Artist Biography
Ellen Hackl Fagan is on a quest to make sound visible. Working with saturated colors when painting sensitized her to color’s communicative nature. Building connections between color and sound through abstract paintings, photography and interactive digital technologies, she seeks to create a synaesthetic language that pairs color to sound. She is developing The Reverse Color Organ and the ColorSoundGrammar Game, two interactive projects that enable viewers to explore the aural potential of color.
Her process walks the balance between randomness and intention, like jazz music, revealing limitless possibilities for improvisation. Fagan exhibits her artwork throughout the greater New York metropolitan area and northeast, and maintains her studio and curatorial practice in New York City.
Ellen Hackl Fagan is the owner of ODETTA, an artist run gallery in Greenwich, CT and NYC.
www.odettagallery.com Ellen also serves as Director of Sales SHIM Art Network http://www.shhhim.com.
Ellen Hackl Fagan
Photo credit: Luis Mallo, Photographer
Represention:
Pierogi, Flat Files, Brooklyn, NY ; Pierogi Gallery http://www.pierogi2000.com
Current News and Events
Fair Share Art Auction on Instagram through April 28, 2022
100% of the proceeds benefit Ukraine Relief efforts
Brainard Carey, WYBC X Yale Radio, Museum of Non Visible Art, Interviews, Ellen Hackl Fagan, March 4, 2021 https://museumofnonvisibleart.com/interviews/ellen-hackl-fagan/
Post Road Magazine, Issue #37 - Winter 2020, Susan Breen, Art Editor, Ellen Hackl Fagan, "Seeking the Sound of Cobalt Blue- Paintings: 2016-2018." December 15, 2020. https://www.postroadmag.com/2020/12/08/37-ellen-hackl-fagan-seeking-the-sound-of-cobalt-blue-paintings-2016-2018/
Joel Lang, CT Post, "Artists offer 'real time' depiction of pandemic in Bridgeport exhibit," January 17, 2021
https://www.ctpost.com/entertainment/article/Artists-offer-real-time-depiction-of-15874443.php
Current and Upcoming Shows
Fair Share Art Auction
on Instagram through April 28, 2022
100% of the proceeds benefit Ukraine Relief efforts
Ellen Hackl Fagan
Seeking the Sound of Cobalt Blue_Smiles
2014 acrylic, pigment on rag paper
5 x 4 inches
starting bid: $35
retail price: $65
@ehfaganstudio
@fairshareartauction
Buyers make their offers in the comments, and bid up in $10 increments through midnight April 28 buyers cover shipping costs and select one of these three organizations to direct their donation: Relief agencies that will receive funds from our auction, (buyers will choose one): Ukrainian Red Cross https://redcross.org.ua/en/2022/02/donate-to-support-the-ukrainian-red-cross-to-help-civilians-in-this-difficult-time-for-ukraine/
Global Giving for Ukraine https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/ukraine-crisis-relief-fund/
For Refugees, HIAS https://www.hias.org/hias-responds-crisis-ukraine
Among Friends invitational exhibition
NYC at Equity Gallery
Seeking the Sound of Cobalt Blue_Morse Code
2022 pigment, acrylic on readymade paper with zipper
9 x 7 inches all works are $300
Recent Press:
Margo Moore, George Bruce Library, New York Public Library,"Artist Interview: Ellen Hackl Fagan,"May 18, 2021 https://www.nypl.org/blog/2021/05/18/artist-interview-ellen-hackl-fagan
Brainard Carey, WYBC X Yale Radio, Museum of Non Visible Art, Interviews, Ellen Hackl Fagan, March 4, 2021 https://museumofnonvisibleart.com/interviews/ellen-hackl-fagan/
Post Road Magazine, Issue #37 - Winter 2020, Susan Breen, Art Editor, Ellen Hackl Fagan, "Seeking the Sound of Cobalt Blue- Paintings: 2016-2018." December 15, 2020. https://www.postroadmag.com/2020/12/08/37-ellen-hackl-fagan-seeking-the-sound-of-cobalt-blue-paintings-2016-2018/
Joel Lang, CT Post, "Artists offer 'real time' depiction of pandemic in Bridgeport exhibit," January 17, 2021 https://www.ctpost.com/entertainment/article/Artists-offer-real-time-depiction-of-15874443.php
Etty Yaniv, Art Spiel, In Accordion Time, Unfolding : A Pandemic Archive at Ursa Gallery, In Dialogue with Alexandra Rutsch Brock, December 30, 2020. https://artspiel.org/in-accordion-time-unfolding-a-pandemic-archive-at-ursa-gallery/
Etty Yaniv, Art Spiel, "WITH THE GRAIN AT NEW YORK ARTISTS EQUITY In Dialogue with Patricia Fabricant," November 5, 2020 https://artspiel.org/with-the-grain-at-new-york-artists-equity
A CALL FOR ART, COLLABORATION AND SUPPORT IN THE ERA OF QUARANTINE: THE USPS ART PROJECT August 30, 2020
https://thevisionaryprojects.com/editorial/usps
Laurie Fendrich, Two Coats of Paint, Summertime blues: Clark, Fagan, Carrigan, Dubicki, Hocker, and Samelson in Torrington, July 31, 2020. https://www.twocoatsofpaint.com/2020/07/summertime-blues
Etty Yaniv, Art Spiel, Artists on Coping: Ellen Hackl Fagan, May 15, 2020 https://artspiel.org/artists-on-coping-ellen-hackl-fagan/
Brian Slattery, The New Haven Independent, "For Four Artists, It’s A Matter Of Perception," December 18, 2019. https://www.newhavenindependent.org
WPKN, podcast, Live Culture with Martha Willette Lewis, Februrary 2019
https://soundcloud.com/wpkn895/sets/live-culture-with-martha
Artrepreneur, Art Business Journal, Audra Lambert, "Women Artists and Art Dealers Forging Ahead post-#MeToo," March 22, 2019.
