Ellen Cantor (1961–2013) was an American artist. Cantor was known for combining pornography, politics, pop culture and the handmade in her paintings, drawings, sculptures, videos, and films. Born in Detroit, Michigan to a Jewish family, Cantor completed her studies at

Brandeis University , mottoeng = "Truth even unto its innermost parts" , established = , type = Private research university , accreditation = NECHE , president = Ronald D. Liebowitz , pro ...

in 1983 with a degree in painting. She went on to study at the

Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture The Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture is an artists residency located in Madison, Maine, just outside of Skowhegan. Every year, the program accepts online applications from emerging artists from November through January, and selects 65 t ...

in 1991.

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'',

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, 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 *''Ellen Cantor'' at Künstlerhaus Stuttgart and ''Cinderella Syndrome'' at

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, San Francisco curated by Jamie Stevens and Fatima Hellberg, 2015–16

Death and legacy

Cantor died on April 22, 2013, in her apartment in New York City after a year-long battle with lung cancer.

References

External links

Cinderella SyndromeDetroit Interview, June 9, 2008
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cantor, Ellen Artists from Detroit Feminist artists Jewish American artists 1961 births 2013 deaths 20th-century American women artists 21st-century American women artists Brandeis University alumni Jewish women artists Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture alumni