Opening Conversation: Ellen Altfest: Forever

Ellen Altfest lives and works in New York City and Rising Fawn, Georgia. She received an MFA from Yale University, Connecticut, and attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Maine. She has completed residencies at SAGA House, Japan; the Zabludowicz Collection, Finland; the Bogliasco Foundation, Italy; and the Chinati Foundation, Texas. Solo exhibitions of her work have been held at the Mori Art Museum, Japan, and the New Museum, New York. She has been included in group exhibitions at the Royal Academy of Arts, UK; the 55th Venice Biennale, Italy; Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Texas; and the National Academy Museum, New York. Altfest is represented by White Cube, where she has had several exhibitions.