Ellen Sinel: Paintings

about the artist: Resumé

Selected Solo and Group Exhibitions

Front Porch Gallery, Wellfleet, MA.
Exhibition of "Small Notes"
Summer, 2019

Art Enables, Washington, DC.
"Spend time with Trees", Curated Exhibit
July 13 - August 23, 2019

Inova Schar Cancer Institute, Fairfax, VA
Chosen for Permanent Collection
"South Beach Memory"

McLean Project For the Arts, McLean, VA.
"Strictly Painting" Curated Exhibition
June 8 - July 13, 2019

Art Enables, Washington, DC.
"By the Tracks" Exhibition
May 22 - July 13, 2019

Arts Club of Washington, Washington, DC.
One Person Exhibition and Talk
November 2 - December 2, 2018

BlackRock Center for The Arts, Germantown, MD.
"Recollection" Celebrating 15 Years of Exhibitions,
September 8-October 13, 2018

1111 Pennsylvania Avenue Lobby, Washington, DC.
Zenith Gallery, 40th Anniversary Exhibit, Group Exhibition
January 23 - April 28, 2018

Lowe House Office Building, Annapolis, MD.
PG Parks Arts and Cultural Heritage Division Group Exhibition
December, 2017 - February, 2018

Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA.
12"x12" Exhibit, Group Exhibition
July 21 - September 10, 2017

Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC.
"Rejuvenate With Art: Celebration 39 Years", Group Exhibition
March 17 - May 5, 2017

Joan Hisoaka Healing Arts Gallery, Washington, DC.
"Alchemical Vessels", Group Exhibition
March 17 - April 29, 2017

Marlboro Gallery, Largo, MD.
"Creative Corridors", Juried Exhibition
January 17 - February 23, 2017

The Fairfax Embassy Row, Washington, DC.
"Artful Evenings", Studio E Partners, One Person Exhibition and Talk
June, 2016

The Cosmos Club, Washington, DC.
"Nature In Motion", One Person Exhibition and Presentation
May 12- September 7, 2016

Studio E Partners, Bethesda, MD.
"An Artful Evening at The Darcy", One Person Exhibition
December 16, 2015

Studio E Partners, Chevy Chase Village Hall, Chevy Chase, MD.
"Behind The Scenes", Two-Person Exhibition with Interview
November, 2015

Washington Project For the Arts, Washington, DC.
"Art Night" - Juried Exhibition
October, 2015

Provincetown Art Museum, Provincetown, MA.
12"x12" Exhibit, Group Exhibition
July, 2015

Cahoon Museum of American Art, Cotuit, MA.
"Small Works", Group Exhibition
December 2-24, 2015

Women's National Democratic Club, Washington, DC.
"Grasses and Trees: A Nature Exhibition", One Person Exhibition
Curated by Nuzhat Sultan, November 29, 2013 - February 26, 2014

Orange Door Studios, Mt. Rainier, MD.
"New Work; Trees and Landscapes", One Person Exhibition
October, 2014

BlackRock Center for the Arts,, Germantown, MD.
"Mother Nurture", Juried Two Person Exhibition
October 2 - November 2, 2013

1111 Pennsylvania Avenue Lobby, Washington, DC.
"Green Art: Trees, Leaves, and Roots", Group Exhibition of Artists in Book
September 30 - January 11, 2013

Provincetown Art Museum, Provincetown, MA.
Juried Exhibition, "Miniatures"
September 7 - November 6, 2012

Zenith Gallery Salon, Washington, DC.
"Home is Where the Art Is", Group Exhibition
September 22-Nov. 10, 2012

Zenith Gallery, Chevy Chase, MD.
"Visual Voices' - Artists profiled in the Book, "100 Artists of the Mid-Atlantic"
by Ashley Rooney, September 21-October 21, 2011

Gallery 555, Washington, DC.
"Landscapes Big and Small", Two Person Exhibition
March 3 - March 30, 2011

Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC.
"Autumn Equinox", Group Exhibition
September 15 - November 18, 2010

Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC.
"Trees of Life II" Group Exhibition
March 13 - April 27, 2010

Gallery 668, Greenwich, New York,
July, 2009, 2009/2010

Wohlfarth Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts,
May - October, 2009.

