Mitchell-Innes & Nash

Amanda Ross-Ho

Biography

Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA

EDUCATION

2006 MFA, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
1998 BFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2012
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA

2011
Time Waits for No One, The Approach, London, UK
UNTITLED NOTHING FACTORY, Visual Arts Center, University of Texas Austin

2010
SOMEBODY STOP ME, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York
The Cheshire Cat Principle, Pomona Museum of Art, Claremont, CA
Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, CA

2009
UNTITLED EVENT, Hoet Bekaert, Ghent, Belgium

2008
HALF OF WHAT I SAY IS MEANINGLESS, Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, CA

2007
Hoet Bekaert, Knokke, Belgium
NOTHIN FUCKIN MATTERS, Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, CA

2006
November Rain, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
Don't Front (You Know I Got Cha Open), Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, CA

2004
Season Finale, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL

2003
The Earth is Rotating with this Room as its Axis, Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN
Scene of Changery, Dogmatic, Chicago, IL

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011
Two Schools of Cool, curated by Sarah Bancroft, Orange County Museum, CA (upcoming)
George Herms: Xenophilia (Love of the Unknown), Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Painting Expanded, Tanya Bonakdar, New York, NY
Greater LA, organized by Eleanore Cayre, Benjamin Godsill and Joel Messler, New York, NY
Not the W

2010
New Photography 2010, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Image Transfer, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
Production Site: The Artist's Studio Inside and Out, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Chicago, IL

Picturing the Studio, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
New Art for a New Century: Recent Acquisitions 2000-2009, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA

Crosstown Traffic, Wentrup Gallery, Berlin, Germany

FAX, Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, Canada; Para/Site Art Space, Hong Kong

2009
Henning Bohl, Michael Hakimi, Amanda Ross-Ho, The Approach, London, UK
FIRST SHOW, Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, CA
FAX, The Drawing Center, New York, NY
Make Room, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA
LA Woman, Hanes Art Gallery, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, NC
Selected Works from the MCA Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, IL
BITCH IS THE NEW BLACK, Honor Fraser, Los Angeles, CA

2008
Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York
2008 California Biennial, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
Index: Conceptualism In California From The Permanent Collection, MOCA, Los Angeles, CA
A tellurian complex, John Connelly Presents, New York, NY
Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Chinaman's Chance, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, CA
Depositions, Galerie Francesca Pia, Zurich, Switzerland.
Nina in Position, Artists Space, New York, NY
Vaginal Rejuvenation, Guild and Greyshkul, New York, NY

2007
Sculptors' Drawings, Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Post-Rose: Artists In And Out of The Hazard Park Complex, Christian Nagel, Berlin, Germany
Sonotube Forms, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
Warhol and..., Kantor/Feuer Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Me, you, you, a ventriloquy, Small A Projects, Portland, OR
Distinctive Messengers, House of Campari, Los Angeles, CA
Obscene Soft Sounds, Wallspace, New York, NY
Photographs, AR Fine Art, Milan, Italy

2006
Dice Thrown (Will Never Anul Chance), Bellwether, New York, NY
666, curated by Jan Tumlir, USC Roski School of the Arts, Los Angeles, CA

2005
State of Emergence, Track 16 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Hella Chihuahuas, Platform China, Beijing, China
Things We Said We'd Never Do Again, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
Spring Break, ArtLedge, Chicago, IL
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, ArtLA, Los Angeles, CA
Players, University of St. Francis, Joliet, IL

2004
Battle of the Dimensions, Stichting Kunst and Complex, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Extended Family, Publico, Cincinatti, OH
Drunk vs, Stoned, Gavin Brown's Enterprise, New York, NY
This Thing We Do, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
Welcome to Wonderland, 1R Gallery, Chicago, IL
100 Cuts, Gallery 312, Chicago, IL
Uncovered Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL

