Biography

Ellen Slupe is an artist and writer. She was born and raised in Lancaster County and of Pennsylvania Dutch and Danish heritage. Her early path in science led to a BS in pre-med biology from Elizabethtown College followed by research at Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation in La Jolla CA and at the Penn State University Hershey Medical Center in Hershey PA.

In 1995 Slupe earned a BFA from Millersville University, entered the arts community full of enthusiasm and never looked back. She developed an extensive exhibit history with invitational solo and juried group exhibits at many locations including The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Susquehanna Art Museum Harrisburg PA, Lancaster Museum of Art, the Demuth Museum Lancaster PA, Woodmere Art Museum, New Arts Program Kutztown PA, The Philadelphia Sketch Club, Elizabethtown College, Noyes Museum of Art, Berman Museum of Art, Phillips Museum of Art, American College, Liriodendron Foundation, Suzanne H. Arnold Art Gallery Annville PA, Robeson Gallery State College PA, Spare Room Baltimore MD, The Plastic Club in Philadelphia, Reading Public Museum, Wallingford Center for the Arts, Art Point Black Gallery in Firenze Italy, Gallarie San Vidal in Venice, Fusion Art Institute in Japan and Seoul Korea.

Her art is in many local private collections and in national collections in San Jose Ca, Phoenix AZ, Los Angeles CA, Bowie MD, Woods Hole MA, Columbia CT, Hubbard OH, Baltimore MD, Ocala FL, Philadelphia PA, Trenton NJ, Wilmington DE to mention a few, as well as international collections in Bjuv Sweden, Firenze Italy, Seoul and Germany.

Slupe writes art reviews of exhibits in central Pennsylvania for Art Matters a Philadelphia Art Magazine. She credits art criticism classes with John Markowitz and studies with William Zimmer The New York Times art critic for her writing interests.

She serves on the Board of New Arts Program in Kutztown PA and is past Board Member for Lancaster County and York Art Associations and past Director of Board for Philadelphia Tri State Artists Equity. Slupe served as portfolio reviewer for the State of Delaware.