ELLEN BABCOCK draws inspiration from landscapes and from a panoply of materials for her sculptures and installations. She has exhibited at numerous Bay Area galleries, including the San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, Southern Exposure, the Headlands Center for the Arts, the Exploratorium and Ampersand International Arts. She recently completed an artist residency at San Francisco Recycling and Disposal and was a resident with the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.  She was awarded the Cadogan Fellowship, the Dennis Leon faculty award, and the Headlands Center for the Arts studio award, and was a Headlands affiliate artist from 2002-2004. She is currently an assistant professor of sculpture at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, and calls both New Mexico and San Francisco home.