https://abj.artrepreneur.com/women-artists-and-art-dealers-forging-ahead-post-metoo/
Gallery Travels Seen Around Town, Anne Russinof, "Ellen Hackl Fagan: Open Studio," January 1, 2019, https://gallerytravels.blogspot.com/2019/01/ellen-hackl-fagan-open-studio.html
Arte Fuse, Audra Lambert, "Blue Notes: The Art of Ellen Hackl Fagan," October 28, 2018 https://artefuse.com/2018/10/28/blue-notes-the-art-of-ellen-hackl-fagan
Art New England Online, Jacquelyn Gleisner, "Mighty Minis," March/April 2018, http://artnewengland.com/ed_review/mighty-minis/
James Panero, The New Criterion Critic's Notebook, "A high-flying score & expeditionary lore," April 26, 2017
http://www.newcriterion.com
Arts in Bushwick, Etty Yaniv, "Ellen Hackl Fagan is Immersed in Blue," February 10, 2017
http://artsinbushwick.org
CT Post, Christina Hennessy, Sound and Color Shape Artist's Aural Aspirations, June 25, 2016
www.ctpost.com
Hearst Media, Greenwich Time, S Magazine, Christina Hennessy, Her Evergreen Just Had To Be Blue, December 13, 2015, Cover Feature
http://blog.ctnews.com
Chris Setter, all rights reserved
Gallery Travels
August, 2015 http://gallerytravels.blogspot.com
The Architecture of Tomorrow with Douglas Turner
May 20, 2015: http://douglas-turner.com/flux-art-fair-harlem-has-its-day/
Recent Shows, News and Events
Painting By Proxy, Curated by Joan Grubin
Project: ARTspace in NYC
Opening date: September 13, 2021
Dates: September 13 - January 14, 2022
Artist's reception: Thursday, September 23, 5:30-7 pm
There will be two Saturday afternoon events in January:
Ellen Hackl Fagan will be at the gallery January 8 from 2-4 PM for light refreshments and conversation.
Anoka Faruqee and David Driscoll will be present on Zoom January 15 for the closing of the exhibition, and will be speaking about their work time TBD. Instructions to enter the building for the two Saturday events:: The building is locked on Saturdays, so when you arrive at 99 Madison, call 212-686-0212 and someone will buzz you into the lobby. Take the elevator to the 8th Fl. If no one answers, call 917-597-0646 and someone will come down to let you in.
Project: ARTspace
99 Madison Avenue, 8th Floor
New York, NY 10016
info@projectartspace.com
(212) 271-0664
Painting By Proxy has been extended through Jan 14
Visitors to the gallery must be vaccinated, wear masks, and observe social distancing.
Important notice about "Painting by Proxy" at Project: ARTspace The office has gone remote for the remainder of this holiday week. Be sure to call in advance 212-271-0664 to make sure the gallery is open before visiting.
(left) Ellen Hackl Fagan (right) Stephen Maine
ODETTA Digital on the SHIM Art Network:
Critical Watercolor: Fluid Media, on view at Jill Krutick Fine Art and on Artsy through March 10, 2022. Please contact Jill Krutick at (914) 522-0420 or at jillkrutick1@gmail.com to schedule a visit. Located at 425 Mount Pleasant Ave. Mamaroneck, NY 10543, Fluid Media will be on view IRL until October 5th.
FLOW, on view on Artsy through December 9, 2021. Curated by Ellen Hackl Fagan. 32 member artists of ODETTA Digital present works that reflect a range of idiosyncratic subject matter and styles in painting, photography, and sculpture. There is a focus on climate change and nature within these artists' works.
