ELLEN YETVIN-HAVEN
ABOUT ELLEN YETVIN-HAVEN
Ellen Yetvin-Haven
b. 1954
Ellen Yetvin-Haven’s vivid large-scale acrylic paintings are meant to convey a sense of pure, joyous intensity full of their own rhythm and music. With a firm belief that the language of abstraction is a surefire conduit to tapping into passionate emotions and treasured memories, Yetvin-Haven draws inspiration from the natural world and paints in a dynamic, gestural way she feels is both intuitive and intellectual.
Yetvin-Haven was possessed with a love for drawing and painting since her early childhood and her passion for art grows stronger each day. She attended the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston, MA and earned her MFA from San Jose State University. Ellen Yetvin-Haven’s work has exhibited extensively throughout the bay area and has work featured in both national and international collections. She currently maintains a diligent studio practice from her home in Sunnyvale.
EDUCATION
1984 MFA, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
1978 BFA, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
1974 Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
1973 Worcester Art Museum School, Worcester, MA
1972 Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015 “Keeping Time,” Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
2012 "View from the Nest," 555 California Street Plaza Gallery, San Francisco. CA (curated by Casey & Associates Art Advisors)
2012 "View from the Nest,” 315 Montgomery Street Lobby, San Francisco, CA (curated by Casey & Associates Art Advisors)
2011 "View from the Nest," Gallerie Neumann, Scottsdale, AZ (curated by Michaela Neumann and Donna Muscha)
2008 "Koi Rhythms," Temptations Restaurant, Mountain View, CA
2004 First Unitarian Church, Palo Alto, CA
2004 The Ridgeside Café, Portola Valley, CA
2003 “California Landscapes,” Pacific Center for Hearing, Los Altos, CA
2003 “An Abstract Countryside,” Hotel California, Palo Alto, CA
2002 “Swift Current,” Pacific Center for Hearing, Los Altos, CA
2002 “California Landscapes,” Oak Creek Apartments, Palo Alto, CA
2002 “The Poetry of Paint,” Palo Alto Downtown Library, Palo Alto, CA
2002 “The Poetry of Paint,” Institute for the Future, Menlo Park, CA
2002 “Tidepools,” Palo Alto Library – Termin Branch, Palo Alto, CA
2000 Open Studio, Silicon Valley Visual Arts Association, Redwood City, CA
1998 “Tradewinds,” Vernissage, Redwood Shores, CA
1992 San Jose Imaging Corporation, San Jose, CA
1988 Laura Knott Gallery, Bradford College, Bradford, MA
1987 Hewlett-Packard GMBH, Boeblingen, Germany
1987 Student Union Gallery, Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, MA
1987 Winfisky Gallery, Salem State College, Salem, MA
1986 University of Massachusetts Medical Center Gallery, Worcester, MA
1984 "A Romantic Spirit," MFA Exhibition, Gallery 3, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
1983 "Pastels," Gallery 5 San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
1983 "The River Paintings II," Gallery 8, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
1983 "The River Paintings," Gallery 5, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
1983 "Recent Paintings,"Gallery 2, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 “Greyish,” Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
2023 “Flutter,” Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
2019 “Line Dancing,” Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
2018 “Same, Same, But Different 7.0,” Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
2017 "Same, Same, But Different 6.0," Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
2016 “Same, Same, But Different 5.0,” Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
2015 “Same, Same, But Different 4.0,” Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
2014 “Same, Same, But Different 3.0,” Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
2013 “Front Lines,” Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
2011 Stonegate Art Show, Scottsdale, AZ
2008 Works Gallery, San Jose, CA
2003 KTEH art auction, KTEH channel 54 (PBS), Televised April 2003, San Jose, CA
2002 Benefit auction, Illinois Cancer Society, Lincolnshire, IL
2001 KTEH art auction, KTEH channel 54 (PBS), Televised Nov, 2001, San Jose, CA
2001 From the Mind's Eye, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA
2000 KTEH art auction, KTEH channel 54, Televised Nov. 2000 (PBS), San Jose, CA
2000 "A Passion for Collecting," San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
1999 "A Look at Local Talent," Creative Arts Center Gallery, Sunnyvale, CA
1999 Valentine Invitational, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
1998 Valentine Invitational, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
1997 Valentine Invitational, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
1995 "The Joy of Acrylics," Los Altos Main Library, Los Altos, CA (Juried show)
1983 San Jose State Annual Faculty and Alumni Auction, San Jose, CA
1982 South Bay Art Marathon, San Jose, CA
1981 2D Competition, San Jose Art League, San Jose, CA
1981 Bay Arts '81, Belmont, CA (Juried show)
1977 Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
1974 Self-Portraits, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
