Ellen Berkenblit makes bold paintings that blend formal experimentation and a virtuoso handling of color and line with an ever-evolving pictorial calligraphy including a woman in profile, animals and birds, abstracted flowers and plant-like shapes. Berkenblit employs an intoxicating palette ranging from dirty pinks and muted flesh tones to acid greens and vibrant blues and reds that pop against rich velvety blacks and umbers. Composed intuitively, her paintings evoke an innate physicality as Berkenblit builds the images through brushstrokes—like sub-conscious electrical surges—that dictate the composition. For the artist, the alchemical nature of paint and pigment demonstrate a synesthesia as colors evoke sounds and tastes, and figures emerge as the natural expression of her painting process.
Ellen Berkenblit was born in 1958 in Paterson, New Jersey, and lives and works in New York. She received her BFA from Cooper Union in 1980. She was a Guggenheim fellow in 2014. In 2019 she created Leopard’s Lane, a site-specific mural for the MCA Chicago’s Atrium Project. Recent solo exhibitions include the Drawing Center, New York; Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels; Anton Kern Gallery, New York; and Vielmetter Los Angeles. Her work is in the permanent collections of the Brooklyn Museum; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Museum of Modern Art, New York; and Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, among others.
![This image depicts an artwork by Ellen Berkenblit titled "Mostly." This artwork was created in 2023 and measures 50" x 31" [HxW] (127 x 78.74 cm); 51 ⁵⁄₈" x 32 ³⁄₈" x 2 ³⁄₈" [HxWxD] (131.12 x 82.23 x 6.03 cm) Framed. Its medium is Oil on linen.](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Ellen-Berkenblit_BER254_1734217279-768x1024.jpg)
“Mostly,” 2023
“Mostly,” 2023
Oil on linen
50" x 31" [HxW] (127 x 78.74 cm); 51 ⁵⁄₈" x 32 ³⁄₈" x 2 ³⁄₈" [HxWxD] (131.12 x 82.23 x 6.03 cm) Framed
Inventory #BER254
Signed and dated verso
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Brica Wilcox
![This image depicts an artwork by Ellen Berkenblit titled "Our World at Night." This artwork was created in 2023 and measures 50 ¹⁄₈" x 32" x 1" [HxWxD] (127.3 x 81.28 x 2.54 cm). Its medium is Oil on linen.](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Ellen-Berkenblit_BER253_1697570397-683x1024.jpg)
"Our World at Night", 2023
“Our World at Night,” 2023
Oil on linen
50 ¹⁄₈" x 32" x 1" [HxWxD] (127.3 x 81.28 x 2.54 cm)
Inventory #BER253
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Dawn Blackman
![This image depicts an artwork by Ellen Berkenblit titled "Peacockery." This artwork was created in 2023 and measures 35" x 22 ¹⁄₄" x 1" [HxWxD] (88.9 x 56.52 x 2.54 cm). Its medium is Oil on linen.](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Ellen-Berkenblit_BER250_1697570387-683x1024.jpg)
"Peacockery", 2023
“Peacockery,” 2023
Oil on linen
35" x 22 ¹⁄₄" x 1" [HxWxD] (88.9 x 56.52 x 2.54 cm)
Inventory #BER250
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Dawn Blackman
![This image depicts an artwork by Ellen Berkenblit titled "Pink Lemon." This artwork was created in 2021 and measures 90" x 61" [HxW] (228.6 x 154.94 cm). Its medium is Oil on linen.](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Ellen-Berkenblit_BER239_1734217311-768x1024.jpg)
“Pink Lemon,” 2021
“Pink Lemon,” 2021
Oil on linen
90" x 61" [HxW] (228.6 x 154.94 cm)
Inventory #BER239
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane

“Other Shapes At Night,” 2021
“Other Shapes At Night,” 2021
Oil on linen
93" x 76" [HxW] (236.22 x 193.04 cm)
Inventory #BER220
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane

