Meet Ellen

Ellen Friedlander is a Los Angeles-based artist who uses a variety of in-camera and post processing techniques to reveal a style that is bold, layered, and fueled by a fascination with life’s imperfections and fleeting moments. Friedlander holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art with a Minor in Photography from Ithaca College and a Master of Arts in Mass Communications from the University of Florida. Her work has been exhibited in numerous galleries across the United States and Internationally, most notably showing with L’étrangère Gallery in London, “LA Sees Itself” a curated exhibition by Carl Berg at Biola University, and she just closed her 2025 solo exhibition at the Lancaster Museum of Art and History. Friedlander has also had features in Lenscratch, The Candid Frame podcast – Episode #499, and LA Weekly’s “Meet an Artist Monday.”

In addition to her personal work, Friedlander is a Kipaipai fellow as well as Co-Director of Pasadena Photography Arts, which promotes diverse photography projects by established and emerging photographers worldwide through Open Show and FORUM events. Friedlander stays connected to the broader artist community as a mentor for ASMP’s The Bridge Program and Executive Producer of “The Crit House Podcast.”

Photograph by Ibarionex Perello

For the past four years, I have been working/collaborating with my daughter, Alexi. She has gravitated towards art since the moment she could hold a pencil. Now as an adult, it is a joy to have this special time in our lives to work together, make art and live out our dreams.