JJJJJerome Ellis

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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.

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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

Ellis 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

Ellis 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

Books

Notes

  1. ↑ Ellis uses all pronouns. [1] This article uses they/them pronouns for consistency.

References

  1. 1 2 "About". JJJJJerome Ellis. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Thompson, Shy. "JJJJJerome Ellis: The Clearing". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
  4. ↑ "United States Artists » Award" . Retrieved 2024-05-29.
  5. ↑ "JJJJJerome Ellis | FCA Grant Recipient". www.foundationforcontemporaryarts.org. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
  6. ↑ "JJJJJerome Ellis". Creative Capital. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
  7. ↑ "JJJJJerome Ellis - MacDowell Fellow in Interdisciplinary Arts". MacDowell. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
  8. ↑ "Whitney Biennial 2024: Even Better Than the Real Thing". whitney.org. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
  9. ↑ Diop, Arimeta (2024-04-02). "The Whitney Biennial Welcomes a "Dissonant Chorus" of Artists". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
  10. ↑ Koenig, Andrew. "Aster of Ceremonies". Harvard Review. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
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