2003
Don't Fail Me Now, TBA Gallery, Chicago, IL
Amanda Ross-Ho and David Baptiste-Chirot, Jody Monroe Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Glossing, 1R Gallery, Chicago, IL
Artboat, Dogmatic, Chicago, IL
9th Annual University Exhibit, Northern Indiana Art Association, Munster, IN
Really Real, Gallery 312, Chicago, IL
Subtle, Not So Subtle, 1R Gallery, Chicago, IL

2002
Just What it Says, Bodybuilder and Sportsman, Chicago, IL
Canadian Thanksgiving, Robert DeCaprio Gallery, Palos Hills, IL
81/2' X 11', Bodybuilder and Sportsman, Chicago, IL
Reconfiguring Pop, Gallery 2, Chicago, IL
Thrill 2, Joymore, Chicago, IL
Moxie, Three Arts Club, Chicago, IL
Meet Me in St. Louie, Crowe T. Brooks Gallery, St. Louis, MO

2001
Bastard:Son of Hot Sauce, Law Office, Chicago, IL
Outside the Box, Lemp Brewery, St. Louis, MO
Day Job, Open End, Chicago, IL
Flowers are Meant to be Picked, A.S.A.P, Chicago, IL

2000
Significant/Signifiers, Ukranian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, IL
Ball and Chain, Skokie Sculpture Park, Skokie, IL
Counter Productive Industries, 1926 Space, Chicago, IL

SCREENINGS

2004
MAMCS, PThe Chicago Program, Strasbourg, France
De Player, PSweet Stuff for the Observer, Rotterdam, NL

2003
Worm, The Bold and the Beautiful, Rotterdam, Netherlands

2002
7a*11d, Performance Art Festival, Direct to Documentation Toronto, ON

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Ruiz, Steve “Drawing with Amanda Ross-Ho”, Jettison Quarterly, Spring/Summer 2011
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Knight, Christopher. “Oddly, they connect,” Los Angeles Times, November 26, 2010, p D22
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Artist Exhibitions

Indirect Object - Matt Mullican, Cady Noland, Amanda Ross-Ho, Frances Stark 534 West 26th Street - December 2, 2008 - January 10, 2009
Summer Exhibition -
Amanda Ross-Ho - SOMEBODY STOP ME - April 1 - May 1, 2010

Artist Images

Untitled Pegboard (Reality Remix)
2007
Paper, xerox, tape on punched paper, framed
22 by 30 inches


New Seizure #1, 2008
Hand-drilled sheetrock, latex paint, found images, linen tape
96 by 48 in. 243.8 by 121.9 cm.


Untitled Still Life (Rorschach), 2007
Graphite, Xerox, acrylic, canvas, construction paper, Gaffer's tape and pins on sheetrock, framed
41 by 32 inches


White Goddess #9, 2007
Acrylic on cut canvas, linoleum, wood, bucket, used paint brushes, paint roller, cat toy, duster, incense, wood stir stick
108 by 41 1/4 by 25 inches


Installation View, Whitney Biennial, 2008


Latticework 2 with Peripheral Disclosure, 2008
Wooden trellis, wicker chair, framed lightjet print, ceramic goblet, sneakers, gold chain, canvas, spraypaint and sequins
Installed: 96 by 48 by 31 in. 243.8 by 121.9 by 78.7 cm.


Untitled Detail (Vans), 2007
Unique lightjet print mounted on acrylic
19 1/2 by 25 1/2 in. 49.5 by 64.8 cm.


Untitled Textile #1 (B & W), 2008
Hand-drilled sheetrock, latex paint, found images, linen tape
96 by 48 in. 243.8 by 121.9 cm.


Siam, 2008
Lightjet print
52 5/8 by 35 1/8 in. 133.7 by 89.2 cm.


Leave Me Alone (Remix), 2008
Lightjet print
46 1/8 by 44 in. 117.2 by 111.8 cm.


White Goddess #19
2009
Acrylic on cut canvas
97 by 45 in. 246.4 by 114.3 cm.


White Goddess #27
2010
Acrylic on cut canvas drop cloth
101 by 61 1/2 in. 256.5 by 156.2 cm.


