Ellen Lesperance

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American | 1971

Ellen Lesperance is an American Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1971. Their work is currently being shown at Allen Memorial Art Museum in Oberlin. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Frye Art Museum have featured Ellen Lesperance's work in the past.The maker's first piece to be offered at auction was "The Vigil" at Sotheby's New York in 2022.Ellen Lesperance has been featured in articles for , and . The most recent article is written for Art Viewer in August 2025.

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You Can Forbid Almost Everything," She Wailed at an Occupied Greenham Common, "But You Can't Forbid Me to Think, And You Can't Forbid the Sun to Shine, And You Can't Shut My Mouth When I Sing ,2010

By Ellen Lesperance

Ulrike Ottinger is on the Set of 'Madame X,' It's 1977 and the Promise of Pirated Love, Gold and Adventure is Extended to Any Woman Willing to Leave Her Humdrum Life Behind ,2009

By Ellen Lesperance

For You, Helen Thomas - Ellen Lesperance

For You, Helen Thomas ,2011

By Ellen Lesperance

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The Vigil

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Current Exhibitions

Kitsch, Craft, Critique

Allen Memorial Art Museum

Oberlin | Ohio | USA

14 Jun, 2025 - 23 Dec, 2025

Past Exhibitions

Ellen Lesperance: I Am Woman Inflicted with the Burden of Bearing Mankind

Derek Eller Gallery, New York

New York | USA

18 Apr, 2025 - 24 May, 2025

Inaugural Group Exhibition

Derek Eller Gallery, New York

New York | USA

06 Sep, 2024 - 19 Oct, 2024

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Articles

Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction at MoMA, New York

Art Viewer 06 Aug, 2025

The Museum of Modern Art presents Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction, an in-depth exhibition that delves into the dynamic intersections between weaving and abstraction.

Exhibition Explores the Intersections Between Textiles and Abstract Art over the past Hundred Years

ArtDaily 20 Apr, 2025

The Museum of Modern Art presents Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction, an in-depth exhibition that delves into the dynamic intersections between weaving and abstraction.

Ellen Lesperance's new paintings weave together feminism, activism, and historical symbolism

ArtDaily 18 Apr, 2025

Derek Eller Gallery presents I Am Woman Inflicted with the Burden of Bearing Mankind, a solo exhibition of new work by Ellen Lesperance.

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Coverage

鈥� .. Lesperance's oeuvre conflates the political with the poetic... 鈥�
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Ambach & Rice

鈥� ..1939) is perhaps best known for her performances, including the orgiastic Meat Joy (1964) and the bracingly intimate Interior Scroll (1975), both of which engage with the inherent power of women鈥檚 sexuality... 鈥�
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Elizabeth Leach Gallery

鈥� ..Through humble and labored means, Lesperance directs our attention outside the art discourse, encouraging us to question whether or not civic models can be adopted as artistic models ... 鈥�
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Ambach & Rice

鈥� ..Lesperance places the viewer on the periphery of female activism, manifesting political and societal transgression through a delicate use of materials... 鈥�
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Ambach & Rice

鈥� ..Lesperance鈥檚 paintings of activists鈥� sweater patterns extract intimacy from collectivism; their ornate grids suggest sieves through which ideals and virtue take root... 鈥�
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