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, London, United Kingdom; Cadogan Gallery, Milan, Italy; Carol Corey Fine Art, Kent, CT; Danese/Corey, New York, NY; David Klein Gallery, Detroit, MI; David Winton Bell Gallery, Brown University, Providence, RI; Galerie Martina Kaiser, Cologne, Germany; 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; Lehman College Art Gallery, Lehman College, The City University of New York, Bronx, NY; 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 Art Masters Solutions, London, United Kingdom; 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; the Museum of Contemporary Art Kraków, Kraków, Poland; NYU Langone Health, New York, NY; Sopwell House, St. Albans, 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.





















