Born: 1945; Mineral Wells, TX
Education:
B.S. Art Education, Texas Tech University, 1968
University of Colorado at Denver
University of Denver
Southern Methodist University
Current Employment:
Studio artist (1968 - Present)
Private instruction classes (1979 - Present)
Previous Employment:
O’Donnell Foundation, Advanced Placement:
Instructor, various workshops (2000-2008)
Juror, Young Masters (2005 & 06,2009 & 10)
The Guildhall at SMU, Adjunct Professor (2004)
Dallas Museum of Art; Instructor for Gateway Gallery Adult Classes:
“Drawing from the Collections” (1993-2001)
Taos Summer Workshops (1995- 2001)
Brookhaven College; Fine Arts; Dallas, TX: Adjunct Faculty (1980-1997)
University of Texas @ Dallas; Fine Arts: Drawing Instructor (1987-1990)
Booker T. Washington School for the Performing and Visual Arts; Dallas, TX:
Drawing Instructor (1987-1990)
Brookhaven College and West London Institute Summer Abroad Program:
London, England; Instructor (1989)
University of Texas @ Austin, Zoology: Artist III (1974-1978)
University of Texas @ Austin, Astronomy: Cartographic Tech II (1972-1973)
Academic Research:
Originated seminar for Brookhaven College credit curriculum (1992-1996)
The Nude in the Art of Western Civilization
Series of nine books in progress, titled:
Naked or Nude? The Nude in the Art of Western Civilization
Book in progress, titled: Exposed! Artist’s Nude Self-Portraits
Museum Tours: Artist-guided tours concentrating on artworks of the nude in collections
London (2019)
Paris (2001)
Florence and Rome (2000)
London (1999)
New York City (1998)
Solo Exhibitions:
2016 WaterTower Theatre; Addison, TX
2014 WAAS Gallery; Dallas, TX
1989 MSC Gallery; Texas A&M University; College Station, TX
1989 Adams-Middleton Galley, Dallas, TX
1984 Capricorn Galleries; Bethesda, MD
1983 Sol del Rio; San Antonio, TX
1982-87 DW Gallery; Dallas, TX
Selected Exhibits and Lectures:
2022:
Ellen Soderquist and Her Students; Goldmark Cultural Center, Dallas, TX
2021:
Ageless Passion (curated by Susan Lecky); The Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, TX
2020:
Drawing Invitational: Enrique Fernandez Cervantes, Jefferson Muncy, Brad Ford Smith, and Ellen Soderquist; Goldmark Cultural Center, Richardson TX
2019:
On Being Human; Valley House Gallery, Dallas TX
2018:
Soderquist & Huckaby; TAG @ Trinity Christian Academy, Dallas, TX
2017:
4th Annual Regional Juried Exhibition; Shirley-Reece-Hughes, juror; Artspace 111; Ft. Worth, TX
Drawing Room, Cedar Valley College, Lancaster, TX
2016:
Au Naturel 10th Annual International Competition; Lisa Harris, juror; Clatsop Community
College Art Center Gallery; Astoria, OR
and Cash Award to teach a Gesture Drawing Workshop at Clatsop College
Sexy Laundry; Stage West, lobby artist; Ft. Worth, TX
2015:
Why Is It So Hard To Get Up; WAAS Gallery @ NRG Recording Studios; Los Angeles, CA
2014:
Au Naturel 8th Annual International Competition; Charles Froelick, juror; Clatsop Community
College Art Center Gallery; Astoria, OR
and Cash Award to teach a Gesture Drawing Workshop at Clatsop College
2002:
Works by Women, Curated by a Man, (Tracy Hicks, curator) 414 Gallery,
Ft. Worth, TX
2001:
Figurative Expressions, Collin County Community Distrtict College, Plano, TX
2000:
Red Hot Red Dot, invitational for Women & Their Work, Austin, TX
Masquerade, Edith Baker Gallery, Dallas, TX
Artist’s Talk: “Olympia: Variations on a Theme” for Topics II, Dallas, TX
Visiting Artist, slide lecture and student interviews @ Baylor University, Waco, TX
1999:
Up Close and Personal, Edith Baker Gallery, Dallas, TX
and Artist’s Talk: “Artist’s Nude Self-Portraits”
1998:
20 x 500X; 500X, Dallas, TX
and Tour: Richland College; Dallas, TX; Art Center of Waco; Waco, TX
