BIO

Steve Ellis is a painter and sculptor working in New York City's Lower East Side and the Catskills, NY. His representational technique uses pop culture iconography to explore various issues including contemporary consumerism.

His series have investigated the transitory beauty of American popular culture, featuring consumer detritus such as torn magazines, broken high-heeled shoes, crashed cars and cigarette lighters.

Ellis has exhibited extensively throughout the U.S. and internationally at venues including American Fine Arts, Cuchifritos, ClampArt, The Hole, The Gershwin Hotel and Grand Central Station's Vanderbilt Hall. Ellis' works are held in private collections in Tokyo, Rome, Australia, Seoul, Moscow, Singapore, AbuDhabi, Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami, Dallas, New York, and London.

SELECT EXHIBITIONS

2013 "Ponds, Mirrors and Kaleidoscopes" curated by Thomas Woodruff, SVA alumni show
2013 "Surge Protection", New Museum New Ideas Biennial Event, gallery nine5, NY
2013 "Fun House (part 1)", Truth & Beauty Gallery, LA
2012 "Caves and Nests", Jasper White and Steve Ellis, gallery nine5, NYC
2012 "Dollar Bill Show" curated Andy Smenos, Littlefield, Brooklyn, NY
2012 "Art Southampton Fair", gallery nine5 booth, Southampton, NY
2012 "Nosebleed", curated by Erik Foss, Fuse Gallery, NYC
2011 "The Armory Show", "Tools of the Craft" paintings in VIP lounges, NYC
2011 "Verge Brooklyn Art Fair", booth #3 curated Samantha Levin, NYC
2011 "Art Machine" by Alife, The Hole Gallery, NYC
2010 "Manifest Destiny" gallery nine5, NYC (solo)
2010 "The Language of Space" curated by Ian Cofre, Ligne Roset, NYC
2010 "Guit-Art" curated by Kii Arens, Amphetamine Reptile, Minneapolis, MN
2010 "In With The New" Gawker Art Show, NYC
2010 "Neointegrity II", curated by Keith Mayerson, Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art, NYC
 2010 "Imaging the Apple" AC Institute, NYC
 2010 "SCOPE Art Fair" gallery nine5, NYC
 2010 "Not Safe For Work" Gawker Art Show, NYC
 2009 "Dime Bag" curated by Jordin Isip. Giant  Robot, NY
 2009 "Talking Trash" gallery nine5, NYC (solo)
 2009 "+2" Sloan Fine Art, NYC
2009 "One Night Stand Anonymous Show" Envoy Gallery, NYC
 2008 "LouvreFritos" CuchiFritos Gallery, NYC
2008 "Governor's Island Independent Art Fair", NYC
 2008 "Summer Salon" Sloan Fine Art, NYC
2008 "Infinity SS vs. Gentritron" Essex Gallery, NYC
 2007 "These Bagels Are Gnarly" curated by Rich Jacobs, Cinders. Brooklyn, NY
 2007 "Chop Show" Frank's Chop Shop Gallery, NYC
 2007 "American Contemporary" Webb's Gallery, New Zealand
 2007 "Tools of the Craft" Benefit for The Pat Hearn & Colin de Land Cancer Foundation, NYC (solo)
 2007 "Bridge Art Fair" Leo -Kesting Gallery, Chicago, IL
 2007 "Week of Warhol", Gershwin Hotel, NYC
 2006 "A Piece Apart", Aidan Savoy Gallery, NYC
 2006 "Blue Sky" Capla - Kesting Gallery, Brooklyn, NYC
 2006 "Fanatic Voyage", The Studio @ 620, St. Petersburg, FL
 2005 "A Pop Culture Horror Show Made Safe on Canvas", B.A.I.R.E. Gallery, NYC (solo)
 2005 "Tsunami Benefit Art Show", Soho House, NYC
 2004 "Surface 2 Air Installation", Tokyo, Japan
 2004 "Pantagonist Show", Clayton's Outlaw Art Gallery, NYC
 2003 "Surface 2 Air Movie Poster Show", NYC
 2003 "The Atrocity Exhibition", Clampart, NYC
 2003 "Wild Nights: Remembering Colin De Land", CB's Gallery, NYC
 2002 "The Meaning of Style", Brooklyn Front, NYC
2001 "Pieter Schoolwerth / Steve Ellis", American Fine Arts, NYC
 1999 "The Turning of the Century", Lexington Armory, NYC
 1997 "Yugo Next", Vanderbilt Hall, NYC

PRESS

2010 How Journal curated by Genevieve and Liz Dimmitt
2010 Interview on Bloginity.com
2010 CuratedMag
2010 Arts Fairs International & NY Arts Top 12 Art Fairs This Week in NY!
2008 Black Rainbow Extraordinaire Magazine
 2008 Animalnewyork.com "Trashy Rags to Riches"
 2007 NPR at Bridge Art Fair, artist mention
2006 New York Times, Aug 20, "Looking for a Way to Keep Rome Burning"
2006 Motherfucker Party Independence Day Freakout
2006 St. Petersburg Times, Jan 25
2004 Flaunt Magazine, Cover Art, Feb
2003 Flaunt Magazine, "Catching Sparks" by Greg Garry, May
2002 Relax Magazine, Tokyo, "Zoo York Connection" by Yuka Owakoshi, De
2002 Village Voice, "Fly Life" by Tricia Romano, June
2002 HOW Magazine, "Behind the Design", Feb
2002 New York Post, "Live In A Shop?" by Sadie Nardini, Feb 24
1999 People Magazine, "Picks and Pans, The Magic Show", Dec
1999 L.A. Times, "Mark Setteduccati Has a Few Tricks Up His Sleeve" Dec

WORK EXPERIENCE

1997-PRESENT Adjunct Professor, School of Visual Arts, NYC

EDUCATION

1994 School of Visual Arts, BFA