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