston, TX

2019 Sol Le Witt Installation Artisan, Anderson Clarke Building Rice University, Houston, TX

2019 Water Catch the Wave: The Art of Painting Water, William H. Miller Gallery, Myrtle Beach, NC
2012 Hunting Prize Finalist, Hunting Oil, Houston, TX

2012 Texas Contemporary Art Fair, Houston, TX

2012 The Sketchbook Project, Brooklyn Art Library, New York, NY
2012 Mural Commission, The Aranda Residence, Bellaire, TX
1986 Mural Commission, Cupolas, Dallas, TX
1984 Mitchell A. Wilder Award, Excellence In Publishing Design, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
1981 Mural Commission, Brady Heights Neighborhood, Arts and Humanities Council of Tulsa, OK

1976 Mural Commissions, George Washington University, Marvin Center, Madison Hall, Housing Office, Washington, D.C.

1975 National Endowment for the Arts, Individual Artists Grant Mural Project-Public Works, Baltimore, MD

1974 Mural Commission, Student Center, Administrative Offices, Frostburg State University, MD, Frostburg, MD

PRESS

2022 Artwork Published in Texlandia Rice University Literary Magazine, Houston, TX

2014 Houston Chronicle, "Earth Matters," Molly Gentzler, Houston, TX

2014 The Glasscock School News, Keri Bas, "Learning to See Differently," February

2013 Art Slant
2013 Houston Modern Luxury, Houston TX

2013 Jewish Herald-Voice, Aaron Howard, "Houston Painter Brings Us To The Edge," July 11

2013 Jewish Herald-Voice, Aaron Howard, "Casual Conversations with the Angel of Death, " Sept 26

2009 Jewish Herald-Voice, Aaron Howard, "Two Questions of Ellen Orseck,"

2007 Houston Press, Sean Carroll, Capsule Art Reviews

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2011-present Art Instructor, Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies, Rice University,Houston, TX

2011-present Art Instructor, Watercolor Art Society, Houston, TX
2011-2013. Art Instructor, The Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX

2011 Adjunct Professor of Art, University of Houston, Downtown, Houston, TX
2005-2011 Art Instructor, St. Agnes Academy, Houston, TX
2003-2009 Private Art Instructor, The Houston Foundry, and Winter Street Studios, Houston, TX
1982-1985 Art Historian, Lecturer, Education Department, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX

Ellen Orseck Studio The Silos at Sawyer Yards, Studio 127, 1502 Sawyer Street Houston, TX, 77007