Amanda Ross-Ho
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Amanda Ross-Ho is an artist based in Los Angeles
.
Ross-Ho was born in Chicago
. She works in painting
, drawing
, sculpture
, installation
, photography
and uses found objects. She takes images from a wide variety of cultural locations, placing disparate references alongside each other in work for walls and floors, and as freestanding objects.
Ross-Ho received her MFA
from the University of Southern California
in 2006.
She participated in the 2008 Whitney Biennial
.
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
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Ross-Ho was born in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
. She works in painting
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
, drawing
Drawing
Drawing is a form of visual art that makes use of any number of drawing instruments to mark a two-dimensional medium. Common instruments include graphite pencils, pen and ink, inked brushes, wax color pencils, crayons, charcoal, chalk, pastels, markers, styluses, and various metals .An artist who...
, sculpture
Sculpture
Sculpture is three-dimensional artwork created by shaping or combining hard materials—typically stone such as marble—or metal, glass, or wood. Softer materials can also be used, such as clay, textiles, plastics, polymers and softer metals...
, installation
Installation art
Installation art describes an artistic genre of three-dimensional works that are often site-specific and designed to transform the perception of a space. Generally, the term is applied to interior spaces, whereas exterior interventions are often called Land art; however, the boundaries between...
, photography
Photography
Photography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...
and uses found objects. She takes images from a wide variety of cultural locations, placing disparate references alongside each other in work for walls and floors, and as freestanding objects.
Ross-Ho received her MFA
Master of Fine Arts
A Master of Fine Arts is a graduate degree typically requiring 2–3 years of postgraduate study beyond the bachelor's degree , although the term of study will vary by country or by university. The MFA is usually awarded in visual arts, creative writing, filmmaking, dance, or theatre/performing arts...
from the University of Southern California
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
in 2006.
She participated in the 2008 Whitney Biennial
Whitney Biennial
The Whitney Biennial is a biennale exhibition of contemporary American art, typically by young and lesser known artists, on display at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City, USA. The event began as an annual exhibition in 1932, the first biennial was in 1973...
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Selected exhibitions
2003- The Earth is Rotating with this Room as its Axis, Soap Factory, Minneapolis
2004
- Art Toronto, Pari Nadimi, Toronto, Ontario
- Battle of the Dimensions, Stichting Kunst and Complex, Rotterdam
2005
- Platform China, Hella Chihuahuas, Beijing
2006
- ZOO 2006, London
- It Was the Blurst of Times, Commerce Street Artist Warehouse, Houston
- Dice Thrown (Will Never Annul Chance), Bellwether, New York
- To London From Chicago, with Love, i-Cabin, London
- Ghosts Are Everywhere, NOVA Fair, Chicago
- Western Exhibitions, gran-abertura, Chicago
2007
- Hoet Bekaert, Knokke, Belgium
- Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles
2008
- Whitney Biennial, New York
External links
- Artist’s official site
- Amanda Ross-Ho on ArtFacts.net
- Further information from the Saatchi Gallery
- More information from Bellwether Gallery