Buck Ellison (born 1987) [1] is an American visual artist, known for his photography. [2] [3] [4] He lives and works in Los Angeles.
Buck Ellison was born in 1987 in San Francisco, California. [1] He received a BA degree in German literature from Columbia University, in 2010; and an MFA degree from the Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main in 2014. [1] [5]
Through collages, films, and photographs, he produces a deep network of inquiry into how whiteness and privilege are sustained and broadcast. [6] [2]
Ellison has exhibited at The Hammer Museum, [7] [8] and has been in group exhibitions including the 16th Lyon Biennial, 2022, [9] the Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, 2022, [10] Made in L.A. 2020: a version, The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; The Huntington Libraries and Museum, Pasadena, 2020 (cat.), [7] Antarctica, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, 2018 [11] The Sun Placed In The Abyss, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, 2016 (cat.) [9] among others.
His work has been reviewed in Aperture, [6] Artforum, [5] ArtReview, the British Journal of Photography, Flash Art, [12] Kaleidoscope, Mousse magazine, The New Yorker, The New York Times, and Texte zur Kunst. [1] [13]
His first monograph, Living Trust, won the Paris Photo-Aperture Best PhotoBook Award 2020. [4]
His work is in the museum collections of the Aïshti Foundation, The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), [14] Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. [15]
Buck Ellison (born 1987) [1] is an American visual artist, known for his photography. [2] [3] [4] He lives and works in Los Angeles.
Buck Ellison was born in 1987 in San Francisco, California. [1] He received a BA degree in German literature from Columbia University, in 2010; and an MFA degree from the Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main in 2014. [1] [5]
Through collages, films, and photographs, he produces a deep network of inquiry into how whiteness and privilege are sustained and broadcast. [6] [2]
Ellison has exhibited at The Hammer Museum, [7] [8] and has been in group exhibitions including the 16th Lyon Biennial, 2022, [9] the Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, 2022, [10] Made in L.A. 2020: a version, The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; The Huntington Libraries and Museum, Pasadena, 2020 (cat.), [7] Antarctica, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, 2018 [11] The Sun Placed In The Abyss, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, 2016 (cat.) [9] among others.
His work has been reviewed in Aperture, [6] Artforum, [5] ArtReview, the British Journal of Photography, Flash Art, [12] Kaleidoscope, Mousse magazine, The New Yorker, The New York Times, and Texte zur Kunst. [1] [13]
His first monograph, Living Trust, won the Paris Photo-Aperture Best PhotoBook Award 2020. [4]
His work is in the museum collections of the Aïshti Foundation, The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), [14] Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. [15]