Black Swans
20" x 16"
Oil on Panel
$725

Ellie Vergura

Chicago-based oil painter Ellie Vergura received her Bachelor's in Studio Art at Agnes Scott College in 2019. Her work has been sold to numerous collectors in the States and abroad, including in France, England, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Germany, Australia and Canada. Her work has been exhibited in several U.S.-based group exhibitions and has been featured in magazines including Interior Design, Traditional Home, and Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles.

In 2021, Vergura was commissioned by Soho Myriad to create a large work for the Tribune Tower Residences in Chicago and was a final candidate artist for the Chicago Hyatt Regency re-model. In 2022, she earned a spot with Level57 Art Studio under the Deljou Art Group and was featured in their Summer 2023 Collection. In 2023, her work was featured in the Fall issue of Traditional Home magazine and in an exhibition review from Chicago Reader. In 2024, she debuted her first solo exhibition, ARDOR, with Jackson Junge Gallery and was featured in the widely acclaimed Interior Design magazine with a write-up covering her solo exhibition. She was also interviewed by WDCB Radio in their Arts Section segment which aired live in Chicago. In 2025, she released her first collection with the high-end home design brand, Theodore Alexander.

Artist Statement:

Vergura favors simplicity and a neutral palette. Revisiting iconic architecture and grandiose scenes with a "less is more" approach, she distills the essence of ornamentation and passersby in silhouette. The artist is influenced by her great-grandmother's 1920s fashion illustrations and draws regularly on such imagery in sketches and when planning her figures. She also pulls inspiration from city dwellers in her home of Chicago and elsewhere, as well as her family's ancestral home of Italy. Vergura intimately captures the nostalgia of a single moment, along with each space's tremendous history.

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