Ellen Babcock
ebabcock@sonic.net
Education
2002 MFA in Sculpture, California College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco, CA
1979 BA in Art, Smith College, Northampton, MA, cum laude
1984 BFA, Portland School of Art, Portland, ME
Selected Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
2023 - April, South Broadway Cultural Center, Albuquerque, NM
- February, Oresman Gallery, Smith College, Northampton MA
2019 Memorials to the genii loci: Middle Rio Grande Basin, collaboration with Billy Joe Miller and Nina Dubois, Art Park 21: Groundwork, Open Space Visitor Center
2018 Migrations, co-curator and participating artist, Sanitary Tortilla Factory, Albuquerque, NM
2017 Holdraketa, Off Lomas, curated by Candice Hopkins and Raven Chacon, Albuquerque, NM
2016 All Hands On Project, Maine Charitable Mechanic Association, Portland, ME
C to See, Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM
2008 The Viewing Platform, Gallery 1078, Chico, CA
2007 Passage, Ampersand Gallery, San Francisco, CA
North, Oakland Museum offsite, Oakland, CA,
21st and Potrero, 301 Bocana Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Barroco, San Francisco Recycling and Disposal, San Francisco, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022 Poetics of Process, Maine College of Art Alumni Triennial, Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, Maine
2021 Inhale/Exhale, online group exhibition juried by Julio Morales, Southwest Contemporary, Vol.3, Fall
Crocker Kingsley Biennial, Juror’s prize awarded by Carrie Lederer, Roseville CA
In Tandem, group exhibition, Masley Gallery, UNM, Albuquerque, NM
2020 Honoring Loss, curated by Angie Rizzo and Gigi Yu, Masley Gallery, UNM, Albuquerque, NM
2018 Migrations, co-curator and participating artist, Sanitary Tortilla Factory, Albuquerque, NM
2016 Out of Many, One, University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM
2015 All Hands On, Phase One, Maine College of Art 4-person alumni biennial, Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, ME
2014 All Hell, for You Are the Doorway, curated by Billy Joe Miller with 516 Arts at The Railyard, Albuquerque, NM
2013 Keepsake, with Billy Joe Miller, Albuquerque, NM
Tradewinds Signs Rally, High Desert Test Sites, lead artist, curated by Libby Lumpkin and Dave Hickey, Albuquerque, NM
Rock, Paper, Scissors, 333 Montezuma Arts, Santa Fe, NM
2012 Alcoves 12.6, New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM
Tradewinds Revival, ISEA 2012, the International Symposium of Electronic Arts, Albuquerque, NM
Friends of the Orphan Signs, 516 Arts, Albuquerque, NM
2011 Turf, Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA
Orphan Signs, Governor’s Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Shadowshop by Stephanie Syjuco, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Recology, 20th Anniversary Exhibition, Intersection 5M, San Francisco, CA
2010 Alchemy, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
2009 Sculpture as Analogy to Landscape, SCA Contemporary Art, Albuquerque, NM
2008 Pastforward, The Lab, San Francisco, CA
2007 Ice Blue, The Tiny Gallery, Big Think Studios, San Francisco, CA
Silicone/Silica, The Oakland Museum offsite at the Oakland Airport, Oakland, CA
Bottle Redemption, Center for Outdoor Contemporary Art, McLaren Park, San Francisco, CA
Professional Experience
2015 - present Associate Professor of Sculpture, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
2009 - present Founder and Director, Friends of the Orphan Signs, a collaborative not for profit public art organization making use of abandoned road signs in Albuquerque, NM
2009 - 2015 Assistant Professor of Sculpture, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
1986-2000 Materials researcher, mold maker, wax worker and artist assistant to many internationally renown artists including Kiki Smith, Bruce Nauman, Gabriel Orozco, Juan Munoz and many others. The Art Foundry, Santa Fe, NM
Awards
2022 CABQ Urban Enhancement Resiliency Award
2021 Juror’s award, Crocker Kingsley Biennial
2013 Americans for the Arts Public Art Year in Review, Outstanding Public Art Project Award
2002 Dennis Leon Faculty Award
Edwin and Adelaide Cadogan Fine Arts Fellowship
Press
2013 Rock, Paper, Scissors, THE magazine, June (review)
2008 Bad at Sports, episode # 163 (interview)
2007 Robert Callaway at http://www.artfever.blogspot.com/2007/05/ellen-babcock-at-san-francisco-dump.html
2004 Ja “Crust at A.O.V.”, by Mark Van Proyen, Artweek, San Francisco, p.16
2003, October 29 “Critic’s Choice-Crust”, by Lindsey Westbrook, San Francisco Bay Guardian
Artist Residencies
2022 Cow House Studios, Wexford County, Ireland
2007 San Francisco Recycling and Disposal (Recology)
2005 Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
2003 Headlands Center for the Arts Project Space