About
Ellen Hackl Fagan
Founder/Director, ODETTA
Education
Saint Mary's College Rome Program, Extension Campus
Rome, Italy
Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN
Notre Dame, IN
Bachelor of Fine Arts — Painting, Photography
Yale University Summer Program
New Haven, CT
Sculpture
Hartford Art School
Hartford, CT
Master of Fine Arts — Painting/Interdisciplinary
Harvestworks
New York, NY
Certified, Max/MSP Jitter — Interactive Digital Media
Clay Art Center
Port Chester, NY
Explorations in Surface, Liz Surbeck Biddle, Instructor
Curatorial Experience
COLOR'S HEALING FORCE, By Any Means Necessary! Aqua Miami Art Fair, Miami, Florida and Imagoars, Cannaregio — Associazione Culturale ImagoArs, Venice, Italy.
BLUE VIBRATIONS, Artisan Lofts, NYC. Co-curated with Elizabeth Garvey/Garvey Simon Fine Art.
NIGHT SHADES, daphne:art, Bantam, CT.
LUST FOR RUST, Atlantic Gallery, NYC.
POSTCARDS TO VENICE, ODETTA Digital/SHIM Art Network — #Hashtag Gallery, Mexico City; Palazzo Pisani Revedin, Venice; Aqua Miami Art Fair.
WHO'S AFRAID OF RED, YELLOW, AND BLUE? Long Island City Artists, Queens, NY.
GHOST TOWN, Richard Klein, Patrick Sansone, Equity Gallery, NYC.
ODETTA Digital — curatorial and professional affiliations in an online global network. Exhibitions: Sea Change, Pandemic Proof, Essential Works, Page-Turner, Refresh!, Flow, Spinning Plates, Serious Play, Entry Point, Exquisite Codes, Exquisite AI, Nature's Way.
ODETTA Petite — hybrid gallery alternative space featuring solo exhibitions at model scale. Artists: Seth Callander, Suzanne Benton, Andra Samelson, Audrey Stone.
ODETTA, Owner and Director, New York NY. Over 75 exhibitions since opening in 2014. Reviews in Artillery, The New Criterion, Hyperallergic, Wag Mag, and Arts in Bushwick.
ASAP URGENT HEALTH CARE, Art Curator for emerging health care facilities throughout Connecticut.
SPEAKING IN TONGUES, Art in Flux Harlem, New York, NY. Curator. Reviewed.
THE NATURE OF THINGS, Garden Education Center, Greenwich, CT. Curator.
EINSTEIN, EPHEMERA & CRANK, Casa Frela Gallery, New York, NY. Curator.
MOREAU GALLERY, Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN. Visiting artist and guest juror.
EVOLUTION, Women's Caucus for Art/CT Chapter, Gallery 53, Meriden, CT. Exhibition Organizer.
BIRTH ART, MIRACLE AND MYSTERY, Gallery 53, Meriden, CT. Judy Chicago, Featured Artist. Exhibition Organizer.
ART & TEXT, Stamford Museum & Nature Center and Gallery 53, Meriden, CT. Curator. Designed exhibition catalog. Reviewed.
WOMAN VISION, GALLERY 53, Meriden, CT. Exhibition Organizer.
Selected Solo Exhibitions & Interactive Performances
BLUE IMMERSION, Artsy exclusive solo exhibition. SHIM Art Network, curated by Peter Hopkins.
HELPLESS. Five Points Gallery, Torrington, CT. Judith McElhone, Director.
IMMERSED IN BLUE, SOLOS 2019. Ely Center for Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT. Juried Invitational.
AQUA MIAMI ART FAIR, Peter Hopkins, Curator, Miami, FL.
SEEKING THE SOUND OF COBALT BLUE_LEMONADE, ODETTA, Brooklyn, NY. Open Studio.
WHAT DOES BLUE SOUND LIKE? New York Public Library, Mid-Manhattan Library, New York, NY. Arezoo Mohseni, Curator.
INTO THE BLUE AGAIN, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT. David Borawski, Curator.
