1983
BFA, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, with distinction
1997
Philip Morris Juror’s Merit Award, New American Talent: The Thirteenth Exhibition, Texas Fine Arts Association
1998
The Tesuque Foundation, Artist Fellowship Grant, Chicago
2000
American Artists at Giverny, Residency Grant, Art Production Fund, New York
2002
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship
2006
The Lewis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award
2010 New York Foundation for the Arts, Artist’s Fellowship, Painting
Lives and works in New York City.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011
Recent Paintings, David Nolan Gallery, New York
2010
Galerie Hussenot, Paris
2008
Drawings 2000-2008, Nolan Judin, Berlin
Recent Drawings, David Nolan Gallery, New York
New Work, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York
2007
Worcester Art Museum, Renaissance Court Wall, Worcester, Massachusetts
2006
Recent Work, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles
2005
Recent Paintings and Drawings, Feature Inc., New York
Survey, Contemporary Art Museum of Saint Louis, Saint Louis, MO
Feature Inc., New York
2004
New Paintings, Kevin Bruk Gallery, Miami
Preview of New Paintings, Feature Inc., New York
2003
Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles
Paintings and Drawings, Feature Inc., New York
New Paintings, Kevin Bruk Gallery, Miami, FL
2001
Recent Drawings, Kevin Bruk Gallery, Miami
2000
Recent Work, Feature Inc., New York
1999
Mary Boone Gallery, New York
1998
Paintings, Feature Inc., New York
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011
MELT, Tang Museum at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
2010
Pastorale, curated by Klaus Kertess, 80 Washington Square East Galleries, New York
Summer Group Show, David Nolan Gallery, New York
2009
Morphological Mutiny: Steve DiBenedetto, Alexander Ross, and James Siena, Nolan Judin Berlin, Berlin; traveled to David Nolan Gallery, New York
Drawing Itself: A Survey of Contemporary Practice, Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, Brattleboro, VT
Extreme Frontiers/Urban Frontiers, Institute of Contemporary Art, Valencia, Spain
NY Masters, Galerie Jean-Luc & Takako Richard, Paris
Slough, David Nolan Gallery, New York
2007
In Monet’s Garden: The Lure of Giverny, Columbus Museum of Art, OH
Horizon, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York
Neo-Integrity, Derek Eller Gallery, New York
2006
Three Exhibitions Regarding Nature, Feature Inc., New York
Surrealism: Then and Now, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York
Twice Drawn, The Tang Museum at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
The 2006 DeCordova Annual Exhibition, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Garden, Lincoln, Massachusetts
Frontiers: Collecting the Art of Our Time, Worcester Art Museum, Worchester, MA
2005
Remote Viewing, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; traveled to St. Louis Museum of Art, MO
Realism and Abstraction: Six Degrees of Separation, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
Survey, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, MO
Alexander Ross + Wayne Gonzalez, Conner Contemporary Art, Washington, DC
2004
Our Grotesque, curated by Robert Storr, SITE Santa Fe, NM
Colored Pencil, K.S. Art, New York
Drawing II (Selected), G-Module, Paris
Endless Love, D.C. Moore Gallery, New York
SITE Sante Fe’s Fifth International Biennial, Sante Fe Biennial, Sante Fe, NM
2003
Giverny, Salon 94, New York
Mighty Graphitey, Feature Inc., New York
Nature Boy, Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York
On Line, Feigen Contemporary, New York
Ballpoint Inklings, K.S. Art, New York
2002
Invitational Exhibition of Painting & Sculpture, The American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York
Miss Universe, Art Concept, Paris
Ballpoint Inklings, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
Group Drawing Show, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles
Everybody knows this is Nowhere, Kevin Bruk Gallery, Miami, FL
Painting and Illustration, The Luckman Fine Arts Complex, Los Angeles
2001
Arte Contemporaneo Internacional, Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City
Works of SOLO Impression, Myers School of Art, University of Akron, OH
Luck of the Drawn, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
Synth, White Columns, New York, organized by Leo Villareal
Painting/Not Painting, White Columns, New York, curated by Peter Rostovsky and Rachel Urkowitz
Miss Univers, Art: Concept, Paris
2000
Drawings & Photographs, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
Drawing, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London
Alex8, Kevin Bruk Gallery, Miami, FL
Paper Trail Pt. 2, Shaheen Modern and Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH
Grok Terrence McKenna Dead, Feature Inc., New York
00 Drawings 2000, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York
Useful Indiscretions: works on paper, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
23rd Benefit Auction Exhibition, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York
Almost Something: Depictive Abstraction, Catherine Moore Fine Art, New York
anp City Projects, Cokkie Senoei, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Hairy Forearm’s Self-Referral, Feature Inc., New York
Group Exhibition, M du B, F, H & g, Montreal
Greater New York, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY
Superorganic Hydroponic Warfare, Derek Eller Gallery, New York
Group Show, Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm, curated by Ross Bleckner
1999
1999 Drawings, Alexander and Bonin, New York
Pictorial Abstraction, Temple Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
What Big Is, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
Alexander Ross and Lucky DeBellevue, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London
Curious Parking @ Stupendous Strawberry, S & H DeBuck, Ghent, Belgium
Cookie Snow Feature Inc., Cokkie Senoei, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
1998
Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
WOp, ANP, Antwerp, Belgium
Paper View, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
Spectacular Optical, Thread Waxing Space, New York
View 3, Mary Boone Gallery, New York, curated by Klaus Kertess
1997
Swamp Thing, Salon 75, Brooklyn, New York, curated by Joel Beck
New American Talent: The Thirteenth Exhibition, University of North Texas Art Gallery, Denton; Texas Fine Arts Association at CenterSpace, Austin; organized by the Texas Fine Arts Association; curated by Robert Storr
1996
Relief Pieces, Feature Inc., New York
Ab Fab, Feature, Inc., New York
A4 Favours, Three Month Gallery, Liverpool, UK, curated by Padraig Timony
Gramercy International Contemporary Art Fair, Mitchell Algus Gallery, New York
1995
Group Show, Mitchell Algus Gallery, New York
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2010
Asfour, Nana. “Morphological Mutiny: Steve DiBenedetto, Alexander Ross and James Siena,” Time Out New York, January 14-20, 2010
2009
Coggins, David. "Alexander Ross," Art in America, January 2009
2008
Smith, Roberta. "Dear Gallery: It Was Fun, but I'm Moving Up," The New York Times, April 18, 2008
Cohen, David. "Alien Resurrection," The New York Sun, March 27, 2008
2007
Review, "Horizon," The New Yorker, July 23, 2007
2006
Deitsch, Dina. "Alexander Ross," in The 2006 DeCordova Annual Exhibition, Lincoln, MA: DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, 2006.