The Art Section, The E Corpse, An Online Exhibition, Nine Exquisite Corpses, Curated by Deanna Sirlin. Click on the link for the full blog.
Fair Share Art, exclusively on Instagram. All works are priced at $250 or less to encourage collectors to jump into the game. Co-directed by Karen Fitzgerald and Deborah Barlow, FSA is exploring new models in gallery practice through social media. Each artist will upload new works every month to continue to present new inventory for collectors. So keep checking in. Collectors purchase directly from the artists through the comments on IG.
Refresh!, on view on Artsy through December 9, 2021, co-curated with Amy Cheng, Alison Cuomo, and Ellen Hackl Fagan. Facilitating leadership among gallery members expands the dialogue of visual language and connoisseurship.
Jason McCoy Gallery (Digital)
February 3 - March 1, 2021
Drawing Challenge XVIII
https://www.jasonmccoyinc.com/drawing-challenge#/challenge-xvii
Jason McCoy Gallery (Digital \ Artsy)
'the world that has been given"
February 3 - March 1, 2021
www.artsy.net/show/jason-mccoy-gallery-the-world-that-has-been-given
London Calling Collective In Accordion Time, Unfolding
November 6, 2020- January 30, 2021
Ursa Gallery 1001 Main St, Bridgeport, CT 06604
https://crisdam.com/
Ellen Hackl Fagan, Seeking the Sound of Cobalt Blue_Float © 2020
pigment, acrylic, ink on rag 22 x 30 inches $980
Artist Talk via Zoom
Join Ursa Gallery for a virtual artist talk with London Calling Collective
Wednesday January 27 - 6:30-8 pm (EST)
Gallery Meet & Greet with the Artists
Address: Historic Arcade Mall 1042 Broad Street Bridgeport, CT 06604 https://www.ursa.gallery/contact
Saturday January 30 - 12-6pm
Artist Talk via Zoom
Sunday Brunch Zoom/Meet artist Debra Pearlman
Sunday, January 31, 2021 11:00 am (EST)
International Listening Association presents What Does Blue Sound Like?
When: Monday, Oct 26, 2020 Time: 9:00 AM (Eastern US time)
Duration: 60 minutes
International Listening Association presents What Does Blue Sound Like?
Recorded conversation available here
With the Grain, Equity Gallery, curated by Patricia Fabricant
Nov 5-28, 2020
Opening Reception: Thursday, November 5, 2020 6:00 PM 8:00 PM
Equity Gallery 245 Broome StreetNew York, NY, 10002
Ellen Hackl Fagan, Wood Grains and Vocals Hot Pink Suite
USPS Art Project at ECOCA (Ely Center of Contemporary Art)
September 13 thru Nov 1
https://elycenter.org/usps-art-project
Watch this video on YouTube
Five Points Art Gallery
HELPLESS Solo Exhibit
July 17 - August 22, 2020
http://www.fivepointsgallery.org
Laurie Fendrich, Two Coats of Paint, Summertime blues: Clark, Fagan, Carrigan, Dubicki, Hocker, and Samelson in Torrington, July 31, 2020. https://www.twocoatsofpaint.com/2020/07/summertime-blues
Ellen Hackl Fagan, Seeking the Sound of Cobalt Blue_Big Blue_detail_2020
pigment, acrylic, museum board 108 x 60 inches $9400
Deep Blue See: An Exhibition for Child Abuse Prevention Month 2020
Online Exclusive
Ground Floor Gallery
https://www.artsy.net/show/
Ground Floor Gallery celebrates the official print release of artist Ellen Hackl Fagan’s “Seeking the Sound of Cobalt Blue: Pinwheels” in partnership with Prevent Child Abuse America. Fagan’s unique, commemorative print is a limited-edition of 50 for the first 50 collectors who step up to support. Each print is signed and editioned by the artist and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity. They are affordably priced at $200 each and 50% of each sale ($100) benefits PCA America.
Place your order now and be one of the 50 collectors who will help us raise $5,000 for this essential organization and the underserved families and young people they support! Purchase.
