Elliott Hundley

Elliott Hundley

b. 1975, Greensboro, North Carolina
lives in Los Angeles

Elliott Hundley’s works are literally and figuratively dense and deep. He is best known for his elaborate, large-scale collages, which combine hundreds of intricate pieces, including photographs, print media, texts, beads, shells, and other found objects. His immersive works reflect narratives drawn from classical texts, ancient mythology, theater, and poetry while spanning vast periods of time, winding their way to the present day, where they often reference his southern heritage, family history, and contemporary social circle. He layers painting, sculpture, and found objects to create contained yet epic imaginary universes that recall the theatricality of the classical works that inspire him. Hundley’s work has been exhibited at numerous galleries in Los Angeles and New York, museums around the world, and is part of the permanent collections of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Pérez Art Museum Miami; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. Hundley earned a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence (1997), an MFA from the University of California, Los Angeles (2005), and studied at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Maine.

Elliott Hundley The plague, 2016 Paper, oil, pins, plastic, foam, and linen on panel 96 x 147 x 11 inches (243.8 x 373.4 x 27.9 cm) © Elliott Hundley, Courtesy Regen Projects, Los Angeles