Ellen Frances Tuchman was born in Los Angeles, studied at U.C.L.A. and California College of the Arts (BFA, 1976). She lives in Dallas, Texas and is affiliated with PanAmerican ArtProjects in Dallas and Miami, Koelsch Gallery in Houston, and George Billis Gallery in Los Angeles.

In June 2007 she had a solo show of her quillwork paintings at PanAmerican ArtProjects in Dallas called ROADTRIP. In the fall of 2007 she had solo exhibitions in Houston and Miami focusing on her narrative mixed media explorations of popular culture. She participated  in Bookworks at theGalveston Art Center and several fairs in Miami this past December. Recent public commissions include the Stoneleigh Hotel and Trader Vics in Dallas and the Federal Reserve Bank, Houston.

Steve Carter’s article about her work, “Artist in Wonderland”,appeared in the July 2007 issue of Modern Dallas Luxury. Other recent reviews include those by Charissa N. Terravnova (OBJECTification, University of Texas at Arlington), Renee Targos (ART-TALK, “Discovering Ms. X: The Art World’s Feminine Side”, Aug/Sept 2005), Kim Alexander (“A Play on the Sacred: Chapel Chromatica” atLawndale Art Center).

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2009 On My Mind, PanAmerican ArtProjects, Dallas, TX
          Travelogue, Koelsch Gallery, Houston, TX

2007 Road Trip, PanAmerican ArtProjects, Dallas, TX (June 1 – July 7)
          Ellen Frances Tuchman, PanAmerican ArtProjects, Miami, FL (September 8 – October 13)
          Anecdotes, Koelsch Gallery, Houston, TX (September 27 – October 20, 2007)

2006 George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2005 Re-Membering, Pan American Art Gallery, Dallas, TX
          Chapel Chromatica, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX
          Vistarama, Koelsch Gallery, Houston, TX
          No Small Thing, Pan American Art Gallery, Dallas, TX

2004 Translucence of Time, Sylvia Schmidt Gallery, New Orleans, LA
          Remember When, Koelsch Gallery, Houston, TX
          Chapel Chromatica, THE MAC, Dallas, TX, travels to Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX

2003 Chapel Chromatica, Four Walls, Fort Worth, TX
          Installation at Travis Tower, Houston, TX
          Memento Mori, C. G. Jung Center, Houston, TX

2002 Chronometry, North Harris College, Houston, TX
          Studio visit sponsored by THE MAC, Dallas, TX

2001 The Four Seasons, Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, TX
          The Four Seasons, Irving Arts Center, Irving, TX

2000 Studio visit sponsored by the Museum of Arts and Design (American Craft Museum), NY

1996 Sentimental Journey, Hebrew Home for the Aged, Riverdale, NY

1995 One Urban Man, Two Suburban Women, Marie Park, Dallas, TX

1993 Gardens and Fairy Tales, Artisana/Gallery 2526, Dallas, TX

1992 Recent Works, Hickory Street Annex, Dallas, TX

1982 Karl Bornstein Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

1981 Kathryn Markel Gallery, New York, NY

1980 Alexander Gallery, Los Angeles, CA


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2008 Candyland, PanAmerican ArtProjects, Dallas, TX

2007 Cool, PanAmerican ArtProjects, Dallas, TX (July 13 - September 1, 2007)
         Bookworks, Galveston Art Center, Galveston, TX

2006 con(text), Koelsch Gallery, Houston, TX
          Assistance League of Houston CELEBRATES TEXAS ART 2006, Houston, TX
          (juror: Jeffrey Grove, High Museum of Art, Atlanta)

2005 Layered, Stacked, Assembled, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX
          Galerie Sho, Tokyo, Japan (Tokyo Art Fair, August 5-8)
          Group Show: Summer Salon, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2004 OBJECTification, The Gallery at the University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX
          AAF Contemporary Art Fair, Koelsch Gallery booth 203 New York, NY
          Contemporary Feminism, Koelsch Gallery, Houston, TX
                 Pan American Art Gallery, Dallas, TX
          scope la, Koelsch Gallery, room 201, Los Angeles, CA
          100 Drawings, University of Dallas, Haggerty Gallery, Irving, TX
          Material Possibilities, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
          RED, Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
          Choice Art, for Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Sotheby's, New York, NY

2003 Mark Making: A Drawing Show, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX
          way cool, Koelsch Gallery, Houston, TX
          Modern HeART, Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA

2002 Juror’s Choice: The 2002 Member’s Show, Women and Their Work, Austin, TX
          Women Image: Image of Women, The Gallery at Dodds Hall, University of New Haven, CT
          CraftHouston 2002: Texas, The Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX, curator:                Kenneth Trapp (catalogue; travels to the Buddy Holly Center, Lubbock, South Texas Institute                for the Arts, Corpus Christi and the Galveston Art Center)
          Dumbo and Beyond, Davis Gallery, Austin, TX, curator: Marjorie Moore
          Pink Perspectives, Studio 107, Austin, TX, curator: Catherine Dossin (catalogue)

2001 Patrons, Lovers and Other Romantics, Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA

2000 Joyce Scott and Friends Revisited: Pushing the Boundaries of Beadwork, Mobilia Gallery,               Cambridge, MA
          Material World, Marta Hewett Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
          Beadwork in America, Haydon Gallery, Lincoln, NE (traveled to Hastings College; catalogue)

1999 Masquerade, Edith Baker Gallery, Dallas, TX

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