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Ellen Altfest

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Ellen Altfest was born in 1970 in New York. She currently lives and works in New York City and Kent, Connecticut. She received an MFA from Yale University  (1997), attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Maine (2002) and was awarded a studio at the Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation, New York, NY (2004–05). Altfest has been granted residencies at the Zabludowicz Collection, Finland (2016); Bogliasco Foundation, Bogliasco, Italy (2014); Chinati Foundation, Marfa (2010); and lead an ‘Artist Workshop’ at the Kyoto City University of Arts (2014). Since her first solo exhibition with White Cube in 2007 she has had solo exhibitions at MK Gallery, Milton Keynes, UK (2015); New Museum, New York (2012); and White Cube, London (2011). Group exhibitions include Royal Academy of Arts, London (2017); Museum Dhondt–Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium (2016); KUCA Gallery, Kyoto (2014); Kunstforeningen GL Strand, Copenhagen (2014); 55th Venice Biennale (2013); Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Texas (2012); and The National Academy Museum, New York (2006).Sound &amp; Vision is sponsored by Golden Artist Colors.

Ellen Altfest was born in 1970 in New York. She currently lives and works in New York City and Kent, Connecticut. She received an MFA from Yale University  (1997), attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Maine (2002) and was awarded a studio at the Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation, New York, NY (2004–05). Altfest has been granted residencies at the Zabludowicz Collection, Finland (2016); Bogliasco Foundation, Bogliasco, Italy (2014); Chinati Foundation, Marfa (2010); and lead an ‘Artist Workshop’ at the Kyoto City University of Arts (2014). Since her first solo exhibition with White Cube in 2007 she has had solo exhibitions at MK Gallery, Milton Keynes, UK (2015); New Museum, New York (2012); and White Cube, London (2011). Group exhibitions include Royal Academy of Arts, London (2017); Museum Dhondt–Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium (2016); KUCA Gallery, Kyoto (2014); Kunstforeningen GL Strand, Copenhagen (2014); 55th Venice Biennale (2013); Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Texas (2012); and The National Academy Museum, New York (2006).<br>Sound &amp; Vision is sponsored by Golden Artist Colors.

The painter Ellen Altfest engulfs her canvases with hyperreal, cropped intimate objects, a house plant and the male, nude figure. We will be taking a close look at her work, "The Back."Go to my website at www.beyondthepaint.net to see all the images discussed. Resources for this episode include the Saatchi Gallery (www.saatchigallery.com) Metropolitan Museum of Art (www.metmuseum.org), writer Jennifer Higgie, and the art historian, Dr. Robert Atkins.

The painter Ellen Altfest engulfs her canvases with hyperreal, cropped intimate objects, a house plant and the male, nude figure. We will be taking a close look at her work, "The Back."<br/><br/>Go to my website at <a href="http://www.beyondthepaint.net" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">www.beyondthepaint.net</a> to see all the images discussed. Resources for this episode include the Saatchi Gallery (<a href="http://www.saatchigallery.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">www.saatchigallery.com</a>) Metropolitan Museum of Art (<a href="http://www.metmuseum.org" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">www.metmuseum.org</a>), writer Jennifer Higgie, and the art historian, Dr. Robert Atkins.

Episode 73: Ellen Altfest: "The Back"