Featured Artist - Ken Ellis

Art in Alternative Spaces

Featured Artist

Ken Ellis

Ghandi

42 x 34"

Fabric Dye on Canvas, Hand-Quilted

The Joints Jumpin'

40 x 30"

Fabric Dye on Canvas - Hand-Quilted

Aladdin's Castle

51 x 44"

Fabric Dye on Canvas w/beads - Hand-Quilted

Fats Waller

28 x 32"

Fabric Dye on Canvas - Hand-Quilted

Blood Passage

62 x 42"

Fabric Dye on Canvas w /bead - Hand-Quilted

BIOGRAPHY

"I've considered myself an artist all my life. Having switched from painting in oils, I find my current medium to be more involved in creating a piece. I started painting obscure historical figures, but for the past few years, I've begun to use different drawing styles and themes."

Ken is a native of Chicago and credits his interest in art to his father who taught him to sew. As if being a male quilter were not enough of an anomaly, Ken's artwork often depicts shocking historical scenes of the life of black and native Americans. He also incorporates Haitian voodoo and other folk history in his work.

On the softer side, Ken creates quilts based on children's nursery rhymes.

Ken's work in exhibited around the country and was featured in Anatomically Correct's exhibition "Sewing the Seeds" A Look at Violence in American History" at Bailiwick Arts Center.

For More Information or to Purchase Artwork, please contact:

Anatomically Correct
858 W. Armitage #354, Chicago, IL 60614
Phone (312) 514-1802 email: anatomically@ripco.com