Ellen Hackl Fagan, Seeking the Sound of Cobalt Blue_Pinwheels_Detail, 2020,
ink, pigment, acrylic on clayboard, 10 x 8 inches full size
SOLD
USPS Art Project: Pelham Art Center
Group exhibition
August 1 - August 31, 2020
https://www.pelhamartcenter.org/exhibition/usps-art-project/
EHFagan + Andra Samelson, 12 Moons, 35 Hexagons, 2020, acrylic on Khadi paper,
mounted on clayboard, panel, , 12 x 12 x 4 inches, $1100
Sea Change
#odettadigital
June 12 - September 10, 2020
https://www.artsy.net/show/shim-art-network-odetta-digital
Ellen Hackl Fagan Nailprint, 2004
Ink, acrylic, oil enamel, clayboard panel
8 × 10 in $800
Healing and Community: Physical to Virtual
NoMAA Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance
May 2020, Patricia Miranda, Curator
https://www.artstroll.com/exhibitions/
Ellen Hackl Fagan, Seeking the Sound of Cobalt Blue_Blue Glaze 2, 2018,
acrylic , ink, pigment, on rag paper 40x30
Jason McCoy Gallery
The Drawing Challenge III
April 22 -29, 2020
https://www.jasonmccoyinc.com
Ellen Hackl Fagan, Breughel's Landscape, 2004,
ink, linseed oil, acrylic on clay board panel, 10 x 8 inches
SHIM Art Network is pleased to announce the appointment of Ellen Hackl Fagan as its new Director of Sales
SHIM Art Network is an art exhibition company that fills the gaps in the art world, providing exhibition opportunities to artists, curators, galleries, universities, and other organizations and affiliations with exhibition space for their projects on- and off-line.
Learn more
Inquiries may be forwarded to info.shhhim@gmail.com
Paint vs Colour
February 14 - 29, 2020
Curated by Christophe Dahlhausen and Michael Graeve
http://fivewalls.com.au/
New York Artists Equity Association
The Center Cannot Hold
February 12 - March 7, 2020
Opening Reception Wednesday, February 12th, 6 — 8 PM
Equity Gallery, 245 Broome Street, New York, NY 10002
http://www.nyartistsequity.org/
EHFagan_Bottled, 24 x 18 inches, ink, acrylic,
flow improver on clayboard panel,
2004, $1800
Ellen Hackl Fagan
Immersed in Blue
solo exhibition
Ely Center of Contemporary Art 51
TRUMBULL STREET • NEW HAVEN CT
November 20 - December 22, 2019
Upcoming Events
Opening Reception: Sunday, Dec 1, 1-3 pm
Artist's Talk: Sunday, Dec 8, 2 pm
Closing Reception/Solstice Party:
Celebration of Resilience & Resistance: Divine Moment
performance and party
Saturday, Dec 21, 6-9 pm
Ellen Hackl Fagan, Seeking the Sound of Cobalt Blue_Beach Walk,_Detail, 2018, ink, pigment, acrylic on museum board, 108 x 60 inches. Studio documentation.Courtesy of the Artist.
Turner's Patent Yellow
November 17, 2019 - January 26, 2020
By Appointment
Reading on Yellow, curated by Debra Pearlman on Sunday, Jan 12, 2-4 pm
The Drawing Rooms at the Sir John Soane’s Museum in London’s walls are painted in a saturated yellow so dense it feels like you can breathe it in. Celebrating a patented, iconic color is a fitting way to open my first NYC home, in a 19th century garden apartment.
Please welcome
Nancy Baker, Steven Baris, Emily Berger, Paul Clabby, Mary Dwyer, Ellen Hackl Fagan, Peter Hopkins, Katherine Jackson, K K Kozik, Rene Lynch, Joanne Mattera, Stephen Maine, Lizbeth Mitty, Paula Overbay, Debra Pearlman, Margaret Roleke, Anne Russinof, Jane Sangerman, Sylvia Schwartz, Suzan Shutan, Susan Stair, Audrey Stone, Jo Yarrington
64 W 127th Street, #1, New York City 10027
By appointment only and for the occasional Sunday afternoon. Please contact Ellen to schedule your visit.
Fever Songs
BronxArtSpace · 305 East 140th Street #1A · Bronx, NY 10454 · USA
Gallery Hours: W-F 12 - 6:30 pm, Sat 12-5 pm
Dates: NOVEMBER 6 - DECEMBER 12, 2019
Ellen Hackl Fagan, Seeking the Sound of Cobalt Blue/Fever Songs,
Installation documentation, 2019.. Courtesy of the Artist.
“Arc of the Moral Universe: A Notebook Project”
organized by Artist, Carla Rae Johnson
on exhibit in the Ottinger Room of the Croton Free Library
http://crotonfreelibrary.org/
September 4 to October 30, 2019
Opening Reception: Sunday, September 8th 2-4 pm
Readings and Conversations: Sunday, September 22nd 2-3:30 pm
Among Friends Entre Amigos
May 3-5 & 8-12, 12-7pm
The Clemente
107 Suffolk Street
New York, NY 10002
http://www.theclementecenter.org/
Seeking the Sound of Cobalt - Chunk
pigment, acrylic, ink on paper, with metal zipper
9x7 inches
Women's History Month Invitational
March 1- April 26, 2019
https://www.vandeb.com/
Seeking the Sound of Cobalt Blue_Harlem, 2014,
pigment, acrylic, ink on clay board, 40 x 32 inches
ODETTA presents
Femmes Fatales
Bushwick
231 Cook Street in Brooklyn
ODETTA presents Femmes Fatales
Dates: March 15 - April 14, 2019
Artists: Ann Chernow and Flat File Feature Artist: Susan Bee
Opening Reception: Friday, March 15, 6-8 pm
Artist's Talk: March 31, 3 pm
Ann Chernow and Susan Bee will present their work, their development at feminist artists, Q & A.
