11 Facts About EJ Hill

EJ Hill was born on Ernest Joseph Hill; in 1985 and is a contemporary American artist from Los Angeles who works in durational performance, installation, painting, and collage.

EJ Hill was born in Los Angeles, California in 1985.

EJ Hill then moved to Carson, and to Torrance at 15 years old.

At the age of 22, EJ Hill started attending Columbia College Chicago, where he would be greatly influenced by the work of Chris Burden and Industry of the Ordinary.

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.

The work included a large wooden model roller coaster that EJ Hill lay on at all times the museum was open during the three-month exhibition.

In 2017 EJ Hill was included in the Underground Museum's exhibition "Artists of Color".

In 2014 EJ 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 EJ 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.

In 2016, Hill received the William H Johnson Prize from the William H Johnson Foundation for the Arts in Los Angeles.

EJ Hill received a Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists award.