b. Raleigh, North Carolina, 1971
lives and works in Brooklyn, New York

Selected Solo Exhibitions and Collaborations
2008
2006
  • Red Gallery, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia “Dawn's Early Light
    curated by Matthew Mascotte; catalogue essay by Carlo McCormick (pdf - o o o o o o )
  • Zoller Gallery, Penn State University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, “Motion Paintings
  • Rice University Gallery Houston, Texas, “Conversation” (site - o )
2005 Jessica Murray Projects, New York, NY, “Orchestrion
2004
  • Lump Gallery Raleigh, North Carolina, “Boars Head / Wars Head” ( o )
  • 222 Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, “Beat Box / A Painting is a Drum” ( o )
2003 Agnes B Homme, New York, NY, “Request Line
2002
Selected Group Exhibitions
2008
2007
2006
  • Publico, Cincinnati, Ohio, “Music Show” ( o )
  • Lump Gallery, Raleigh, North Carolina, “Good & Thuggy
  • Space Gallery, Portland, Maine, “Salvage + Assemble
  • Monkeytown, Brooklyn, New York, “Live Scores
  • South Eastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston Salem, North Carolina, “Motion Barn
  • Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico, “Casita
  • ResFest, International film festival, “Letter to the President
2005
  • P.S. 1 / MoMA, Long Island City, NY, “Greater New York 2005
    (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; 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 Number 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, NY, “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, NY, “Grotto
  • Ex'Realm, Tokyo, Japan, “Final Modification 001
  • Lance Fung, New York, NY, “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, NY, “Vox
  • 2000 Downtown Arts Festival, New York, New York, “Cirk and Watching Paint Dry
    Selected Public Projects
    2006
    • The Bridge Progressive Arts Initiative, Charlottesville, Virginia, “We People” ( o o o )
    • Miss Rockaway Armada, Mississippi River, “Hive Mind Sound System
    • Deitch Projects Art Parade, New York, New York, “It's Yours” ( o )
    • 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
    • The Number 9, The Letter 0, and Zero”, Sesame Street
    • 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
    Residencies
    2008
    • Theory Icon Project, New York, NY David Ellis - Flyway
    • The Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (upcoming, February 08)
    • Metal, Liverpool, United Kingdom (upcoming, Summer 08)
    2004
    Selected Bibliography
    2007
    • Art Review, Future Greats Issue, March 2008 by Mark Rappolt
    2007
    • Jim and Karla Murray, Burning New York : Graffiti NYC, Ginko Press
    • 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
    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
    Education
    1994 BFA, Cooper Union, New York, NY

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