Angela Ellsworth’s practice has grown to encompass a variety of mediums, spanning drawing, painting, installation and performance. Her work explores conceptions and constrictions of the human body. In connecting the body with art, her solo and collaborative artworks and performances have taken in such wide-ranging subjects as physical fitness, endurance, social ritual, religious tradition and performance art history. Her stitched portraits on serviettes reveal tender moments and fragile, revered memories. More recently, Angela Ellsworth has drawn from her Mormon background to create her series of sculptural bonnets. The use of corsage pins in these works emphasizes a sharp-ended side to beauty and the constraints of a Mormon upbringing. These traditional pioneer bonnets are made of fabric with a pearl-encrusted exterior comprising thousands of pins.

Angela Ellsworth is based in Phoenix, Arizona and her work is regularly exhibited nationally and internationally. In 2010, her sculptures, together with a program of performances, were shown in the 17th Sydney Biennale, at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia. In the same year Ellsworth participated in IN>TIME, DCA Theatre, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA, as well as having a solo exhibition, Training, Central Utah Art Center, Ephraim, Utah, USA.

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