ABOUT THE ART

I am interested in re-evaluating stories that we have been told about femininity and womanhood. I grew up in a framework of femininity that prized agreeability in behavior and appearance above all which left me feeling silenced and unsure of myself. So I challenge and examine these proscribed notions in my work and create paintings that are large, expressive explorations of my voice.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Ellen Burgin is an abstract artist who works in a variety of mediums on paper and canvas. Burgin’s paintings can be found in the permanent collections of two museums: The Huntsville Museum of Art in Alabama and the Alexandria Museum of Art in Louisiana. She exhibits her work nationwide–most recently in the 35th Annual Northern National competition in Rhinelander, Wisconsin and the Valdosta National in Valdosta, Georgia. Burgin’s paintings are included in the publications Artists of the Bay Area and Wild Lands, curated by gallerist Jen Tough. Burgin is the recipient of several grants and awards for her work, including a Wake County Regional Artist grant and a Vermont Studio Center Artist Residency grant. She received a BFA from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, and attended graduate school at Louisiana State University on a teaching scholarship where she received her MFA. Born and raised in Marion, North Carolina, a small town in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Burgin has called San Francisco home since 2006.