Education:
2012-2016 BFA candidate in Photography at the University of Alaska, Anchorage
(On hiatus, moved to California)
Real Estate work:
2018
Ellen Davis Photography established in Nevada City, CA., March 2018
2016
Commissioned by the UAA/APU Consortium Library for promotional images of the interior, Anchorage, AK
Solo Exhibitions:
2017
Tangled up in Blue - Becky Gallery, Anchorage, AK
Yuba River- Wild & Scenic Film Festival, Grass Valley, CA
2016
Gotta Knock A Little Harder - Snow City Cafe, Anchorage, AK
Yuba River - Wild & Scenic Film Festival, Grass Valley, CA
2015
Gotta Knock A Little Harder - Arc Gallery, Anchorage, AK
Yuba River - Wild & Scenic Film Festival, Grass Valley, CA
2014
Thresholds - UAA/APU Consortium Library, Anchorage, AK
Thresholds - SubZero Mirco Lounge, Anchorage, AK
Yuba River - Wild & Scenic Film Festival, Grass Valley, CA
Group Exhibitions:
2019
Something Blue, Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, CA
5th Annual Photography Show (exhibition name pending), The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2018
Bay Area Big Shots, Panorama Framing, Oakland, CA
Silicon Valley Plastic Camera Show, Santa Clara University Gallery, Santa Clara, CA
3rd Annual Alternative Process Photography Exhibition, The Image Flow, Mill Valley, CA
Plastic Fantastic IX, Lightbox Photographic Gallery, Astoria, OR
Krappy Kamera, SohoPhoto Gallery, New York, NY
Analog vs. Digital, Hive Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
In Focus: Current Photography, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
2017
Nature's Way, Lightbox Photographic Gallery, Astoria, OR
The Creative Portrait, Los Angeles Center of Photography, Hollywood, CA
Alternative Process Competition, Soho Photo Gallery, New York, NY
Nuclear Bombs and Fairy Tales, Lightbox Photographic Gallery, Astoria, OR
2nd Annual Alternative Process Photography Exhibition, The Image Flow, Mill Valley, CA
Plastic Fantastic VIII, Lightbox Photographic Gallery, Astoria, OR
10th International Juried Plastic Camera Show, RayKo Photo Center, San Fransisco, CA
2016
On Solid Ground, Arc Gallery, Anchorage, AK
Through our Eyes, UAA Student Union Gallery, Anchorage, AK
No Big Heads, UAA Student Union Gallery, Anchorage, AK
Rarefied Light, 2016, International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage, AK
2015
Member’s Exhibition, Alaska Photographic Center, Alaska Pacific University, Anchorage, AK
Fashionistas Fight Back!, Orange County Center of Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
Rarefied Light 2015, International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage, AK
Through Our Eyes, UAA Student Union Gallery, Anchorage, AK
2D & 3D Invitational, UAA Student Union Gallery, Anchorage, AK
Divine Inspiration, Arc Gallery, Anchorage, AK
Unalloyed, Arc Gallery, Anchorage, AK
Krappy Kamera, SohoPhoto Gallery, New York, NY
Member’s Exhibition, International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage, AK
2014
Member’s Exhibition, Alaska Photographic Center, Alaska Pacific University, Anchorage, AK
Dab Art 2014 International Juried Show, Ventura, CA
Rarefied Light 2014, Anchorage Museum, Anchorage, AK
Through Our Eyes, UAA Student Union Gallery, Anchorage, AK
No Big Heads Self-Portrait Exhibition, UAA Student Union Gallery, Anchorage, AK
Juried Student Show, UAA Student Union Gallery, Anchorage, AK
2D & 3D Invitational, UAA Student Union Gallery, Anchorage, AK
Anchorage Press Black & White Photo Contest Winners 2013, Anchorage Community Works, Anchorage, AK
Member’s Exhibition, International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage, AK
2013
Rarefied Light 2013, International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage, AK
