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solo exhibits

2014

2008-2011

2007 

2005 

2001  

1999          

1995, ’93, ’91

1993  

1988

1988  

1987  

1983 

1983 

1979   

1978     

1976   

1974       

1974    

1969

Prints and Drawings

Prints by Elizabeth Ockwell

The Paris Opera

The Drawings of Elizabeth Ockwell

Fragments and Alterations 

Guemes Island Watercolors

Travel Sketchbooks

Recent Drawings

Paintings 

European Drawings  

Watercolor Drawings

Architecture

Drawings of Chicago Architecture

Watercolor

Portrait Drawings

Etchings and Watercolors

Selected works

Selected works

Selected paintings​

Scott Milo Gallery, Anacortes, WA

Evanston Civic Center

ArchiTech Gallery, Chicago

Gallery Mornea, Evanston

Center for Book and Paper Arts, Columbia College, Chicago

Anderson Gallery, Guemes Island, WA    

John M. Flaxman Library, SAIC

Roger Ramsay Gallery, Chicago

Steiner Gallery, Chicago

Caulder Gallery, Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, MI

Roger Ramsay Gallery

Roger Ramsay Gallery

Illinois Arts Council Gallery, Chicago

Saint Xavier University, Chicago

Wieghart Gallery, Evanston Art Center

A.R.C. Gallery, Chicago 

A.R.C. Gallery

Dittmar Memorial Gallery, Northwestern University, Evanston

Gallery Matthias, Cologne, Germany  

select group exhibitions

2025        

2024       

2014

2013, 2014    

2011       

2011

2010 

2010

2010

2007

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2006

2006

2005

2005

2005

2004

2004

2004

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2003

2002

 

2002

2002

2001

2000

2000

1999

1994

1980

1971

European Paintings

Landscape

5 artists

Prographica Artists at Koplin Del Rio Gallery   

Painted Journeys

The Architectural View

Previews of Things to Come

Cover Stories: The Art of the Book Jacket

Premio internazionale di  acquarello “Marche d’acqua” 

Artist’s Sketchbooks

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Travel Documents

Horst Janssen Tribute (three-person show)        

A Feast for the Senses

Guemes and Beyond

Book Marks

Rome, a Classical Legacy

Big City – A Chicago Album

The Exquisite Snake

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French Architecture and Decor

The Perception of Appearance, a Decade of Contemporary American Figure Drawing

Art/Nature

Beauty in Ruins

Nature/Art

Pages

The Exquisite Corpse

The Graven Image

Something in Common

Aspects of Realism

Künstler machen Pläne, andere auch

Scott Milo Gallery, Anacortes, WA

Scott Milo Gallery, Anacortes, WA

Prographica Gallery, Seattle, WA

Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Culver City, CA

Noyes Cultural Arts Center, Evanston, IL 

Prographica Fine Works on Paper, Seattle,WA

Prographica Fine Works on Paper, Seattle,WA

Printworks Gallery, Chicago         

Museo della Carta e della Filigrana, Fabriano, Italy 

National Museum of Women and Illustrated Diaries

in the Arts, Washington D.C.

Columbia College Gallery, Chicago

Vespine Gallery, Chicago

Printworks Gallery, Chicago

Northwind Gallery, Guemes Island, WA

Suburban Fine Arts Center, Highland Park, IL

ArchiTech Gallery, Chicago

ArchiTech Gallery, Chicago

Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago,

and Mary and Leigh Block Museum, Evanston

ArchiTech Gallery, Chicago

Frye Museum, Seattle

 

Suburban Fine Arts Center, Highland Park, IL

ArchiTech Gallery, Chicago

Noyes Cultural Art Center, Evanston

Center for Book and Paper Arts, Columbia College

Printworks Gallery, Chicago

ArchiTech Gallery, Chicago

Artemisia Gallery, Chicago

N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago

Kunsthaus, Hamburg, Germany

selected bibliography

Video: The Years of your Life, (Documentary, Elizabeth Ockwell)  Jacob Hoxie

Video: Drawing at the Paris Opera,  Ron Fernandez,  www.fernandezmusic.com

Drawing Magazine: Grand Palais, Spring 2016

Catalog: 5Artists, Prograpica Gallery, Seattle 2014

Article: Etched Into History, The Untold Story of Island Artists International. by Elizabeth Ockwell, Guemes Tide, December 2013

