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 2016. She has exhibited work with New Collectors (2021), :iidrr (2022), Lux Feminae (2022, 2024), the Pfizer Building (2024), Glass House (2024), and John St. Gallery (2025). 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 will perform her durational performance piece, Hair Care, at John St. Gallery as part of their exhibition, Misery’s Child, February 2025.