EJ Hill

EJ Hill

b. 1985, Los Angeles
lives in Los Angeles

EJ Hill earned a BFA from Columbia College Chicago (2011) and an MFA from the University of California, Los Angeles (2013). His practice includes writing, painting, sculpture, performance, and installation. Hill’s work largely explores the oppression of and social inequities faced by black, brown, and queer bodies. In his explorations of this theme, he raises the profiles of those who suffer at the hands of authority, wrests power from the perpetrators, and returns it to his subjects, moving the conversation away from violence and injustice and toward healing. In his performances he invokes the resilience of oppressed bodies through gestures and actions that channel his endurance. Hill’s work has been featured in exhibitions at the Aspen Art Museum, Colorado (2018); Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2018); the Studio Museum in Harlem, New York (2016); and the Lyon Biennale (2017).

EJ Hill, A Monumental Offering of Potential Energy, 2016. Durational performance and installation, 41 × 9 × 7 feet. Courtesy of the artist.