CHRIS "DAZE" ELLIS -  " Metal portrait (blue)"

CHRIS "DAZE" ELLIS - " Metal portrait (blue)"

Chris “Daze” Ellis – Titled “Metal portrait(Blue)” Spray on Aluminum, measures 40”x50”. Signed and dated verso, 2007

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About the Artist

Daze

Daze (b. Chris Ellis, 1962) is an American graffiti artist. Daze began writing graffiti in the New York City subway in the mid-1970s, while he was a student at the High School of Art & Design. In 1981, his work was featured in the Mudd Club group exhibition “Beyond Words,” which also included the work of Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring. The following year, he had a solo show at Fashion Moda, Bronx, NY, and has gone on to exhibit at venues such as the Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, NY (1983); the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen, Denmark (1984); the Groninger Museum, Groningen, Netherlands (1992); and the Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, CT (1995), among others. He lives and works in New York. 

Selected Permanent Collections: 
Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY 
Groninger Museum, Groningen, Netherlands 
Ludwig Museum, Aachen, Germany 
Museum of the City of New York, NY 
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY