Amy Ross
Water Color
"Bird Of Paradise #8"
Watercolor on Paper 30 x 22 Inches 2015
Watercolor on Paper 30 x 22 Inches 2015
"Bird Of Paradise #3"
Watercolor on Paper 30 x 22 Inches 2015
Watercolor on Paper 30 x 22 Inches 2015
"Catamount"
Watercolor on Paper 30 x 22 Inches 2015
Watercolor on Paper 30 x 22 Inches 2015
"Jungle Cerberus'
Watercolor on Paper 30 x 22 Inches 2015
Watercolor on Paper 30 x 22 Inches 2015
Education
2000 Diploma program, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
1997 Master of Theological Studies, Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge, MA
1994 BA in Religious Studies, Connecticut College, New London, CT
Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2016 (forthcoming) Jenn Singer Gallery, New York, NY
2015 New Work, Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2014 Amy Ross: New Work, Helen Ficalora, Bridgehampton, NY
2011 Lone Wolf, Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2010 Brother Wolf, Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston, MA
2009 the aim of waking is to dream, Amy Ross and Carole Silverstein, Overtones Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Taxonomic Intoxication, Amy Ross and Ryan McLennan, Transmission Gallery, Richmond, VA
Shapeshifter, Rare Device, San Francisco, CA
Animal Spell, Amy Ross and Justin Gibbens, Punch Gallery, Seattle, WA
2007 Anima Mundi, Jen Bekman Gallery, New York, NY
Nature Morph, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, MA
Amy Ross: New Work, Romo Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Twist of Nature, Schlosberg Gallery, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
Animal Nature, Mack B Gallery, Sarasota, FL
2006 Sheep of Fools, Amy Ross and Sue Coe, Overtones Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Unnatural World, Motel Gallery, Portland, OR
2005 Ancient Inspiration, Perkins Gallery, Stoughton, MA
Amy Ross and Robert Gutierrez, Irvine Contemporary, Washington, DC
2004 Bloom, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, MA
2002 Kid, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, MA
2001 Sacrificial Zoo, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
Bestiary, Gallery 70 at the Heywood Gallery, Worcester, MA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2015 Plus One, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
Nature, Askew, Suffolk University Art Gallery, Boston, MA
Everything Is All White, Kasher|Potamkin, New York, NY
Baby It's Cold Outside, Drive-By Projects, Watertown, MA
2014 Gilded Forest, Kasher|Potamkin, New York, NY
The Illustrated Gallery, One Mile Gallery, Kingston, NY
Boston to Brooklyn, bk projects, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Strange Landscapes, One Mile Gallery, Kingston, NY
The Romantics, Drive-By Projects, Watertown, MA
Rare Earth, Plug Projects, Kansas City, MO
2012 Six Degrees, One Mile Gallery, Kingston, NY
2011 Momentum, LeBasse Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2010 Other as Animal, Danese Gallery, New York, NY
Life at the Edge: Forest Pathology, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
2009 Fata Morgana: The New Female Fantasists, Dabora Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Regime Change, Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CA
Zoo Logic, Courthouse Gallery, Lake George Arts Project, Lake George, NY
Gone to the Dogs, Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY
2008 Animals: Them and Us, North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND
The Other Side, Roseark, Los Angeles, CA
All Cut Up, Roebling Hall, New York, NY
Animus Botanica, Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY
Nature Freak, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA
Ornithology, Jen Bekman Gallery, New York, NY
Beauty and the Beast, Overtones Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Gallery Artists, Rice/Polak Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2, Project 4 Gallery, Washington, DC
Zoologica Fantastica, Cantor Art Gallery, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA
Fight for Flight, Thinkspace, Los Angeles, CA
2007 The Girl's Room, Jen Bekman Gallery, New York, NY
Why Look at Animals?, ArtSpace, New Haven, CT
Femmes Forces, Ai Gallery, Chicago, IL
Look Behind You, Giant Robot, New York, NY
2006 Going Ape: Animals in Contemporary Art, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
Flaunt, Junc Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Flight Plan, Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY
Modern Edens: Permutations of Paradise, Spur Projects, Portola Valley, CA
On the Wall, Cleveland State University Art Gallery, Cleveland, OH
2005 Four Squared, Motel Gallery, Portland, OR
Outlaw, Art Gotham, New York, NY
The Drawing Show, Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA
2004 Earthly Delights, Bakalar Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
For the Birds, ArtSpace, New Haven, CT
The Drawing Show, Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA
2003 Gone Fishin', Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, MA
New England/New York/New Talent, Hampden Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Gallery 70, Somerville Art Museum, Somerville, MA
2002 Input/Output, Lillian Immig Gallery, Emmanuel College, Boston, MA
South Enders, Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA
Encountering the Second Commandment, Rosen Museum Gallery, Boca Raton, FL, and Starr Gallery, Newton, MA
What I Did This Summer, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, MA
Encountering the Second Commandment, American Jewish Museum, Pittsburgh, PA
Negotiating Figurative Abstraction, Institute for Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
Bibliography
Beem, Edgar. Exhibition review. Maine Times, Dec. 21, 2000.
