Ellen Lesperance

Quick Facts

Full Name	Ellen Lesperance
Occupation	Artist
Date Of Birth	Dec 22, 1971(1971-12-22)
Age	53
Birthplace	Minneapolis
Country	United States
Birth City	Minnesota
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Ellen Lesperance Biography

Ellen Lesperance is one of the most popular and richest Artist who was born on December 22, 1971 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.

Lesperance was born in Minneapolis and raised in Seattle. She attended Roosevelt High School, University of Washington School of Art (BFA 1995), Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University (MFA 1999), and Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (1999).

Ellen Lesperance employs various art mediums, but she often relies upon the visual language of knitting patterning. In a 2017 article for Frieze magazine, Jen Kabat writes that Lesperance’s work “transmits messages about history, feminism and labour through the art of knitting.” Citing inspiration from years of working as a pattern knitter for Vogue Knitting magazine, Bauhaus-era female weavers, the Pattern and Decoration Movement, and body-based feminist artists of the 1970s and 1980s, Lesperance’s gouache paintings on paper can be followed as patterns to recreate historic knit garments. She sources these historic garments from archival images and film footage of women involved in Direct Action protest, including women from: the Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp, the 1999 Seattle WTO protests, Earth First!, Occupy events, feminist-era protest events, and the feminist art canon. Through studying activists’ visual strategies, Lesperance “recognized that Creative Direct Action provides a powerful model for politically-inclined artists… but unfortunately it is creative making that exists outside the purview of contemporary art.” In a 2018 review for Artforum, Claire Lehmann describes the paintings as “reanimations of agitators’ attire.”

Ellen Lesperance Net Worth

Ellen Lesperance is one of the richest Artist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ellen Lesperance 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Ellen Lesperance (born 1971) is an American artist who frequently relies upon the visual vernacular of knitting to describe a female subject divorced from mainly male, Western figure painting traditions. Her works are typically gouache paintings that pattern the full-body garments of female activists engaged in Direct Action protests. She is based in Portland, Oregon.

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Sipora Ranked on the list of most popular Artist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Ellen Lesperance celebrates birthday on December 22 of every year.

Top Facts about Ellen Lesperance

1. Ellen Lesperance is an American artist and educator born in 1971.
2. She is known for her intricate paintings of knitwear patterns.
3. Lesperance’s work explores feminist activism and social justice issues.
4. Her art has been exhibited internationally, including at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
5. Lesperance has received numerous awards and grants for her work.
6. She holds a BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and an MFA from Bard College.
7. In addition to her artistic practice, Lesperance teaches at Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland, Oregon.
8. Her work is included in the collections of several major museums, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
9. Lesperance often collaborates with other artists on projects exploring themes related to gender and politics.
10. She draws inspiration from historical events and figures, particularly women involved in political activism.