Gallery hours are Friday thru Sunday 1-6 pm, and by appointment.
Chelsea
269 11th Avenue, Lobby 4, 7th Fl.
New York, NY 10001
ODETTA presents Femmes Fatales
Dates: March 15 - April 11, 2019
Artist: Gelah Penn
Please join us at the new 1st Dibs Gallery's Special After Hours Champagne Reception
Architectural Digest Design Show Thursday, March 21, 6-8 pm
Meet the Artist: Friday, March 22, 4-6 pm and Wednesday, March 27, 12-2 pm (brown bag lunches welcome)
Gallery Hours: Mon-Fri 10 am - 6 pm, and extended hours for weekend and evening events
http://www.odettagallery.com/current.html
AQUA Art Miami Represented by Art Helix/SHIM,
December 5 -9, 2018 on South Beach
https://www.aquaartmiami.com
Seeking the Sound of Cobalt Blue_Delft I and II, 2016, ink, acrylic, pigment on museum board, 108 x 60 inches
ODETTA presents
Open Studio: Ellen Hackl Fagan
Friday, October 19- Sunday, October 21, 2018 (1-6PM)
Friday, October 26- Saturday, October 27, 2018 (1-6PM)
Sunday, November 4 (1-6PM)
http://www.odettagallery.com/current.html
UNLOAD: Pick up the Pieces
John Slade Ely Center for Contemporary Art
New Haven, CT
Opening Reception : Thursday, October 11, 5–8 pm
Closing Party : November 11, 1–3 pm
https://www.elycenter.org/calls/unload-pick-up-the-pieces

Ellen Hackl Fagan, Bird of Paradise, 2018, found object, metal, wood, wire, paper, 8 x 7 x 4 inches.
CT Contemporary: October 14th – November 10th
Opening: Sunday, October 14th, 2:00-4:00 pm
Silvermine Galleries
1037 Silvermine Road
New Canaan, CT 06840
https://www.silvermineart.org/exhibition/ct-contemporary-2018
Ellen Hackl Fagan, Seeking the Sound of Cobalt Blue - Hex, 2018, ceramic tile,
acrylic, pigment, ink, metallic powder on plinth, 12.5 x 96 x 8 inches
MANIAC Artists Collective
MANIC Episode 6
November 9, 2018 – January 25, 2019
The Urban Hive
Sacramento, CA
Organized by Andy Cunningham
Seeking the Sound of Cobalt Blue_Beach Find $750
2018
wood, acrylic, ink on found object
8 x 14 x 1.5 inches
Civil Discourse
Kibbee Gallery
688 Linwood Avenue NE
Atlanta, GA 30306
November 10 – December 31, 2018
Curators: Jaynie Crimmins and Marcia Cohen
https://www.kibbeegallery.com
“Creative Women”
Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich, CT. Tatiana Mori, Curator.
November 15, 2018 – January 3, 2019
http://www.greenwichartscouncil.org/Bendheim-Gallery.html
Ellen Hackl Fagan 2 SeekingtheSoundofCobaltBlue Yellow Static 1 43.5 x 43.5 inches
Sideshow Gallery
The Greatest Show On Earth- Sideshow Nation
January 13-March 25, 2018
319 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11211
http://www.sideshowgallery.com/current/1
Wood Grains and Vocals_Green, 2008,
ink, acrylic, enamel on clayboard panel, mounted on wood, 8 x 10 x 2 inches
Melanie Carr Gallery
Critical Conversations series
March 31, 2018
1 North Main (across from Essex Art Association) Essex, CT 06426
https://www.melaniecarrgallery.com
Wood Grains and Vocals_Blue, 2008,
ink, acrylic, enamel on clayboard panel, mounted on wood, 8 x 10 x 2 inches
Posted | A travelling postcard exhibition and Instagram project
Follow this exhibition on Instagram @the_paddock_group
Blue One

ODETTA presents
Dates: March 2-April 8, 2018
Opening reception: Friday March 2, 6-8 pm
Artist's Talk: Sunday, March 25, 3 pm
Sacred Concrete
Williamsburg Art and Historical Center
April 14- May 6, 2018
135 Broadway, Williamsburg Brooklyn 11211
Studio floor detail, 2017, ink, acrylic on painted concrete
© 2018 Ellen Hackl Fagan, all rights reserved
AMONG FRIENDS
DUMBO Open Studios weekend, April 28–29, 1 to 6 pm
55 Washington Street, Studio 257, on the second floor
Studio Documentation, 2017, paintings stacked,
ink, acrylic, museum board, plastic fencing, bungee cords
ODETTA presents
Hot Stuff
Dates: January 19 - February 18, 2018
Opening reception: Friday, January 19, 6-8 pm
Artist's Talk: Sunday, Feb 4, 3:00 pm
Ellen Hackl Fagan
In “Making Their Mark”
Nov. 3 – Dec. 3, 2017
100 Bogart, Brooklyn, NY 11206
Exhibit curated by William Norton
https://us11.campaign-archive.com
https://gallerytravels.blogspot.com
(Detail)
ODETTA presents
Appearance
Dates: October 27 - December 3, 2017
Opening reception: Friday October 27, 6-8 pm
Artist's Talk: Sunday, November 12, 3:00 pm
It’s Happening!
