Ellen Picken (b. 1980) explores complex themes of existence, ritual, and nature, reflecting her deep engagement with the materials and landscapes that shape her practice. Best known for her monumental public artworks, Picken has created large-scale murals across the United States for prominent organizations like Adobe, Google, and NYC Department of Transportation. She has exhibited regionally and internationally at venues including Lowell Ryan Projects (Los Angeles, CA), Samsøn (New York, NY), Gage Academy (Seattle, WA), GlogauAIR (Berlin, GER), Gallery One (Ellensburg, WA), and Entropy Gallery (Spokane, WA). Picken holds a BFA in Printmaking and a BA in Visual Communication Design from Eastern Washington University. She resides in Spokane, Washington.
Murals
2025 Cannonball Arts, Level 1, Seattle, WA
2024 Ironside, HDG, STROOM - Spokane, WA
2024 Lift Partners - Kent, WA
2023 Lift Partners - Seattle, WA
2023 Cambria Hotel - Spokane, WA
2022 PayPal HQ - Danielle Whol Art Services -San Jose, CA
2022 Lift Partners - Redmond, WA
2022 Spokane Transit Authority - Bus Station Design, Spokane, WA
2022 McKinstry Co-Working - Design Well Spent Co. - Spokane, WA
2022 Porch + Park, Redmond, WA - NineDot Arts
2022 Peace Justice Action League - Community Building - Spokane, WA
2022 Bryerton Residence, Seattle, WA
2021 Volkswagen - Gensler - Redmond, WA
2020 Adobe INC - Seattle, WA
2020 Lift Partners - Olsen Kundig - Kent, WA
2020 Lift Partners - Olsen Kundig - Seattle, WA
2019 Google - Mithun - Seattle, WA
2019 Jewel Box Salon, Spokane, WA
2019 Flatstick Pub - Spokane, WA
2019 Facebook - Bellevue, WA
2018 NYC Department of Transportation - Williamsburg Brooklyn, NY
2018 Purple Purse Campaign - Allstate Foundation - Seattle, WA
2018 Stacks, Windoe for Standing Still music video, Spokane, WA
2018 Seven Dam Walls, Land/Escape, Terrain Gallery, Spokane, WA
2018 Flatstick Pub - RCL Design - Seattle, WA
2018 Elysian Brewing - Seattle, WA
2018 Fresh Soul, (interior mural) Eastside Reunion Association, Spokane, WA
2017 Schoolhouse Lofts - Cheney, WA
2017 SODO Track - 4Culture - Seattle, WA
2016 Ribbon - Friends of Coeur d’ Alene Park - Spokane, WA
2016 Moons of Jupiter - City of Spokane - Spokane, WA
2015 HTC Creative Lab, - Chadbourne & Doss Architects Seattle, WA
2015 Fresh Soul, (Exterior mural) Eastside Reunion Association, Spokane, WA
2015 Hotel Sorrento - Eagle Rock Ventures - Seattle, WA
2015 Love, Signal Boxes - Spokane Arts - Spokane, WA
2014 Perseid Meteor Shower - Spokane Arts - Spokane, WA
2014 Tracks, Spokane, WA
