Ellen Lee is an Australian artist who works from her home studio in regional Victoria. Working with watercolour, natural pigmentation and graphite, the nearby Banyula forest provides an abundance of inspiration for her works on paper.

Derived from the mappings and collection of marks from blind contour studies and observations of the environment; Ellen’s large scale works centre around an exploration into the changes occurring within the landscape, and the observational nature of documenting, and drawing, in accordance to a natural response to the surrounding stimuli. Her work aims to create an immersive and sensory experience, bringing the viewer into a landscape of time, change and movement.

Ellen Lee is the 2023 Spotlight Artist at Shepparton Art Museum (SAM). Her solo exhibition ‘Landscape; of sight, of sound’, showcasing her large scale works on paper, opens 21 Oct 2023 - 28 Jan 2024.

Ellen Lee was awarded the DM Myers University Medal for the College of Arts, Social Science and Commerce at La Trobe University.

Education

2015 Bachelor of Creative Arts with First Class Honours

2014 Bachelor of Visual Arts

2003 Diploma of Clothing Production

2000 Northern College of the Arts and Technology

Accolades

2015 DM Myers University Medal

2015 Rod Fyffe Honours Award

2015 Pro Vice-Chancellor's Commendation

2014 Pro Vice-Chancellor's Commendation

2013 Lia Teresa Memorial Prize

2012 National Gallery of Victoria Trustees Award

2012 Executive Dean's Award for Academic Excellence

Solo Exhibitions

2023 Shepparton Art Museum, Landscape, of sight, of sound

Exhibitions

2022 The Foundry, Field Notes

2018 The Foundry, Portraiture Exhibition

2015 La Trobe University, Graduate Honours Exhibition

2014 Visual Art Centre, Cicatrix

2014 La Trobe University, Graduate Exhibition

2014 Punctum White Space Half/Lore

Awards

SAM Spotlight Artist, 2023

Shortlisted for the Inaugural Waller Award, 2018