Ellen Tani

2025 Submissions

Published Conference Proceedings

Ellen, Tani,. "'Artists Read Theory as Poetry': The Charles Gaines Curriculum." Proceedings of the College Art Association. Ed. Elise Armani, Amy Kahng, and Gabriella Shypula. New York, NY: n.p., Web. ˜

National/International Competition Award Winner

Tani, Ellen. Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Arts Writers Grant, Book. New York, NY, 2025. ≠

Invited Keynote/Presentation

Tani, Ellen. "Black Conceptual Practice, Systems, and Marginal Possibility." GILD Recent PhD Lecture. Ohio State University. Columbus, OH. 29 Sep. 2025. Lecture. ∆

Tani, Ellen, et al. "A Call to Transform: Art History and Black Studies." RAP25: Research and Academic Program. The Clark Art Institute. williamstown, MA. 27 Jun. 2025. Conference Presentation. £

Invited Article/Publication

Tani, Ellen. "Best Show 2024: Nikita Gale"." Artforum. (2024). Print. ˆ

2024 Submissions

Shows/Exhibits/Installations

Gaines, Charles, et al. RETROaction (Part 2). By Ellen Tani, et al. 27 Feb. 2024. Hauser & Wirth Gallery, Los Angeles. Exhibit. ˜

Invited Keynote/Presentation

Tani, Ellen, et al. "‘Now-ness’ and Prophetic Criticism." RETROaction symposium: ‘Now-ness’ and Prophetic Criticism. Hauser & Wirth and the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute. New York, NY. 27 Jan. 2024. Lecture. ∆

Invited Article/Publication

Tani, Ellen. "Charles Gaines by Ellen Tani." BOMB. (2024). Print. ∆

2023 Submissions

Book Chapter

Tani, Ellen. "Press, Release, Collapse: Gina Osterloh in the Mind of the Camera." Gina Osterloh: Mirror Shadow Shape. Ed. Anna Lee. Columbus, OH: Columbus Museum of Art, 2023. 16-24. Print. ∆

Shows/Exhibits/Installations

Gaines, Charles, et al. RETROaction. By Ellen Tani, et al. 27 Sep. 2023. Hauser & Wirth 69th Street, New York. Exhibit. ˜

Peer Reviewed/Juried Poster Presentation or Conference Paper

Tani, Ellen. "blackness and fugitive motility through process and praxis." Proceedings of the Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present. Ed. Ellen Tani. Seattle, WA: n.p.. ˜

Oetting, Blake, Harper L. Montgomery, and Megan Driscoll. "Fugitive Conceptualisms." Proceedings of the College Art Association Conference. Ed. Ellen Tani and Adair Rounthwaite. New York, NY: n.p.. ˜

Invited Keynote/Presentation

Tani, Ellen. "Refusal and Confrontation: Black Conceptual Practice and the Legacy of Third World Feminism.”." Global Conceptualism Seminar series. Knight Art + Research Center, Institute of Contemporary Art Miami. Miami, FL. 23 Oct. 2023. Lecture. ˜