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About the Artist
Ellen Lee Klein The Work-The Journey Artist's Statement My works reflect the marriage of my internal and external worlds and their influence upon each other as they and my life evolve through time and experience. They are born out of the merging of my training and the processes involved in the making of each and all the works combined, which express and inspire their structure and form.  Biography: Ellen Lee Klein was born, raised and educated in New York City. She was a student at the High School of Music and Art, where, after earning a B.A from City College of New York and an M.F.A. from Pratt Institute, she later returned to teach. After teaching all levels in the New York City public school system she later taught undergraduate classes at Jersey City State College and Graduate classes at The City College of New York. Administrator of the National Academy of Design School of Fine Arts from 1980-1994; Director of Humanities at the Educational Alliance from 1995-1997; she wrote art criticism and about art regularly for ARTS Magazine, and for other publications which included Art & Oxygen, Manhattan Spotlight, and American Arts Review from 1982-1999. Education: Master of Fine Arts Degree-Pratt Institute- Major Painting/Minor Art History The City College of New York Bachelor of Arts Degree-Major Art, Minor Education Pratt Graphics Center, studied intaglio printmaking Influential Teachers: H.S. of Music and Art May Stevens Herman Bloomstein Gabriel Paterson City College of New York Stuyvesant Van Veen Robert Borgotta Charles Alston Joan Webster Price Virginia Mockler Pratt Institute Ed Dugmore George McNeil Selected Solo Exhibitions: Unpacked-The Works of Ellen Lee Klein, Bill and Patty Gorelick Gallery, Central Piedmont Harris Campus, Charlotte, N.C., January 10 - Dec 9, 2022
Phoenix Gallery-New York City, N.Y., 1976 Maples Gallery, Fairleigh Dickinson University, New Jersey 1974 Green Mountain Gallery, New York City, N.Y., 1973 Selected Group Exhibitions: Summer"Smalls" judged Exhibition-Guild of Charlotte Artists, Christ Episcopal Church, Charlotte, N.C., June 4 -July 9, 2024 Inaugural Exhibition-Hope Gallery-Meyers Park, United Methodist Church, Charlotte, N.C., April 23 through June 30, 2024 Winter '24-Judged Exhibition-Matthews Art Guild, McDowell Center, Matthews, NC., April 6 through May 2, 2024 Winter'24-Winter Judged Exhibition-Guild of Charlotte Artists-Christ Episcopal Church, Charlotte, N.C.,February 1-February 28, 2024. Fall '23 Juried Show-Guild of Charlotte Artists-October 1 -McDowell Arts Center, Matthews, N.C., November, 2023 Fall '23 Free For All Exhibition - Hartz - Witzen Gallery- Charlotte, N.C. September 15, 2023 Matthews Alive'23 Art Exhibition - Matthews Art Guild, McDowell Arts Center, Matthews, N.C. August 20-September 28th, 2023 Matthews Art Guild, McDowell Arts Center, Matthews, N.C., June 4-June 29, 2023 Guild of Charlotte Artists, Christ Episcopal Church Gallery, Feb 1 - Feb 28, 2023 Guild of Charlotte Artists, McDowell Arts Center, Matthews, N.C., June 4 - July 1, 2022 City College of New York, NYC, NY 1995 Eubie Blake Museum, Baltimore, Maryland 1993 Cornell Medical Center, NYC, NY 1992
National Academy of Design, N.Y.C., N.Y. 1988 & 1989 Contemporary Portraits from the Northeast, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, Ct. 1987 Aaron Davis Hall, C.C.N.Y. Alumni Art Exhibits 1983 & 1984 Sotheby’s N.Y.C., N.Y. Channel 13 Auction 1983 Arthur Charles Gallery, Washington, D.C. 1982 – 1983 Waverly Gallery, N.Y.C., N.Y. 1982 15th Annual Show. NCJW Fairleigh Dickinson University 1982 C.C.N.Y. Alumni Art Exhibition, Sheraton Center, N.Y.C., N.Y. 1981 Zoma Gallery, N.Y.C., N.Y. 1979-80, 1981 Gallery Carron, Cedarhurst, NY 1979 Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY 1977 Phoenix Gallery, NYC, NY 1973.1975,1976 Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, N.Y.C., N.Y. 1975 "The Eye of Woman "Hobart & William Smith Colleges, Geneva,N.Y.1972 Downstate Medical Center, N.Y.C., N.Y.1972 Pratt Institute, N.Y.C., N.Y.1972 Selected Collections: Hofstra University Museum The Thirteen Collection, 1983. Channel 13, N.Y.C., NY Numerous Private Collections Reviews, News, Activities: https://www.carolinaarts.com/322/322carolinaarts-pg16.pdf Spring 2022 Exhibits at the Bill and Patty Gorelick Galleries - Charlotte, NC (americantowns.com) https://images.shulcloud.com/1320/uploads/SHABBAT-ANNOUNCEMENTS/06.24.22_Shabbat_Announcements.pdf
Encyclopedia of Living Artists in America, Directors Guild Publishers,
1987, p. 69 The Register Herald, June 28 1984 Nina French- Frazier, Westsider, April 27, 1978 Dorothy Hall, Park East, April 1978 Lawrence Campbell, Art News, September 1973 Lectures: Buffalo State College, State University of NY, Buffalo, N.Y. West Chester University, West Chester, Pennsylvania Honors: Who's Who In American Art Who's Who in American Education Who's Who in Writers, Editors and Poets International Who's Who of Professional and Business Women
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