# Casey Jane Ellison > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Casey_Jane_Ellison > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Casey_Jane_Ellison.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casey_Jane_Ellison > Source revision: 1355223392 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Casey Jane Ellison** (born March 29, 1988) is an American stand-up comedian, writer and multimedia artist. ## Life Ellison was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, "across the street from the [La Brea Tar Pits](/source/La_Brea_Tar_Pits)." Her mother is a civil rights attorney and her father works in the financial services industry. She has a degree in film, video and animation from the [School of the Art Institute of Chicago](/source/School_of_the_Art_Institute_of_Chicago).[1] ## Work Ellison starred in comedic [web series](/source/Web_series) such as [Ovation](/source/Ovation_(American_TV_channel))'s *[Touching the Art](/source/Touching_the_Art)* (an all-female panel talk show focused on contemporary art) and VFILES' *What the F*shion* and *Status Update*. She was selected by the [New Museum](/source/New_Museum) in New York City to be a 2015 Triennial artist. In addition to producing new episodes of *Touching the Art* on location at the New Museum and screening them for the duration of the Triennial, she also created a separate work entitled "It's So Important to Seem Wonderful, Part II," which was a continuation of a work she first screened at the [Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles](/source/Museum_of_Contemporary_Art,_Los_Angeles), in 2012. Her work (in both the comedy and fine art spheres) often consists of self-parody and self-objectification, and she has exhibited animated 3-D renderings of herself performing stand-up in art contexts.[2][1] As a writer, she has contributed to publications and outlets such as *[Vice Magazine](/source/Vice_Magazine)*,[3] *[Gawker](/source/Gawker)*,[4] *[Dazed](/source/Dazed)*[5] and *[GQ](/source/GQ)*.[6] In 2008, Ellison founded Aboveground Animation, a traveling animation showcase which also includes a web-based experience for viewing the chosen works.[7] In 2015, she was selected by *[Paper Magazine](/source/Paper_Magazine)* for their annual "Beautiful People" list.[8] In 2019, Ellison, along with [Search Party](/source/Search_Party_(2016_TV_series)) co-creator [Charles Rogers (director)](/source/Charles_Rogers_(director)), co-hosted the [Earwolf](/source/Earwolf)-produced limited series podcast, *[The Problem with Charles and Casey](/source/The_Problem_with_Charles_and_Casey)*, which premiered on March 31. The podcast featured in-depth interviews with guests, [Louie Anderson](/source/Louie_Anderson), [Jessica Williams](/source/Jessica_Williams_(actress)), [Starlee Kine](/source/Starlee_Kine), [Tierney Finster](/source/Tierney_Finster), [Jordan Firstman](/source/Jordan_Firstman), [Michelle Badillo](/source/Michelle_Badillo), and [Chelsea Peretti](/source/Chelsea_Peretti), about a problem they are facing in their lives.[9] ## References 1. Miranda, Carolina A. (February 25, 2015). ["Performance art meets comedy: Casey Jane Ellison's 'Touching the Art'"](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/miranda/la-et-cam-casey-jane-ellison-touching-the-art-20150222-column.html#page=1). *Los Angeles Times*. Retrieved 9 August 2015. 1. Battaglia, Andy (February 24, 2015). ["New Museum Triennial: Art for a Digitalized World"](https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-museum-triennial-art-for-a-hyper-aware-world-1424827260). Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 9 August 2015. 1. ["How to Change the World Through Art (or Not)"](https://www.vice.com/en/article/how-to-change-the-world-through-art-115/) *Vice* 1. ["The Pain WithInternet"](http://internet.gawker.com/the-pain-withinternet-1606579413/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20151103071804/http://internet.gawker.com/the-pain-withinternet-1606579413/) November 3, 2015 at the Wayback Machine *Gawker* 1. ["How to Enjoy a Perfect Party on 'Murica Day"](https://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/20672/1/how-to-enjoy-a-perfect-party-on-murica-day) *Dazed Digital* 1. ["Casey Jane Ellison Knows Why You're Laughing at Her"](https://www.gq.com/gallery/casey-jane-ellison-knows-why-youre-laughing-at-her/) *GQ* 1. McGarry, Kevin ["Casey Jane Ellison"](http://www.vmagazine.com/site/content/1417/casey-jane-ellison/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20151206222058/http://www.vmagazine.com/site/content/1417/casey-jane-ellison/) December 6, 2015 at the Wayback Machine *[V Magazine](/source/V_(American_magazine))* 1. ["Meet the Beautiful People Class of 2015"](http://www.papermag.com/2015/04/beautiful_people_2015.php/) *Paper Magazine* 1. ["The Problem with Charles & Casey podcast on Earwolf"](https://web.archive.org/web/20200311100631/https://www.earwolf.com/show/the-problem-with-charles-casey/). Archived from [the original](https://www.earwolf.com/show/the-problem-with-charles-casey/) on 2020-03-11. Retrieved 2020-04-08. ## External links - [Official website](https://www.caseyjaneellison.com/) - [Casey Jane Ellison](https://twitter.com/caseyjellison/) on [Twitter](/source/Twitter) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Casey Jane Ellison](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casey_Jane_Ellison) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casey_Jane_Ellison?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.