
Amanda Ross-Ho
Amanda Ross-Ho
Born 1975 in Chicago, USA
Lives and works in Los Angeles, USA
Education
2006 MA in Fine Art, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
1998 BA in Fine Art, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA
1997 Exchange Program: California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, USA
Solo Exhibitions
2013
GONE TOMORROW, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, USA
CRADLE OF FILTH, Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, USA
THE CHARACTER AND SHAPE OF ILLUMINATED THINGS, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
2012
AMANDA ROSS-HO: TEENY TINY WOMAN, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA
2011
TIME WAITS FOR NO ONE, The Approach, London, UK
UNTITLED NOTHING FACTORY, Visual Arts Center, University of Texas, Austin, USA
2010
A STACK OF BLACK PANTS, Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, USA
SOMEBODY STOP ME, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, USA
Project Series 40: Amanda Ross-Ho, Pomona College Museum of Art, Pomona, USA
2009
Untitled Event, Hoet Bekaert Gallery, Gent, Belgium
2008
HALF OF WHAT I SAY IS MEANINGLESS, Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, USA
2007
Hoet Bekaert Gallery, Knokke, Belgium
NOTHIN FUCKIN MATTERS, Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, USA
2006
gran-abertura, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, USA
Don’t Front (You Know I Got Cha Open), Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, USA
2004
Season Finale, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, USA
2003
The Earth is Rotating with this Room as it’s Axis, Soap Factory, Minneapolis, USA
Scene of Changery, Dogmatic, Chicago, USA
Group Exhibitions
2013
In the Cut: Collage as Idea, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, Australia
Painting in Place, curated by Shamim Momin, Farmers and Merchants Bank, Los Angeles, USA
2012
Comrades of Time, PST, Tilberg, The Netherlands
Props for Memory, Invisible-Exports, New York, USA
Look Here, Upon this Picture, Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, USA
Pure Perception, Monica De Cardenas Gallery, Milan, Italy
prince at the forum, Beacon Arts Building, Inglewood, USA
Pairings: The Collection at 50, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, USA
Devouring Time, Western Bridge, Seattle, USA
Special Blend, The Journal, Brooklyn, USA
Image Transfer, Newcomb Art Gallery at Tulane University, New Orleans, USA
Set Pieces, Cardi Black Box, Milan, Italy
Make Hay, David Petersen Gallery, Minneapolis, USA
2011
IT AIN'T FAIR: Materialism, OHWOW, Miami, USA
disorder, Todd Madigan Gallery, California State University Bakersfield, Bakersfield, USA
Two Schools of Cool, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, USA
George Herms: Xenophillia (Love of he Unknown), Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA
Painting Expanded, Tanya Bonakdar, New York, USA
Greater LA, 483 Broadway, New York, USA
NOT THE WAY YOU REMEMBERED, Queens Museum of Art, New York, USA
Human Nature: Contemporary Art from the Collection, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, USA
Image Transfer, Richard E. Peeler Art Center, Depauw University, Greencastle, Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture, University of Maryland, Baltimore, USA
Banquet of the Black Jackel, Luckman Gallery, Cal State, Los Angeles, USA
2010
How Soon Now, Rubell Family Collection, Miami, USA
Free, New Museum, New York, USA
New Photography, Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
Image Transfer, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, USA
Production Site: The Artist’s Studio Inside and Out, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, USA
The Never Ending Story: Fairytale, Fantasy, Obsession, curated by Laura Hoptman, Royal/T, Los Angeles, USA