Bessire, Mark. Catalogue essay. Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art, 2000.
Carioli, Carly. “Pick of the Week.” The Boston Phoenix, June 15, 2001.
Dawson, Jessica. Exhibition review. The Washington Post, Feb. 3, 2005.
Dutcher, Leslie. Watercolor: Paintings by Contemporary Artists, Chronicle Books, 2013.
Farr, Sheila. Exhibition review. The Seattle Times, Apr. 18, 2008.
Gantz, Jeffrey. “Top 10 Shows of 2005.” The Boston Phoenix, Dec. 23, 2005.
Genocchio, Benjamin. Exhibition review. The New York Times, Feb. 15, 2004.
Johnson, Ken. Exhibition review. The Boston Globe, Sept. 15, 2006.
Knox, Robert. Exhibition review. The Boston Globe, Sept. 1, 2005.
Kurzner, Lisa. Exhibition review. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Nov. 11, 2007.
Lippens, Nate. Exhibition review. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Apr. 10, 2008.
Litt, Stephen. Exhibition review. The Cleveland Plain Dealer, Feb. 12, 2006.
McQuaid, Cate. Exhibition review. The Boston Globe, June 30, 2015.
McQuaid, Cate. Exhibition review. The Boston Globe, Feb. 10, 2010.
McQuaid, Cate. Exhibition review. The Boston Globe, Jan. 18, 2007.
McQuaid, Cate. Exhibition review. The Boston Globe, Dec. 23, 2005.
McQuaid, Cate. Exhibition review. The Boston Globe, June 11, 2004.
McQuaid, Cate. Exhibition review. The Boston Globe, Feb. 1, 2004.
McQuaid, Cate. “Emerging Artists.” The Boston Globe, Feb. 28, 2002.
Millis, Christopher. Exhibition review. The Boston Phoenix, Dec. 2, 2005.
Motley, John. Exhibition review. The Portland Mercury, Mar. 16, 2006.
Muske-Dukes, Carol. Exhibition review. The Huffington Post, June 10, 2010.
Parcellin, Paul. Exhibition review. Art New England, June/July 2002.
Rooney, E. Ashley. The Contemporary Art of Nature: Mammals, Schiffer, 2015.
Rozic, Michelle. Exhibition book. Edge of Life: Forest Pathology and Art.
Sheehan, Nancy. Exhibition review. Worcester Telegram & Gazette, Feb. 12, 2008.
Steel, Sharon. “8 Days a Week.” The Boston Phoenix, Jan. 5, 2007.
Temin, Christine. Exhibition review. The Boston Globe, Feb. 27, 2004.
Thompson, Chris. Exhibition review. The Portland Phoenix, Nov. 30, 2000.
Thurmer, Robert. “On the Wall” catalogue essay. Cleveland State Univ. Art Gallery, 2006.
Tung, Lisa. “Earthly Delights” catalogue essay, Massachusetts College of Art, 2004.
New American Paintings, Northeast Edition, Feb/Mar 2004. Juried by Rachel Lafo.
New American Paintings, Northeast Edition, Feb/Mar 2006. Juried by Bill Arning.
New American Paintings, Northeast Edition, Feb/Mar 2008. Juried by William Stover.
