PALOS VERDES ART CENTER 5504 Crestridge Road, RPV, CA 90275 SUMMER SHOW Juror: Marisa Caichiola July 24-August 21
JEWISH ARTIST INITIATIVE (JAI) www.jaisocal.org "Beginnings With No Endings: Hope and Optimism Juror: Molly Schulman
dnj Gallery 3015 Ocean Blvd., Santa Monica VISUAL DNA...the language of photographs Opening Reception: Saturday, March 7, 2020 from 5-7 March 7-April 18
Jewish Artist's Initiative
"For Heaven's Sake!"
USC Hillel Reception: Sunday, September 8, 2019 3-5 Exhibition runs through October 20, 2019
2019
Orange Coast Community College Prior Pleasures September 30-November 1
GRIFFIN MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY
25th Juried Exhibition
July 18-September 1, 2019
Juror: Julie Grahame
Rick Wester Fine Art
Circles and Squares
526 W. 26th Street, Suite 417 New York, New York on view until August 9
Palos Verdes Art Center Summer Exhibit Juror: Neil Gainman
DEVELOPMENT
dnj Gallery
3105 Ocean Park Blvd., Santa Monica
May 18-July 6, 2019
18 photographs from 4 series
Dichotomy 19
Something New from Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue
Los Angeles Center of Photography Fine Art Exhibition
"What's In Your World"
Opening Reception, Thursday, June 20, 2019
For the first time in its 8-year history, PHOTOVILLE – New York City's premier photo festival is coming to LA! Annenberg Space for Photography Presents Photoville LA, created and produced by United Photo Industries, will feature exhibitions in repurposed shipping containers, photo cubes, and lightboxes that will create a festival atmosphere with multiple galleries for Angelenos to explore. I will be exhiting my photograph "Black Beauty" from the series "Prior Pleasures" in the Los Angeles Center of Photography container.
2018
UPCOMING SEPTEMBER 8, 2018
November 5-16 Solo Exhibition
dnj gallery Grand Opening Group Exhibit
3015 Ocean Park Blvd. Santa Monica, CA
Prior Pleasures, Solo Exhibition West Hollywood Library, West Hollywood, CA, Curator: Michael Che; December 5 2018-May 2019
Flashpoints: A Collective Response, MuzeuMM, Los Angeles, Curators: Georgia Freedman Harvey and Anne Hromadka
Bread and Salt, Hillel, USC, Los Angeles, Curator: Georgia Freedman Harvey
FRESH, SBC/SoLA Gallery, Los Angeles, Curator: Peggy Zask
Bunk, Los Angeles Art Association/Gallery 825, Los Angeles, Juror: Alix Sloan
Not Always So, The Loft Studios and Art Gallery, San Pedro, Curator: Scott Canty
OPEN SHOW 2017
December
Los Angeles Art Association/Galery 825
Juror: Anna Katz, Assistant Curator, MOCA
"Everything I Gave Away 1" from "Letting Go/Holding Back"
SOUTH BAY FOCUS
December, 2017
Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
Curator: Emily Gonzalez-Jarrett
"Everything I Gave Away 2 and 3" from "Letting Go/Holding Back"
JAI is one of 19 international groups chosen from 96 applicants to participate in the Jerusalem Biennale 2017. Ellen Cantor is among the artists included in the FLASHPOINTS: A Collective Response. The exhibition opens October 1 and runs through November 16, 2017.