Through Our Eyes, UAA Student Union Gallery, Anchorage, AK
No Apologies, UAA Student Union Gallery, Anchorage, AK
Anchorage Press Black & White Photo Contest Winners 2012, Indigo Tea Lounge, Anchorage, AK
2012
Foundations, UAA Student Union Gallery, Anchorage, AK
No Big Heads Self-Portrait Exhibition, UAA Student Union Gallery, Anchorage, AK
Awards and Honors:
Excellence Winner, Black & White Portfolio Contest 2018, Black & White Magazine, 2018
Honorable Mention; Alternative Process Competition, 2017
Featured in "Your Daily Photograph", May 18, 2017 http://mailchi.mp/duncanmillergallery/your-daily-photograph-apr-269437
Second Place; Krappy Kamera, 2015
Juror’s Choice; No Big Heads, 2014
Juror’s Choice; Juried Student Show, 2014
First, second, and third place, and Honorable Mention in “Things” category; third place in
“Places” category; Anchorage Press Black & White Photo Contest, 2013
Grand Prize; First place in “Things” category; Anchorage Press Black & White Photo Contest, 2012
Publications and Reviews:
2018
"Special Issue 2018 Portfolio Contest Winner." Black & White Magazine, special issue #128, June 2018, p. 26-29
Jastrab, Ann. "RayKo's 10th Annual Plastic Camera Show Award Winners." all-about-photo.com, 4/2/2017
2015
Dunham, Mike. “First Friday Rambles” Alaska Dispatch News, 9/4/2015
Mallonee, Laura C. “Let Us Now Praise Crappy Cameras” Hyperallergic, 2/5/2015
Kinsella, Eileen. “Winners of Krappy Kamera Contest Unveiled in SoHo” Artnet News, 2/2/2015
2014
Barros-Barnes, Diego. “Photography Club member Ellen Davis shares work, process.” The Northern Light . October 2014
Understory , UAA Undergraduate Literary Journal, 2014
2013
Understory , UAA Undergraduate Literary Journal, 2013
Ireland, Kelly. “What is seen ‘Through Our Eyes’.” The Northern Light . October 2013
COLLECTIONS:
Archives and Special Collections at UAA/APU Consortium Library, Anchorage, AK
Workshops:
Make Your Own Developer, East Bay Photo Collective, 2017
Shoot What You Love, Henry Horenstein, 2017
The Narrative Portrait, Amy Arbus, 2016
Night Photography, Loren Holmes, 2016
Defining the Personal Narrative, Susan Burnstine, 2015
Glacier Photography Workshop: Photographing the wonders of the Matanuska Glacier, Hal Gage, 2015
Creative Composting with the iPhone, Karen Divine, 2015
Glacier Photography Workshop: Photographing the wonders of the Matanuska Glacier, Hal Gage, 2014
Bird Point: Landscapes of the Turnagain Arm, Hal Gage, 2014
Denali Highway, Hal Gage, 2013
Glacier Photography Workshop: Photographing the wonders of the Matanuska Glacier, Hal Gage, 2012
Teaching:
2016
"Working with the Cyanotype process" UAA Printmaking Club, University of Alaska, Anchorage
Guest Lecture:
2016
"Tangled up in Blue: My work and process with cyanotype" Anchorage Museum, Anchorage, Alaska
Service:
Nevada County Camera Club, Committee Chair for PR, Nevada City, CA, 2018 - present
Alaska Photographic Center, Board Member, Anchorage, AK, 2015 - 2016
Arc Gallery, UAA/APU Consortium Library, Interim Curator, Anchorage, AK, January 2015 - August 2016
UAA Camera Club, Treasurer, Spring 2015
UAA Camera Club, Secretary/Treasurer, Fall and Spring 2014
UAA Camera Club, Secretary/Treasurer, Fall and Spring 2013
UAA Photography Lab, Lab Monitor, Fall 2013 - present
Alaska Library Association Annual Conference, Official Photographer, 2010, 2012, 2014
affilations:
Nevada County Camera Club, Nevada City, CA, 2016- present
Alaska Photographic Center, Anchorage, AK, 2012 - 2017
UAA Camera Club, Anchorage, AK, 2012 - 2016
UAA Print Club, Anchorage, AK, 2016 - 2016
International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage, AK, 2014 - 2016