Bio

Ellen Rothenberg's public projects and installations are informed by social movements, politics, and history. Her work has been presented in the US and Europe at The Institute of Contemporary Art and The Museum of Fine Arts Boston, London's Royal Festival Hall, The Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen, The Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago and The Kent Gallery in NYC among others. Rothenberg has received numerous commissions for public projects including "Industry Not Servitude!" installed at the National Historical Park in Lowell, Massachusetts and "Shadow Screens" installed in Chicago at Western Station on the CTA brown line. Her work has been supported by grants from The National Endowment for the Arts, The Rockefeller Foundation, The Bunting Institute at Radcliffe College and Harvard University, and the Illinois Arts Council among others. Currently her work is included in "Experimental Geography" a touring exhibition curated by Nato Thompson and Independent Curators International NYC. Rothenberg lives and works in Chicago.