Selected Solo Exhibitions
2018
Some Are Poems, Bossier Parish Community College, The Learning Commons, Bossier City, LA
2023
Ellen Soffer: Pink Sky, Recent Paintings and Works on Paper, artspace, Shreveport, LA, (Curated by Kelly McDade)
2016
Yellow Wind, Night Garden, Acadiana Center for the Arts, Coca-Cola Studio, Lafayette, LA
Curated by Brian Guidry
2024
Shimmer, SAS Gallerie, Bossier City, LA
Selected Group Exhibitions
Something Big Something Small, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Critical MASS 10, artspace, Shreveport, LA, Catalog
HOLIDAY, LABspace, Hillsdale NY
2021
Critical Mass 9, artspace, Shreveport, LA
Looking Forward, Carter Burden Gallery, NYC, NY, (Juried by Nancy Azara)
2022
Trialogue, featuring Selena Dixon, Todd Camplin, and Ellen Soffer, Mesquite Art Center, Mesquite, TX
2022 Collectible Artists, Central ARTSTATION, Shreveport, LA
Mail Art 2020, Lawrence & Clark, Chicago, IL
2020
Flatfile 8×8, Flatfile Gallery, online exhibition
Pushing the Envelope, Pulp Gallery, Holyoke, MA
8×8 Art on Paper, Flatfile Gallery, online exhibition
Quaran Time, artpace, Shreveport, LA
HOLIDAY, LABspace, Hillsdale, NY
8th Annual Benefit Exhibition: Tools for School and Education Works, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, Invitational Benefit Exhibit
Brand 48 Annual National Juried Exhibition of Works on Paper, online exhibition, Brand Library & Art Center, Glendale, CA, (Juried by Dan McCleary), Catalog
Art on the Wall, Flatfile Gallery, online exhibitio
2019
Impulse, Mary Tomás Gallery, Dallas, TX
Critical Mass 7, artspace, Shreveport, LA
Genius Loci, Castello di Spannocchia, Italy
2018
The 12th Annual Louisiana Fine Arts Showcase, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA
Curated by Lily Brooks, catalog
B.I.G, Bold, Impressive and Grand – a Curated Exhibition, Mary Tomás Gallery, Dallas, TX
(six-person exhibition, Masri, Winter Rusiloski, Ellen Soffer, Roy Tamboli, Mary Tomás, Fred Villanueva)
Summer Group Exhibit, Mary Tomás Gallery, Dallas, TX
Marks in Time – Alan Dyson, Anthony Reans and Ellen Soffer, Louisiana State Exhibit Museum,
Shreveport, LA (Curated by Nita Cole)
2026
New Member Exhibit, Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT
New Talent, (working title), Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia PA, Curated by Bridgette Mayer, (upcoming)
2025
75th A ONE, Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT, (Juried and curated by Eleanor de Ropp Flatow)
2024
Critical MASS 12, artspace, Shreveport, LA
CONVERGE, 9th Benefit Exhibition, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, Juried Benefit Exhibit
Critical MASS 11, artspace, Shreveport, LA New Talent, (working title), Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia PA, Curated by Bridgette Mayer, upcoming
2023
HOLIDAY, LABspace, Hillsdale, NY
CHAOS! 9, Ro2 Art, Dallas, TX
Color Play, Mary Tomás Gallery, Dallas, TX
2017
Twelve, Mary Tomás Gallery, Dallas, TX
Summer Group Exhibit, Mary Tomás Gallery, Dallas, TX
Fresh, Mary Tomás Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2016
The 10th Annual Louisiana Fine Arts Showcase, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA
(Curated by Lily Brooks) Catalog
B16: Wiregrass Biennial, Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan, AL
(Curated by Dana-Marie Lemmer)
Summer Fun, Mary Tomás Gallery, Dallas, TX
Selected Bibliography
Wilkerson, Emily, “Critical Mass X review: Most captivating art transports the viewer,” Shreveport Times (online), February 25, 2022
2021
Kennell, Tiana, “Critical Success,” The Shreveport Times, May 2, 2021
Shaffer, Gabriel, “Best in Show,” 318 Forum, April 21 – May 4, 2021
Wilkerson, Emily, “Most captivating art transports viewer,” Shreveport Times, February 28, 2022
2020
Juarez, Frank, “Artist Spotlight Ellen Soffer,” Artdose Magazine Weekly, November 1, 2020
Peterson, Christian, “Meet Ellen Soffer / Visual Artist, Painter,” Shoutout DFW, September 16, 2020
Landi, Ann, “Can We Finally Stop Talking About Jeff Koons,” Vasari21, May 27, 2019
Kennell, Tiana, “National critics applaud northwest Louisiana artists in Critical Mass 9,” The Shreveport Times (online), April 29, 2021
Shaffer, Gabriel, “Best in Show,” 318 Forum (online), April 19, 2021
2019
Landi, Ann, “It’s Bananas, but the Art Fairs Rock On,” Vasari21, December 10, 2019
2022
Sarradet, William, “Chaos and Refuge: Exhibitions to See in Dallas,” August 19, 2022, Glasstire (online)
Viser, Patricia, “NWLA artist opens newest exhibition,” 318 Forum, January 11 – January 24, 2023
Swain, Liz, “5 things to do in downtown Shreveport,” The Shreveport Times, January 27, 2023
2023
Viser, Patricia, “ellen soffer: pink sky, The artspace exhibition of this northwest Louisiana artist will color your world.,” SB Magazine, March 2023
Wilkerson, Emily, “Critical Mass X,” 318 Forum, March 9 – March 22, 2022
2024
Sanders, Jessica, “Artist Interview with Ellen Soffer,” ArtShare Zine, Vol.3, May 2024
2018
Landi, Ann, “Gudrun Mertes-Frady and Mary Gabriel: Formidable Women, Then and Now, Vasari21, October 15, 2018
Landi, Ann, “Say It with Flowers, Grieving through Drawing, and Sibling Miseries,” Vasari21, August 13, 2018
Kennell, Tiana, “August Art Exhibitions to Visit in Shreveport-Bossier City,” The Shreveport Times, August 8, 2018
Corbin, Michael K., “Ellen Soffer: Close-Up Particles,” artbookguy.com, April 1, 2017.
2015
Selected Lectures
2010
Artist Talk, “Second Northwest LA Artists’ Triennial,” Meadows Museum of Art at Centenary College, Shreveport, LA, 2010
2012
Artist Talk, Understanding Art Class, Bossier Parrish Community College, Bossier City, LA, 2012
Something Big, Something Small, Artist Panel, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia PA
2023
Ellen Soffer: Pink Sky, Recent Painting and Works on Paper, Artist Conversation with Curator, Ellen Soffer and Kelly McDade, artspace, Shreveport, LA
Collections
The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Longview Museum of Fine Arts, Longview, TX
University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Louisiana State University Health Science School of Medicine, Shreveport, LA
Education
1983
MFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1981
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
1981
BFA with Honors, Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, PA
1975/6
Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH
1975
Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA
