BUCK ELLISON
b. 1987, San Francisco
Lives and works in Los Angeles
MAIL
buckellisonstudio@gmail.com
SCHOOL
HFBK Frankfurt a.M. Städelschule, 2014
Columbia University, 2010
B.A. German Literature
B.A. Art
LECTURES
Department of Visual Arts, University of Chicago, 2023
Artists at the Institute, NYU Institute of Fine Arts Speaker Series, 2023
Buck Ellison in Conversation with Dr. Shamus Khan, Princeton University Effron Center for the Study of America, 2023
Buck Ellison in Conversation with Dr. Shamus Khan, Hammer Museum, 2021
Modern Art Notes Podcast, 2021
Huntington Museum, 2021
Nicholas Barlow on Buck Ellison, Hammer Museum, 2021
Paris Photo-Aperture Foundation, Delpire & Co., 2021
Louisiana Channel, Louisiana Museum, 2019
b. 1987, San Francisco
Lives and works in Los Angeles
buckellisonstudio@gmail.com
SCHOOL
HFBK Frankfurt a.M. Städelschule, 2014
Columbia University, 2010
B.A. German Literature
B.A. Art
LECTURES
Department of Visual Arts, University of Chicago, 2023
Artists at the Institute, NYU Institute of Fine Arts Speaker Series, 2023
Buck Ellison in Conversation with Dr. Shamus Khan, Princeton University Effron Center for the Study of America, 2023
Buck Ellison in Conversation with Dr. Shamus Khan, Hammer Museum, 2021
Modern Art Notes Podcast, 2021
Huntington Museum, 2021
Nicholas Barlow on Buck Ellison, Hammer Museum, 2021
Paris Photo-Aperture Foundation, Delpire & Co., 2021
Louisiana Channel, Louisiana Museum, 2019
SHOWS
Get In the Game: Sports and Contemporary Culture, San Francisco Museum of Modern, 2024
Burning Down the House: Rethinking Family, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, Switzerland, 2024
Best Reply, Barbati Gallery, Venice, Italy, 2023
Little Brother, Luhring Augustine, New York, 2023
17th Biennale de Lyon, Musée d’art contemporain de Lyon, 2022
Whitney Biennial 2022: Quiet as It’s Kept, Whitney Museum of American Art, 2022
Slip Lead, Stora Sunby Castle, Stockholm, 2021
Made in L.A. 2020: a version, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Huntington Museum, Pasadena, 2021
Useful Life, Balice Hertling, Paris, 2019
Tender Option, The Sunday Painter, London, 2019
Antarctica, Kunsthalle Wien, 2018
Louisa, Balice Hertling, Paris, 2016
Modesty, Weiss Berlin, 2016
Mad Horizon, Index: The Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation, Stockholm, 2016
The Sun Placed In The Abyss, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, 2016
Country Day, Bad Bentheim Castle, Burg Bentheim, 2015
Get In the Game: Sports and Contemporary Culture, San Francisco Museum of Modern, 2024
Burning Down the House: Rethinking Family, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, Switzerland, 2024
Best Reply, Barbati Gallery, Venice, Italy, 2023
Little Brother, Luhring Augustine, New York, 2023
17th Biennale de Lyon, Musée d’art contemporain de Lyon, 2022
Whitney Biennial 2022: Quiet as It’s Kept, Whitney Museum of American Art, 2022
Slip Lead, Stora Sunby Castle, Stockholm, 2021
Made in L.A. 2020: a version, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Huntington Museum, Pasadena, 2021
Useful Life, Balice Hertling, Paris, 2019
Tender Option, The Sunday Painter, London, 2019
Antarctica, Kunsthalle Wien, 2018
Louisa, Balice Hertling, Paris, 2016
Modesty, Weiss Berlin, 2016
Mad Horizon, Index: The Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation, Stockholm, 2016
The Sun Placed In The Abyss, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, 2016
Country Day, Bad Bentheim Castle, Burg Bentheim, 2015
PRESS
Lewis, Jurrell, “In the Studio: Buck Ellison works to get toward the truth,” Art21, 29 September 2023.
