My name is Ellie Loo. I am from Bakersfield, California and currently reside in San Francisco. I am an interdisciplinary artist that draws from past traumatic experiences and the impact they have made on my own identity. I use various mediums to express myself through my art. Among others, I currently work with photography and various forms of text. I focus on the chaos within life and the way that trauma embeds itself into who we are. I strive to empower and inspire those who identify with my work. There is a satisfaction in finding a common language between yourself and others, and I use my practice to communicate the secrets and emotions that are tied to my own narrative. By focusing on the past that society often ignores and hides, I bring what makes people vulnerable to the foreground, encouraging everyone to feel like they can speak and be heard.

Education:

2022- MFA, California College of the Arts; San Francisco, CA

2020- BA, University of California; Bakersfield, CA

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2024-

Leap of Time, Double Down; San Francisco, CA

Are You Comfy?, ThirdSpace Gallery; San Francisco, CA

2023-

Refusés of the Bay, Metal Haus Galley & Voss Gallery; San Francisco, CA

Link to Online Catalogue

2022-

The History of Self, Wattis Gallery; San Francisco Link to online exhibition: The History of Self Exhibition Site

CCA Scholarship Exhibition Show, Wattis Gallery; San Francisco Link to online exhibition: CCA Scholarship Show 2022

Personal Histories, Hubbell Street Galleries; San Francisco, CA

2021-

Labors of Love, Gallery 238; San Francisco, CA

2020-

Final Year Art Show, Bakersfield Museum of Art; Bakersfield, CA Link to online exhibition: Final Year Art Show 2020

2018-

Life/Drawing, Plunkett Gallery, California State University; Bakersfield, CA.

Kit Fox & Friends, White Room Gallery; Bakersfield, CA

Taste of the Arts: Student Features, CSUB Gallery 106; Bakersfield, CA

2016-

ISM: Work by BMOA’s 2016 ArtWorks Students, Bakersfield Museum of Art; Bakersfield, CA

Panorama Invitational Art Exhibit, Jones Gallery; Bakersfield, CA

Reviews & Articles:

2022-

Rewind Review Respond Vol. 4/Spring 2022; (Un)Spoken Truths: Ellie Loo by Zoe Latzer

Awards & Recognitions:

2021-

Recipient of the Ginny Klecker Commitment to Art Award

Publications:

2023-

Loo, Ellie. The Summer of 2016 (2nd Edition)

2022-

Loo, Ellie. A Mapping of Who I Am