
Ellen Gallagher was born in 1965 in Providence, Rhode Island. She studied at Oberlin College, Ohio (1982‐1984); Studio 70, Fort Thomas, Kentucky (1989); School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts (1992); and Skowhegan School of Art, Maine (1993).
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About Ellen Gallagher
Ellen Gallagher was born in 1965 in Providence, Rhode Island. She studied at Oberlin College, Ohio (1982‐1984); Studio 70, Fort Thomas, Kentucky (1989); School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts (1992); and Skowhegan School of Art, Maine (1993).
Ellen Gallagher was born in 1965 in Providence, Rhode Island. She studied at Oberlin College, Ohio (1982‐1984); Studio 70, Fort Thomas, Kentucky (1989); School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts (1992); and Skowhegan School of Art, Maine (1993). In 2000 Gallagher was awarded the American Academy Award in Art and participated in the Biennale di Venezia in 2003. Her work is represented in public collections including Tate Modern, London; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Moderna Museet, Stockholm; Museum of Modern Art, New York, and Whitney Museum of American Art; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. Solo exhibitions include “Watery Ecstatic,” Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston (2001, traveled to the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney Australia in 2002); “Preserve,” Des Moines Art Center, Iowa (2001, traveled to Yerba Buena Arts Center, San Francisco and The Drawing Center, New York in 2002); St. Louis Art Museum, Missouri (2003); “Ichthyosaurus,” Freud Museum, London (2005); “Deluxe,” Whitney Museum of American Art, New York and Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami (2005); Tate Liverpool (2007); and “An experiment of unusual opportunity,” South London Gallery (2009). Gallagher lives and works in Rotterdam, The Netherlands and New York City.
Career Timeline
- 2026Art FairParticipated in Frieze Los Angeles
- 2025Art FairParticipated in Art Basel Paris
- 2025Art FairParticipated in Frieze New York
- 2025Art FairParticipated in IFPDA Print Fair
- 2025Art FairParticipated in West Bund Art & Design
- 2025Art FairParticipated in Zona Maco
- 2024Art FairParticipated in artgenève
- 2024Art FairParticipated in West Bund Art & Design
- 2023Art FairParticipated in West Bund Art & Design
- 2022Art FairParticipated in IFPDA Print Fair
- 2020Art FairParticipated in ADAA: The Art Show
- 2020Art FairParticipated in West Bund Art & Design
- 2019Art FairParticipated in Art Basel Hong Kong
- 2019Art FairParticipated in ARCO Madrid
- 2019Art FairParticipated in West Bund Art & Design
- 2018Art FairParticipated in artgenève
- 2018Art FairParticipated in ARCO Madrid
- 2017Art FairParticipated in artgenève
- 2017Art FairParticipated in Art Basel Hong Kong
- 2017Art FairParticipated in Art Cologne
- 2017Art FairParticipated in ARCO Madrid
- 2016Art FairParticipated in ART021 Shanghai
- 2016Art FairParticipated in Art Cologne
- 2016Art FairParticipated in ARCO Madrid
- 2015Art FairParticipated in ART021 Shanghai
- 2015Art FairParticipated in Art Basel Miami Beach
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What medium does Ellen Gallagher work in?
Ellen Gallagher primarily works in Mixed Media, Video, Painting.
Where is Ellen Gallagher based?
Ellen Gallagher is based in New York and Rotterdam, Netherlands.
When was Ellen Gallagher born?
Ellen Gallagher was born in 1965.
What is Ellen Gallagher's nationality?
Ellen Gallagher is from United States.







