David Ellis 

B. 1971, North Carolina. New York City based

In his artwork, David Ellis explores the intersection of urban and rural land and mind-scapes, recorded conversations, music, and kinetic flow. Employing a finely tuned, improvisational style, Ellis delivers visual compositions, sound works, and tightly sequenced moving images that capture a singular search for the connectivity within any given environment. Ellis's process is one of of self reflection, debate and conversation with an ensemble of engineers, writers, artists and musicians, resulting in immersive and multi-sensory experiences shared with audiences over the course of days, sometimes weeks. David has dedicated himself to terraforming an alternate universe centered around a sonic, multi-dimensional, time-based lane entitled, “The Rainy Suns”. Examples can be heard and seen on all streaming platforms including Spotify, Youtube, and Instagram or experienced in person at a live event in a rare club, gallery, museum, school or street corner intervention.

Featured solo and collaborative installations and exhibitions include presentations at Rice University Gallery TX, The Center for Contemporary Art Cincinnati, SECCA Winston Salem, and the Walter Gropius designed, Huntington Museum of Art WV, His work has been included in group shows such as MoMa QNS, Greater New York at P.S. 1/ MoMA, Roebling Hall, Jeffery Deitch Projects and Joshua Liner Gallery in New York City. David Ellis has held residencies with SCAD’s Red Gallery, Landmarks, University of Texas, Austin and The Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, PA. He has been the recipient of numerous awards and grants, including the New York 2011 PULSE Prize. Prominent collections, include The Margulies Warehouse, The Deutsche Bank Collection, Saatchi Collection, Beth Rudin DeWoody, and Hadley Martin Fisher Collection. Notable commissions include work for Blue Note Records, Nobu Porcupine Creek CA, Neuehouse NYC, Ellis holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York, NY.