EJ Hill

EJ Hill
Born 1985 (age 32–33)
Los Angeles California
Nationality American
Education Columbia College, UCLA
Known for Artist, performance, painting, sculpture, installation,
Notable work A Monumental Offering of Potential Energy

EJ Hill (born Ernest Joseph Hill in 1985) is a contemporary American artist from Los Angeles who works in durational performance, installation, painting, and collage.

Early life and education

EJ Hill was born in Los Angeles, California in 1985. As a child, Hill lived in South Central till he was eight years old. He then moved to Carson, and to Torance at 15 years old. At the age of 22, Hill started attending Columbia College, where he would be greatly influenced by the work of Chris Burden. After graduating, Hill returned to Los Angeles and studied at UCLA with Andrea Fraser and Jennifer Bolande.[1][2]

Work

EJ Hill is known for his durational performances in which he performs a simple gesture for prolonged periods, often to the point of physical exhaustion.[3] In 2016 the artist created "A Monumental Offer of Potential Energy" at the Studio Museum in Harlem. The work included a large wooden model roller coaster that Hill lay on at all times the Museum was open during the three-month exhibition. In 2017 Hill was included in the Underground Museum's exhibition "Artists of Color"[4]. [5][6][7]

EJ Hill also works in collage, painting, writing and sculpture.[8][9]

Awards

In 2014 Hill received a Fellowship for Visual Artists, from the California Community Foundation in Los Angeles and the Teaching Artist Fellowship at the Armory Center for the Arts in Pasadena. In 2015 Hill was an Artist-in-Residence at The Studio Museum in Harlem in New York, was awarded the Fellowship for Visual Artists from the California Community Foundation in Los Angeles, and was nominated for the Rema Hort Mann Foundation Emerging Artist grant in Los Angeles.[10][11] In 2016, Hill received the William H. Johnson Prize from the William H. Johnson Foundation for the Arts in Los Angeles. In 2017 Hill became the Artist-in-Residence at Praxis Studio at California State University in Dominguez Hills and has been shortlisted for the 2017 Future Generation Art Prize from the Victor Pinchuk Foundation in Kiev.[12] Hill received a Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists award (2018).

References

  1. ↑ "E.J. Hill and the Art of Endurance". November 12, 2014.
  2. ↑ "EJ Hill: In Conversation with Nicole Kaack".
  3. ↑ The New York Times (September 15, 2016). "What to See in New York Galleries This Week" – via NYTimes.com.
  4. ↑ "A show toying with unexpected ideas of color rises at the Underground Museum". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
  5. ↑ "Alive Someplace Better: EJ Hill's Horizontal Poetics by Amber Officer- Narvasa".
  6. ↑ "Meet Harlem's Newest Artists-in-Residence - Creators".
  7. ↑ "Painting, Performing, and Deconstructing the Body". October 20, 2016.
  8. ↑ "The Window and the Breaking of the Window".
  9. ↑ Thackara, Tess (April 12, 2016). "Up and Coming: EJ Hill Channels the Emotional Power of Endurance Art".
  10. ↑ "Gallery | Rema Hort Mann Foundation". www.remahortmannfoundation.org. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
  11. ↑ "Studio Museum in Harlem Announces Artists in Residence for 2015-16".
  12. ↑ "Short List for $100,000 Future Generation Art Prize Announced".
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