Celebrating 50 Years of Public Art in NYC Parks
Saturday, October 21, 2017, 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
East Pinetum (East 84th Street), Central Park
behind the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Enjoy free art exhibits, performances and workshops for all ages!
Visit my workshop “What Does Blue Sound Like?” and build a color/sound language with me
rcoblue.com
ODETTA presents
Colormania
Dates: September 8 - October 15, 2017
Opening reception: Friday September 8, 6-8 pm
Artists Talk: Sunday September 17, 3:00 pm
Bushwick Open Studios: September 22-24, 2017
Mapping Bushwick
In-Case Art Projects Brooklyn Fireproof
curated by Jaynie Gilman Crimmins and Etty Yaniv
OPENING RECEPTION: Friday September 22, 6-9 pm
the exhibition is in the lower level at Brooklyn Fireproof
119 Ingraham St.
https://artsinbushwick.org/events/mapping-bushwick/
SEEKING SPACE
with over 200 local artists participating
kicking off the BOS 2017 weekend with their after-hours party
Friday, September 22, 7-10 pm
techno sounds by BUZZ
Beyond Studios
272 Siegel Street
https://artsinbushwick.org/events/seeking-space-2017-bos-official-group-art-show-kick-off-party/
Music To My Eyes
curated and hosted by Ellie Murphy
at her studio 1733 Menahan St., Ridgewood, Queens, NY 11385
September 22 - 24
CLOSING RECEPTION: Sunday, September 24, 4-8 pm
https://artsinbushwick.org/events/music-to-my-eyes-the-open-studio-show/
Ellen Hackl Fagan, Seeking the Sound of Cobalt Blue_16, 2014,
ink, pigment, acrylic on yupo paper, 6 x 4 inches.
Maniac 5
September 6 - October 14, 2017
John Slade Ely Center for Contemporary Art
51 Trumbull Street
New Haven, CT 06510
www.elycenter.org
Ellen Hackl Fagan, What Does Blue Sound Like? and The Reverse Color Organ
Ellen Hackl Fagan, What Does Blue Sound Like? 2017, flourescent lights, plexiglas,
foamboard, 40 x 28 x 25 inches per window.
What Does Blue Sound Like?
Art in the Windows Exhibition Series
Curated by Arezoo Moseni
Dates: April 4- June 28, 2017 (On view day and night)
Mid-Manhattan Library Lobby Vitrines
455 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016
Special event: Joseph Celli composer, radio producer and virtuoso on double reed; and Hap Tivey artist and an early pioneer in the California Light and Space movement; join Ellen Hackl Fagan for the Artist Dialogue Series event in the Corner Room of Mid-Manhattan Library on Saturday, April 29 at 2:30 PM.
Initiated and organized by Arezoo Moseni in 2004, Artist Dialogue Series provide an open forum for understanding and appreciation of contemporary art. Artists are paired with critics, curators, gallerists, writers or other artists to converse about art and the potential of exploring new ideas.
The event is free and advanced registration is recommended.
The Art Collection at Mid-Manhattan Library presents the site-specific exhibition What Does Blue Sound Like by artist Ellen Hacki Fagan. This exhibition features the Reverse Color Organ (RCO) with an interactive web app that viewers can download to their iPhones or Droids. Their phones become a synaesthetic tool, enabling them to explore their own unique opinions about the sounds of colors.