THE REVERSE COLOR ORGAN, Marcus Garvey Park, New York, NY. FLUX Art Fair. Leanne Stella, Director.
CABINET OF WONDERS, Goffe Street Armory, New Haven, CT.
SOUND COLOR SPACE, Laura Barton Gallery, Westport, CT.
COLORSOUNDGRAMMAR_3, Round Hill Community Center, Greenwich, CT. Mirella Hajjar, Curator.
MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE, Connecticut Hospice, Branford, CT. Katherine Blossom, Curator.
IF PAINTINGS COULD SING, Orchard Windows Gallery, New York, NY.
COLORSOUNDGRAMMAR, New Art Center, New York, NY. Serge Gregorian, Director.
THE REVERSE COLOR ORGAN, New Art Center, New York, NY. Premiered live orchestral interactive performance with 8 classically trained musicians.
THE REVERSE COLOR ORGAN, Harlem Open Studios, New York, NY.
COLORSOUNDTHEORY, Leever Center for the Performing Arts, Naugatuck Valley Community College, Waterbury, CT.
THE REVERSE COLOR ORGAN, second version. SYNTHESIZE, E G Arts Conservatory, Ridgefield, CT.
EMBRACING CHAOS and THE REVERSE COLOR ORGAN, Duke University, Durham, NC.
THE LISTENING EYE, ORGANIZING CHAOS and THE REVERSE COLOR ORGAN, Mercer County Community College, West Windsor, NJ.
EMBRACING CHAOS AND THE REVERSE COLOR ORGAN, Stamford Museum & Nature Center, Stamford, CT. Exhibition awarded.
ECSTATIC PAINT, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Silpe Gallery, Hartford Art School, Hartford, CT.
THE REVERSE COLOR ORGAN, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Silpe Gallery, Hartford Art School. First version, Michael Feldman, Collaborator and composer.
ARTISTIC COLLABORATIONS, CONTEMPORARY PLAYERS, THE REVERSE COLOR ORGAN, Hartt School of Music, University of Hartford. First version premiered, Michael Feldman, Collaborator and composer.
GRAFITTI, Art-X Gallery, Stamford Museum & Nature Center, Stamford, CT.
OBLITERATED PHRASES, 4-Star Gallery, Indianapolis, IN.
LIVING THROUGH COLOR, 4-Star Gallery, Indianapolis, IN.
CONVERGENCES, Jamaica Arts Center, Jamaica, NY.
HYPER-X-TENDED SOUNDS, Senior Thesis Exhibition, BFA, Moreau Gallery, Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame IN.
Selected Group & Two-Person Exhibitions
100 WOMEN OF SPIRIT, 33rd Edition, Part 3, New York, NY, Gwenolee Zurcher, Curator.
ROUND, ROUNDISH, Olive Free Library, West Shokan, NY.
THE SKY STILL LINGERS, @fluidmedia.art, SHIM Art Network. Artsy. John Cox, Alison Cuomo, Curators.
THE FUTURE BELONGS TO THE LOVING, MAPSpace, Port Chester, NY.
POSTCARDS TO VENICE, SHIM Art Network and ODETTA. Touring: Mexico City, Venice, Miami.
BEYOND LANGUAGE, Fluid Media, SHIM Art Network. Artsy.
RADIAL SYMMETRY, HARMONICALLY, Equity Gallery, NYC.
BALLOT SHOW, Front Room Gallery, Hudson, NY.
AMONG FRIENDS IV, Metaphor Project Space, Brooklyn, NY.
PRACTICE OF EVERYDAY LIFE, Fluid Media, SHIM Art Network. Artsy.
EXQUISITE CODES and EXQUISITE AI, SHIM Art Network and ODETTA Digital. Traveled to Berlin, Miami, and Bridgeport.
NATURE'S WAY, ODETTA Digital and SHIM Art Network.
ENTRY POINT, Artsy exclusive, ODETTA Digital and SHIM Art Network.
