b. Raleigh, North Carolina, 1971
Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2006
Red Gallery, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia, Dawn’s Early Light (curated by Matthew Mascotte with catalogue, essay by Carlo McCormick)
Zoller Gallery, Penn State University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Motion Paintings
Rice University Gallery, Houston, Texas, Conversation
Res Fest, International film festival, Letter to the President
Monkeytown, Brooklyn, New York, Live Scores
2005
Jessica Murray Projects, New York, New York, Orchestrion
2004
Lump Gallery, Raleigh, North Carolina, Boars Head / Wars Head
222 Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Beat Box, A Painting is a Drum
2003
Agnes B Homme, New York, New York, Request Line
2002
Jessica Murray Projects, Brooklyn, New York, Like the Motion of Water
Korn Gallery, Drew University, Madison, New Jersey, David Ellis
Tidal, Osaka, Japan, Paint on Trucks in a World in Need of Love,
Gas / Dyzue Experiment, Tokyo, Japan, Roots, Branches, and Leaves
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007
San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, California, Animated Painting (curated by Betti-Sue Hertz)
New Image Art, Los Angeles, California, (curated by Faile)
Black Market Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Lump Gallery. Raliegh, North Carolina (curated by Bill Thelen)
2006
Publico, Cincinatti, Ohio, Music Show
Lump Gallery, Raleigh, North Carolina, Good & Thuggy
Space Gallery, Portland, Maine, Salvage & Assemble
South Eastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston Salem, North Carolina, Motion Barn
Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Casita
2005
P.S. 1/MoMA, Long Island City, New York, Greater New York (curated by Klaus Biesenbach,
Robert Nikkas, Amy Smith-Stewart with catalogue)
Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, GADGET: Mechanics and Motion in Contemporary Art
(curated by Matt Distel) Ellis’ Orchestrion installation exhibited alongside Fernand Léger and George Antheil’s Ballet Mechanique, 1923-24
Savannah Gallery, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, Georgia, Digital Cotton (curated by Matthew Mascotte)
SPAZIO P4, Milan, Italy, Urban Edge
Atlantic ArtWalk, Brooklyn, New York, 360
2004
MoMA, Queens, New York, Paint on Trucks in a World in Need of Love
AIGA Move Conference, New York, New York, Barnstormers Selected Films
NADA Art Fair, Miami, Florida (under the auspices of Jessica Murray Projects)
Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, New York, 2004 Studio Artists: 9X
The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii, Psych-Opus, and B-Stormers Mural
South Eastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston Salem, North Carolina, Motion Paintings
Urbis Museum, Manchester, England, Ill Communication
Jessica Murray Projects, New York, New York, Grotto 2
Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, Beautiful Losers, Aaron Rose
Studio 1, Los Angeles, California, Compost, Doze Green and David Ellis
2003
Transport Gallery, Los Angeles, California, Unseen Messages
Lump Gallery/Projects, Raleigh, North Carolina, Hive Mind Sound System
CWC Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, Smudge Good
Galerie Du Jour, Agnes B, Paris, France, NYC Now
Cuchifritos, New York, New york, Bazaar
Punch Gallery, San Francisco, California, Coast to Coast
Res Fest, international film festival, Letter to the President
Mori Museum, Tokyo, Japan, Apostrophe
2002
Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, Live Painting with John Ellis Quintet,
Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Art Nights
Apart, London, England, Streetwise One
Jessica Murray Projects, Brooklyn, New York, Grotto
Ex’Realm, Tokyo, Japan, Final Modification 001
Lance Fung, New York, New York, Painting is Dead… Or Is It?
2001
Bronx Museum, Bronx, New York, One Planet Under a Groove
Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, New York, No Condition is Permanent
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, California, Rappers Delight
Downtown Arts Festival, New York, New York, The Art of Breaking
P.S. 1, Clocktower Gallery, New York, NY, Clocktower Show
Kent Gallery, New York, New York, Vox
2000
Downtown Arts Festival, New York, New York, Cirk and Watching Paint Dry
SELECTED PUBLIC PROJECTS
2006
Bridge Progressive Arts, Charlottesville, Virginia, We People
Miss Rockaway Armada, Mississippi River, Hive Mind Sound System
Deitch Projects Art Parade, New York, New York, It’s Yours
Atlantic Artwalk, Brooklyn, NY, Su
2005
Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia, Bound
2003
Altoids Sponsored Wall of Fame, Brooklyn, New York
2002
Mother Mural, London, England
2000
GSSA, Osaka, Japan, Mural and Gourd-Speaker Installation
1996
Village Vanguard, New York, New York, Mural
Ongoing
The Spitune Juice Project, Walls and trucks throughout the greater New York area
Barnstormers Barn Painting Project, Cameron, North Carolina
B-boy Floor Mat Roto-Relief and Video Project, Bronx, New York
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2006
Visionaire- Sound Issue (forthcoming)
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
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, “Disobiedients,” 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
EDUCATION
BFA,1994, Cooper Union, New York, New York
View more of David’s work at: http://david-ellis.org/