Crosstown Traffic, Jan Wentrup, Berlin, Germany
New Art for a New Century: Recent Acquisitions 2000-2009, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, USA
FAX, Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, Canada; Para/Site Space, Hong Kong, China
2009
Picturing The Studio, Sullivan Galleries, School of Art Institute, Chicago, USA
In Bed Together, Royal/T, Los Angeles, USA
Chinese Box, Overduin and Kite, Los Angeles, USA
Wall Works, Yerba Buena Center For The Arts, San Francisco, USA
Interiority Complex, Artist Curated Projects, Los Angeles, USA
Bitch is the New Black, Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
To The Left of the Rising Sun, Small A Projects, New York, USA
Abstract America: New Painting and Sculpture, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
Selected Works from the MCA Collection, MCA Chicago, Chicago, USA
Spoils & Relics, The Approach, London, UK
FAX, The Drawing Center, New York, USA
FIRST SHOW, Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, USA
Make Room, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, USA
LA Woman, Hanes Art Gallery, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, USA
2008
The Station, curated by Shamim Momin and Nate Lowman, Miami, USA
Indirect Object, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, USA
Dogtooth and Tessellate, curated by Michelle Cotton and Emma Robertson, The Approach, London, UK
2008
California Biennial, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, USA
Index: Conceptualism in California From The Permanent Collection, MOCA, Losa Angeles, USA
A tellurian complex, john Connelly presents, New York, USA
2008
Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA
Chinaman’s Chance, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, USA
Depositions, Galerie Francesca Pia, Zurich, Switzerland
Vaginal Rejuvenation, Guild and Greyshkul, New York, USA
2007
For REE, Marc Foxx Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
OPEN, Hoet Bekaert Gallery, Ghent, Belgium
Post-Rose: Artists In and Out of the Hazard Park Complex, Galerie Christian Nagel, Berlin, Germany
Sculptors’ Drawings, Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, USA
Sonotube Forms, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, USA
Warhol and…, Kantor/Feuer Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Me, you, you, a ventriloquy, Small A Projects, Portland, USA
Distinctive Messengers, House of Campari, West Hollywood, USA
Obscene Soft Sounds, Wallspace, New York, USA
Photographs, AR Fine Art, Milan, Italy
2006
Dice Thrown (Will Never Annul Chance), Bellweather Gallery, New York, USA
666, curated by Jan Tumlir, USC Roski School of the Arts, Los Angeles, USA
2005
State of Emergence, Track 16 Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Hella Chihuahuas, Platform China, Beijing, China
Things We Said We’d Never Do Again, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, USA
Spring Break, ArtLedge, Chicago, USA
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, ArtLA, Los Angeles, USA
Players, University of St. Francis, Joilet, USA
2004
Battle of the Dimensions, Stichting Kunst and Complex, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Extended Family, Publico, Cincinatti, USA
Drunk vs. Stoned, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York, USA
This Thing We Do, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, USA
Welcome to Wonderland, 1R Gallery, Chicago, USA
100 Cuts, Gallery 312, Chicago, USA
Uncovered Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA
2003
Don’t Fail Me Now, TBA Gallery, Chicago, USA
Amanda Ross-Ho and David Baptiste-Chirot, Jody Monroe Gallery, Milwaukee, USA
Glossing, 1R Gallery, Chicago, USA
Artboat, Dogmatic, Chicago, USA
9th Annual University Exhibit, Northern Indiana Art Association, Munster, USA