Hill, Shawn. "The 2006 DeCordova Exhibition," Dig, May 31, 2006
McQuaid, Cate. "Controlled Chaos," The Boston Globe, May 5, 2006
Millis, Christopher. "Good Behavior," The Boston Phoenix, May 19, 2006
Pagel, David. "Color and Texture as Playthings," The Los Angeles Times, February 17, 2006
2005
Scott, Andrea K. "World Piece," Time Out New York, July 28, 2005
Grady, Elizabeth M. "Alexander Ross," in Elisabeth Sussman, ed., Remote Viewing: Invented Worlds in Recent Painting and Drawing, New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 2005
Glueck, Grace. "Tapping Into A Glut of Information and Making Sense (and Art) of It All," The New York Times, June 3, 2005
Cohen, David. "Gallery Going," The New York Sun, April 7, 2005
Johnson, Ken. "Alexander Ross," The New York Times, April 1, 2005
Manning, Sean. "Alexander Ross," New York Press, March 16, 2005
2004
Storr, Robert. "Alexander Ross," in Sarah S. King, ed., Disparities & Deformations, Our Grotesque, Santa Fe, NM: SITE Santa Fe, 2004.
Cohen, David. "Gallery Going," The New York Sun, March 11, 2004
Turner, Elisa. "Photos of green things become weird works of art," The Miami Herald, February 10, 2004
2003
Ocana, Damarys. "Tales of suspense," Miami Street, December 26, 2003
Storr, Robert. "Warts and all: the art of Alexander Ross," Artforum, September 2003
Smith, Roberta. "Mighty Graphitey," The New York Times, August 9, 2003
Cohen, David. "Gallery Going," The New York Sun, July 17, 2003
2002
Saltz, Jerry. "Sleepers Awake," The Village Voice, November 2002
Dunham, Carroll. "Artists Curate," Artforum, October 2002
2001
Richard, Frances. Review, Artforum, March 2001
2000
Smith, Roberta. "Art in Review," The New York Times, December 1, 2000
Henry, Max. "Portals of Discovery," artnet.com Magazine, November 2000
Kertess, Klaus. "The Story of 00," Gladstone Gallery, New York
Hong, Catherine. "United Artists," Harper's Bazaar, May 2000
Review, "Superorganic Hydroponic Warfare," The New Yorker, March 6, 2000
1999
Ivy, Angus. Review (WOp), Zing Magazine, Summer 1999
Lin, Jeremy. "Alexander Ross, Cellular One," Surface, Summer 1999
Scott, Andrea K. "Reviews," Time Out New York, April 29, 1999
Cotter, Holland. "Art in Review," The New York Times, April 23, 1999
Viveros-Faune, Christian "Green Machine," New York Press, April 7, 1999
Lambrecht, Luc. "Amerikaans en Toch Niet," De Morgen, February 12, 1999
Popelier, Bert. "Jonge Amerikanen," Financieel Economasche Tijd, February 3, 1999
Dove, Edith. "Wonderlijke Combinaties," De Standaard, February 3, 1999
Hoban, Phoebe. "The Mod Squad," New York Magazine, January 11, 1999
1998
Sciaccaluga, Maurizio. "Call it Godzilla," Tema Celeste, October-December 1998
Heartney, Eleanor. "Alexander Ross at Feature," Art in America, July 1998
Johnson, Ken. "View Three," The New York Times, May 1998
Decker, Andrew. "The Art of Now," Diversion, April 1998
Review, "Goings on About Town," The New Yorker, January 19, 1998
Ebony, David. Review, "David Ebony's Top Ten," artnet.com Magazine, January 1998
Levin, Kim. "Alexander Ross/Bome/Drawers," Village Voice/Choices, January 1998
1997
Storr, Robert. "Texas Shuffle; Essay on New American Talent," Art News, December 1997
1996
Moody, Tom. "Group Show, Mitchel Algus Gallery," Art Papers, Vol. 20 #1, January/February