{{short description|American artist (born 1985)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2015}} {{Infobox artist | image = Studio Museum Harlem .jpg | name = EJ Hill | imagesize = | caption = EJ Hill at the Studio Museum Harlem in 2016 | birth_name = Ernest Joseph Hill | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1985}} | birth_place = Los Angeles California | death_date = | death_place = | field = Performance art, painting, sculpture, installation art | training = Columbia College Chicago, UCLA | movement = | works = A Monumental Offering of Potential Energy | patrons = | awards = }} '''EJ Hill''' (born ''Ernest Joseph Hill''; in 1985) is a contemporary American artist from Los Angeles who works in durational performance, installation, painting, and collage.
==Early life and education== EJ Hill was born in Los Angeles, California in 1985. As a child, Hill lived in South Central until he was eight years old. He then moved to Carson, and to Torrance at 15 years old. At the age of 22, Hill started attending Columbia College Chicago, where he would be greatly influenced by the work of Chris Burden and Industry of the Ordinary. After graduating, Hill returned to Los Angeles and studied at UCLA with Andrea Fraser and Jennifer Bolande.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kcet.org/shows/artbound/ej-hill-and-the-art-of-endurance|title=E.J. Hill and the Art of Endurance|date=November 12, 2014|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://sfaq.us/2016/11/ej-hill-in-conversation-with-nicole-kaack/|title=EJ Hill: In Conversation with Nicole Kaack|date=November 28, 2016 |publisher=}}</ref>
==Work== thumb|Ups and Downs work by EJ Hill EJ Hill is known for his durational performances in which he performs a simple gesture for prolonged periods, often to the point of physical exhaustion.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/16/arts/design/what-to-see-in-new-york-galleries-this-week.html|title=What to See in New York Galleries This Week|last=The New York Times|newspaper=The New York Times|date=September 15, 2016|publisher=}}</ref> In 2016 the artist created "A Monumental Offer of Potential Energy" at the Studio Museum in Harlem. The work included a large wooden model roller coaster that Hill lay on at all times the museum was open during the three-month exhibition. In 2017 Hill was included in the Underground Museum's exhibition "Artists of Color".<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/miranda/la-et-cam-underground-museum-artists-color-20170602-htmlstory.html|title=A show toying with unexpected ideas of color rises at the Underground Museum|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2017-06-22|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arts.black/alive-someplace-better|title=Alive Someplace Better: EJ Hill's Horizontal Poetics by Amber Officer- Narvasa|publisher=|access-date=February 17, 2017|archive-date=February 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218063828/http://www.arts.black/alive-someplace-better|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/studio-museum-harlem-newest-artists-residence/|title=Meet Harlem's Newest Artists-in-Residence - Creators|date=August 6, 2016 |publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://hyperallergic.com/322199/painting-performing-and-deconstructing-the-body/|title=Painting, Performing, and Deconstructing the Body|date=October 20, 2016|publisher=}}</ref>
In October 2022, Hill's exhibit "Brake Run Helix" at Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art opened, including a functional, human-carrying roller coaster created specifically for the museum. The roller coaster was fabricated by Skyline Attractions and is on show for two years alongside amusement park photography.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mitter |first1=Siddhartha |title=EJ Hill Wants to Take You on a Ride |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/21/arts/design/ej-hill-roller-coaster-mass-moca-art.html |access-date=29 October 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=October 21, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=EJ Hill - Brake Run Helix |url=https://massmoca.org/event/ej-hill/ |website=Mass MoCA |date=September 8, 2021 |access-date=29 October 2022}}</ref>
EJ Hill also works in collage, painting, writing and sculpture.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/art/the-window-and-the-breaking-of-the-window|title=The Window and the Breaking of the Window|magazine=The New Yorker|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-up-and-coming-ej-hill-channels-the-emotional-power-of-endurance-art|title=Up and Coming: EJ Hill Channels the Emotional Power of Endurance Art|first=Tess|last=Thackara|date=April 12, 2016|publisher=}}</ref>
==Awards== In 2014 Hill received a Fellowship for Visual Artists, from the California Community Foundation in Los Angeles and the Teaching Artist Fellowship at the Armory Center for the Arts in Pasadena. In 2015 Hill was an Artist-in-Residence at The Studio Museum in Harlem in New York, was awarded the Fellowship for Visual Artists from the California Community Foundation in Los Angeles, and was nominated for the Rema Hort Mann Foundation Emerging Artist grant in Los Angeles.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.remahortmannfoundation.org/gallery/|title=Gallery {{!}} Rema Hort Mann Foundation|website=www.remahortmannfoundation.org|language=en-US|access-date=2017-06-22|archive-date=December 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206040401/http://www.remahortmannfoundation.org/gallery/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.artforum.com/news/id=52927|title=Studio Museum in Harlem Announces Artists in Residence for 2015-16|publisher=|access-date=February 17, 2017|archive-date=January 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180111165239/https://www.artforum.com/news/id=52927|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2016, Hill received the William H. Johnson Prize from the William H. Johnson Foundation for the Arts in Los Angeles. In 2017 Hill became the Artist-in-Residence at Praxis Studio at California State University in Dominguez Hills and has been shortlisted for the 2017 Future Generation Art Prize from the Victor Pinchuk Foundation in Kyiv.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.artforum.com/news/id=64878|title=Short List for $100,000 Future Generation Art Prize Announced|publisher=}}</ref> Hill received a [https://www.foundationforcontemporaryarts.org/ Foundation for Contemporary Arts] Grants to Artists award (2018). In 2018, Hill was awarded a 2018-2019 Radcliffe fellowship at the Harvard Radcliffe Institute.<ref name="adcliffe Institute for Advanced Study">{{cite web |title=FELLOWSHIP / FELLOWS: EJ HILL |url=https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/people/ej-hill |website=Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study |publisher=Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study |access-date=15 October 2025 |ref=Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study}}</ref>
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==External links== * [http://www.ejhill.info/ EJ Hill's Site]
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