Carrying Home

FAB Gallery is pleased to host an exhibition by artist Joshua Ellingson. The exhibition will be on view March 23, 2009-April 14, 2009. Please join us for this exciting event!
Joshua Ellingson lives and works as an illustrator in San Francisco, California. In 1999, Ellingson graduated art school and headed west. Since then, Joshua has contributed artwork to popular publications and websites worldwide and worked with clients ranging from toy makers to tequila companies. Much of his art is influence by technology, popular culture, the cosmos, and the potential of the human mind.
In addition to his illustration and design business, Joshua Ellingson is the director for The Local 303, a studio/collective of illustrators and designers in San Francisco, California. The Local 303 provides a professional working environment as well as a space for collaboration, critique and art exhibition. Joshua Ellingson also contributes editorial writing and reviews to Hi-Fructose, a contemporary art and culture magazine.
Originally from a small town near Flint, Michigan, Joshua spent a lot of his childhood at his grandparent's farmhouse. "I've got so many memories from that place. Because my grandparents were antique collectors, the house was loaded with interesting stuff. I was always in the workshop with Grandpa, working on a duck decoy or fashioning my own ninja weapon from chair legs. The house was completely rebuilt by my grandfather, and they even built a big red barn out back. My mother, my aunts and my uncle grew up in that house too so there's just so much history. Most of this series is about keeping that home and those memories close to me, carrying it with me. I don't know what I'm going to do when it's gone."
For more information about Ellingson, and to view more of his work, visit http://www.JoshuaEllingson.com.