Really Real, Gallery 312, Chicago, USA
Subtle, Not So Subtle, 1R Gallery, Chicago, USA
2002
Just What It Says, Bodybuilder and Sprotsman, Chicago, USA
Canadian Thanksgiving, Robert DeCaprio Gallery, Palos Hill, USA
81/2’’ X 11’’, Bodybuilder and Sportsman, Chicago, USA
Reconfiguring Pop, Gallery 2, Chicago, USA
Thrill 2, Joymore, Chicago, USA
Moxie, Three Arts Club, Chicago, USA
Meet Me in St. Louie, Crowe T. Brooks Gallery, St. Louis, USA
2001
Bastard Son of Hot Sauce, Law Office, Chicago, USA
Outside the Box, Lemp Brewery, St. Louis, USA
Day Job, Open End, Chicago, USA
Flowers Are Meant To Be Picked, A.S.A.P., Chicago, USA
2000 Significant/Signifiers, Ukranian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, USA
Ball and Chain, Skokie Sculpture Park, Skokie, USA
Counter Productive Industries, 1926 Space, Chicago, USA
Bibliography
2012
Knight, Christopher, Faces to Watch: 2012, Los Angeles Times, 1st January, E8
Ross-Ho, Amanda, 500 words: Amanda Ross-Ho, Artforum.com 12th June
Knight, Christopher, Making it clear in her own time, Los Angeles Times, 3rd July, p. D, D7
Zellen, Jody, Continuing and Recommended, Artscene, September, p. 19
Martens, Anne, Amanda Ross-Ho MOCA Pacific Design Center, Artillery, September-October 2012, p. 64
Moratto, Rossela, Pure Perception, Flash Art International, July-September 2012, p. 106
Soto, Paul, Biographical Marks: Q+A with Amanda Ross- Ho, artinamericamagazine.com, July 25
2011
Lockhart, Sharon, Camera Austria, Issue 116
Bancroft, Sarah, Two Schools of Cool, exhibition catalog, Orange County Museum of Art
Sumpter, Helen, Amanda Ross-Ho: Time Waits For No One, Time Out London, No. 2127, May 26 – June 1
Cavin, Justin, Amanda Ross-Ho, ...might be good, Issue 164, March 4
Berardini, Andrew, Amanda Ross-Ho, Frieze Magazine, No. 137, March
Tan, Lumi, Free, Frieze Magazine, p. 141, March
Weathers, Chelsea, PICKS: Amanda Ross-Ho, Artforum.com, February
Geha, Katie, Amanda Ross-Ho: UNTITLED NOTHING FACTORY, Visual Arts Center, The University of Texas at Austin, Art Lies, No. 67, February
Griffin, Jonathan, Amanda Ross-Ho: A Stack of Black Pants, Art Review, January/February
Vogel, Wendy, Free: New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, ...might be good, Issue 160, January 7
Berardini, Andrew, Amanda Ross-Ho, Artillery, January 6
Williams, Maxwell, The California Conceptualist Unfurls Form and Structure, Flaunt.com, January
2010
Leher-Graiwer, Sarah, Amanda Ross-Ho at Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, Art Agenda, December
Knight, Christopher, Oddly, they connect, Los Angeles Times, November 26, p. D22
Taft, Catherine, Studio Check: Amanda Ross-Ho, Modern Painters, November, pp. 27-29
Aletti, Vince, Critics Notebook: Cool Hunters, The New Yorker, October 18, p. 12
Rosenberg, Karen, Ignoring Boundaries and Borrowing Freely, The New York Times, October 7, p. C28
Myers, Holly, In The Studio: A playful stage for Amanda Ross-Ho, Los Angeles Times, August 22, p. E5
Wehr, Anne, Amanda Ross-Ho, Frieze, June
Harvey, Doug, Amanda Ross-Ho: Trick-and-Treater, LA Weekly, May 20
Waxman, Lori, A look inside the artist's studio, Chicago Tribune, May 7
Jacob, Mary Jane and Michelle Grabner, The Studio Reader: On the Space of Artists, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, p. 11
Laster, Paul, Amanda Ross-Ho, 'SOMEBODY STOP ME', Time Out New York, April 29
Truong, Hong-An, Absence and Presence in Amanda Ross-Ho's Somebody Stop Me, Idiom, April 14
Schjeldahl, Peter, Amanda Ross-Ho, The New Yorker, April 26, pp. 12-13
Taft, Catherine, Amanda Ross-Ho, Artforum, April
Stillman, Steel, Amanda Ross-Ho, Art in America, April
Lassry, Elad, Amanda Ross-Ho, BOMBSITE, February
2009
Jones, Alice, Bright young things: ones to watch, The Independent, October 9
Nys Dambrot, Shana, On The Radar: Seventeen Artists You Should Know About, THE Magazine, September, p. 12
