About
Ella Mackinson is a 23-year-old visual artist who was born and raised in Charlotte, North Carolina, and is a recent graduate of Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York with a BFA in painting and a minor in art history. Working primarily with oil paint and quilting, her artwork is centered around life in the South showcasing the region's cultural diversity and unique natural beauty.
Her artwork was selected to be on billboards for a year as a part of the ArtPop Street Gallery Class of 2021 in Charlotte, NC and her work was exhibited on a billboard at the Ann and Jim Goodnight Park at the North Carolina Museum of Art in March of 2022. Her work was also selected for juried exhibitions at the Arts Council of York County in Rock Hill, SC and the Williamsburg Art & Historical Center in Brooklyn, NY.
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b. 2000
Education
2023- BFA, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Group Exhibitions
2024- ArtFields Festival 2024, Lake City, South Carolina
2023- Spartanburg County Public Libraries’ 10th Annual Juried Exhibition, Spartanburg County Public Library Headquarters, Spartanburg, South Carolina
2023- 34th Annual Juried Competition Exhibition, Arts Council of York County, Dalton Gallery, Rock Hill, South Carolina
2023- Every Stitch a Reckoning, Senior Thesis Exhibition, Steuben Gallery at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York
2023- Tender, DeKalb Gallery at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York
2022- Library Adorned Jewelry Cuff Exhibition, NYC Jewelry Week, Pratt Institute Library, Brooklyn, New York
2022- F**king It Up, Vestige Concept Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2021- Fall 2021 Billboards: Modern Mucha, Ann and Jim Goodnight Museum Park at the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, North Carolina
2021- America the Beautiful: The Real & the Imagined, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, New York
2021- 32nd Annual Juried Competition Exhibition, Arts Council of York County, Dalton Gallery, Rock Hill, South Carolina
2021- ArtPop Street Gallery Class of 2021, Charlotte, North Carolina
Awards & Grants
2024- Arts & Science Council Artist Support Grant, Charlotte, North Carolina
2023- Librarian’s Award at the Spartanburg County Public Libraries’ 10th Annual Juried Exhibition, Spartanburg County Public Library Headquarters, Spartanburg, South Carolina
2023- Honorable Mention at the Arts Council of York County’s 34th Annual Juried Competition Exhibition, Rock Hill, South Carolina
2023- Pratt Circle Award for Academic Achievement, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York
2023- Outstanding Merit Award, Pratt Fine Arts Department, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York
2021- Honorable mention at the Arts Council of York County’s 32nd Annual Juried Competition Exhibition, Rock Hill, South Carolina
2021- ArtPop Street Gallery Billboard, Charlotte, North Carolina
2018- Pratt Institute Presidential Merit Scholarship
2018- Scholastic Art and Writing Awards: Regional Gold Key (Drawing and Illustration), 2 Regional Silver Keys (Painting), 3 Honorable Mentions (Painting)
2017- Second place in the Congressional Art Competition for District 12 of North Carolina
Press and Media
2023- Eno: Issue 11, Environmental Arts and Literature Magazine for the Nicholas School of Environment at Duke University
2021- Baldeck, Brett. “Organization Continues Featuring Artists On Area Billboards Despite Pandemic.” Fox 46 Charlotte, https://www.fox46.com/news/local-news/organization-continues-featuring-artists-on-charlotte-area-billboards-despite-pandemic/
2021- Google Arts and Culture, ArtPop Street Gallery, https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/artpop-street-gallery-charlotte-nc-2021/OgLies8i6I-fKw
2021- Christensen, Elle. “19 Creatives POP Against the Charlotte Skyline.” The Mill Magazine, Feb. 2021, https://issuu.com/marketstyle/docs/tmm-edition12-no1
2020- Larsh, Laurie. “Coming to a Charlotte Billboard near You: ArtPop Announces Its Class of 2021.” Charlotte Observer, 14 Dec. 2020, https://www.charlotteobserver.com/charlottefive/c5-around-town/article247456565.html
