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Stella Ebner
ARTIST STATEMENT
My work centers upon the perceived usualness of the everyday. My imagery, however, explores the inner, subjective nature of perception, when the mundane hints at the profound, when observation no longer glosses over the sacredness of the here-and-now. It illuminates what is lost in the in-between moments and reveals the underlying essence or collectiveness of existence. I am concerned with finding a balance between the perception of the everyday and the perception of the spiritual. To illustrate this dichotomy of perception, I take on common occurrences, usual happenstances, and everyday ubiquity as my subject matter, but look upon them with a mindful, benevolent, even worshipful eye. The cognitive process of perception, of seeing from the inside out and vice-versa, is the driving force behind my work; to recognize the burden of each in-between, mundane moment of existence as taking on the weight of the world, is my ultimate goal.
BIO
Stella Ebner has exhibited in numerous galleries and museums, including the Minnesota Museum of American Art (St. Paul) and the Highpoint Center for Printmaking (Minneapolis), the International Print Center New York (New York City) and the Print Center (Philadelphia), RISD Museum (Providence), Boston Center for the Arts, Kala Art Institute (Berkeley), SFMOMA Artists Gallery, and the Pont-Aven School of Contemporary Art in France. She is the recipient of several grants, including a Central Minnesota Arts Board Individual Artist Grant, a Minnesota State Arts Board Career Opportunity Grant, and a Minnesota State Arts Board Artists’ Assistance Fellowship. Her work is included in the collections of the Minnesota Museum of Art, General Mills, Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Kala Art Institute, University of St. Thomas, and the Minnesota Historical Society. Ms. Ebner received her BFA from the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis in 1998 and her MFA in printmaking from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in 2006.
