High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Ellen Frances (born 1981 Kansas City, Kansas) is an American artist, creative director and video director. She currently lives and works in New York City. Ellen studied design at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and later attended Parsons The New School for Design on scholarship. She initially worked as a studio assistant for Ryan McGinness, but soon after went on to work for major companies such as DKNY, Nautica, Atlantic Records / WMG, Fuse TV, VH1, and Madison Square Garden, Inc..; while simultaneously finding successes as a fine artist, DJ and blogger.