Ellen Harvey

Ellen Harvey, born in Farnborough (GB) in 1967, is a Brooklyn-based artist working in a variety of media, including painting, video, installation, performance and large-scale public art. She is a graduate of Harvard University and Yale Law School, and attended both the Whitney Independent Study Program and the PS1 National Studio Program. Her diverse work finds a focus in her interest in contemporary social art expectations, frequently incorporating humorous or surprising variations on clichés of high and low art production.

Solo exhibitions: 2014 Collapse, Messen de Clerq Gallery, Brussels. 2013 The Alien’s Guide to the Ruins of Washington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. 2012 Arcade/Arcadia, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA. The Nudist Museum Giftshop, Dodge Gallery, New York. 2010 The Nudist Museum, Bass Museum of Art, Miami, FL. Picturesque Pictures, Galerie Gebr. Lehmann, Berlin. 2009 Empty Collections, Meessen De Clercq, Brussels. Ruins are More Beautiful, Center for Contemporary Art, Warsaw. 2005 Mirror, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA. 2003 A Whitney for the Whitney at Philip Morris, Whitney Museum at Phillip Morris, New York.

Group exhibitions: 2011 Museum Show, Arnolfini, Bristol (GB). Belvedere, Hans Arp Museum, Remagen (DE). Revealed: Turner Contemporary Opens, Turner Contemporary, Margate (GB). Alpine Desire, Austrian Cultural Forum, New York. 2009 The Picturesque Reconsidered, MARTHA, Herford (DE); S.M.A.K., Ghent (BE). 2008 Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.

Publications
Henriette Huldisch, Ellen Harvey: The Museum of Failure, Gregory R. Miller & Co., New York 2014.

Alex Baker, Shamim Momim, Ellen Harvey: Mirror, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia 2006.

Ellen Harvey, New York Beautification Project, Gregory R. Miller & Co., New York 2005.

• Web: www.ellenharvey.info