Ellen Cantor


Ellen Cantor was an American artist. Cantor was known for combining pornography, politics, pop culture and the handmade in her paintings, drawings, sculptures, videos, and films. Born in Detroit, Michigan to a Jewish family, Cantor completed her studies at Brandeis University in 1983 with a degree in painting. She went on to study at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, where she took her second degree in 1991.

Solo exhibitions and screenings

Cantor died on April 22, 2013 in her apartment in New York City after a year-long battle with lung cancer.