Ellen Soffer

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Solo Exhibitions
2011	Ellen Soffer: Busy Season, East Bank Gallery, Bossier Arts Council, Bossier City, LA
2008	Inside/Outside, Karpeles Manuscript Museum, Shreveport, LA
2007	Milam Street Series/ New Works on Paper, Prima Tazza, Shreveport, LA
2007	Candy Mountain and Other New Works, Artspace, Shreveport, LA
2006	Ellen Soffer: Works on Paper, Prima Tazza, Shreveport, LA
2005	Ellen Soffer: Paintings, Broadmoor Library, Sheveport, LA
1998	Ellen Soffer: Paintings, Magale Library, Centenary College, Shreveport, LA
1993	Ellen Soffer: Louisiana Paintings, Nexus/Foundation for Today's Art, Philadelphia, PA
1990	Ellen Soffer: Paintings, Bradley Gallery, Lakeland College, Sheboygan, WI
	Ellen Soffer: Paintings, Fine Arts Gallery, Anne Dean Turk Fine Arts Center, Kilgore College, Kilgore, TX
1989	Ellen Soffer: Paintings, Noel Memorial Library, Louisiana State University at Shreveport, Shreveport, LA
1988	Paintings: Ellen Soffer, Turner Arts Center, Centenary College, Shreveport, LA
1987	Ellen Soffer: Recent Works on Paper, Stoner Arts Center, Shreveport, LA
	Ellen Soffer: Paintings, Nexus Foundation for Today's Art, Philadelphia, PA
1985	Ellen Soffer: Paintings, Nexus Foundation for Today's Art, Philadelphia, PA
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Selected Group Exhibitions
2012	Artport- Paired, Shreveport Regional Airport, Shreveport, LA
2011	Meltdown! 2011 Membership Exhibit, McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX
2011	Refresh, P’s Gallery, Longview, TX
2011	Surface, The Wylie and May Louise Jones Gallery, Bakersfield College, Bakersfield, CA (Group show of three artists: Ellen Soffer, Brett Anderson and Dennis Sopczynski)
2011	Going with the Flow, P’s Gallery, Longview, TX
2011	Impromptu, Artspace, Shreveport, LA
2010	Border, 2010 Membership Show, McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX
2010	Bubble Rap #3, Artspace, Shreveport, LA, curated by Michael G. Moore
2010	Second Northwest LA Artists’ Triennial Competition, Meadows Museum of Art at Centenary College, Shreveport, LA, juried by Luz-Maria Lopez, David Holcombe and Nicole Holcombe
2010	47th Annual Juried Exhibition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA, juried by David Houston
2010	Fresh Faces 2 X 2, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, TX, curated by Rita Barnard
2010	52nd Annual Delta Exhibition, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR, juried by Martha Tedeschi
2009	"Point of View," Cerulean Gallery, Dallas, TX
2009	"Southern Open," Acadiana Center for the Arts , Lafayette, LA, juried by Eleanor Heartney
2008	"The Money Show," Artspace, Shreveport, LA
2006	"Meadows Museum Northwest Louisiana Artists' Triennial Competition," Meadows Museum of Art, Shreveport, LA, juried by Meg Harders and Connie Bostic
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Awards, Honors and Collections
Visual Arts Fellowship, Shreveport Regional Arts Council, Shreveport, LA, 2007
Residency, Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL, 1993
Shreveport Regional Arts Council, Shreveport, LA, Third place in "SPAR National Art Show," 1989
Residency, Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL, 1988
Art Association of Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA, Oil and Acrylic Award, "60th Annual Juried Exhibition," 1988
Residency, Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL, 1984
Teaching Assistantship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 1983
Van De Grift Tuition Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 1982
Tuition Scholarship, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME, 1981
Ernest M. Greenfield Award for Excellence in Painting, First prize in Painting - Class of 1980, Philadelphia College of Art, 1980
Collection, Fabric Workshop, 1979
Apprentice Grant, Fabric Workshop, Philadelphia, PA, 1979
Lectures / Public Speaking Engagements
Lecture, Meadows Museum of Art, Shreveport, LA, 2006
Panel Discussion, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA, 1990
Lecture, Turner Arts Center, Centenary College, Shreveport, LA, 1990
Interview, “Art Scene,” Cablevision, Shreveport, LA, January 1989
Lecture, Stoner Arts Center, Shreveport, LA, 1988
Education
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, M.F.A., 1983
Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, B.F.A. with Honors, 1981
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