THE CALL AWAY, Artsy exclusive, Fluid Media.
HIDDEN GLIMMERING, Artsy exclusive, Fluid Media.
CONVERSATIONAL, Art on the Lake, Carmel, NY.
PARTY LINE, The Exchange, Something Projects. Connecticut.
PAINTING BY PROXY, Project: ARTspace, New York, NY.
AMONG FRIENDS III, Equity Gallery, New York, NY.
CRITICAL WATERCOLOR: FLUID MEDIA, Artsy exclusive, SHIM Art Network.
PAINTING BY PROXY, Project: ARTspace, New York, NY.
CRITICAL WATERCOLOR: FLUID MEDIA, Artsy exclusive, SHIM Art Network.
REFRESH!, Artsy exclusive, ODETTA Digital, SHIM Art Network.
DRAWING CHALLENGE XX and XVIII, Jason McCoy Gallery (Digital).
PAGE-TURNER, Artsy exclusive, ODETTA Digital, SHIM Art Network.
ESSENTIAL WORKS, Artsy exclusive, ODETTA Digital, SHIM Art Network.
PANDEMIC PROOF, Artsy exclusive, ODETTA Digital, SHIM Art Network.
WITH THE GRAIN, Equity Gallery, NYC.
RADICAL WOMEN: SEEING RED, ODETTA, NYC.
HEALING AND COMMUNITY: PHYSICAL TO VIRTUAL, NoMAA.
SEA CHANGE, Artsy exclusive, ODETTA Digital, SHIM Art Network.
PAINT VS COLOUR @ FIVE WALLS, Five Walls Gallery, Melbourne, AU.
FEVER SONGS, Bronx Art Space, Bronx, NY.
AMONG FRIENDS, ENTRE AMIGOS, Clemente Soto Velez Cultural and Educational Center, New York, NY.
WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH INVITATIONAL, Van Deb Gallery, Long Island City, NY.
CREATIVE WOMEN, Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich, CT.
CT CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR, Silvermine Guild of Art.
FEVER SONGS, WHAT DOES ROYGBIV SOUND LIKE?, Creative Tech Week, ODETTA, Brooklyn, NY.
SIDESHOW NATION 17, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
MANIAC: Manic Episode 5, John Slade Ely Center for Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT.
MUSIC TO MY EYES, Ellie Murphy's studio, Bushwick Open Studios.
SPACE/CRAFT, A.I.R., Brooklyn, NY.
THE REVERSE COLOR ORGAN, FLUX Art Fair, Marcus Garvey Park, New York, NY. Launch of web based app.
LAZULI, Ground Floor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
DISORDER and BLISS, Space B, Brooklyn, NY.
INDUSTRIAL COMFORTS, Space B, Brooklyn, NY.
CHECKERED HISTORY, OUTPOST, Ridgewood, NY.
COLOR RULES, The Drawing Rooms at Victory Hall, Jersey City, NJ.
VOLUME 1, Schema Projects, Brooklyn, NY.
FLUX ART FAIR, Corn Exchange Building, Harlem, NYC.
BIG SMALL PAINTING SHOW, The Drawing Rooms at Victory Hall, Jersey City, NJ.
FAR AND WIDE, Woodstock Art Museum, Woodstock, NY. Ian Berry, Juror.
AFFORDABLE ART FAIR, New York, NY.
THE SKETCHBOOK PROJECT, Brooklyn Art Library.
THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT, Art in Flux Harlem, New York, NY.
SOLOS 2012, Westport Arts Center Gallery, Westport, CT. Ian Berry, Juror. Exhibition awarded.
THE ABSTRACT TRADITION, Greenwich Historical Society, Storehouse Gallery. Exhibition awarded.
THE ABSTRACT TRADITION, Greenwich Historical Society. Exhibition awarded.
SPLASH! Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, CT.
AN EXCHANGE WITH SOL LEWITT, MASS MOCA and Cabinet Magazine.
SQUARDI SONORI, THE REVERSE COLOR ORGAN, Planetario, Museo della Civita, Rome, Italy. Ennio Morricone, Curator.