“Heavenhood,” 2021
“Heavenhood,” 2021
Oil on linen
37" x 27" [HxW] (93.98 x 68.58 cm)
Inventory #BER213
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Matthew Booth

“Green and Pink Plastic Moth,” 2020
“Green and Pink Plastic Moth,” 2020
Gouache and graphite on Legion Stonehenge paper
47" x 33 ¹⁄₄" x 2" [HxWxD] (119.38 x 84.45 x 5.08 cm), framed
Inventory #BER210
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane

“Pink Moth,” 2020
“Pink Moth,” 2020
Gouache and graphite on Legion Stonehenge paper
47" x 33 ¹⁄₄" x 2" [HxWxD] (119.38 x 84.45 x 5.08 cm), framed
Inventory #BER209
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane

“Tiger's Lily,” 2018
“Tiger's Lily,” 2018
Oil, paintstick and charcoal on linen
88" x 11' 8" [HxW] (223.52 x 355.6 cm)
Inventory #BER180
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Object Studies

“LEN,” 2018
“LEN,” 2018
Oil and paintstick on linen
76" x 63" [HxW] (193.04 x 160.02 cm)
Inventory #BER171
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles

“Window Panes vs Flowers,” 2015
“Window Panes vs Flowers,” 2015
Oil, charcoal and paint stick on linen
74" H x 53" W (187.96 cm H x 134.62 cm W)
Inventory #BER133
Courtesy of the artist, Vielmetter Los Angeles, and Anton Kern Gallery
Photocredit Adam Reich, NY

“Velvet Flying Machine,” 2020
“Velvet Flying Machine,” 2020
Oil on linen
82" x 76" x 3" [HxWxD] (208.28 x 193.04 x 7.62 cm)
Inventory #BER200
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Roz Akin

“Safari by Night!,” 2018
“Safari by Night!,” 2018
Oil, paintstick and charcoal on calico
55 x 76" [HxW] (139.7 x 193.04 cm)
Inventory #BER179
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Matt Grubb

R, 2018
R, 2018
Oil on canvas
81 x 76" [HxW] (205.74 x 193.04 cm)
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Object Studies
![Ellen Berkenblit, Green Taffeta, 2018, Oil, paintstick and charcoal on calico, 76 x 66" [HxW], Photo credit: Matt Grubb](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/srsvuhiq9mdidgqqdafp-908x1024.jpg)
Green Taffeta, 2018
Green Taffeta, 2018
Oil, paintstick and charcoal on calico
76 x 66" [HxW]
Photo credit: Matt Grubb

Charlie McGee, 2016
Charlie McGee, 2016
Oil on linen
37" H x 28" W
Photo credit: Matt Grubb