Guemes Tide:  Elizabeth Ockwell Presents the Paris Opera. April 2013

Catalog: Cover Stories: The Art of the Book Jacket. Printworks Gallery, December 2010

Catalog: Premio internazionale di acquarello “Marche d’acqua.” April 2010

Catalog: Exploring the In/Visible, Krystyna Wasserman, National Museum of Women in the Arts, April 2007

Art in America: Elizabeth Ockwell at Gallery Mornea. December 2005

Chicago Tribune: Ockwell’s Drawings Embrace Architecture. January 7, 2005

Chicago River Prints, Chicago Architecture Foundation, July 2004

Eight Venetian Prints, Black Raven Press, Anacortes, WA, 1998 – 2004

The Evening Star (Guemes Island, WA): As Dusk Falls, Cormorants Home in on Long Bay. Story by Betty Crookes; Illustration by Elizabeth Ockwell. January 2003​

Pandora’s Box. Project for 50 artists, published by Epicenter

Catalog: The Perception of Appearance, A Decade of Contemporary American Figure Drawing. Norman Lundin, Frye Museum, Seattle,  June – September 2002​

Evanston Review: Art/Nature on Exhibit. Ellen Pritzker, May 9, 2002

Chicago Sun-Times: Events on Paper’s Cutting Edge. Mary Houlihan, December 2, 2001

Catalog: Columbian Exposition Art Auction. Columbia College Chicago, November 2001

Anacortes American: Island’s Light, Memory Spark Artist’s Works. Nancy Walbeck, August 11, 1999

Catalog:  The Exquisite Corpse. Printworks Gallery, January 2000

Dialogue Magazine: Parallel Visions: Drawings and Objects. Corey Postiglione, July/August, 1998

Catalog: Something in Common. Women Faculty of the Painting and Drawing Department, School of the Art Institute of Chicago.  Artemisia Gallery, August 1994​

Guemes Island Environmental Trust: Birding Encounters on Guemes Island. Article by Betty Crookes; Illustrations by Elizabeth Ockwell. 1992

Chicago Sun-Times: Viewing Art as a Travel Agency. Margaret Hawking, August 13, 1999

Chicago Tribune: Ockwell Watercolors Capture the Scenes. Allen G. Artner, October 12 1987

Catalog: Artists Go To Bat. Marianne Deson Gallery, Chicago, September 1986

Catalog: ARC Gallery 10 Years. 1973 – 1984

Catalog: Aspects of Realism. N.A.M.E. Gallery, November 1980

Evanston Review: Eye of the Artist in Focus on Figures. Arlene Becker, November 19, 1979

Chicago Sun-Times: Show. David Elliot, December 9, 1979

Catalog: New Work, ARC Gallery. January 1977

Chicago Sun-Times: Art for the Ms’s. Pamela Lederman, July 24, 1977

Midwest Art: Driesbach and Ockwell. Joanna Frueh, May 1976

New Art Examiner: Review. Ann Hultgren, April 1976

Evanston Review: Two Artists – Two Styles. Dorothy Andries, May 1976

Catalog: New American Graphics. University of Wisconsin Madison, 1975

Oyez Review: The Woman as Artist. 1975

Evanston Review: The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of? Dorothy Andries, May 1974

Chicago Sun-Times: Women Artists With Individuality. Harold Haydon, December 5, 1974

Catalog: Künstler machen Pläne, andere auch. Kunsthaus Hamburg, February – March 1970

selected collections

Abbott Laboratories Chicago                

Illinois State Museum, Springfield 

Beatrice Company, Chicago  

Blue Cross Blue Shield, Chicago 

Signa Corporation, Chicago

First National Bank, Chicago 

Bucknell University, Lewisberg, PA

Northwestern University, Evanston IL

Saint Xavier University, Chicago

Block Museum, Evanston

Island Hospital, Anacortes 

awards & grants

Stillman-KellyAward for Music and Art  1960

School of the Art Institute of Chicago-Faculty Enrichment Grants 2002, 1994,1990,1985

Illinois Arts Council-Project Completion Grant 1980

Illinois Arts Council- Purchase Prize 1979.1980

gallery representation

Scott Milo Gallery

420 Commercial Ave.

Anacortes, WA 98221

Tel: (360) 293-6936 

Island International Artists and Black Raven Press

2318  35th Ct.

Anacortes, WA

Tel: (360) 202-3556 

Morpho Gallery

5216 N.Damen Ave

Chicago, IL 60625

(773) 878-4225                

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