Kastner, Jeffrey, “Buck Ellison: Luhring Augustine Chelsea,” Artforum, Summer 2023.
Glass, Joshua, “Can Buck Ellison Make You Care About Erik Prince?,” Cultured Magazine, 21 March 2023.
Diehl, Travis, “Buck Ellison’s Great White Society,” The New York Times, 24 June 2022.
Griffin, Jonathan, “Buck Ellison’s American Freaks,” Art Review, 9 June 2022.
Wiley, Chris, “What Old Money Looks Like In America, And Who Pays For It,” The New Yorker, 1 August 2021.
Sawyer, Drew, “Openings: Buck Ellison,” Artforum, Summer 2017, p. 336-341.
Ben Salah, Myriam, “Guilty Pleasure,” Kaleidoscope, Fall 2018, p. 228-342.
Bengal, Rebecca, “Buck Ellison,” Aperture, September 2017, p. 100-107.
Ellison, Buck and Marina Pinsky, “Comfort Is Tricky,” Mousse, 20 April 2017.
Thawley, Dan, “Buck Ellison,” L’Uomo Vogue, 23 November 2017, p. 201-203.
Abel-Hirsch, Hannah, “An unlikely portrait of W.A.S.P America,” British Journal of Photography, 22 April 2020.
Lewis, Jurrell, “In the Studio: Buck Ellison works to get toward the truth,” Art21, 29 September 2023.
Kastner, Jeffrey, “Buck Ellison: Luhring Augustine Chelsea,” Artforum, Summer 2023.
Glass, Joshua, “Can Buck Ellison Make You Care About Erik Prince?,” Cultured Magazine, 21 March 2023.
Diehl, Travis, “Buck Ellison’s Great White Society,” The New York Times, 24 June 2022.
Griffin, Jonathan, “Buck Ellison’s American Freaks,” Art Review, 9 June 2022.
Wiley, Chris, “What Old Money Looks Like In America, And Who Pays For It,” The New Yorker, 1 August 2021.
Sawyer, Drew, “Openings: Buck Ellison,” Artforum, Summer 2017, p. 336-341.
Ben Salah, Myriam, “Guilty Pleasure,” Kaleidoscope, Fall 2018, p. 228-342.
Bengal, Rebecca, “Buck Ellison,” Aperture, September 2017, p. 100-107.
Ellison, Buck and Marina Pinsky, “Comfort Is Tricky,” Mousse, 20 April 2017.
Thawley, Dan, “Buck Ellison,” L’Uomo Vogue, 23 November 2017, p. 201-203.
Abel-Hirsch, Hannah, “An unlikely portrait of W.A.S.P America,” British Journal of Photography, 22 April 2020.
BOOKS
Idea Books, 2024 (monograph)
Best Reply, Piglet Press, 2023
Untitled (Gibson Dunn), Piglet Press, 2022
Little Brother, Piglet Press, 2022
Living Trust, Loose Joints, 2020 (monograph)
Blight, Daniel, The Image of Whiteness: Contemporary Photography and Racialization, Self Publish Be Happy, 2019
Sawyer, Drew, The Sun Placed In The Abyss, Columbus Museum of Art, 2016
Wandering #2, Museum für Gegenwartskunst Basel, Switzerland, 2012
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Aïshti Foundation, Beirut
Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA)
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Idea Books, 2024 (monograph)
Best Reply, Piglet Press, 2023
Untitled (Gibson Dunn), Piglet Press, 2022
Little Brother, Piglet Press, 2022
Living Trust, Loose Joints, 2020 (monograph)
Blight, Daniel, The Image of Whiteness: Contemporary Photography and Racialization, Self Publish Be Happy, 2019
Sawyer, Drew, The Sun Placed In The Abyss, Columbus Museum of Art, 2016
Wandering #2, Museum für Gegenwartskunst Basel, Switzerland, 2012
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Aïshti Foundation, Beirut
Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA)
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York