About

Ellen Schiller makes textile compositions from hand-dyed linen and khadi cotton, cut, arranged, and stitched into geometric forms that explore balance and color relationship.

Each piece begins with dyeing, an act of transformation that animates the textile before the composition begins. From there she works intuitively, placing and displacing fabric, working with what's in front of her until something resolves. She enjoys color relationships that disregard color theory, resulting in a quiet tension that adds to the vibration of the work.

The textile is warm, rich, irregular, deeply saturated. The seams and dye variations across the surface are not incidental. They are the mark.

Her practice is in conversation with the New York School painters, the push-pull color dynamics of Hans Hofmann, the meditative geometry of Agnes Martin, and Josef Albers' lifelong investigation into how colors act on one another.

The compositions are (mostly) small in scale, geometric, color-saturated, and quietly alive. Mounted in natural wood floater frames, they live somewhere between painting and textile.

Shows & Recognition

2026

Featured Artist — Misha & Puff, Brooklyn, NY
Featured Artist — Rentreyage, Kent, CT
Renegade Craft Fair — Chelsea, New York City
Field & Supply Spring Market — Hudson Valley, NY
Field & Supply Fall Market — Hudson Valley, NY
Field & Supply Holiday Market — Hudson Valley, NY