"It is by the deep, hidden currents that the oceans are made one." Rachel Carson, The Sea Around Us
(left to right: David, Eleni, Henry; photograph taken at Lake Buell, MA by James D. Metzger, photographer)
Born Deep River, Ontario Canada
1954-1965 Family lives in Scotch Plains, NJ
(58-60 Family lives in London, England)
1965 Family returns to Canada
Summers spent in northern Saskatchewan
wilderness leaving lifelong hypersensitivity
to natural world
Attends high school in Saskatoon
1970 Attends Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
1972 Travels throughout Greece for three months
1976 B.A, Carleton University, Ottawa
1979 Moves to Brooklyn from Toronto
1987 Travels to France and Greece
1989 Masters of Social Work, New York University
Clinical Social Worker, Brooklyn
1994 Marries David in Seal Harbor, Maine
1996 Moves to Southern Tier, New York
Starts to paint (Biophilia Series)
oil and mixed media on gessoed paper
Father diagnosed with dementia in Toronto
1999 Names Brooklyn studio TheoGanz Studio from
Eternity and a Day
(Theo Angelopoulos, director + Bruno Ganz)
2001 Travels to Venice
2002 Father moved to nursing facility
2003 Biophilia, solo exhibition, DVAA, Narrowsburgh
2005 Begins Dharma Rain Series (oil; 48x48in)
2006 Father dies in Toronto (9/06/25-3/27/06)
Curates Elegy in a Variable Key
(paintings + voice), in his memory
TheoGanz Studio, Brooklyn
Art for Water, Sponsored by Damascus Citizens
Curates SONYA Invitational, TheoGanz Studio
6 x 6, DVAA, Narrowsburgh, NY
Two Painters, curator, William Pesce,
Windsor Whip Works, Windsor NY
2007 Enigma, curator, Paulien Lethen,
Holland Tunnel Gallery, Paros, Greece
8th Annual National Juried Exhibition,
Shippensburg University, (Stephen Haller)
2009 Moves to Beacon, NY
MGM dies (7/4/1909 - 7/13/2009) in Toronto
2011 Persistent Song, Bank Square, Beacon
Annual Members Show, Garrison Art Center
2012 Inaugurates TheoGanz Studio in Beacon
theoganzstudio.com
Travels to Cycladic Islands, Greece
2013 Inaugurates Beacon 3D, a public art exhibition
beacon3d.org
These are Mine, solo exhibition, TheoGanz
2014 Dispatches from Eternity, TheoGanz Studio
Curates Second Annual Beacon 3D exhibition
Travels to Cycladic Islands, Greece
2015 Meeting Past with Present, curator, Bibiana
Matheis, Akin Museum & Library, Pawling
Women of Hudson Valley, HCC
Small Works, group, The Catalyst Gallery
Curates 3rd Annual Beacon 3D Exhibition
2016 Begins Wherever I Travel/Ridgeline Series
(horse motif on 16 x 16 in panels; below)
Behold the Moon, curator, Bibiana Matheis,
The Hammond Museum & Stroll Garden
Women of Hudson Valley, HCC
The Wind Will Carry Us, TheoGanz Studio
Beacon Open Studios, participating artist
Curates 4th Annual Beacon 3D Exhibition
2017 Mother dies suddenly in Toronto (8/10/17)
Curates 5th Annual Beacon 3D Exhibition
Inaugurates Equinox Series, Music + Voice
2018 Closes brick and mortar TheoGanz Studio
(58-60 Family lives in London, England)
1965 Family returns to Canada
Summers spent in northern Saskatchewan
wilderness leaving lifelong hypersensitivity
to natural world
Attends high school in Saskatoon
1970 Attends Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
1972 Travels throughout Greece for three months
1976 B.A, Carleton University, Ottawa
1979 Moves to Brooklyn from Toronto
1987 Travels to France and Greece
1989 Masters of Social Work, New York University
Clinical Social Worker, Brooklyn
1994 Marries David in Seal Harbor, Maine
1996 Moves to Southern Tier, New York
Starts to paint (Biophilia Series)
oil and mixed media on gessoed paper
Father diagnosed with dementia in Toronto
1999 Names Brooklyn studio TheoGanz Studio from