Untitled
2010
Canvas drop cloth, wood, roofing nails, unbleached titanium acrylic paint, lightjet print on fabricated panel
48 1/8 by 37 1/4 by 3 3/4 in. 122.2 by 94.6 by 9.5 cm., installed


Double Feature
2010
High density foam, fiberglass resin, urethane primer, vacuum metallized in gold
34 1/2 by 26 by 7 1/2 in. 87.6 by 66 by 19.1 cm.


Heirloomed Model with Scale Natural Disaster (Preserving Memories Is What We Do Best)
2010
Vacuum metallized foamcore gallery model in gold, stolen stool
44 3/4 by 44 1/2 by 21 in. 113.7 by 113 by 53.3 cm., installed


Bedroom Bandit
2010
Quilt sewn by Gina Ross-Childers, framed David Lee Roth poster
99 1/2 by 54 1/4 in. 252.7 by 137.8 cm.


Administering Sabotage Through Craft
2010
Cotton jersey, embroidery thread, aluminum thumbtacks, acrylic paint, latex paint, cabernet sauvignon, cat hair, dirt, coffee, buckram, matte medium
90 by 76 in. 228.6 by 193 cm., installed


Onesource 2a Mock Milestones (Perforated Sampler)
2010
Hand-drilled sheetrock, latex paint, framed lightjet prints, framed Xerox with acrylic paint, pegboard hooks, chain sample, CNC cut acrylic
97 by 76 by 17 in. 246.4 by 193 by 43.2 cm., installed


Inside Job
2010
Grand scale inkjet print on canvas
105 3/4 by 140 3/4 in. 268.6 by 357.5 cm.


LUCIAN FREUD
"After Chardin," 2000
Etching on Somerset Textured White paper, ed. 20/46
Plate: 23 3/8 by 28 7/8 in. (sheet: 30 1/4 by 38 in.)


MAX ERNST
"Les Amoureux (The Lovers)," 1913
Carved and tinted limewood heightened with gold
15 3/16 by 5 1/2 by 4 1/8 in. 38.5 by 14 by 10.5 cm.


LUCIAN FREUD
"Eli," 2002
Etching on White Sommerset Textured paper, ed. 18/46
Sheet: 30 1/2 by 37 1/2 in. 77.5 by 95.3 cm.


JEAN DUBUFFET
"Sorcière," 1954
Cork root and stones
Height: 6 3/4 in. 17.1 cm.


Installation View


Installation View


ANTHONY CARO
Cadence
1968-72
Steel, painted yellow
49 1/2 by 224 1/2 by 198 in. 125.7 by 570.2 by 502.9 cm.


KENNETH NOLAND
Untitled
Circa 1967
Acrylic on canvas
13 ¾ by 61 ¼ in. 34.9 by 155.6 cm.


KENNETH NOLAND
The Time
1967
Acrylic on canvas
67 by 150 1/4 in. 170.2 by 381.6 cm.


KENNETH NOLAND
Via Noon
1968
Acrylic on canvas
17 1/8 by 107 1/4 in. 43.5 by 272.4 cm.


KENNETH NOLAND
Untitled
1968
Acrylic on canvas
16 5/8 by 44 9/16 in. 42.2 by 113.2 cm.





ANTHONY CARO
Kenner
1965
Painted steel
24 by 44 by 10 in. 61 by 111.8 by 25.4 cm.


ANTHONY CARO
Table Piece XIV
1966
Steel
10 1/4 by 19 1/2 by 23 1/4 in. 26 by 49.5 by 59.1 cm.


Untitled Still Life (Wreaths and Masks)
2011
Hand drilled sheetrock, latex paint, graphite, linen tape, graphite on construction paper, found images, newspaper wrapping paper, gold foil doily, brush cleaning painting, staples
62 by 48 in. 157.5 by 121.9 cm.


Correction #59 (Check Minus Check)
1981-2011
Various red acrylic paints and gesso on canvas
96 by 72 in. 243.8 by 182.9 cm.