Darrel Ellis
Darrel Ellis | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1958 Bronx |
| Died | 1992 (aged 33–34) |
| Known for | Photography |
Darrel Ellis (1958–1992) was an American painter and photographer.
Ellis was born in 1958 in Bronx, New York. In 1979 Ellis was the recipient of a P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center studio residency. He shared the space with fellow artist James Wentzy.[1] Ellis also studied at Cooper Union and the Whitney Independent Study program.[2]
Ellis participated in the 1989 exhibition Witnesses: Against Our Vanishing at the Artists Space gallery in New York.[3] In 1992 Ellis work was included in the Museum of Modern Art's New Photography 8 exhibition.[4] Ellis died the same year at the age of 33 from an AIDS-related illness.[5]
A 2022 retrospective of Ellis's work entitled Darrel Ellis: Regeneration was organized by the Baltimore Museum of Art[6] and the Bronx Museum.[7][8] The exhibition traveled to the Columbia Museum of Art,[5] and the Milwaukee Art Museum,[9]
His work was included in the 2025 exhibition Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955–1985 at the National Gallery of Art. [2]
Ellis's works are in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art,[10] and the Whitney Museum of American Art.[11]
References
- ^ Pearl, Max (19 May 2023). "Will a Retrospective Revive Interest in Darrel Ellis's Experimental Images?". Aperture. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
- ^ a b Brookman, Philip; Willis, Deborah (2025). Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955-1985. New Haven London: Yale University Press. p. 255. ISBN 9780300283501.
- ^ Wiley, Chris (14 December 2021). "An Artist Lost to AIDS Finally Gets His Due". The New Yorker. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
- ^ "New Photography 8: Dieter Appelt, Ellen Brooks, Darrel Ellis, Dennis Farber, Robert Flynt, Mary Miss, Gundula Schulze and Toshio Shibata". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
- ^ a b "Darrel Ellis: Regeneration". Columbia Museum of Art. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
- ^ "Darrel Ellis: Regeneration". Baltimore Museum of Art. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
- ^ Liberty, Megan N. (29 July 2024). "Darrel Ellis: Regeneration |". The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
- ^ "Darrel Ellis: Regeneration". The Bronx Museum. 19 October 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
- ^ "Darrel Ellis: Regeneration". Milwaukee Art Museum. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
- ^ "Darrel Ellis". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
- ^ "Darrel Ellis". Whitney Museum of American Art. Retrieved 23 January 2026.