Zenith Gallery, Washington, D.C.,
"Zenith for Real" Group Show, December 5, 2008 - January 4, 2009

Zenith Gallery, Washington, D.C.,
"Trees of Life", Group Show, March - April 2008

Gallery at 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C.
Three Person Exhibition, April, 2007

Zenith Gallery, Washington, D.C. "Spartina - A Myriad of Grasses",
September, 2006, Solo Exhibition

WPA/Corcoran Museum of Art, Washington, D.C.,
Juried group Exhibition and auction, 2006

Zenith Gallery, Washington, D.C.,
"Nine Artists," September, 2005

Women's Memorial Museum at Arlington Cemetary, Arlington, Virginia
"Faces of the Fallen" Exhibition, November 2004 - March 2006

Tang Museum, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York
Curator-ed Alumni Exhibition, June, 2004

Flashpoint Gallery, Washington, D.C., Curator-ed Exhibition for
The Washington Project for the Arts, May, 2004

Robyn Watson Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts,
August 2004, Solo Exhibition

Robyn Watson Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts
2004, Group Exhibitions

Robyn Watson Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts,
August 2003, Solo Exhibition

Robyn Watson Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts
2003, Group Exhibitions

Zenith Gallery, Washington, D.C.,
May to June, 2002, Solo Exhibition

Claudia Kandel Gallery, New York, New York,
April 2002, Solo Exhibition

International Life Sciences Institute, Washington, D.C.,
Two-person Exhibition, January to May, 2002

Provincetown Art Association and Museum,
Provincetown, Massachusetts, Group Exhibition and Auction, August 2000

Zenith Gallery, Washington, D.C., “Summer Harvest,"
New Works by Gallery Artists,” July to September 2000

Zenith Gallery, Washington, D.C., “Twenty-Second
Anniversary Exhibition,” March, April 2000

Kinkaed’s, Washington, D.C., Group Exhibition, 2000

Provincetown Art Association and Museum,
Provincetown, Massachusetts, Group Exhibition and Auction, July 1999

Zenith Gallery, Washington, D.C., “Washington Comes to Life,” 1999

Zenith Gallery, Washington, D.C., “Millennium Show,”
November, December 1999

The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.,
Juried Group Exhibition and Auction, 1997

Zenith Gallery, Washington, D.C., "Country, Inside Out,"
October, November 1996, Solo Exhibition (Review)

WPA/Corcoran Museum of Art, Washington, D.C.,
Juried Group Exhibition and Auction, October, November 1996

The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.,
Juried Group Exhibition and Auction, 1996

Provincetown Art Association and Museum,
Provincetown, Massachusetts, Juried Group Exhibition, July, August 1996

Troyer Fitzpatrick Lassman Gallery, Washington, D.C.,
Group Exhibition, “Commissions,” October, November 1994

Cove Gallery, Wellfleet, Massachusetts, 1994

Kinkaed’s, Washington, D.C., Group Exhibition, 1993, 1994

Zenith Gallery, Washington, D.C., "Creating Paradise,"
September, October 1993, Solo Exhibition (Reviews)

Universal North Building, Washington, D.C.,
Inaugural Exhibition, December 1991-February 1992

Zenith Gallery, Washington, D.C., "Quiet Moments,"
April, May 1991, Solo Exhibition

Adams National Bank, Washington, D.C.,
March 1990, Solo Exhibition

Daryl Reich Rubenstein Gallery, The Sidwell Friends School,
Washington, D.C., March 1989, Solo Exhibition

Partners Gallery, Bethesda, Maryland,
December-January 1989

Zenith Gallery, Washington, D.C.,
April, May 1988, Solo Exhibition (Reviews)

“Art for Architecture” Exhibition, Gallery Row,
Washington, D.C., June 1987

Art Source, L.A., Los Angeles, California,
1988, 1987, 1986, 1985

Strathmore Hall Arts Center, Bethesda, Maryland,
“Ambiguous Relationships” (Juried by David Tannous), January 1986

