Ellen Carpenter is a multimedia artist based in Brooklyn.

Carpenter’s multimedia practice explores materials and archetypes that recall the intimacy, banal horror, comfort, and claustrophobia of domestic spaces and the body. Her works seek to condense the often contradictory experiences of living inside a body and home that can simultaneously care for and betray the self.

Carpenter received her MFA in fine art from the School of Visual Arts in 2022, and her BA in Literary Studies from Eugene Lang, The New School in 2013. She has exhibited work with New Collectors (2021), :iidrr (2022), Lux Feminae (2022, 2024), and at the Pfizer Building (2024). In July 2023 she curated the performance show A Labor Party with fellow artist and collaborator, Flora Wilds, at Trestle Artspace, Gowanus. Most recently she performed her durational performance piece, Ritual Sewing, at Glass House for their 24 hour performance program, An Emptying, in July 2024.