Ellen Cantor

Ellen Cantor (1961–2013) was an American artist.[1] Cantor was known for combining pornography, politics, pop culture and the handmade in her paintings, drawings, sculptures, videos, and films.[2] Born in Detroit, Michigan to a Jewish family, Cantor completed her studies at Brandeis University in 1983 with a degree in painting. She went on to study at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, where she took her second degree in 1991.[3][4]

Solo exhibitions and screenings
  • Be My Baby, Delfina, London, 1999; XL Xavier LaBoulbenne, New York, 1998 and 1996; Feigen, Chicago, 1997; Cabinet, London, 1996; and Postmasters, New York, 1995.
  • Video Drawing 1996-2001, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, 2000; Kunstbunker, Nuremberg, 2001.
  • Ellen Cantor Cerith Wyn Evans, Kunsthalle Wien, 2002; Sketch, London, 2005; Prince Charles Cinema, London, 2005.
  • Path of Sun – Road of Life, 1000000 mph, London, 2006
  • Within a Budding Grove, Participant Inc, New York, 2008; White Cubicle, London, 2008; Abbt Projects, Zurich, 2007
  • Subversive Cinema: Ellen Cantor, curated by Lux, Zoo art fair, London, 2009
  • Serpentine Cinema: Film in Progress, Serpentine Gallery, curated by Nicola Lees/Victoria Brooks, London, 2009
  • Séance de projection de films, La GAD, Gallerie Arnaud Deschin, Marseille, 2011
  • The Dictator & the Maid, The Black Mariah, Cork, Ireland, curated by Dallas Seitz & The Black Mariah, 2014
  • Ellen Cantor at Künstlerhaus Stuttgart and Cinderella Syndrome at Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco curated by Jamie Stevens and Fatima Hellberg, 2015–16[1][5]

Death and legacy

Cantor died on April 22, 2013 in her apartment in New York City after a year-long battle with lung cancer.[6]

References
  1. "Ellen Cantor: Are You Ready For Love? - 80 Washington Square East Galleries - NYU Steinhardt". steinhardt.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2016-11-01.
  2. "Pleasure, Pain, and Politics: Ellen Cantor in New York - News - Art in America". www.artinamericamagazine.com. Retrieved 2016-11-01.
  3. "Ellen Cantor". www.newmedia-art.org. Retrieved 2016-11-01.
  4. Everitt Howe, David (October 1, 2016). "PORNOGRAPHY OF POWER". Art in America.
  5. "CV Ellen Cantor.doc" (PDF).
  6. "Ellen Cantor (1961–2013)". artforum.com. Retrieved 2016-11-01.
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