JJJJJerome Ellis
Multimedia artist and musician
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Jerome Ellis (born 1989), who goes by JJJJJerome Ellis,[1] is a multimedia artist, musician, composer, writer, and performer. Their[a] work concerns disability, justice, temporality, and historical experience. The artist's dysfluency informs their practice. Ellis currently lives in Norfolk, Virginia.
Their debut album, The Clearing (2021), accompanied by a book, is described as a score of stuttering[2] and an act of resistance against performative fluency.[3]
Awards and recognition
Ellis has been awarded a United States Artists Fellowship (2022),[4] a Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists Award (2022),[5] and a Creative Capital Grant (2022).[6] The artist received MacDowell residency Fellowships in 2019 and 2022.[7]
Exhibitions
Ellis is represented twice in the 2024 Whitney Biennial as a solo artist and a member of the People Who Stutter Create (PWSC) collective.[8][9]
Discography
- 2021 – The Clearing
- 2025 – Vesper Sparrow
Books
- 2021 – The Clearing. New York: Wendy's Subway, 2021.
- 2023 – Aster of Ceremonies. Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions, 2023.[10]