Body & Soul, 2nd Annual Exhibit; State Street Gallery, Dallas, TX
and Artist’s Talk: “The Pygmalion Syndrome”
1997:
Drawing; Cedar Valley College; Cedar Valley, TX
1996:
Currents in American Art; The Art Center; Waco, TX
The Question of the Body; Brookhaven College; Dallas, TX
The Women’s Museum; curated by Judy DeSanders; Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX
Open House; Broadway Gallery; Addison, TX
1995:
Showing Off the DCCCD- Art Faculty; Dallas Visual Art Center; Dallas, TX
The Figure; Kevin Curry, curator; 501-B Hickory Street Annex; Dallas, TX
Twenty-Third Prints, Drawings, and Photographs; Ruth Beesch, juror;
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
1994:
Jennivine’s; Dallas, TX
Messina’s; Dallas, TX
Cafe Brazil; Dallas, TX
Hats Off! EASL Auction; Trammel Crow Pavilion; Dallas, TX
Exquisite Corpse Auction for DARE; The MAC; Dallas, TX
1993:
Tempus Fugit; Edith Baker Gallery; Dallas, TX
Dare: A to Z; Bath House Cultural Center; Dallas, TX
Dallas Museum of Art - Artist’s Noon Lecture; Dallas, TX
EASL Coloring Book
1992:
Twentieth Anniversary Exhibit; Joe Kagle, curator; The Art Center; Waco, TX
1991:
Soderquist & Stein; Jim Bagwell & Associates; Dallas, TX
1990:
Counter Signals; Kevin Curry, curator; 501-B Hickory Street Annex; Dallas, TX
1989:
The Figure; Townsend Wolfe, curator; Arkansas Arts Center; Little Rock, AR
1988:
The Self-Portrait; Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX
Art In the Metroplex; John Neff, juror; Texas Christian University; Ft Worth, TX
1987:
19th Annual Exhibit; Charlotta Kotik, juror; Arkansas Arts Center; Little Rock, AR
1986:
Women of the Big State: Current Art; Lisa Phillips, juror; Women & Their Work;
Austin, TX (State Tour)
1985:
Syracuse Scholar/Everson Museum of Art Drawing National; Clement Greenberg,
Nancy Hoffman, & John Perreault, jurors; Syracuse University (National Tour)
1984:
Seven Artists; Frumkin & Struve; Chicago, IL
Collaborations:
1987 Drawings of Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Chuck Berry for the stained glass
windows at The Meddlesome Moth, Dallas, TX
(Previously at The Hard Rock Cafe; Dallas, TX)
DVDs: 2004 The Art of Gesture Drawing, Love of Art Productions, Dallas, TX
Grants: 1982 National Endowment for the Arts, Emerging Artist Grant, Drawing
Collections:
George & Natalie Lee, Dallas TX
Tim & Nancy Hanley, Dallas TX
John J. Reoch, Jr., Dallas, TX
Jeremy & Lila Stewart, Dallas TX
John & Carol Holden, Dallas TX
Jeff & Barbara Adelglass, Dallas, TX
Kathy Aken, Dallas, TX
Jules & Amy Monier, Dallas TX
Bala Shagrithaya, Dallas TX
Jim & Gail Davitt, Dallas TX
Bram & Sue Flynn, Dallas TX
Leonard & Kayla Hoffman, Dallas TX
Jim & Bonnie Powers, Colorado Springs CO
Temple Shipley, Dallas TX
Carl & Leah Stewart, Dallas TX
Tommy & Nancy Shultz, Dallas, TX
Stephen Thompson, Frisco, TX
Joel & Wendy Holiner, Dallas TX
Paul Scott, Dallas TX
Jimmy Younger, Houston TX
Issac Tigrett, New York City NY
Sally Bonnett, Dallas, TX
Bob Butler & Sonny Burt, Dallas TX
George & Sydney Perutz, Dallas TX
Dan & Billie Krausse, Dallas TX
Arkansas Arts Center, North Little Rock AR
Petroleum Club, Houston TX
Ritz Carlton, Dallas TX
Philip Morris Corporate Collection, New York City NY
and other collections in
Texas, California, Maryland, New York, New Mexico, North Carolina, & Florida
As an artist, Ellen Soderquist creates intelligent and sensuous graphite drawings of the nude human body. As a teacher of life drawing, she advocates that her students learn the role of the nude in the history of art and that they communicate their ideas about humanity through their work. As a lecturer and an author, she delves into the past to bring the complex relevance of the unclothed human body to the consciousness of contemporary culture.