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Artist Name

Ellen Ross

Born: 1960

Hometown: Berlin

Based in: Koblenz

Hi, I`m an artist from Germany, more precisely from Koblenz, a nice little city on the Rhine. I studied Romance languages and literature and art history, at the FU in Berlin. As an artist, I´m self-taught. I have been a member of the professional association of visual artists (BBK) since 2022.
I`m interested in geometric shapes and traditional patterns: gothic treachery, Islamic patterns, Celtic knots, Japanese mathematics, Korean font, folk art, and everything connected with the topic. Patterns are fascinating because they are a universal language that everyone can understand.
Together with my partner, for ten years now I have been running a gallery specializing in color field painting, hard-edge, and geometric abstraction, presenting artists from Italy, France, Denmark, Sweden, the USA, Japan, and Germany.
The use of precise geometric shapes and the formation of structures as a design form is characteristic of my work. The geometric shapes form the construct for my color explorations, they remain constant in the repetition, and the arrangement, combination, surface size, and color constellation are varied. So theoretically an infinite number of variants can be played through

 



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More About Ellen Ross

Question IconWhat inspires you?

I`m interested in geometric shapes and traditional patterns: gothic treachery, Islamic pattern, Celtic knots, Japanese mathematics, Korean font, folk art

Question IconDescribe your creative process.

Take a close look!

Question IconWhat are 3 words that best describe your work?

Lines, shapes, colors

Question IconWho are some artists that have influenced your work?

First of all Sophie Taeuber: it`s not just her artwork but also her approach to the reality surrounding her. Than Annie Albers, Josef Albers, as a child the first impressions of Mondrian, Jugendstil, later Botticelli, Hokusai, l´Art Noveau.

Question IconWhat is the most important tool when creating your work?

Pencil, pencil-sharpener, to begin with :)

Question IconWhat is the best piece of advice you have been given?

no composition, Frau Roß, that´s over! (Heijo Hangen)

Question IconWhere do you go for inspiration?

Museum


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Credentials

Education

Freie Universität Berlin

Germany, 1988

Exhibitions

Statements

Germany, 2022

Northern memories

Germany, 2021

Kunstsalon Koblenz

Germany, 2020

Permanent exhibition, Sala di ASTRACTURA, Polo espositivo Juana Romani, Velletri

Italy, 2019

DauerPermanent Exhibition, Pinacoteca di Palazzo Sanchez De Luna, Sant'Arpino

Italy, 2019

IL SENSO DEL SACRO II EDIZIONE-Tra fragilità e incompiutezza dell'umano, Donna Regina Vecchia, Neapel

Italy, 2019

+ konkret + color field + hard edge +

Germany, 2019