Bio
Ellie Garry was born in Rapid City South Dakota but has lived in various cities across the United States. She received her BFA from The Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design in 2023. Garry has exhibited at various venues in Milwaukee WI such as Gray Area of Hawthorn Contemporary, and Meltwater Studios. She has also exhibition in Illinois and been in multiple art publications. Garry produces around the idea of wonder and enjoys making works that push the beauty of our world into a magical realm.
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Education
Publications
Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee WI - Bachelor of Fine Arts
Major: New Studio Practice
Minor: Arts Management
August 2019 - May 2023
Evanston Township High School, Evanston Il - High School Diploma
August 2015 - May 2019
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Exhibitions
2016, 2017, 2019 - Group Exhibition, Perspective Student Contest, Evanston, IL
2020 - Group Exhibition, Civic Celebration, The Alice Wilds, Milwaukee, WI
2021 - Group Exhibition, The Locals, Fanana Banana, Milwaukee, WI
2021 - Group Exhibition, Nasty, Grey Space in Hawthorn Contemporary, Milwaukee, WI
2022 - Group Exhibition, Digital Nostalgia, Grey Space in Hawthorn Contemporary, Milwaukee, WI
2022 - Group Exhibition, Steadfast Unbound, Meltwater Studios Milwaukee WI
2022 - Group Exhibition, The Mohr Room for Art, Milwaukee, WI
2022 - Group Exhibition, Tracing the Contemporary Italian Aesthetic, MIAD River Level Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2022 - Group Exhibition, Plasmatic, Frederick Avenue Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2023 - Curation of Group Exhibition, Textile Time, Grey Area, Milwaukee, WI
2023 - Group Exhibition, MIAD Senior Thesis, MIAD, Milwaukee, WI
2023 - Group Exhibition, Dear Nature, Sculpture Milwaukee, The Ave, Milwaukee, WI
2023 - Group Exhibition, TWO, Some Fools Basement MKE, Milwaukee, WI
2023 - Group Exhibition, Illuminated, The Magnet Factory, Milwaukee, WI
Awards
2019 - Faigie Tanner Award for Best Female Artist, Perspective Gallery, Evanston IL
2019 - Silver Key, Scholastic Awards
2023 - MIAD Alumni Senior Thesis Award, Milwaukee WI
2019 - The Value Of Style, self published senior studies project
2020 - It’s Going to Be Okay, self published
2021 - Issue One, Sponge Magazine
2021 - Issue Two, Sponge Magazine
2022 - MIAD NSP Junior Catalog, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design
2022 - House and Home, Former Lover
2022 - Issue One, Kumquat Magazine