Jerome Ellis (born 1989), who goes by JJJJJerome Ellis,[1] is a multimedia artist, musician, composer, writer, and performer. Their[a] work concerns disability, justice, temporality, and historical experience. The artist's dysfluency informs their practice. Ellis currently lives in Norfolk, Virginia.
Their debut album, The Clearing (2021), accompanied by a book, is described as a score of stuttering[2] and an act of resistance against performative fluency.[3]
Awards and recognition
editEllis has been awarded a United States Artists Fellowship (2022),[4] a Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists Award (2022),[5] and a Creative Capital Grant (2022).[6] The artist received MacDowell residency Fellowships in 2019 and 2022.[7]
Exhibitions
editEllis is represented twice in the 2024 Whitney Biennial as a solo artist and a member of the People Who Stutter Create (PWSC) collective.[8][9]
Discography
edit- 2021 – The Clearing
Books
edit- 2021 – The Clearing. New York: Wendy's Subway, 2021.
- 2023 – Aster of Ceremonies. Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions, 2023.[10]
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "About". JJJJJerome Ellis. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
- ^ Morris, Kadish (2021-11-10). "Artist and stutterer JJJJJerome Ellis: 'So much pain comes from not feeling fully human'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
- ^ Thompson, Shy. "JJJJJerome Ellis: The Clearing". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
- ^ "United States Artists » Award". Retrieved 2024-05-29.
- ^ "JJJJJerome Ellis | FCA Grant Recipient". www.foundationforcontemporaryarts.org. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
- ^ "JJJJJerome Ellis". Creative Capital. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
- ^ "JJJJJerome Ellis - MacDowell Fellow in Interdisciplinary Arts". MacDowell. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
- ^ "Whitney Biennial 2024: Even Better Than the Real Thing". whitney.org. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
- ^ Diop, Arimeta (2024-04-02). "The Whitney Biennial Welcomes a "Dissonant Chorus" of Artists". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
- ^ Koenig, Andrew. "Aster of Ceremonies". Harvard Review. Retrieved 2024-05-30.