Artist Biography

Ellen Vontillius is an artistic jeweler who combines romance with elegance to create delicate, lyrical jewelry. The creative process has always played an important role in her life. Along with a BA in Science, she also did undergraduate study in the Visual Arts and Dance. Ellen began working in metal in 1991. She draws a great deal of inspiration for her jewelry designs from classical dance movements. Ellen feels that dance is one of the most exquisite forms of human communication and expression, and has worked for over 30 years to learn how to use her body in this beautiful language. It has allowed her to appreciate and embrace that delicate quality of life that is female. She has grown to to love the graceful, fluid lines involved in a simple movement and tries to capture that elegant simplicity in her work as a metalsmith.

Juried Art Shows

American Craft Council Baltimore Wholesale Show

American Craft Council Sarasota Retail Show

Winter Park Art Festival

Gasparilla Arts Festival

Festival of the Masters

St. Stephen’s Coconut Grove

Mainsail Arts Festival

Art Harvest

Temple Beth-El Arts Festival

Craft Art, Florida Craftsmen

Santa Fe Community College Spring Arts Festival

Tarpon Springs Art Festival

Melbourne Art Festival

Isle of Eight Flags Art Festival

Arts on the River Savannah

Publications

Book: Creative Silver Chains by Chantal Lise

            Saunders, published 2005 by Lark Books

Article: Romance Woven With Elegance by Jenny

            Carey: Nov.-Dec. 2006 Issue of Flair         

           Magazine, published by the Tampa Tribune: