ITHICA, UNITED STATES

ARIEL BULLION ECKLUND

Companion

$815.00
Exhibition Submission Statement
Inspired by a recent visit to the Noguchi Museum in Astoria, NY, Companion 
is a vessel which embodies the complex emotions of the human condition.
This hollow, coil built form holds universal feelings of disappointment, doubt, joy and wonder.

Dimensions: 6"H x 8"W x 4"D

Material: Stoneware, paint and wax

Artwork ships: beginning october 22nd

Companion

Ariel Bullion, 2025
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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. 

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About the Artist

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.

Artist cv

ARIEL BULLION ECKLUND

Solo exhibition, Mueller Gallery, Caldwell University, Caldwell, NJ, September 2026
Solo or two person exhibit, Anthony Brunelli Fine Arts Project Space, Elmira, NY,
opens May 1, 2026
Inner Dialogue / two person with Domenica Brockman, Cherry Arts Gallery, Ithaca,
NY, March 27 - May 10, 2026
Group exhibition, Hawk + Hive, Andes, NY, Oct / Nov 2025
Trade : Design / Build, curation of new showroom and private / public spaces, Ithaca,
NY, Projected opening October 2025
Out Of The Frame / TCFA group exhibition, (co-curator), Forge Cellars, Hector, NY,
October 2025
Two Coats of Paint Residency, hosted by Sharon Butler, Long Island City, Queens, NY,
Aug 3 - 8, 2025
Barnstorm II, group exhibition at The Catskills Barn curated by Jeff Quinn, Delhi, NY,
Upstate Art Weekend, July 17- 30, 2025
VOLTA BASEL / presented by The Normal Royal Gallery, Basel, Switzerland, June 18-22,
2025
“RISE: Scenes of Resistance”: Jeremy Dennis, (model and collaborator), Garrison Art
Center, Garrison, NY, May 17- June 22
Sitting With Chairs, co-curated group exhibition, Corners Gallery, Ithaca, NY, Feb /
March, 2025
The Interior Design Show, sculptural porcelain wall lighting presented by Vessels +
Sticks, Toronto, Canada, Jan, 23 - 26, 2025
State of the Art Gallery Annual Juried Exhibition, Ithaca, NY, December 2024
Art Baseling, online group exhibition during Art Week Miami, Alfa Gallery, Dec 2024
In A Comet’s Shadow, Hawk + Hive, Andes, NY, October 2024
Sculptural Alchemy, group exhibition, Alfa Gallery via Artsy, October 2024

Energies / group exhibition, Cherry Gallery, Ithaca, NY, September 2024
Vessels + Sticks, Ceramic Stories interview, Toronto, August 2024
Upstate Art Weekend 2024, work on view at Studio Tashtego, Cold Spring, NY, July
2024
SEE, Artsy online group exhibition through Alfa Gallery, July 2024
Breathing Room / solo exhibition, Hawk + Hive, Andes, NY, April 20 - May 19, 2024
Bold Journey Magazine, interview, April 2024
Petrune Gallery, Odyssey / Ithaca, juried group exhibition, April 5 - 27
MADE IN NY / annual juried group exhibition, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY
March 23 - April 27, 2024
Conversations with Artists, blog interview hosted by Serena Depero, Feb 2024
PHOTOcentric Juried Group Exhibition, Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY, Dec / Jan
2024
Tenuous Circumstance, Two person with John McLaughlin, Corners Gallery, Nov 2023
Mapping the Abstract, Pinkwater Gallery, Kingston, NY, Sept / Oct 2023
SOAG Annual Juried Photography Exhibit, Cash Award Winner, State of the Art
Gallery, Ithaca, NY, June 2023
The Rest Gallery 2023 Juried Artist’s Showcase, Ithaca, NY, June 2023
Finger Lakes Pottery Tour, Invited Guest Artist, Mecklenberg, NY, June 10 /11, 2023
Saltonstall Foundation of the Arts, Co-Juror for summer residency program, 2023
Interpretation of Line, The Gallery at South Hill, Ithaca, NY, Oct 2022 (two woman
exhibit with Domenica Brockman)
Greater Ithaca Art Trail, 2022- 2023 Season
Artist’s Invitational Trunk Show, presented by Exhibit A at The Rockwell Museum / a
Smithsonian Museum Affiliate, Corning, NY, August 2022
BIG + Small, Cayuga Arts Collective Annual Member’s Exhibit, Trumansburg, NY,
June/July 2022

SOAG Annual Juried Photography Exhibit, State of the Art Gallery, Ithaca, NY, June
2022
Cayuga Arts Collective Paddle Grant, award recipient for further education in
ceramics and 2022 exhibition opportunity, 2021
Smooth the Rough Edges, two person exhibit, Petrune Gallery, December 2021
Ithaca Artist’s Market, Ithaca, NY, August 2021
Project Polaroid, group exhibition, co-curator and exhibitor, Corners Gallery, Ithaca,
NY, July 2021
Relics, solo exhibition, Petrune Gallery, (canceled due to Covid), Ithaca, NY, 2020
Foundry Artist’s Market, The Foundry, Ithaca, NY, Dec. 2019
Infinity in a Box, group exhibit curated by Maude Rith, TCPL, Ithaca, NY, July 2019
Blue, Cayuga Arts Collective Member Exhibition, Trumansburg, NY, June 2019
Spring Fever Artist’s Market, exhibitor and co-organizer, Danby Gathery, Danby, NY,
March 2019
Transparent Memory, group alternative photographic processes exhibition, curator
and exhibitor, Corners Gallery, Ithaca, NY, March 2019
Out of Bounds Radio Show, Interview with Tish Pearlman, November 3, 2018
Duality Exhibit: In Darkness + Light, co-curator and exhibitor, Petrune Gallery /
Corners Gallery, Sept. 2018
Spring Pop Up (with Dede Hatch), Corners Gallery, Ithaca, NY, April 2018
State of the Art Gallery Juried Photo Exhibit, award winner, Ithaca, NY, 2014
Art of Friends Annual Exhibit, Unitarian Church of Ithaca, Ithaca, NY, 2013
Banned!, group exhibition curated by Suzanne Onodera, TCPL, Ithaca, NY, 2013
Spirit and Kitsch, artist’s co-op member, Ithaca, NY, 2007-2009
Masters Thesis Exhibit, Syracuse University Art Galleries, 2007
Ithaca Artist’s Market, Ithaca, NY, 2002

Ithaca Artist’s Market, Ithaca, NY, 2001
Polaroid Transfer Workshop, day instructor, Syracuse University, 2001
Kodak Merit Scholarship Award, Syracuse University, 2000

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