ITHACA, USA
Collection: ARIEL BULLION ECKLUND
ARTIST STATEMENT
Surrounded by discussions and images of architecture as a child and young adult, form and structure continue to be predominant influences in my work. I am interested in creating sculptural forms that echo Brutalist, Mid Century and Modern styles.
Ariel Bullion Ecklund (b.1969) is a curator and multidisciplinary artist in Upstate NY. She holds a BFA in Art Photography from the School of Visual and Performing Arts and a Master’s Degree in Museum Studies, both from Syracuse University.
Following earning her Master of Arts, Ariel worked as a freelance photographer and in the Dept. of Preservation and Conservation at Cornell University Libraries. In 2009, she purchased a gallery and framing studio and has since curated and mounted over 100 physical exhibitions during her 16-year career as a gallerist at Corners Gallery, in Ithaca, NY.
Ariel has exhibited her work in a multitude of galleries and museums and her work can be found in many private collections. Ariel has been the recipient of numerous awards in juried exhibitions and was the recipient of a Kodak Merit Scholarship. In 2021, she was awarded the Cayuga Arts Collective Paddle Grant, to aid in her ongoing ceramic education.
In 2023, she was a co-juror for the Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts Summer Residency Program (for photography/video) and was a guest artist in the Finger Lakes Pottery Tour.
In 2024, Ariel presented a solo exhibition at Hawk + Hive in Andes, NY, and in January, 2025, she exhibited ceramic lighting at The Interior Design Show in Toronto, Canada.
This summer, Ariel’s work traveled to Basel, Switzerland at the VOLTA Basel Art Fair during Art Basel Week, presented by Normal Royal Gallery. Ariel also exhibited during Upstate Art Weekend at The Catskills Barn, a group exhibition of 16 artists and designers curated by artist Jeff Quinn. In August, she was an Artist In Residence at the Two Coats of Paint Residency hosted by painter and writer Sharon Butler in Queens, NY. In November, Ariel will speak and show a commissioned work along with photographer Jeremy Dennis at the Hudson River Museum in Yonkers, NY. For the remainder of 2025 and 2026, Ariel is scheduled to curate, design and exhibit at various sites in New York, New Jersey and Toronto.
Ariel’s artistic influences include Sally Mann, Louise Nevelson, Lenore Tawney, Agnes Martin, Maria Lai, Todd Hido, Richard Serra. She also finds inspiration in architecture, maps and images of galaxies in outer space.
Ariel lives and works in Ithaca, NY.
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