Pantherella Fine English Socks, 2015
Pantherella Fine English Socks, 2015
Oil, charcoal and paint stick on linen
93" H x 76" W
Photo: Adam Reich
- 1958
- Born in Paterson, New Jersey
- Lives and works in New York, NY
- 1980
- Studied at The Cooper Union, BFA
Selected Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
- 2024
- "Ellen Berkenblit," Process, Westport, NY
- "Ellen Berkenblit," Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY
- "Ellen Berkenblit: Flugelhorns," Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany
- 2023
- "In Motion," Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, NM
- "Norton," Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY
- 2022
- "Umberville," Corbett vs Dempsey, Chicago, IL
- "Ellen Berkenblit: Other Shapes at Night," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles
- 2021
- "Ellen Berkenblit / Somaya Critchlow," Grice Bench, Los Angeles, CA
- "Ellen Berkenblit: Jello and Petit Fours," Vielmetter Los Angeles (online)
- 2020
- "Sistergarden," Anton Kern, New York, NY
- 2019
- "Ellen Berkenblit," One Night Only, Dallas, TX
- "Atrium Project: Ellen Berkenblit," MCA Chicago, Chicago, IL (Link)
- "Ellen Berkenblit: Paintings," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
- 2018
- "The Clock Unlocked," Anton Kern, New York, NY
- "Lines Roar," The Drawing Center, New York, NY (Link)
- "Ellen Berkenblit," Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium (Link)
- 2017
- "Ellen Berkenblit," Anton Kern, New York, NY
- 2016
- Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
- 2015
- "New Paintings," Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY
- 2012
- "Ellen Berkenblit," Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY
- 2009
- "Re:Construction," curated by Abby Messitte, Poster Project at 50 Trinity, New York, NY
- 2008
- "Ellen Berkenblit," Michael Benevento, Los Angeles, CA
- "Ellen Berkenblit," Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY
- 2007
- "Ellen Berkenblilt," Susanne Hilberry Gallery, Detroit, MI
- 2005
- "Ellen Berkenblit," Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY
- 2003
- "Ellen Berkenblit," Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY
- 2000
- "Ellen Berkenblit," Charim Klocker Gallery, Vienna, Austria
- "Ellen Berkenblit," Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY
- 1996
- Boesky & Callery, New York, NY
- 1993
- Galerie Hubert Klocker, Vienna, Austria
- 1992
- White Columns, New York, NY [cat.]
- TBA Gallery, Chicago, IL
- 1986
- Semaphore East, New York, NY
- 1985
- Semaphore East, New York, NY
- 1984
- Semaphore East, New York, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2023
- "Perpetual Portrait," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
- "Canned Heat," Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany
- 2022
- "Some Kind of Monster Roster," Analog Diary, Beacon, NY
- Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts, Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
- "Plants Now!" Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
- 2021
- "Tales of Manhattan," Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY
- "Judith Linhares: The Artist as Curator," Sarasota Art Museum, Sarasota, FL (Link)
- Exhibition, Winter Street Gallery, Martha’s Vineyard, MA
- "20 Years," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
- "Horses?," Chart, New York, NY
- "Works on paper," Rodolphe Janssen, Knokke, Belgium
- "Peep Show," Anton Kern Gallery, WINDOW, New York, NY
- "New Objectivity/Neue Sachlichkeit," Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany
- REFLECTIONS: Human/Nature, GANA ART, Seoul, South Korea
- 2020
- "NOW ON VIEW AT EAST 55TH STREET," Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY
- "Drawing 2020," Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY
- "Transitional Positions," a virtual exhibition curated by Eric Fischl, Galerie St. Etienne, New York, NY
- "Just Connect," MCA Chicago, Chicago, IL
- "All of Them Witches," Jeffrey Deitch, Los Angeles, CA
- "Cruel Optimism," Projects section curated by William J. Simmons, Felix Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA
- 2019
- "Dark Laughter," curated by Barry Schwabsky, Pippy Houldsworth, London, UK
- 2019-2020
- "Friends & Family," Peter Mendenhall Gallery, Pasadena, CA
- 2019
- "Drawn Together Again," FLAG Art Foundation, New York, NY
- "Notebook," 56 Henry, New York, NY
- "Small Painting," Corbett vs. Dempsey, New York, NY
- "Downtown Painting," presented by Alex Katz, Peter Freeman, Inc., New York, NY
- "Malmo Sessions," Carl Kostyal Gallery, Malmo, Sweden
