Ellen Heck studied printmaking and painting at the School of the Art Institute in Chicago and is currently living and working as a fine art printmaker in California's Bay Area. An artist-in-residence at Kala Art Institute and artist-member of the California Society of Printmakers, her work is currently being represented by Wally Workman Gallery in Austin, Groveland Gallery in Minneapolis, Armstrong Fine Arts in Chicago, and Kala Art Institute in Berkeley.