CARSON ELLIS
Carson Ellis lives and works outside of Portland, OR. She wrote and illustrated the books for children Du Iz Tak?, winner of the 2017 Caldecott Honor, the New York Times Bestseller Home, and most recently In The Half Room. She has also illustrated such works as What Is Love? by Mac Barnett, The Shortest Day by Susan Cooper, The Wildwood Chronicles and The Whiz Mob and the Grenadine Kid by Colin Meloy, and The Composer is Dead by Lemony Snicket. She is the recipient of the E. B. White Read-Aloud Award, two Silver Medals awarded by the Society of Illustrators, two Grammy nominations, and the California Young Readers Medal, among other honors. Throughout the past two decades, she has exhibited original artwork at Nationale, KSMoCA, Multnomah County Library, PDX Contemporary Art, The University of Montana Western, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, R. Michelson Galleries, and Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. She is represented by Nationale and R. Michelson Galleries.
PAST SOLO EXHIBITION: ONE WEEK IN JANUARY, SEPTEMBER 2024
PAST SOLO EXHIBITION: TRANSMUNDANE TUESDAYS, 2020
PAST SOLO EXHIBITION: LA VISTA, 2018
PAST SOLO EXHIBITION: HOME, 2015
PAST SOLO EXHIBITION: MUSH, MUSH, THE SLOPING MIDNIGHT LINE, 2012
PAST SOLO EXHIBITION: DILLWEED’S REVENGE, 2010
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