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 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