Angela Ellsworth is a multidisciplinary artist, Associate Professor in the School of Art, and Founding Director of the Museum of Walking. The Museum of Walking is the only museum of its kind in the United States and is committed to educating about walking as a contemporary art practice. Her research has taken in wide-ranging subjects such as physical fitness, endurance, illness, social ritual, and religious tradition. She has presented work nationally and internationally including the Getty Center (Los Angeles), Museum of Contemporary Art (Sydney, Australia), Zacheta National Gallery of Art (Warsaw, Poland), National Review of Live Art (Glasgow, Scotland), Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (Los Angeles, CA), Crystal Bridges (Bentonville, AR), Museum of Contemporary Art (Denver, CO), Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (Scottsdale, AZ), and Phoenix Art Museum (Phoenix, AZ) to name a few. She is represented by Lisa Sette Gallery in Phoenix, Arizona.
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- M.F.A. Rutgers State University of New Jersey, Mason Gross School of the Arts
- Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine
- B.A. Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts
Assoc Professor Arizona State University https://herbergerinstitute.asu.edu
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