Gerard Ellis was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic in 1976. He studied at the National School of Fine Arts and the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo. Ellis lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
Selected to be part of the “S-Files”, the 6th edition of the El Museo del Barrio Biennial in NY, 2011. Has been recognized with three Awards of Excellence by The Society of News Design. In 2007 was invited to be part of the IX edition of the Cuenca International Biennial, Ecuador. His work has been shown in the National Biennial of Visual Arts and the XX edition of the E. León Jimenes Art Contest (Biennial), where he received the Prize for painting, both in the Dominican Republic. Also, has participated with the Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery in various international contemporary art fairs such as VOLTA NY, Scope, Pinta, Arte BA and CIRCA. He’s included in the permanent collection of the Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach, CA, La Fundación Para La Pintura, Canarias, Spain, The Scott Latham Foundation, Rhode Island, Museo Casa Cortés, Puerto Rico, the Museum of Contemporary Drawing, Santo Domingo, The Dominican Congress and also in private collections in the Dominican Republic, United States, London, Miami, Spain, Panamá, Venezuela and Puerto Rico.
EDUCATION
1990-1995: National School of Fine Arts, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
1995-1997: Major in Drawing, National School of Fine Arts, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
1995-2001: Graduated with honors in Publicity and Communications, Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo, U.A.S.D., Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017 All the Artificial Barriers, Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery, Nueva York, EUA.
2015 Perros Mudos, Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery, Santo Domingo, DR.
2014 VOLTA NY, Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery, Nueva York, EUA.
2013 Between Villages, Galería Thomas Jaeckel, Nueva York, EUA.
2012 Backyard, Christopher Paschall Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia.
2011 Obras Recientes 2006-2011, Mateo Sariel Gallery, Panamá City, Panamá.
2009 Sleepwalking, Centro Cultural de España, Santo Domingo, República Dominicana.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 MECA Art Fair, Casa de los Vitrales, Zona Colonial, Santo Domingo, R.D.
2019 TIEMPO. MODO. LUGAR. Nueva sintaxis de la plástica dominicana, Fundación Cortés, San Juan, PR.
2016 Borinqueya, Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural Center, New York, EUA.
2016 Paper Hotshots, Robert Blackburn Gallery, New York, EUA.
2016 Up for Debate, Centro Cultural y Multidisciplinario BRIC, Brooklyn, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
2014 Context Art Miami, Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery, Miami, EUA
2012 KIAF, Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery, Seoúl, Korea
SCOPE, Galería Lyle O. Reitzel, Nueva York, EUA
2011 The S-Files, 6ta Edición de la Bienal del Museo del Barrio, Nueva York, EUA
Art and Cultural Fair ETNIA, Pabellón de la República Dominicana, Bruselas, Bélgica
Superheroes, Centro Educacional por las Artes Casita Maria, Bronx, Nueva York, EUA
2010 Edición XXIII del Concurso de Arte Eduardo León Jimenes, Santiago De Los Caballeros, DR
Artistas Dominicanos y Uruguayos, Embajada del Uruguay, Washington, D.C., EUA
Latinas, Nassau Art Museum, Long Island, New York, EUA
2008 Edición XXII del Concurso de Arte Eduardo León Jimenes, Santiago De Los Caballeros, República Dominicana
Global Warming, Katsen American University, Washington, D.C. Estados Unidos
Arte Dominicano Contemporáneo, Centro Cultural del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo, Wahington, D.C. Estados Unidos
2007 IX Edición de la Bienal Internacional de Arte de Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador
XVI Salon de Arte sobre la Migración Ibero-Americana, Instituto Cultural Mexicano, Washington D.C., Estados Unidos
Proyecto de Arte Público Sarmiento, Santo Domingo, República Dominicana
2006 ACP, Asia, Caribe y El Pacífico, Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, República Dominicana
2005 Edición XXIII de la Bienal Nacional de Artes Visuales, Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, República Dominicana
AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
2008 Two Awards of Excellence, Society for News Design, 30th edition
2007 Award of Excellence, Society for News Design, 29th edition
2004 Prize for Painting, XX Edition of the E. León Jimenes Biennial, Santiago., Dominican Republic
1996 Recognition as a “Young Talent”, given by The Secretariat of Public Education, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
1996 2nd Prize for Painting, Pintura Joven Art Contest, Casa de Teatro, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
2nd Prize at the Pintura Joven Art Contest, Casa de Teatro, Sto. Dgo., Dominican Republic
Honorble Mention, Engraving II, National School of Fine Arts, ENBA, Sto. Dgo., D.R.
1st Prize, Applied Arts III, ENBA, Sto. Dgo., D.R.
1995 1st Prize, Applied Arts II, ENBA, Sto. Dgo., D.R.
1994 1st Prize, Artistic Anatomy II, ENBA, Sto. Dgo., D.R.
1st Prize, Drawing from the Natural II, ENBA, Sto. Dgo, D.R.
1993 1st Prize, Artistic Anatomy I, ENBA, Sto. Dgo., D.R.
1st Prize, Drawing from the Natural I, ENBA, Sto. Dgo., D.R.
1992 2nd Proze, Classical Drawing II, Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes (ENBA) Sto. Dgo., D.R.
1991 1st Prize, in the Conceptual Contest “Sonríe Colgate Trabaja” (under 16) Sto. Dgo., D.R.
1990 1st Prize, V Centenary of the Discovery of America Commission and the Nidia Serra Art Center, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
The Scott Latham Foundation, Rhode Island
Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, California
Fundación Canaria para el Desarrollo de la Pintura, Spain
Museum of Contemporary Drawing, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
León Jimenes Cultural Center, Santiago, Dominican Republic
Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic
Marcelo Narbona, Panamá
Museo Casa Cortés, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Alberto Iribárren, Venezuela
Museo Clara Martínez La Romana