EDUCATI0N
Rhode Island School of Design
City College of the City University of New York, New York City. B.A Fine Arts, Phi Beta Kappa 1971
Lone Mountain College, San Francisco, CA. M.A. Creative Arts Therapy, 1978.
ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2015 1947 Center Street Gallery, Berkeley, CA.
2012 Joseph P. Bort MetroCenter, Oakland, CA.
2011 Joseph P. Bort MetroCenter, Oakland, CA
2009 Thoreau Gallery, Thoreau Center for Sustainability, San Francisco, CA.
2006 Merced College Art Gallery, Merced, CA.
1998 DorothyWeiss Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1990 Barclay Simpson Fine Arts Gallery, Lafayette, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 “Human Presence:Faces, Figures, Crowds”, Belvedere-Tiburon Library Art Gallery, Tiburon, CA.
2023 “Dreams and Nightmares”, Marin Society of Artists, San Rafael, CA.
2023 “De Young Open” , De Young Museum, San Francisco, CA.
2022 “The Small Works Exhibit”, Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA.
2018 Civic Center Annual Art Exhibition, Berkeley, CA
2015 uBe Gallery , Inaugural Show, Berkeley, CA
2014 Earth Island Institute: Streets Alive! Initiative, Berkeley, CA.
Participating artist public art project.
2013 “Small Works Show”, Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA.
2013 “Drawing”, Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA.
2013 “Left Coast Annual”, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA.
2008 “Go Figure: Working Together from a Model”, Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, Carmel, CA.
2007 “Partners in Paint”, Addison Street Gallery, Berkeley, CA.
2006 “Expressions West”, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR.
2003 “Squares”, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA.
2002 Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA.
1994 “Nudes” Olga Dollar Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
1993 “Miniatures”, Olga Dollar Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
1991 “Annual Holiday Show”, Barclay Simpson Fine Arts, Lafayette, CA.
1991 “The Blue Book Chronides: About War and Peace”, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA.
1990 ART/LA '90, International Contemporary Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA.
1990 Barclay Simpson Fine Arts, Lafayette, CA.
1990 ART/London '90, International Contemporary Art Fair, London, England.
1990 “Personal Mythologies and Poignant Moments”, Hearst Art Gallery, St. Mary's College, Moraga, CA.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Kovalosky, Serena, “Art for Commuters”, The Artful Vagabond online blog, Dec. 2012.
Roissman, Johnathan, “Unexpected Art at MTC”, Diablo Magazine online, March, 2011
Ennis, Elizabeth, “Abstract Realism: The Art of Elizabeth Ennis” in Dog Gone Art Magazine, ed. Anne Marie Rasmussen. Sixth Interactive Edition, Spring 2011
McConnell, Patricia, “Plays Well With Others”, (illustration, “Two Vislas”) in BARK, May-June 2006.
Schenck, M., “Personal Mythologies and Poignant Moments”, Catalog of Exhibition, Hearst Art Gallery, St. Mary's College, Moraga, CA 1990.
Fowler, C., “Darkness Dominates in 'Mythologies”, Contra Costa Times, July 2,1990
Parker, S.G., “Home Is Where The Art Is”, The Daily Californian, Friday, May 23, 1986.
Roder, S., “A Diffuse Anger”, Artweek, Oct. 15, 1983.
Ennis, E., "Divine Daughters, Monster Heads and Celestial Beings"
Paintings and pastels 1989-1993, self published 2014, monograph available from Amazon.
Ennis, E. "In Transit" paintings 2010-2013, self published 2014, monograph available from Amazon.
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AWARDS
2015 Purchase Award, Alameda County Arts Commission, CA
2011 Purchase Award, Alameda County Arts Commission, CA
2006 Entry of Merit, Coos Bay Museum of Art, Coos Bay, OR.
2002 Juror’s Award, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA.