BORN
1971, Raleigh, NC
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
EDUCATION
1994 BFA, Cooper Union, New York, NY
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS AND COLLABORATIONS
2009
- “Constant Flow”, New Image Art, Los Angeles, CA
- “OX BLOOD: New Work by David Ellis”, Webb’s, New Zealand
2008
- David Ellis, Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV
- “David Ellis: Uh-oh”, Country Club, Cincinnati, OH
- “Dozens”, Roebling Hall, New York, NY
2006
- “Dawn’s Early Light”, curated by Matthew Mascotte, catalogue essay by Carlo McCormick, Red Gallery, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
- “Motion Paintings”, Zoller Gallery, Penn State University, Philadelphia, PA
- “Conversation”, Rice University Gallery Houston, TX
2005
- “Orchestrion”, Jessica Murray Projects, New York, NY
2004
- “Boars Head / Wars Head”, Lump Gallery Raleigh, NC
- “Beat Box / A Painting is a Drum”, 222 Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2003
- “Request Line”, Agnes B Homme, New York, NY
2002
- “Like the Motion of Water”, Jessica Murray Projects, Brooklyn, NY
- “David Ellis”, Korn Gallery, Drew University, Madison, NJ
- “Paint on Trucks in a World in Need of Love”, Tidal, Osaka, Japan
- “Roots, Branches, and Leaves”, Gas / Dyezu Experiment, Tokyo, Japan
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008
- “Inner/Outer Space”, Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, PA
- “Transformers”, Corridor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
- “2003-2008”, Publico, Cincinnati, OH
2007
- “Rubicon Sun: David Ellis and Doze Green”, Fifty24 SF Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- NADA Art Fair, with Roebling Hall, Miami, FL
- Zoo Art Fair, with Roebling Hall, London, UK
- “Heap”, with Swoon and Monica Canilao, Black Rat Press Gallery, London, UK
- “50,000 Beds”, curated by Chris Doyle, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT
- “Ensemble”, curated by Christian Marclay, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
- “Animated Painting”, curated by Betti-Sue Hertz, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA
- “Brodeo”, New Image Art, Los Angeles, CA
- “BMG Artists’ Annual ‘07”, Black Market Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- “Burning House” with Swoon and Faile, New Image Art, Los Angeles, CA
- “Doodle Crush”, collaborations with Kiku Yamaguchi, Lump Gallery, Raleigh, NC
- “10 Curators (10th Anniversary)”, Colette, Paris, France
- “Music Show II”, Publico and Shake It Records, Cincinnati, OH
- “Graffiti stories”, MIAM (Musée des arts Modestes), Séte, France
- “Graffiti stories”, Abbaye d’Auberives, France
- “elevator mural project”, with Doze Green, 30 Bond Street, New York, NY
2006
- “Music Show”, Publico, Cincinnati, OH
- “Good & Thuggy”, Lump Gallery, Raleigh, NC
- “Salvage + Assemble”, Space Gallery, Portland, ME
- “Live Scores”, Monkeytown, Brooklyn, NY
- “Motion Barn”, South Eastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston Salem, NC
- “Casita”, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- “Letter to the President”, ResFest, International film festival
2005
- “Greater New York 2005”, curated by Klaus Biesenbach, Robert Nikkas, Amy Smith-Stewart, P.S. 1 / MoMA,Long Island City, NY (catalogue)
- “GADGET: Mechanics and Motion in Contemporary Art”, curated by Matt Distel, orchestrion installation exhibited alongside Fernand Léger and George Antheil’s Ballet Mechanique, 1923-24, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
- “Digital Cotton”, curated by Matthew Mascotte, Savannah Gallery, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA
- “Urban Edge”, SPAZIO P4 Milan, Italy
- “360”, Atlantic ArtWalk Brooklyn, NY
2004
- “Paint on Trucks in a World in Need of Love”, MoMA, Queens, NY
- “Barnstormers Selected Films”, AIGA Move Conference, New York, NY
- NADA Art Fair, under the auspices of Jessica Murray Projects, Miami, FL
- “2004 Studio Artists: 9X”, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY
- “Psych-Opus, and B-Stormers Mural”, The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI
- “Motion Paintings”, South Eastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston Salem, NC
- “Ill Communication”, Urbis Museum, Manchester, England
- “Grotto 2”, Jessica Murray Projects, New York, NY
- “Beautiful Losers”, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
- “Compost, Doze Green and David Ellis”, Studio Number 1, Los Angeles, CA
2003
- “Unseen Messages”, Transport Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- “Hive Mind Sound System”, Lump Gallery/Projects, Raleigh, NC
- “Smudge Good”, CWC Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- “NYC Now”, Galerie Du Jour, Agnes B., Paris, France
- “Bazaar”, Cuchifritos, New York, NY
- “Coast to Coast”, Punch Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- “Letter to the President”, Res Fest, International film festival
- “Apostrophe”, Mori Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2002
- “Live Painting with John Ellis Quintet”, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
- “Art Nights”, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- “Streetwise One”, Apart, London, England
- “Grotto”, Jessica Murray Projects, Brooklyn, NY
- “Final Modification 001”, Ex’Realm, Tokyo, Japan
- “Painting is Dead... Or Is It?”, Lance Fung, New York, NY
2001
- “One Planet Under a Groove”, Bronx Museum, Bronx, NY
- “No Condition is Permanent”, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY
- “San Francisco, California, Rappers Delight”, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, CA
- “The Art of Breaking”, Downtown Arts Festival, New York, NY
- “Clocktower Show”, P.S. 1, Clocktower Gallery, New York, NY
- “Vox”, Kent Gallery, New York, NY
2000
- “Cirk and Watching Paint Dry”, Downtown Arts Festival, New York, NY
SELECTED PUBLIC PROJECTS
2006
- “We People”, The Bridge Progressive Arts Initiative, Charlottesville, VA
- “Hive Mind Sound System”, Miss Rockaway Armada, Mississippi River
- “It’s Yours”, Deitch Projects Art Parade, New York, NY
- “Su”, Atlantic Artwalk, Brooklyn, NY
2005
- “Bound”, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
2003
- Altoids Sponsored Wall of Fame, Brooklyn, NY
2002
- “The Number 9, The Letter 0, and Zero”, Sesame Street Mother Mural, London, England
2000
- “Mural and Gourd-Speaker Installation”, GSSA, Osaka, Japan
1996
- “Mural”, Village Vanguard, New York, NY
ONGOING
- “The Spitune Juice Project”, walls and trucks throughout the greater New York area
- “Barnstormers Barn Painting Project”, Cameron, NC
- “B-boy Floor Mat Roto-Relief and Video Project”, Bronx, NY
RESIDENCIES
2009
2008
- “Flyway”, Theory Icon Project, New York, NY
- The Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, PA
2004
- Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2008
- Rappolt, Mark. Art Review, Future Greats Issue, March 2008
- Wolff, Rachel, “Winged Victory”, ARTnews, June 2008
2007
- “SHAFT: David Ellis & Doze Green”, San Francisco: Fifty24SF
- Tactile - High Touch Visuals, Die Gestalten Verlag
- BLK/MRKT Gallery 2 by Jana Des Forges & Dave Kinsey, Die Gestalten Verlag
- “David Ellis” by Joey Garfield. Juxtapoz magazine, March 2007 Visionaire Sound Issue
2006
- Visionaire- Sound Issue
- Burning New York: Graffiti NYC, Jim and Karla Murray, Ginko Press
2005
- Irene Shum, “David Ellis” Greater New York Book, P.S.1 / MoMA
- Christopher Chambers, “David Ellis / Jessica Murray Projects” Flash Art, November-December 2005
- “David Ellis/ Jessica Murray Projects,” Tema Celeste, November/December 2005
- Heartney, Eleanor, “Report from New York 1...” Art in America, June/July 2005
- Kimmelman, Michael, “Youth and the Market,” New York Times, March 18, 2005
2004
- Chang, Alexandra, “Urban Improv...” Art Asia Pacific, March, 2004
2002
- Glickman, Adam, “Disobedients,” Tokion Magazine, April 2002
2001
- Garfield, Joey, “Barnstormers,” Tokion Magazine, June 2001
- Erickson, Emily, “Color Coded,” ArtForum, May 2001
2000
- Turner, Grady, “Barnstormers,” Flash Art, Summer 2000
1998
- Smith, Roberta, “Brooklyn Haven for Art...” New York Times, Friday, Nov. 6 1998
|