The Women's National Bank of Washington,
Washington, D.C., December, January 1986, Solo Exhibition

Zenith Gallery and The Women’s National Bank ofWashington, Washington, D.C.,
“Shelter, ‘85” (Juried by Sarah Clark Hollander, Harry Rand, David Tannous), September 1985

Strathmore Hall Arts Center, Bethesda, Maryland,
“Fourth Annual Brandeis Juried Art Exhibition,” May 1985

Strathmore Hall Arts Center, Bethesda, Maryland,
“The Washington Art Dealers Association Show, ‘A Collectors Holiday,’” December-January 1985

Times/Journal Inc., Springfield, Virginia,
November 1984-May 1985

The Women’s National Bank of Washington,
Washington, D.C., November 1984

Visual Images Gallery, Wellfleet, Massachusetts,
Summer 1984

Visual Images Gallery, Wellfleet, Massachusetts,
Summer 1983

Zenith Gallery, Washington, D.C., September, October 1984, Solo Exhibition

Athenaeum Juried Exhibition, Alexandria, Virginia
(Juried by Willem de Looper), February 1984

Daryl Reich Rubenstein Gallery, The Sidwell Friends
School, Washington, D.C., November, December 1983, Solo Exhibition

Zenith Gallery, Washington, D.C., April 1983, Solo Exhibition

Zenith Gallery, Washington, D.C., “Zenith Square Artists,”
September, October 1982

Zenith Gallery, Washington, D.C., “Five Artists,”
July-September 1982 (Reviews)

Touchstone Gallery, San Francisco, California, 1982

Oberon Gallery, Napa, California, February 1982

Washington Women's Arts Center, Washington, D.C., "Art World V," 1981

Washington Women's Arts Center, Washington, D.C., "Portraits for Alice Neel"
(Juried by Alice Neel), 1981

“Another Roadside Attraction,” Gallery
Hyattsville, Maryland, 1980

Zenith Gallery, Washington, D.C., 1979

The Coterie Gallery, Washington, D.C., 1979

Washington Women's Art Center, Washington, D.C.,
1978, 1980, 1981

Art League of Virginia, Alexandria, Virginia,
1970-1978

Jewish Community Center of New Haven,
New Haven, Connecticut, 1969

Hawthorne Gallery, Skidmore College,
Saratoga Springs, New York, 1962, 1963

Publications

Skidmore College Reunion Book, Cover Art and Inside Quote from Artist's Statement
Published by Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York, 2014

Green Art, Trees, Leaves, and Roots, Published by E. Ashley Rooney, Schiffer Publications, Atglen, PA.
Featured on Pages 62,63. Published in 2014

100 Artists of the Mid-Atlantic, Published by E. Ashley Rooney, Schiffer Publications, Atglen, PA.
Featured on Pages 198, 199, Published in 2011

Columbia: A Magazine of Poetry and Prose, , Published by Columbia University, New York, NY.
No. 21, Fall 1993, Cover Image: "Blue Hydrangeas in Black and White", Fall, 1993

Bibliography

2018 The Washington Post, Review, "Sinel and Terrar", November 25

2011 Chevy Chase Patch, "Visual Voices" Reviewed by Natalia Pelayo, September

2003 Provincetown Banner, “Sinel Landscapes on Display”, August 7

2002 WETA’s Community Calendar, “Scapes: Sea and Solitude” May

2002 WETA, Public Television Review by William Dunlap

1993 Eyewash, “Creating Paradise,” October

1993 Washington Review, “Ellen Sinel: Landscape Paintings in Creating Paradise: Art in Nature, Nature  in Art” William Dunlap, October

1993 “Around Town,” Public Television Review by William Dunlap, October

1988 “Around Town,” Public Television Review by William. Dunlap, October

1988 Washington Post, “Mixed Illusions,” by Pamela Kessler, April

1982 Washington Post, Review by Joanne Lewis, July

1982 Washington Tribune, Review by Robert J. Vasilak, July

1982 The Unicorn Times, Review by Jim Waddel, July

Education

American University, Washington, D.C., Graduate Work in Painting

San Jose State University, San Jose, California, B.F.A.

Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York