ellen hyrka was born on a tuesday in Memphis to a family full of musicians, romantics, and antics. she knew she was an artist the moment she put paint to paper, or glue to paper, or paint to wall, glue to skin, or whatever the first medium is you encounter as a toddler.
after earning her bfa in time-based art from the university of tennessee, she began a decade long career in tv & film. she worked on lots of cool and interesting documentary films and docu-series before deciding to return to her original love of making pretty visual objects. her preferred mediums include hand-built pottery, vector illustration, 3d modeling, 3d printing, digital collage, watercolor painting, charcoal rendering, cooking, video editing, playlist curation, photo retouching, and jewelry making.
ellen lives in los angeles with her partner and their beloved cat, waffles.