Eternity and a Day
(Theo Angelopoulos, director + Bruno Ganz)
2001 Travels to Venice
2002 Father moved to nursing facility
2003 Biophilia, solo exhibition, DVAA, Narrowsburgh
2005 Begins Dharma Rain Series (oil; 48x48in)
2006 Father dies in Toronto (9/06/25-3/27/06)
Curates Elegy in a Variable Key
(paintings + voice), in his memory
TheoGanz Studio, Brooklyn
Art for Water, Sponsored by Damascus Citizens
Curates SONYA Invitational, TheoGanz Studio
6 x 6, DVAA, Narrowsburgh, NY
Two Painters, curator, William Pesce,
Windsor Whip Works, Windsor NY
2007 Enigma, curator, Paulien Lethen,
Holland Tunnel Gallery, Paros, Greece
8th Annual National Juried Exhibition,
Shippensburg University, (Stephen Haller)
2009 Moves to Beacon, NY
MGM dies (7/4/1909 - 7/13/2009) in Toronto
2011 Persistent Song, Bank Square, Beacon
Annual Members Show, Garrison Art Center
2012 Inaugurates TheoGanz Studio in Beacon
theoganzstudio.com
Travels to Cycladic Islands, Greece
2013 Inaugurates Beacon 3D, a public art exhibition
beacon3d.org
These are Mine, solo exhibition, TheoGanz
2014 Dispatches from Eternity, TheoGanz Studio
Curates Second Annual Beacon 3D exhibition
Travels to Cycladic Islands, Greece
2015 Meeting Past with Present, curator, Bibiana
Matheis, Akin Museum & Library, Pawling
Women of Hudson Valley, HCC
Small Works, group, The Catalyst Gallery
Curates 3rd Annual Beacon 3D Exhibition
2016 Begins Wherever I Travel/Ridgeline Series
(horse motif on 16 x 16 in panels; below)
Behold the Moon, curator, Bibiana Matheis,
The Hammond Museum & Stroll Garden
Women of Hudson Valley, HCC
The Wind Will Carry Us, TheoGanz Studio
Beacon Open Studios, participating artist
Curates 4th Annual Beacon 3D Exhibition
2017 Mother dies suddenly in Toronto (8/10/17)
Curates 5th Annual Beacon 3D Exhibition
Inaugurates Equinox Series, Music + Voice
2018 Closes brick and mortar TheoGanz Studio
Continues to represent Inuit art
Travels to Kinngait (Cape Dorset), Nunavut
Presents the 59th Annual Print Collection
from Kinngait
Curates 6th Annual Beacon 3D Exhibition
Curates, Hiro Ichikawa 1959-2017:
Mountains & Rivers Without End/
Paintings From a Trail (catalog available)
Curates, The Magical Creatures
of Meelia Kelly/ Drawings From The Archives,
Catalogue forward, John Western, DFA
2019 Curates, The imPerfect Poetics of Place
Hudson Beach Glass Gallery
Curates, Still Still Moving,
Howland Cultural Center
Curates 7th Annual Beacon 3D Exhibition
Resumes daily art practice at Regal Bag Studio
Begins Girl by the Sea and Guardian Series
Newburgh Open Studios, participating artist
Incorporates thread, fabric into work
Begins Memory Flags 15x15 in
2020 Artists Invite Artists, Buster Levi Gallery
Inaugurates 3D Body_of_Work Series,
in-depth artist talks at Beahive 3/12/20
Girl by the Sea/Guardians, solo exhibition,
WAAM, juror, Kristen Dodge, owner,
SEPTEMBER, Hudson, NY
(March 7-April 5) closed March 13th;
Notified June 29, 2020
that no imminent reopening and to pickup
work due to COVID-19
Voices: I Remember, The Hammond Museum &
Japanese Stroll Garden, North Salem,
New York (June 10 - Sept 19, 2020)
Postponed until 2021
20/20 Vision, Holland Tunnel Gallery, Newburgh
Feb 8 - March 29, 2020
Starts The Turin Horse and Surfacing Series
Presents the 2020 Kinngait Collection
Produces catalogue for unseen WAAM show
https://issuu.com/elenismolen/docs/online.r
Show of Hands, SEPTEMBER, Hudson, NY
Sept 18 - Nov 8, 2020 (Hermione)
Surfacing, solo, recent drawings,
Buster Levi Gallery, Dec 4-27/20
Sees photographs of sleeping whales; inspires
work about whales - continuing the
Surfacing Series - including fluke drawings,
paintings; readings re whaling history.
