Michelle Ross uses the language of abstract painting to activate curiosity and tolerance through materiality, form, color and sign. Her work seeks the proper arrangement of elements that will indicate the physical and emotional intelligence harbored in our bodies.

Her work has been exhibited at venues throughout the United States and in Italy, including at Canada Gallery, (New York) Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery at the University of Nevada, Reno (Nevada); Shaw Gallery at Weber State University (Utah); Portland Art Museum (Oregon); The Art Gym, Marylhurst University (Oregon); Nine Gallery (Oregon); Lumber Room (Oregon); New Mexico State University (New Mexico); Barrett House Galleries (New York); and Rome International University (Italy). She has been curated in print by Jennifer Blessing at the Guggenheim (New York); by Lowery Sims at the Museum of Arts and Design (New York); and by Jessica Morgan at the Tate (UK). Ross has received a Hallie Ford Fellowship (Oregon), a MacDowell Fellowship (New Hampshire), a Portland Art Museum Contemporary Northwest Art Award (Oregon) and was named a visiting artist at the American Academy in Rome (Italy). She received her MFA in painting and drawing from Washington State University, in Pullman.

Contact her at michellecarolross@gmail.com

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