PAST EXHIBITIONS
In Other Words, Spartanburg Museum of Art, Spartanburg, South Carolina; Curator: Ashleigh Payne
3rd Open Call Providence Center of Photography, Juror: Paula Torgnarelli Providence, RI
Los Angeles Art Association/Gallery 825 Ambiguous Reality Curated by Cynthia Penna Jan. 21-Feb.3, 2017
USC Hoyt Gallery Los Angeles December 2016-February 2017 "Unorthodox Anatomy"
BERLIN FOTO BIENNALE October 6-30, 2016 Gala Opening October 8, 2016
Recipient Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women Photographers
CA 101, Redondo Beach, Curator: Nina Zak Laddon, July-Aug. 2016 The Curated Fridge, Massachusets, Curator: Paula Torgnarelli
Los Angeles Gallery of Art, Barnsdall Gallery, Open Call 2016, Play, Juror: Scott Canty, Aug. 18-Sept 18, 2016
Los Angeles Center of Photography (LACP) 1st Fine Art Exhibit, Juror: Hamidah Glasgow, June-July 2016
The Lives of Books, Dina Mitrani Gallery, Miami, FL, Curator: Dina Mitrani, June 4, -August 27, 2016
"TPS 25: The International Competition" Texas Photographic Society; Juror: Rixon Reed, Director Photo-Eye; Director's Award, Amy Holmes George, Director Texas Photographic Society
2016 Open Juried Exhibition" Vermont Center for Photography; Juror: Paula Torgnarelli, Director Griffin Museum of Photography,
Little Women from the series "Prior Pleasures"
"Tribe" Lightbox Photographic Gallery, Tribe, Juror: Blue Mitchell
1938/1965 from the series "Family"
1945/197from the series "Family"
2nd Annual Open Call Juried Exhibition, Peter Miller Fine Art, Providence, RI, Juror: Paula Torgnarelli,
Nancy Drew from the seriies "Prior Pleasures"
The Jerusalem Biennale2015 will be held for the second time between September 24th and November 5th, 2015 in different locations around the city center of Jerusalem. One of the exhibitions featured at this year's Biennale is entitled 7,567mi.
7,567miis an exhibition that explores the physical, spiritual, and cultural connections between Los Angeles and Jerusalem by the members of the Los Angeles based Jewish Artists Initiative (JAI). Cantor's works are on display in Los Angeles at USC Hillel. Learn more about this exhibition visit: http://www.jaisocal.org/
Davis Orton Gallery, Hudson, NY, Keepsakes, October 10-15; Curator: Karen Davis; Portfolio from the series "I Can Only Remember What I Don't Forget"
Memories from the series "I Can Only Remember What I Don't Forget"
Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO; Still Life, October 2-31; Juror Del Zogg Bouquet and Filled With Memories from the seriesCan Only Remember What I Don't Forget
Filled With Memories from the series "I Can Only Remember What I Don't Forget"
Scarred for Life: Remnants of Trauma into Objects of Beauty, Virginia Tech Carillon School of Medicine, Roanoke, VA, Curator: Ted Meyer
They Told Me I Needed a Cage from "Unorthodox Anatomy"
CA101 AES Power Plant, 1100 Harbor Blvd., Redondo Beach, CA Opening night Friday, July 31 from 5-10. Also open Aug 1, 2, Aug 7,8,9, 2015 "Everything I Threw Away" from the installation "Seeking Epicurus"
Grid from the series "Seeking Epicurus"
THE JERUSALEM BIENNALE 2015 Sept. 24-Nov. 5 Jerusalem, Los Angeles Ellen will be exhibiting 2 photographs in Israel and 3 at USC Hillel, Los Angeles From the series "Next Year in Jerusalem."
Hagaddah 1 from the series "Next Year in Jerusalem"
Bound and Unbound III University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD Ellen will be exhibiting "Alice in Wonderland" and "Nancy Drew" from the series "Prior Pleasures August 24, 2015-January 4, 2016
Photo Independent Raleigh Studios, 5300 Melrose, Los Angeles, CA May 1; 5-8 Opening Party May 2: 11-7 May 3: 11-6 http://photoindependent.com Common Goods Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC April, 2015 Garage Installation from Seeking Epicurus http://visualartexchange.org/2014/10/common-goods/
Bound and Unbound III University Libraries University of South Dakota August 24-January 4, 2016 Alice in Wonderland; Nancy Drew from Prior Pleasures http://www.usd.edu/library
Downtown Los Angeles Art Walk MALDEF Building April 9, 2015 Prior Pleasures