Honors and Lectures
2008 Nominee, Boston Institute of Contemporary Art’s James and Audrey Foster Prize
2004 Visiting Artist Lecture, Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA
2002 Visiting Artist Lecture, Emmanuel College, Boston, MA
2000 Visiting Artist Lecture, ICA at Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
Selected Collections
DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park
Fidelity Investments
Wellington Management
Simmons College
Ross School of Business, University of Michigan
West Collection
Education
2000 Diploma program, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
1997 Master of Theological Studies, Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge, MA
1994 BA in Religious Studies, Connecticut College, New London, CT
Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2016 (forthcoming) Jenn Singer Gallery, New York, NY
2015 New Work, Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2014 Amy Ross: New Work, Helen Ficalora, Bridgehampton, NY
2011 Lone Wolf, Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2010 Brother Wolf, Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston, MA
2009 the aim of waking is to dream, Amy Ross and Carole Silverstein, Overtones Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Taxonomic Intoxication, Amy Ross and Ryan McLennan, Transmission Gallery, Richmond, VA
Shapeshifter, Rare Device, San Francisco, CA
Animal Spell, Amy Ross and Justin Gibbens, Punch Gallery, Seattle, WA
2007 Anima Mundi, Jen Bekman Gallery, New York, NY
Nature Morph, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, MA
Amy Ross: New Work, Romo Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Twist of Nature, Schlosberg Gallery, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
Animal Nature, Mack B Gallery, Sarasota, FL
2006 Sheep of Fools, Amy Ross and Sue Coe, Overtones Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Unnatural World, Motel Gallery, Portland, OR
2005 Ancient Inspiration, Perkins Gallery, Stoughton, MA
Amy Ross and Robert Gutierrez, Irvine Contemporary, Washington, DC
2004 Bloom, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, MA
2002 Kid, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, MA
2001 Sacrificial Zoo, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
Bestiary, Gallery 70 at the Heywood Gallery, Worcester, MA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2015 Plus One, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
Nature, Askew, Suffolk University Art Gallery, Boston, MA
Everything Is All White, Kasher|Potamkin, New York, NY
Baby It's Cold Outside, Drive-By Projects, Watertown, MA
2014 Gilded Forest, Kasher|Potamkin, New York, NY
The Illustrated Gallery, One Mile Gallery, Kingston, NY
Boston to Brooklyn, bk projects, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Strange Landscapes, One Mile Gallery, Kingston, NY
The Romantics, Drive-By Projects, Watertown, MA
Rare Earth, Plug Projects, Kansas City, MO
2012 Six Degrees, One Mile Gallery, Kingston, NY
2011 Momentum, LeBasse Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2010 Other as Animal, Danese Gallery, New York, NY
Life at the Edge: Forest Pathology, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
2009 Fata Morgana: The New Female Fantasists, Dabora Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Regime Change, Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CA
Zoo Logic, Courthouse Gallery, Lake George Arts Project, Lake George, NY
Gone to the Dogs, Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY
2008 Animals: Them and Us, North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND
The Other Side, Roseark, Los Angeles, CA
All Cut Up, Roebling Hall, New York, NY
Animus Botanica, Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY
Nature Freak, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA
Ornithology, Jen Bekman Gallery, New York, NY
Beauty and the Beast, Overtones Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Gallery Artists, Rice/Polak Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2, Project 4 Gallery, Washington, DC
Zoologica Fantastica, Cantor Art Gallery, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA
Fight for Flight, Thinkspace, Los Angeles, CA
2007 The Girl's Room, Jen Bekman Gallery, New York, NY
Why Look at Animals?, ArtSpace, New Haven, CT
Femmes Forces, Ai Gallery, Chicago, IL
Look Behind You, Giant Robot, New York, NY
2006 Going Ape: Animals in Contemporary Art, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
Flaunt, Junc Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Flight Plan, Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY
Modern Edens: Permutations of Paradise, Spur Projects, Portola Valley, CA
On the Wall, Cleveland State University Art Gallery, Cleveland, OH
2005 Four Squared, Motel Gallery, Portland, OR
Outlaw, Art Gotham, New York, NY
The Drawing Show, Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA
2004 Earthly Delights, Bakalar Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
For the Birds, ArtSpace, New Haven, CT
The Drawing Show, Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA
2003 Gone Fishin', Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, MA
New England/New York/New Talent, Hampden Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Gallery 70, Somerville Art Museum, Somerville, MA
2002 Input/Output, Lillian Immig Gallery, Emmanuel College, Boston, MA
South Enders, Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA
Encountering the Second Commandment, Rosen Museum Gallery, Boca Raton, FL, and Starr Gallery, Newton, MA
What I Did This Summer, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, MA
Encountering the Second Commandment, American Jewish Museum, Pittsburgh, PA
Negotiating Figurative Abstraction, Institute for Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
Bibliography
Beem, Edgar. Exhibition review. Maine Times, Dec. 21, 2000.
Bessire, Mark. Catalogue essay. Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art, 2000.
Carioli, Carly. “Pick of the Week.” The Boston Phoenix, June 15, 2001.
Dawson, Jessica. Exhibition review. The Washington Post, Feb. 3, 2005.
Dutcher, Leslie. Watercolor: Paintings by Contemporary Artists, Chronicle Books, 2013.
Farr, Sheila. Exhibition review. The Seattle Times, Apr. 18, 2008.
Gantz, Jeffrey. “Top 10 Shows of 2005.” The Boston Phoenix, Dec. 23, 2005.
Genocchio, Benjamin. Exhibition review. The New York Times, Feb. 15, 2004.
Johnson, Ken. Exhibition review. The Boston Globe, Sept. 15, 2006.
Knox, Robert. Exhibition review. The Boston Globe, Sept. 1, 2005.
Kurzner, Lisa. Exhibition review. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Nov. 11, 2007.
Lippens, Nate. Exhibition review. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Apr. 10, 2008.
Litt, Stephen. Exhibition review. The Cleveland Plain Dealer, Feb. 12, 2006.
McQuaid, Cate. Exhibition review. The Boston Globe, June 30, 2015.
McQuaid, Cate. Exhibition review. The Boston Globe, Feb. 10, 2010.
McQuaid, Cate. Exhibition review. The Boston Globe, Jan. 18, 2007.
McQuaid, Cate. Exhibition review. The Boston Globe, Dec. 23, 2005.
McQuaid, Cate. Exhibition review. The Boston Globe, June 11, 2004.
McQuaid, Cate. Exhibition review. The Boston Globe, Feb. 1, 2004.
McQuaid, Cate. “Emerging Artists.” The Boston Globe, Feb. 28, 2002.
Millis, Christopher. Exhibition review. The Boston Phoenix, Dec. 2, 2005.
Motley, John. Exhibition review. The Portland Mercury, Mar. 16, 2006.
Muske-Dukes, Carol. Exhibition review. The Huffington Post, June 10, 2010.
Parcellin, Paul. Exhibition review. Art New England, June/July 2002.
Rooney, E. Ashley. The Contemporary Art of Nature: Mammals, Schiffer, 2015.
Rozic, Michelle. Exhibition book. Edge of Life: Forest Pathology and Art.
Sheehan, Nancy. Exhibition review. Worcester Telegram & Gazette, Feb. 12, 2008.
Steel, Sharon. “8 Days a Week.” The Boston Phoenix, Jan. 5, 2007.
Temin, Christine. Exhibition review. The Boston Globe, Feb. 27, 2004.
Thompson, Chris. Exhibition review. The Portland Phoenix, Nov. 30, 2000.
Thurmer, Robert. “On the Wall” catalogue essay. Cleveland State Univ. Art Gallery, 2006.
Tung, Lisa. “Earthly Delights” catalogue essay, Massachusetts College of Art, 2004.
New American Paintings, Northeast Edition, Feb/Mar 2004. Juried by Rachel Lafo.
New American Paintings, Northeast Edition, Feb/Mar 2006. Juried by Bill Arning.
New American Paintings, Northeast Edition, Feb/Mar 2008. Juried by William Stover.
Honors and Lectures
2008 Nominee, Boston Institute of Contemporary Art’s James and Audrey Foster Prize
2004 Visiting Artist Lecture, Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA
2002 Visiting Artist Lecture, Emmanuel College, Boston, MA
2000 Visiting Artist Lecture, ICA at Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
Selected Collections
DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park
Fidelity Investments
Wellington Management
Simmons College
Ross School of Business, University of Michigan
West Collection
Collage
"Under The Sea #1"
Collage On Paper
22 x 30 Inches 2015
Collage On Paper
22 x 30 Inches 2015
"Under The Sea #2"
Collage On Paper
22 x 30 Inches 2015
Collage On Paper
22 x 30 Inches 2015
"Under The Sea #3"
Collage On Paper
22 x 30 Inches 2015
Collage On Paper
22 x 30 Inches 2015
"Garden #2 Wall Drawing Detail
Cleveland State University Art Gallery
Cleveland, OH
2006
Cleveland State University Art Gallery
Cleveland, OH
2006
"Bloom" Wall Drawing
Allston Skirt Gallery
Boston Mass,
2004
Allston Skirt Gallery
Boston Mass,
2004
"Bloom" Wall Drawing
Allston Skirt Gallery
Boston Mass,
2004
Allston Skirt Gallery
Boston Mass,
2004