- "True Blue Mirror," McEvoy Foundation for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
- "The Other Self: Nel Aerts and Ellen Berkenblit," Eleni Koroneou Gallery, Athens, Greece
- "Samaritans," Eva Presenhuber, New York, NY (Link)
- The Bunker Artspace, West Palm Beach, FL
- 2018
- "WAHLVERWANDTSCHAFTEN / ELECTIVE AFFINITIES," Sammlung Friedrichshof, Austria
- "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss," organized by Tessa Perutz at Pablo’s Birthday, New York, NY
- "LINE AND VERSE," Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden (Link)
- 2017
- “Lyric on a Battlefield,” Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY
- "Hope and Hazard: A Comedy of Eros," curated by Eric Fischl Hall Art Collection, Reading, VT
- “Club 57: Film, Performance, and Art in the East Village, 1978-1983,” Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (Link)
- "A Space for Thought,” Brand New Gallery, Milan, Italy
- “In Paper We Trust,” The Dot Project, London, UK
- 2016
- “MCA DNA: Riot Grrrls,” Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
- "Implosion 20," Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY
- “Grind,” curated by Joshua Nathanson, Various Small Fires, Los Angeles, CA
- “2 Years of Looking,” curated by Erik Hanson, New Art Projects, London, UK
- "IMAGINE," Brand New Gallery, Milan, Italy
- "The Westreich/Wagner Collection," Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
- "Subliminal Shifts," Tracy Williams Ltd., New York, NY
- “Riot Grrrls,” Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL (Link)
- 2015
- 12x12x12, Black Ball Projects, Brooklyn, NY
- "39 Years," Susanne Hilberry Gallery, Ferndale, MI
- "The Thea Westreich Wagner and Ethan Wagner Collection," The Whitney Museum, New York, NY
- "Other Planes of There," Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago, IL
- "NY SELF: Portraits of Artists in their Absence," curated by Filippo Fossati, National Academy Museum & School, New York, NY
- "BODY/IMAGE," Susan Inglett Gallery, New York, NY
- "yin yang," 99 cent plus / HANDJOB Gallery//Store, Brooklyn, NY
- "Eid Ma Clack Shaw," organized by Abby Messitte, LABspace, Great Barrington, MA
- Ellen Berkenblit, Lee Maida, Tracy Miller, Derek Eller, New York
- 2014
- Ellen Berkenblit, Steve DiBenedetto, Philip Hanson, Barry Le Va, Albert Oehlen, Alexander Ross, Rebecca Shore, David Nolan Gallery, New York, NY
- "Personal Space," Essex Flowers, New York, NY
- 2013
- "After Hours 2: Murals on the Bowery," presented by the Art Production Fund & The New Museum, New York, NY
- "American Treasures: Other Voices," Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME
- "Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts," American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
- "Manifesto," FIAF Gallery, New York, NY
- 2011
- "Pressing Ideas: Fifty Years of Womens' Lithographs from Tamarind," National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
- 2010
- "Townie," Foley Gallery, New York, NY
- "Contemporary Works From the Collection," Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME
- "NeoIntegrity," The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art, New York, NY
- 2009
- "If the Dogs are Barking," Artist Space, New York, NY
- "Light Motive," Suzanne Tarasieve, Paris, France
- 2008
- "Love, Love, Love," Martos Gallery, New York, NY
- "Friends and Family," Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY
- Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
- "Ultra-Concentrated Joy, Ecstatic Drawings by Contemporary Artists," New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
- 2007
- "Graphic Content," Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
- 2006
- "Ellen Berkenblit and Chris Caccamice," Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 2005
- "Paint on Metal," Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ Aliceday, Brussels, Belgium
- 2004
- "Affect," Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art, Collegeville, PA
- "East Village," New Museum, New York, NY
- "Toy Box," Casas Riegner Gallery, Miami, FL
- "Paint on Metal," Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
- 2003
- "Serious Play/Metaphorical Gestures," Austrian Cultural Forum, New York, NY
- "Ellen Berkenblit/Ivzia Capan," Black Dragon Society, Vienna, Austria
- Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- 2002
- "Landscape," Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
- "Officina America," Galeria D’Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy
- "Into the Woods," Julie Saul Gallery, New York, NY
- 2001
- "Wonderland," Bakalar and Huntington Galleries, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