ODETTA presents
Invocation
Dates: May 12 - June 18, 2017
Opening Reception: Friday May 12, 6-8 pm
Artists Talk: Sunday June 11, 3 pm

Hartford Symphony Orchestra launches new contemporary ensemble series with Scribing the Void at Real Art Ways January 26 at 7 pm
It’s the Hartford Symphony Orchestra like you’ve never seen or heard us before! HSO is joining forces with Real Art Ways to present a concert that mixes music and art in a compelling new way with Scribing the Void, part of the HSO’s new contemporary ensemble series. The concert will take place on Thursday, January 26, at 7 pm at Real Art Ways. For concert information and tickets, visit www.hartfordsymphony.org.
Courtesy of ODETTA, Kurt Steger and RSM's original works will be transformed in this setting of orchestral sounds. In addition, Ellen Hackl Fagan's sensate paintings take deep blue to a new level. To learn more visit: Real Art Ways.
PANEL DISCUSSION: Abstraction, Color, and Sound
Date: Thursday, October 13, 6 – 8pm
Moderator: Jonathan Lippincott
Panelists: Barbara MacAdam, Ellen Hackl Fagan, Paul Corio
Learn more
Click here to participate: https://www.facebook.com/events/949322678505433/?active_tab=posts
ODETTA presents
River Woman
Dates: March 17 - April 30, 2017
Opening Reception: Saturday March 18, 6-8 pm
Artists Talk: Sunday March 26, 3:00 pm
A.I.R. Gallery
Space Craft
Curated by Liz Surbeck Biddle
Featuring works by Tomoko Abe, Liz Surbeck Biddle, Ellen Hackl Fagan, and Jackie Welsh
Dates: Opening reception Friday March 17, 6-8 pm. This exhibition runs thru April 16, 2017
https://www.airgallery.org
Seeking the Sound of Cobalt Blue Spacecraft 2017
ink, acrylic, pigment on museum board 60 x 108
Real Art Ways
Into the Blue Again
Ellen Hackl Fagan, Seeking the Sound of Cobalt Blue_Big Blue_detail, 2016,
ink, pigment, acrylic on museum board, two boards measuring 48 x 96 inches each.
Dates: November 17, 2016 - February 19, 2017
Into the Blue Again, is a solo exhibition of Hackl Fagan's saturated blue paintings on paper. Exploring the nature of synaesthesia through immersive environments, Fagan works with a saturated blue pigment, and employs printmaking, and photo-gramming gestures. She positions the paintings as if they’re hovering, just barely off the floor, horizontally.
Real Art Ways , in Hartford, CT is mainstay institution in New England, at the forefront of alternative multidisciplinary arts and innovative exhibitions, now celebrating its 40th anniversary year. There are four galleries exhibiting artists' works, three solo exhibitions, and one group exhibition, curated by David Borawski. Kurt Steger's Scribing the Void, presented initially at ODETTA this past summer, is also a solo exhibition.
Real Art Ways is open daily 2-9 pm, and by appointment. Please refer to Real Art Ways for dates and detail of related events to take place during the run of this exhibition.
ODETTA presents
Thomas Lendvai
Dates: January 6 – February 26, 2017
Opening Reception: Friday January 6, 6-8 pm
Artists Talk: Sunday February 12 at 3:00 pm
ODETTA presents
Bauhaus Babies
Dates: October 21 - December 18, 2016
Opening Reception: Saturday Oct 22 from 6-9 pm
Event: Sluice Art Fair's Exchange Rates;
Oct 21-23 featuring London based artists Deb Covell and Brigitte Parusel of Saturation Point as our Flat File featured artists.
Artists Talk: Sunday December 4, at 3:00 pm
ODETTA presents
Debra Ramsay: HUE[S]PACE
Dates: September 9 - October 9, 2016
Opening Reception: Friday September 9, 6-8 pm
Artists Talk: Sunday October 2, 3pm
ODETTA presents
Kurt Steger: Scribing the Void
Dates: July 7- Aug 21, 2016
Opening Reception: Thursday, July 7, 2016
With special guests: Original sound composition by RSM
Event: Hot Summer Nights, Friday July 15, 6-9 pm
Artists Talk: Sunday July 24 at 4:00 pm
Kurt Steger, Scribing the Void, 2016
ODETTA presents
Child's Play
Dates: Friday June 3, 6-8 pm
Opening Reception: Friday June 3, 6-8 pm
Event: Hot Summer Nights, Friday June 17 6-9 pm
Artists Talk: Sunday June 19, 4:00 pm
Eileen-Weitzman
The Reverse Color Organ
Creative Tech Week
April 29-May 22 at ODETTA
http://creativetechweek.nyc; http://odettagallery.com
and
FLUXFair_2016 in Marcus Garvey Park; Harlem, NY
May 3-31, 2016
http://fluxfair.nyc
Ellen Hackl Fagan, RCO
http://reversecolororgan.com
ODETTA presents
If This, Then What?
