Ellen Sherman explores the relationship between fragment and whole, cutting apart her paintings and reassembling individual pieces into a new collective form. Her practice centers on the exploration of materials and the meeting of moments planned and unplanned. The cut edge, the gap, the negative space removed: each decision carries the weight of both destruction and construction, chaos held in tension with control.
Ellen received her BFA in Studio Art from Michigan State University and spent a decade in Miami before settling in Ann Arbor, where she maintains a studio and small gallery space. Her work has been shown across the US and internationally, and continues to evolve through an active studio practice rooted in process, material, and the ongoing question of how disparate parts become a whole.
