Ellen Hackl Fagan

 

 

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 Harlem.

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
Ellen Hackl Fagan

Represention:

  • Art in Flux, New York, NY

  • Pierogi, Flat Files, Brooklyn, NY ; Pierogi Gallery http://www.pierogi2000.com

    • Current News and Events

    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

    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

    Recent Press:

    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

    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

    YouTube video in preperation for Helpless at Five Points Gallery

    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.

     

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    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.

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    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

    Rattle & Hummmmmm



    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
    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