![A portrait of a man standing on a Harlem street in autumn. His brown skin is illuminated by the sunlight, giving his face a gentle yet passive expression. His hands are clasped under a charcoal-colored overcoat that rests over his shoulders and his olive-and-white striped shirt.](https://usa-p-36588810407f.b-cdn.net/e2336be5-d766-4d7e-b006-8078d4e40ebe/jjjjjerome-ellis-3.jpg?crop=500%2C500%2C0%2C0&width=500)
Photo by Marc J. Franklin.
JJJJJerome Ellis is a blk disabled animal and artist. Ellis prays, stutters, reads, gardens, cycles, wanders, and plays. Through music, literature, performance, and video, he researches relationships among blackness, disabled speech, divinity, nature, sound, and time. Born in 1989 to Jamaican and Grenadian immigrants, he grew up and lives by a heron rookery in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Donor -This USA Fellowship was generously supported by the Mellon Foundation. Disability Futures is supported by Ford Foundation and Mellon Foundation.
This artist page was last updated on: 08.20.2024