THE WESTCHESTER BIENNIAL, Castle Gallery, College of New Rochelle. Exhibition awarded.
THE COLORSOUNDGRAMMAR GAME, FIGMENT: INTERACTIVE ART, Governor's Island, New York, NY.
LEFT BRAIN/RIGHT BRAIN, Flinn Gallery, Greenwich, CT.
ALDRICH UNDERCOVER, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT.
WHY NOT?, Housatonic Art Museum, Bridgeport, CT.
INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA CULTURE EXPOSITION, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, NY.
RADIUS, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum and the Ridgefield Guild of Art. Awarded exhibition and mentorship.
SMALL WORKS, BIG IDEAS, Discovery Museum of Art, Bridgeport, CT.
PERSONAL HEROES, LOCAL AND LEGENDARY, Keeney Memorial Cultural Center, Wethersfield, CT.
COLORS, CONTRASTS AND CULTURES, Discovery Museum, Bridgeport, CT. Reviewed.
ART & TEXT, Stamford Museum & Nature Center, Stamford, CT. Exhibition traveled. Reviewed.
EXPLORING THE FIGURE, Gertrude White Gallery, Greenwich, CT. Reviewed.
ART IN MOTION, Kinetics, Movement and Change. Farmington Valley Arts Center, Farmington, CT. Grand Prize.
Recent Art Fairs
Aqua Art Miami, SHIM Art Network, Postcards to Miami, Exquisite Codes, Miami, FL. Peter Hopkins, Curator.
Aqua Art Miami, SHIM Art Network, Exquisite Codes, Miami, FL. Peter Hopkins, Curator.
14-C, Fluid Media, Jersey City, NJ.
Aqua Art Miami, SHIM Art Network, Exquisite Codes, Miami, FL.
Honors & Awards
Owl Award, National League of American Pen Women, Greenwich, CT Chapter.
Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism, Art in Public Spaces, Finalist selected for Percent for Art Public Commission.
Greenwich Historical Society Community Artists Series, Greenwich, CT. Exhibition awarded.
Creative Contraptions, Homage to Rube Goldberg, Stamford Museum & Nature Center. $2,500 grant award and exhibition.
RADIUS, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum and the Ridgefield Guild of Art. Awarded exhibition and mentorship.
Moreau Gallery, Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN. Visiting artist and guest juror.
Art in Motion, Kinetics, Movement and Change, Farmington Valley Art Center, Farmington, CT. Grand Prize.
Selected Collections
Representation
Professional Affiliations
National Arts Club
National League of American Pen Women, Greenwich Chapter — Owl Award, Co-Chair Fine Arts
New York Artists Equity
ODETTA Digital/SHIM Art Network — Director of Development, Director ODETTA Digital
International Listening Association
Publications
Hearst Media, Greenwich Time, S Magazine, Christina Hennessy, "Her Evergreen Just Had To Be Blue," December 13, 2015. Cover Feature.
Regine Basha, Cabinet Magazine, "An Exchange With Sol LeWitt," p.50, 2011.
Susan Hodara, The New York Times, "Visions of the Eerie, the Wacky and the Whimsical," April 30, 2010.
Vivien Raynor, The New York Times, "Words and Images, the Works of 15 Connecticut Artists," June 4, 1995.
Other Interests
Prehistoric Art and Burial Sites — Indian Mounds, Effigy Mounds, Petroglyphs, Passage Tombs, and Cave Art. Global.
Guitar, Private Instruction. Chris Fox, Instructor.
Classical Guitar, Private Instruction. Late Walter Kaye Bauer, Instructor.
Fluent in Italian language and conversation.
James Joyce, Ulysses and Finnegan's Wake — organizes and facilitates a read-aloud group.
Herman Melville, Moby Dick — organizes and facilitates a read-aloud group.
Jack Kerouac, On the Road — organizes and facilitates a read-aloud group.
Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland — organizes and facilitates a read-aloud group.