Ella Bishop-Heil is a multidisciplinary visual artist whose “meticulous” artwork are acclaimed as “capturing the intrinsic beauty in humankind and nature”. Ella is a published cover and interior comic artist. Her award-winning fine art paintings have been displayed in the Nicolaysen Art Museum, Lynchburg’s Academy Center of the Arts, and the U.S. Capitol Building. She creates eldritch-slasher horror comic Hyperbole, and is lead cartoonist for Oil City News‘ weekly print newspaper.
Ella is the creator-editor of Strange on the Range: Zine, an annual print publication dedicated to Wyoming comic artists and illustrators – hailed as “Wyoming’s premier comics project“.
Ella is a woman in STEM and earned a Bachelor of Science in Ecology from the University of Wyoming. She pursues a decorated career in land conservation and environmental restoration. Based in Casper, WY.
Ella’s CV
Cartoonist ∙ Oil City News’ The Weekly ∙ Present
Editor + Founder ∙ Strange on the Range: Zine ∙ Present
Conservation Manager ∙ Pathfinder Ranches, Alcova WY ∙ Present
B.Sc. in Rangeland Ecology and Watershed Management ∙ University of Wyoming, Laramie WY ∙ May 2020
Published Works:
► Cover Art, Strange on the Range Issue 2 ∙ October 2025
► Cartoon Strips, Oil City News’ The Weekly ∙ June 2025 – Ongoing
► Cover Art, Strange on the Range Issue 1 ∙ October 2024
► Interior Pin-Up, Bret Norwood’s Spinner #1 ∙ June 2024
► Interior Pin-Up, Delusional Comic’s Blueprint #1 Schematic Edition ∙ June 2024
Shows and Exhibitions:
► Art321 ∙ Featured Artist ∙ March 2025
► Art321 ∙ Group Show ∙ October 2024
► Robert A. Peck Arts Center ∙ Juried Group Show ∙ August – October 2024
► Racca’s ∙ Solo Show ∙ First Thursday’s ArtWalk ∙ August 2024
► Metro Downtown ∙ Solo Show ∙ May and June 2024
► Nicolaysen Art Museum ∙ Juried Group Show ∙ January 2024
► Art321 ∙ Juried Group Show ∙ September 2023
Awards:
► Honorable Mention ∙ Art321’s Water Media ∙ October 2024
► Finalist ∙ Light of the West National Juried Photography Exhibit ∙ August 2024
► Winner ∙ Wyoming Craft Brewer’s Guild 2024 Pint Glass Art Contest ∙ April 2024
► Finalist ∙ Winterfest Juried Photography Exhibit ∙ January 2024
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