- "Invitational Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture," American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
- "I Love NY," Benefit show, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY
- 2000
- "Drawing 2000," Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY
- "Madison Avenue: Where Fashion Meets Art," Calypso, New York, NY
- 1999
- "Spellbound," Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- "Drawings," Alexander and Bonin, New York, NY
- "Deutsche Bank: 15th Anniversary of the Artists Fellowship Program of the New York Foundation for the Arts," New York, NY
- Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY
- 1997
- "Drawings & Paintings," Wooster Gardens, New York, NY
- 1996
- "Ellen Berkenblit, Kara Hammond," Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, New York, NY
- "Group Hanging," Griffin Linton Fine Arts, Costa Mesa, CA
- 1995
- "Berkenblit, Nares, Prince, Wool," Galleria Bonomo, Rome, Italy
- 1994
- "Small Wonders," Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, TX
- "Waterworks," Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
- 1993
- "Yours," Wooster Gardens, New York, NY
- 1992
- Group Show, Luhring Augustine, New York, NY
- "Good Work," The Cooper Union, New York, NY
- "Update 1992," White Columns, New York, NY
- "Shape Shifters," Amy Lipton Gallery, New York, NY
- "The Anti-Masculine (Overlapping but not corresponding to the Feminine)," Kim Light Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- 1986
- Inaugural Exhibition, Robbin Lockett Gallery, Chicago, IL
- 1985
- "Chiarobscura," curated by John Duff, Art City, New York, NY
- "Cross Currents," Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
- "Comic Relief," Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, TX
- "Semaphoria," Semaphore East, New York, NY
- "Works on paper," Semaphore East, New York, NY
- "Double Vision," B-Side Gallery, New York, NY and Frank Bernaducci Gallery, New York, NY
- 1984
- "Pop Symbolism," Center Gallery, Burknell University, Lewisburg, PA
- "Neo York," University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
- "East Village Artists," The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
- "Psychology," New York Public Library, Tompkins Square Branch, New York, NY
- "Romance and Catastrophe," Piezo Electric Gallery, New York, NY
- "Small Works," Semaphore East, New York, NY
- "Twilight Zone," East 7th Street Gallery, New York, NY
- "Limbo," P.S.1, Long Island City, New York, NY
- 1983
- "Emergence," Susan Caldwell Gallery, New York, NY
- "Underdog," East 7th Street Gallery, New York, NY
- Terminal New York, Brooklyn Army Terminal, New York, NY
- "Wish You’d Been Here," ABC No Rio, New York, NY
- "The Wild West Show," Piezo Electric Gallery, New York, NY
- "The Ritz," The Ritz Hotel, Washington, DC
Group Exhibition Catalogues and Books
- 2018
- Lines Special Edition, Anton Kern Gallery, NY and Victoria Press, Chicago, IL
- 2014
- Ellen Berkenblit, Anton Kern Gallery, NY
- 2007
- Ellen Berkenblit, Anton Kern Gallery, NY, Michael Benevento, Los Angeles, CA
- 1999
- Ellen Berkenblit: Drawings, Grafiche Ferrero, Turin, Italy
- 1992
- Ellen Berkenblit, White Columns, New York, NY
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- Cotter, Holland, "Ellen Berkenblit at Semaphore East,” Art in America, January, p.137-138
- 1985
- Cameron, Dan, "Review,” ARTnews, October
- 1984
- Sturtevant, Alfred, "Group Show at Piezo Electric,” Pan Arts, October
- Cotter, Holland, "Review,” Arts, September
- Moufarrege, Nicholas, "Review,” Flash Art, June
- Handy, Ellen, "Emergence: New Artists from the Lower East Side,” Arts, January
- Falcon, Sylvia, "Emergence: New Artists from the Lower East Side,” East Village Eye, January
- McEvilley, Thomas, "Underdog. E. 7th St Gallery,” ArtForum, January
- 1983
- Robinson, Walter, "Twenty Artists” East Village Eye, January
- Hershkovitz, David, "Review,” ARTnews, September
Awards, Grants and Fellowships
- 2022
- Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence Award in Art, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
- 2014
- Guggenheim Fellowship, New York, NY
Public Collections
- Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO
- Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
- Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH
- Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME
- Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, MN
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
- Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
- Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY