Joan Ross
Joan Ross works across a range of mediums including drawing, painting, installation, photography, sculpture and video. Her bold and experimental practice investigates the legacy of colonialism in Australia, particularly in regard to its effect on Indigenous Australians.
Ross has been exhibiting since the late 1980s. Her solo exhibitions include TAKETAKETAKE Bett Gallery, Hobart (2016), 20–50% off all plants and animals, Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, Katoomba (2015); I made this for you, Michael Reid Gallery, Sydney (2015); You can't just take everything, Turner Gallery, Perth (2014); Touching other people’s shopping, Bett Gallery, Hobart (2013); The claiming of things, Gallery Barry Keldoulis, Sydney (2012); Joan Ross: Enter at your own risk, Gallery Barry Keldoulis, Sydney (2010); Come a little closer, Gallery Barry Keldoulis, Sydney (2008) and The knitted brow, Gallery Barry Keldoulis, Sydney (2007).
Selected group exhibitions include Antipodean Inquiry, Yavuz Gallery, Singapore (2016); Streetwise: Contemporary Print Culture, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra (2015); Colonial Afterlives, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart (2015); South, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Gymea (2014); Australian Voices, Fine Art Society Contemporary, London (2013); Wonderland: New Contemporary Art from Australia, Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei (2012); Lycett and Ross, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Campbelltown (2011); Curious Colony: A twenty first century Wunderkammer, Newcastle Regional Art Gallery, Newcastle (2010); I’m worst at what I do best, Parramatta Artist Studios, Sydney (2009); Lines in the Sand: Botany Bay Stories from 1770, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Sydney (2008); 2007: The Year in Art, S.H.Ervin Gallery, Sydney (2007).
Ross won the 2015 Glennfiddich Artists Residency Prize. She has been a finalist in the Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, the Fremantle Print Prize and the Blake Prize for Religious Art in 2013. She won the Viewer’s Choice Award, Redlands Westpac Art Prize in 2012 and the Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award in 2005. Her work is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra and a number of regional galleries and university and private collections.
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Joan Ross
Joan Ross works across a range of mediums including drawing, painting, installation, photography, sculpture and video. Her bold and experimental practice investigates the legacy of colonialism in Australia, particularly in regard to its effect on Indigenous Australians.
Ross has been exhibiting since the late 1980s. Her solo exhibitions include TAKETAKETAKE Bett Gallery, Hobart (2016), 20–50% off all plants and animals, Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, Katoomba (2015); I made this for you, Michael Reid Gallery, Sydney (2015); You can't just take everything, Turner Gallery, Perth (2014); Touching other people’s shopping, Bett Gallery, Hobart (2013); The claiming of things, Gallery Barry Keldoulis, Sydney (2012); Joan Ross: Enter at your own risk, Gallery Barry Keldoulis, Sydney (2010); Come a little closer, Gallery Barry Keldoulis, Sydney (2008) and The knitted brow, Gallery Barry Keldoulis, Sydney (2007).
Selected group exhibitions include Antipodean Inquiry, Yavuz Gallery, Singapore (2016); Streetwise: Contemporary Print Culture, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra (2015); Colonial Afterlives, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart (2015); South, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Gymea (2014); Australian Voices, Fine Art Society Contemporary, London (2013); Wonderland: New Contemporary Art from Australia, Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei (2012); Lycett and Ross, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Campbelltown (2011); Curious Colony: A twenty first century Wunderkammer, Newcastle Regional Art Gallery, Newcastle (2010); I’m worst at what I do best, Parramatta Artist Studios, Sydney (2009); Lines in the Sand: Botany Bay Stories from 1770, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Sydney (2008); 2007: The Year in Art, S.H.Ervin Gallery, Sydney (2007).
Ross won the 2015 Glennfiddich Artists Residency Prize. She has been a finalist in the Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, the Fremantle Print Prize and the Blake Prize for Religious Art in 2013. She won the Viewer’s Choice Award, Redlands Westpac Art Prize in 2012 and the Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award in 2005. Her work is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra and a number of regional galleries and university and private collections.
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ArtCollection.io is a cloud based solution that gives you access to your collection anywhere you have a secure internet connection. In addition to a beautiful web dashboard, we also provide users with a suite of mobile applications that allow for data synchronization and offline browsing. Feel confident in your ability to access your art collection anywhere around the world at anytime. Download ArtCollection.io today!