Presents the 59th Annual Print Collection
from Kinngait
Curates 6th Annual Beacon 3D Exhibition
Curates, Hiro Ichikawa 1959-2017:
Mountains & Rivers Without End/
Paintings From a Trail (catalog available)
Curates, The Magical Creatures
of Meelia Kelly/ Drawings From The Archives,
Catalogue forward, John Western, DFA
2019 Curates, The imPerfect Poetics of Place
Hudson Beach Glass Gallery
Curates, Still Still Moving,
Howland Cultural Center
Curates 7th Annual Beacon 3D Exhibition
Resumes daily art practice at Regal Bag Studio
Begins Girl by the Sea and Guardian Series
Newburgh Open Studios, participating artist
Incorporates thread, fabric into work
Begins Memory Flags 15x15 in
2020 Artists Invite Artists, Buster Levi Gallery
Inaugurates 3D Body_of_Work Series,
in-depth artist talks at Beahive 3/12/20
Girl by the Sea/Guardians, solo exhibition,
WAAM, juror, Kristen Dodge, owner,
SEPTEMBER, Hudson, NY
(March 7-April 5) closed March 13th;
Notified June 29, 2020
that no imminent reopening and to pickup
work due to COVID-19
Voices: I Remember, The Hammond Museum &
Japanese Stroll Garden, North Salem,
New York (June 10 - Sept 19, 2020)
Postponed until 2021
20/20 Vision, Holland Tunnel Gallery, Newburgh
Feb 8 - March 29, 2020
Starts The Turin Horse and Surfacing Series
Presents the 2020 Kinngait Collection
Produces catalogue for unseen WAAM show
https://issuu.com/elenismolen/docs/online.r
Show of Hands, SEPTEMBER, Hudson, NY
Sept 18 - Nov 8, 2020 (Hermione)
Surfacing, solo, recent drawings,
Buster Levi Gallery, Dec 4-27/20
Sees photographs of sleeping whales; inspires
work about whales - continuing the
Surfacing Series - including fluke drawings,
paintings; readings re whaling history.
2021 Vaccinated 3/2021 (COVID-19)
Visits New Bedford Whaling Museum (5/11)
Henry, after a long, slow decline, passes away
Henry, after a long, slow decline, passes away
at home with David and I by his side (5/30)
Voices: I Remember, group, Hammond Museum
& Japanese Stroll Garden, North Salem, NY
June 5 - November 21, 2021. Curated by
Bibiana Huang Matheis
https://www.tapinto.net/towns/north-salem/sections/arts-and-entertainment/articles/memory-s-palette
Finishes first Box of Flukes, handmade
maple and walnut box which contains
50 little abstract oil paintings of flukes.
Voices: I Remember, group, Hammond Museum
& Japanese Stroll Garden, North Salem, NY
June 5 - November 21, 2021. Curated by
Bibiana Huang Matheis
https://www.tapinto.net/towns/north-salem/sections/arts-and-entertainment/articles/memory-s-palette
Finishes first Box of Flukes, handmade
maple and walnut box which contains
50 little abstract oil paintings of flukes.
FLOW, group, Buster Levi Gallery,
Cold Spring August 7-29, 2021
Participates in Newburgh Open
Studios 2021; Sept 25, 26th
