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Jamie Ross (1987, Canada) is a visual artist, writer and filmmaker. Ross touches pre-legalization queer and trans musical and social cultures, as well as their interactions with non-human environments.
Archival whistles, blown glass, carved wood, seashell collections, stereoscopic photography of gay people in parks, wax cylinder voice recordings, jugs of saliva-fermented juice, harmonic folk singing, and transparent mulberry paper feature in Jamie’s practice. A Fulbright Scholar 2021-2024, the artist entered into a deep phase of research into a Victorian secret society of queer marine biologists in Southern California.
Ross has presented solo shows at Centre Clark (Montreal) and Pierre-François Ouellette (Montreal), and in group shows and biennials such as at the Plug In ICA (Winnipeg, Canada),Noon Projects (Los Angeles), Olga Korper Gallery (Toronto), The Plumb (Toronto), Lugar a Dudas (Cali, Colombia), Geto Byenal (Haiti), and the Momenta Biennale (Montréal, Québec).
Ross has conducted residencies at The Banff Centre (Canada), El Museo de Arte Moderno Castro (Chile), La Usurpadora (Colombia), El Museo de Arte de Morelia (Mexico) and at Lugar a Dudas (Colombia).
Jamie’s video works have been screened and installed in exhibitions in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, England, France, Haiti, Hong Kong, Japan, Mexico, South Korea, Sweden, the United States, and throughout Canada. Vidéographe, The New Yorker Documentary, Vtape, and Tënk documentary streaming platform distribute them. Ross is the recipient of the Audience Award for Best Short Film from the largest documentary film festival in North America, Hot Docs in 2022.
Jamie’s writing on artists, museums and exhibitions has appeared in C Magazine, Canadian Art, La Presse, VICE, and MOMUS. Writing on Ross’ practice has appeared in Artforum, CBC Arts, Esse, Revista Hysteria, XTRA, Hyperallergic, and The New Yorker.
Ross has an undergraduate degree in Linguistics and an MFA in Interdisciplinary Studio Art from UCLA.
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