Studio Address
326 W. Kalamazoo Ave., Suite 321, Kalamazoo, MI 49007-3353
Telephone
616-342-6326
Email Address
Art@SyEllens.Com
Graduate
Kendall School of Design, Grand Rapids, MI
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
Employment
Commercial artist 1963-67
Teacher: Kalamazoo Christian High School 1967-76
Vandeikya Government Teachers' College, Nigeria 1976-79
Self-employed free lance artist 1980-
Published in:
The Artist's Magazine, Nov. 1999.Article "Spark Up a Landscape with Gouache."
- with Sheila Elliot
The International Artist Magazine, Oct/Nov 2001 issue
Encyclopedia of Living Artists, 10th Anniversary Issue.
International Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Contemporary Art 1999/2000.
One-man Shows
Hillcrest School, Jos, Nigeria, W. Africa
Carnegie Art Center, Three Rivers, MI (Nov/91)
Lake Worth Art League, Lake Worth, FL (Dec/91)
Kingscott Gallery, Kalamazoo, MI (Nov/93, Jan/01) Curated by the
Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo.
Inner Images Gallery, Kalamazoo, MI (Sep-Oct/94)
West Michigan Cancer Center, Kalamazoo, MI (Feb-May/98) Curated by
the Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo.
Dordt College, Sioux Center, IA (Sept-Oct/98)
Special Invitation Group Shows:
Art Serve Michigan, Lansing, MI
Newington-Cropsey Foundation, Hastings-on-the-Hudson, NY
Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo at EPIC Center in Kalamazoo
The New Bronson - "Images of Healing" show and traveling
shows to many hospitals in Michigan.
Art in Embassies Program
Two paintings for exhibit in the U.S ambassadorial residence in
Yerevan, Armenia at the request of Ambassador Ordway.
Two paintings for exhibit in the U.S. ambassadorial residence in
Pretoria and Cape Town, South Africa at the request of Ambassador
Cameron Hume.
Represented by:
SOHO Galleries, Pensacola, FL
Inner Images Gallery, Kalamazoo, MI
The Timmel Collection, Saugatuck, MI
Carlyn Gallery, Grand Haven, MI
Judge of Shows
Judge for awards for the Flowerfest Fine Arts competition in Kalamazoo, MI
Interviews
WMUK Radio Station, Kalamazoo, MI June 16, 1995
Channel 8 TV "Positively Michigan", Grand Rapids, MI 1996
WNIT "Open Studio" Elkhart, IN
Signature Member of:
National Watercolor Society
Pennsylvania Watercolor Society
Western Colorado Watercolor Society
Louisiana Watercolor Society
The Philadelphia Watercolor Society
National Society of Artists
Northwest Watercolor Society
Oil Pastel Society
Missouri Watercolor Society
Member of:
Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo
South Haven Center for the Arts
Associate Member of:
16 other professional art groups
Awards
The High Winds Medal Award - American Watercolor Society, Salmagundi
Club, NY
National Watercolor Society Award - Texas Watercolor Society
Best of Show Award - National Society of Artists in Texas
Best of Show Award - Lake Worth Art League in Florida
The Artist's Magazine - Honorable Mention Award
North Light Book Club - 5th Place Award
...and many others in national and international competition.
Private and Corporate Collections
Many states in the U.S., Canada, Nigeria, Netherlands, Germany, England, Switzerland, Italy, India, Poland and Hungary. He also has collections with
Pharmacia & Upjohn Company in Kalamazoo, Green Bay Packaging,
Inc. in Kalamazoo, Mall City Containers, Inc. in Kalamazoo, and Allied Capital Corporation in Kalamazoo, MI.
Grants
To do paintings of homeless people and old buildings in Kalamazoo
from the Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo and Pharmacia &
Upjohn Foundation Community Arts Grant Program.