Biography

Brad Ellis

American, B. 1958

One, Two & Three Person Exhibitions

2007 Linear Variations: Brad Ellis, Madeleine Keesing & Steve Klein, LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2007 Brad Ellis, Mauricio Cuartas & Carolyn Zacharias McAdams, Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, TX
2006 Brad Ellis, Cervini Haas Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2005 Brad Ellis, Joseph Janson & Janet Kastner, D. Berman Gallery, Austin TX
2005 Unique Media: Brad Ellis & Robert Berlin, Mary Bell Gallery, Chicago, IL
2004 Brad Ellis & Sammy Peters, Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas, TX
2003 Brad Ellis: New Paintings, Mary Bell Gallery, Chicago, IL
2002 Brad Ellis & Gary Schafter, Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas, TX
2002 Three Abstract Painters, Mary Bell Gallery, Chicago, IL
2001 New Works: Brad Ellis & Linda McCall, Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas, TX
2001 Abstraction: Three Painters, Mary Bell Gallery, Chicago, IL
2000 Brad Ellis: New Work, Metropolitan Gallery, Austin, TX
1999 New Works: Brad Ellis & Jim Ringley, Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas, TX
1997 The Essence of Place: Brad Ellis & Stewart Cohen, Marie Park Fine Art, Dallas, TX
1996 Brad Ellis: Recent Work, Boyd Levinson Gallery, Dallas, TX

Select Group Exhibitions

2007 First Bloom: Dialogues in Exuberance, Victoria Price Contemporary Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2007 5 x 7, Arthouse, Austin, TX
2007 5 x 7, Conduti Gallery, Dallas, TX
2006 25th Anniversary, Mary Bell Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006 Gallery Artists: Fall Exhibition , Viveza Gallery, Seattle, WA
2006 Annual Members Show, Dallas Center for Contemporary Art, Dallas, TX
2005 New Gallery Space Celebration, Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, TX
2004 5 x 7, Arthouse, Austin, TX
2003 2003 Gallery Invitational, Cervini Haas Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2003 New Work by Gallery Artists, Mary Bell Gallery, Chicago, IL
2003 5 x 7, Arthouse, Austin, TX
2003 5 x 7, The Bower, San Antonio, TX
2003 5 x 7, Mixture Contemporary Art, Houston, TX
2003 5 x 7, Dunn and Brown Contemporary Art, Dallas, TX
2002 Surface Tensions, Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, TX (Curator, Clint Willour)
2002 Refrigerated Air, D Berman Gallery, Austin, TX
2002 Gallery Artists, Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas, TX
2002 One Wish, The Dallas Center For Contemporary Art, Dallas, TX
2001 The Mac's bi-Annual Juried Exhibition, McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX
(Juror: Annette Carlozzi, Curator of American & Contemporary Art at the Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX)
2000 Critic's Choice Juried Exhibition, Dallas Visual Art Center, Dallas, TX
(Juror: Steve Nash, Director of the Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, TX)
Winner: Best of Show Award
1999 A Fresh Look at Texas Art: Juried Exhibition, McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX
(Juror: Terrie Sultan, Director of the Corcoran Gallery, Washington DC)
1999 New Artists Show, Mary Bell Gallery, Chicago, IL
1999 Beau Arts Show, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
1999 Tongues of Fire: Juried Competition, Biblical Arts Center, Dallas, TX
1999 Annual Members Show, Dallas Visual Arts Center, Dallas, TX
1999 Off The Page, McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX
1998 New Artists Show, Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas, TX
1998 Madness at the Mac, McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX
1998 Annual Members Show, Dallas Visual Arts Center, Dallas, TX
1997 Neiman Marcus 90th Anniversary Show, Neiman Marcus, Dallas, TX
1997 Annual Members Show, Dallas Visual Arts Center
1996 Art Prospects: A New Beginning, LaJolla Art Gallery, LaJolla, CA
1996 Annual Members Show, Dallas Visual Arts Center, Dallas, TX
1994 Exquisite Corps, McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX
1994 Eleutheria, Trammel Crow Gallery, Dallas, TX
1994 Six Decades of Art: TU Alumni, The University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK
1994 Annual Members Show, Dallas Visual Arts Center, Dallas, TX
1994 The 500X Open Show: Juried Exhibition, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX
(Juror: Nancy Whitenack, Owner, Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX)
Winner: Best of Show Award
1992 The 500X Open Show, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX
1991 A Decade in Deep Ellum, Art Bar, Dallas, TX
1991 The 500X Open Show, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX
1990 Big Tex, Art Bar, Dallas, TX

Education

The University of Tulsa, Bachelor of Fine Arts
The University of Oklahoma, Graduate study
Encaustic Workshop, Southern Methodist University

Select Corporate Collectors

AT&T
Arthur Anderson
Southwestern Bell
Southwest Airlines
Sabre
GTE
Ernst & Young
Enron
EDS
Charles Schwab
Motorola
Neiman Marcus
Brierly & Partners
Caprock Communications
Bracewell & Patterson LLP
Haggar Apparel Company
First USA Bank
Nations Bank
The Associates
Swiss RE Services Corporation
The Methodist Hospital Guild
St. Johns Financial Group
Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich, LLP
Blank Rome, LLP

Select Publications

Journal Santa Fe, November 16, 2007
Tribeza, April, 2005
Austin American Statesman, January 6, 2005
The Austin Chronicle, January 21, 2005
The Chicago Tribune, April 11, 2003
Artlies, Summer 2002
The Dallas Morning News, June 25, 2001
The Austin American Statesman, November 26, 2000
The Dallas Morning News, February 19, 1999
The Fort Worth Star Telegram, February 19, 1999
The Met, February 10, 1999
The Artist's Magazine, February, 1998
American Way Magazine, April, 1998
Southern Accents Magazine, January, 1996
The Dallas Morning News, October, 1994
The Dallas Morning News, October, 1993
The Fort Worth Star Telegram, April, 1992