Dates: April 29 - May 22, 2016
Opening Reception: Friday April 29, 6-8 pm
Concert: Drone; Saturday, April 30, 2016 at 8-10 pm
Artists Talk: Sunday May 1, 3-5 pm
Jeff Becker Flag Privacy Archival Inkjet 13x19
ODETTA presents
Dates: March 18 and will run thru April 17
Opening Reception: Friday March 18, 6-8 pm
Artists Talk: Sunday, April 3 at 3 pm
Nancy Baker
Eating Mist-Detail, 2016, acrylic paint, archival digital prints mounted and glued on board, site specific installation, overall dimensions approximately 10 x 25 feet x 6 inches
Lazuli, Ground Floor Gallery,
Brooklyn, NY. Enrico Gomez, Curator.
February 11-28, 2016
Opening reception: Friday February 19, 6-9 pm.
Ground Floor Gallery 343 5th St., Brooklyn NY 11215
www.groundfloorbk.com
Ellen Hackl Fagan, Seeking the Sound of Cobalt Blue_1966, 2016, ink, pigment on rag paper, 12 x12 inches
Disorder & Bliss, Space B,
Curated by Joseph Fucigna,
thru February 21, 2016
Above ODETTA, 229 Cook Street, 2nd Floor Brooklyn, NY 11206
Ellen Hackl Fagan, Push, 2003, Acrylic, graphite, enamel on canvas, metal dowels, 58 x 72 inches
Space B at NCC, The Gallery at NCC, Norwalk, CT.
Curated by Susan Hardesty, Thru March 18, 2016
ODETTA presents
Heliotrope
Dates: January 15 thru March 6, 2016
Opening Reception: Friday January 15 6:00 – 8:00 pm
Artists Talk: Sunday February 14 3 pm
Jo Yarrington, Orchestrations – Detail, Site Specific Installation – Heliotrope, ODETTA, 2015, Vintage piano roles 1910 – 1925, Plexiglas, 12" width with varied lengths ranging from 4 ‘- 25’
ODETTA is located at 229 Cook Street, Brooklyn, NY 11206
www.odettagallery.com
Through the Rabbit Hole
Sideshow Nation IIII, Down the Rabbit Hole
Exhibition, Jan 9- March 20, 2016, Brooklyn, NY
Curated by Richard Temperio and Michael David.
http://www.sideshowgallery.com
G, 2012, ink, acrylic, enamel on clay board, 8 x 8 x 2 inches
Industrial Comforts
The Gallery at NCC, Norwalk, CT.
Thursday, Jan 21 – Wednesday, March 16, 2016
Artists Talk: Wed Feb 3, 6:30 pm
http://www.ncc.commnet.edu/aad/facilities/#galleries
Seeking the Sound of Cobalt Blue_Tile Capture, 2015, ink, pigment, acrylic on rag paper, 54 x 48.5 inches
Big Small Show
The Drawing Rooms at Victory Hall,
December 12, 2015 - February 6, 2016
http://drawingrooms.org
Seeking the Sound of Cobalt Blue_Yellow, 2014, ink, acrylic, pigment on rag paper, 5 x 4 inches
ODETTA presents
Kiosk
Friday Nov 13, 2015 thru January 3, 2016
Opening Reception: Friday November 13, 2015 6:00 – 8:00 pm
Artists Talk: Sunday, December 20, 2015 3 pm
Linda Cunningham
Engineering Avant-garde
ODETTA is located at 229 Cook Street, Brooklyn, NY 11206
www.odettagallery.com
INDUSTRIAL COMFORTS
Space B
229 Cook Street, 2nd Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11206
Opening Reception: October 24 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Hours: Sunday October 25th 1:00- 4:00 pm, Friday October 30th 8:30 - 10:00 pm, Saturday October 31 1:00- 4:00 pm, Sunday November 1 1:00-4:00 pm, Saturday November 7 1:00- 4:00 pm, Sunday November 8 1:00 - 4:00 pm
Closing Party: Friday November 13th 8:00 - 10:00pm
https://www.facebook.com/bushwickspaceB?success=1
Seeking the Sound of Cobalt Blue_Asphalt © 2015,
pigment, ink, acrylic, rag paper, asphalt roofing shingles, gaffers tape, ceramic tiles 96 x 108 inches
Shared Resources
Curated by Debbie Hesse
Perspectives......the Gallery at Whitney Center
Hamden, CT
Show dates: September 19, 2015- Jan 2, 2016
Reception: Saturday, September 19 from 3-5pm with talks from 2-3 pm
for more info/directions:
http://www.newhavenarts.org/category/perspectives/
MoleculesofMusic, 2014, ink, acrylic, enamel on clay board, 36 x 48 x 2 inches
Artwork is available on commission. Please contact the artist for more info: artistfagan@gmail.com