Ward, Ossian, Abstract America: New Painting and Sculpture, Time Out London, June 4
Januszczak, Waldemar, Give Credit to the Crunch, The Sunday Times, May 17
Ebner, Jörn, Nicht Alles ist Apokalypse, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Kunstmarkt, p. 42, May 16
White, Charlie, Cut and Paste, Artforum, XLVII, No.7, March, p. 210
2008
Cotter, Holland, Indirect Object, The New York Times, December 19
Gaines, Malik, 2008 California Biennial, exhibition catalogue, p. 182-185
Mizota, Sharon, Follow The Clues and, aha!, Los Angeles Times, October 10, p.E18- E19
Harvey, Doug, Free Skating, LA Weekly, September 26-October 2, p.58
Vikram, Anuradha, The LA Annual, Artillery, Vol. 2, no. 5, May/June, p.47-48
Nys Dambrot, Shana, Young At Art: 15 Artists Under 35, art ltd., May, p.57
Alemani, Cecilla, Whitney Girls, Mousse, Issue 13, March, p. 110-112
Cotter, Holland, Art’s Economic Indicator, The New York Times, March 7
Bair, Callen, The Buy-ennial, Portfolio, March, p.108
Allan, Stacey, Introducing Amanda Ross-Ho, Modern Painters, March, pp. 46-48, 95
Smith, Roberta, Amanda Ross-Ho and Kirsten Stoltmann, The New York, February 15, p. B32
Ed, Infinity’s Limited Engagement (Excerpt), NY Arts, Vol. 13, No. ½ Jan/Feb, p.15
Baker, R.C., Best in Show, Village Voice, January 30-February 5
2007
Holte, Michael Ned, Los Angeles, Artforum, December, p.288-291
Vogel, Carol, Whitney Biennial Stretches to Armory, The New York Times, November 16
Buckley, Annie, Amanda Ross-Ho at Cherry and Martin, Artweek, Vol. 38, Issue 4, May, p. 18
Taft, Catherine, Amanda Ross-Ho, Modern Painters, May, p.98
Dambrot, Shana Nys, Amanda Ross-Ho: Nothin Fuckin Matters, Art Review, April, Issue 10, p. 144
Rants and Raves: Amanda Ross-Ho, NYFA Interactive, March 21
Clark, Chad, Nothing Fuckin Matters, Frontiers, March, p.103
Gray, Emma, LA Confidential, artnet.com, www.artnet.com, February 14
Holte, Michael Ned, First Takes: 10 Writers On Up-and-Coming Artists, Artforum, January, p. 208-209
2006
Smith, Roberta, Dice Thrown (Will Never Annul Chance), The New York Times, November 3, p. E34
Doran, Anne, Dice Thrown (Will Never Annul Chance), Time Out, Issue 579 Ed. Sculpture and Installation Amanda Ross-Ho, retitle.com, www.retitle.com, November 8
MFA 2006, USC Roski School of Fine Arts, Los Angeles
Gray, Emma, Kitchen Sync, Art Review, June
2005
Harvey, Doug, State of Emergence: Undiscovered Cracks in the Art-World, Infrastructure, LA Weekly
Ed. 3rd Floor Magazine
2004
Pelley, Virginia, Amanda Ross-Ho, Venus Magazine
Marsh, Julia, Welcome to Wonderland, TenbyTen
Sandler, Carrie, Short and Sweet, UR Magazine
Workman, Michael, 2 Second Interview, Newcity Chicago
Kucharski, Steven, Artist Interview, Open Issues
Speh, Scott, Don’t Fail Me Now at TBA, Hot Commodities 19
Mayer, Anna, Don’t Fail Me Now @ TBA, panel-house.com, www.panel-house.com
2003
Audrey, Michelle, Glossing, F news
Velez, Pedro, Summer Thrills, artnet.com, www.artnet.com
Ed. Best of Chicago 2003: Best art opening-night parties, Newcity Chicago
Workman, Michael, Eye Exam, Newcity Chicago
Abbe, May, New Mane Artists at No Name Gallery, Minneapolis Star Tribune
2002
Workman, Michael, The Great Outdoors, Newcity Chicago
Polanski, Jurek, Significant Signifiers, Artscope.net, www.artscope.net
2001
Artist’s Page, Log Illustrated 9
1999
Coleman, Juliayn, The Meaning of A, Goodlookin’ Magazine
Publications and Writing:
2012
Morse, Rebecca, AMANDA ROSS-HO, exhibition catalogue, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, p.4-17
Morse, Rebecca, Chance favors the prepared Mind, AMANDA ROSS-HO, exhibition catalogue, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Sad is Stupid Big: Amanda Ross-Ho In Conversation with Joåo Ribas, AMANDA ROSS-HO, exhibition catalogue, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, p. 306-310