Ocean Flower, 2026, Oil on linen,
54 x 60 inches, 137.2 x 152.4 cm, MMG#38351
Avalon, 2025, Oil on linen,
54 x 60 inches, 137.2 x 152.4 cm, MMG#38341
Fire Fangled Feathers, 2025, Oil on linen,
60 x 72 inches, 152.4 x 182.9 cm, MMG#38343
Green Going, 2025, Oil on linen,
60 x 180 inches, 152.4 x 457.2 cm, MMG#38340
Lucretia, 2025, Oil on linen,
60 x 48 inches, 152.4 x 121.9 cm, MMG#38344
Peach I, 2025, Oil on linen,
60 x 54 inches, 152.4 x 137.2 cm, MMG#38420
Peach II, 2025, Oil on linen,
60 x 54 inches, 152.4 x 137.2 cm, MMG#38348
Peach III, 2025, Oil on linen,
60 x 54 inches, 152.4 x 137.2 cm, MMG#38349
Splintered Sunlight II, 2025, Oil on linen,
39 x 35 inches, 99.1 x 88.9 cm, MMG#37793
Splintered Sunlight III, 2025, Oil on linen,
60 x 52 inches, 152.4 x 132.1 cm, MMG#37794
Woman in Red VIII, 2025, Oil on linen,
60 x 54 inches, 152.4 x 137.2 cm, MMG#37791
Cornbury II, 2024, Oil on linen, 60 x 60 inches, 152.4 x 152.4 cm, MMG#37339
Medium study II for Generosity, 2024, Oil on linen, 40 x 32 inches, 101.6 x 81.3 cm, MMG#37068
Small study for Ascension, 2024, Oil on linen, 30 x 73 inches, 76.2 x 304.8 cm, MMG#37069
Virtue and Vice V, 2024, Oil on linen, 30 x 24 inches, 76.2 x 61 cm, MMG#37088
Cornbury II, 2023, Oil on linen, 65 x 60 inches, 165.1 x 152.4 cm, MMG#35728
Ester, 2023, Oil on linen, 60 x 48 inches, 152.4 x 121.9 cm, MMG#35724
Generosity, 2023, Oil on linen, 60 x 48 inches, 152.4 x 121.9 cm, MMG#35723
Midsummer's Night, 2023, Oil on linen, 60 x 144 inches, 152.4 x 365.8 cm, MMG#35732
Virtue & Vice, 2023, Oil on linen, 60 x 48 inches, 152.4 x 121.9 cm, MMG#35725
Virtue & Vice II, 2023, Oil on linen, 40 x 32 inches, 101.6 x 81.3 cm, MMG#35726
Ariadne IV, 2022, Oil on linen, 44 x 50 inches, 111.8 x 127 cm, MMG#35833
Elise Ansel in her studio, East Hampton, NY, 2025.
Elise Ansel (b. New York, NY) received her Master of Fine Arts from Southern Methodist University in 1993 and her Bachelor of Arts from Brown University in 1984.
She has been the subject of recent solo exhibitions at Auxier Kline, New York, NY; Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME; Cadogan Gallery, Milan, Italy; Carol Corey Fine Art, Kent, CT; Danese/Corey, New York, NY; David Klein Gallery, Detroit, MI; David Winton Bell Gallery at Brown University, Providence, RI; Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY; and The Schoolhouse Gallery, Provincetown, MA.
Ansel has been included in institutional group exhibitions at the Boston Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA; Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME; Maine Center for Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME; Museum of Contemporary Art Kraków, Kraków, Poland; Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, NY; Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME; Royal Academy of Arts, London, United Kingdom; and Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA, among others.
Her work may be found in the collections of the Museum of Contemporary Art Kraków, Kraków, Poland; Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME; Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN; Evansville Museum of Arts, History & Science, Evansville, IN; Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME; Ice Miller Donadio & Ryan, Indianapolis, IN; Sopwell House, St. Albans, United Kingdom; Art Masters Solutions, London, United Kingdom; and the Spring Island Trust, Okatie, SC.
Ansel lives and works between New York and Maine.
Elise Ansel: Sea Change is reviewed by Alfred Mac Adam for The Brooklyn Rail.
Leslie Bridgers reviews Elise Ansel's exhibition at Cove Street Arts, Elective Affinities, in the Portland Press Herald.
Elise Ansel: Sea Change is included in this week's NYC Arts roundup by Observer!
Elise Ansel featured in Boston Magazine.
Alfred Mac Adam reviews Elise Ansel's exhibition Time Present at Danese/Corey Gallery.
Elise Ansel: Distant Mirrors at Bowdoin College Museum of Art is reviewed by Carl Little for Hyperallergic.