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Artist Statement:
My painting style is the
result of a lifelong deep
learning process that involves
art historical references,
painting on a daily basis,
observation of nature, and
careful attention to the act
of painting itself.
I paint landscapes, portraits
and figurative works, often
times reminiscent of the work
of Larry Rivers, ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
2008 December - Springfield
Museum
2008 November - DIVA Gallery
One
2008 June and July -- Italy
(location TBA)
2007 November -- The
Springfield Museum,
Springfield OR (Solo Exhibit)
2007 May 11th -- Tsunami
Bookstore, Eugene, OR --
Angela and Jerry Ross' Poetic
Hoo Haw Celebration
........[[press release]]
2007 Dec-Jan Jacobs Gallery,
Eugene, Oregon -- Plein ...
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Artist Galleries:
Polly Piva c/o La Fornacia,
Rastingnano, Italy
Opus6ix Gallery, Eugene,
Oregon
Maude Kerns Gallery, Eugene,
OR
Downtown Initiative for the
Visual Arts (DIVA) - Eugene,
OR
Jacobs Gallery, Hult Center -
Eugene, OR
Galleria d'Arte La Borgognona
-- via del Corso 525 00186
Roma
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Artist Reviews:
http://kdmagazine.com/ahays/pas
sport/painter-by-night/
http://registerguard.com/news/2
005/06/12/ar.ross.0612.html
http://users.rio.com/ross/JR/cu
lture.htm
http://users.rio.com/ross/JR/re
view.htm
http://newzone.org/Jerry/two_no
table_eugene_painters.htm
http://www.registerguard.com/ne
ws/20010715/ar.rossrevue.0715..
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Collections:
Philip Raia, New York, N.Y.
Kim Tardie, Eugene, OR
Jud Turner, Eugene, OR
John Bennington and Allison
Hassler, Eugene, OR
Mayor Kitty Piercy, Eugene, OR
Susan Green, Eugene, OR
Mary Newman, Eugene, OR
Erin Royce, Eugene, OR
Sedate Redfield, Eugene, OR
Christine Kerhoe, Eugene, OR
Kathy Larkin, Eugene, OR
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Jerry Ross Biography:
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Age
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62
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| Gender |
Male
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| Status |
Married
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| Children |
1
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| Religion |
Taoist |
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| Education |
Graduate Degree |
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| Hobbies / Interests |
Italy |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Painting Oil
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Social Realism - (1930 - 1945)
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
Umberto Coromaldi
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| Favorite Work of Art |
Camicie rosse, 1898 by Coromaldi
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| Biggest Artistic Inspiration |
I Macchiaioli -- pre-impressionist movement in Italy 1850's which had qualities of "post-impressionist" (a deeper more profound impressionism) evenb though chronologically before French (Parisian) impressionism. Also verism in painting (See l' artisti Studente) in Roma. Also Raphael and Rembrandt...grande grande maestri di il mondo del passato. |
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| Why Did You Become An Artist |
Painting since childhood... |
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| Your Personal Biography |
Jerry Ross (May 11, 1944) is an American painter whose work is highly influenced by the Italian I Macchiaioli and verismo schools of art.
He was born Gerald Gross to second generation parents, Sidney and Jeanette Gross, in Buffalo, New York. The family moved to the suburbs (Kenmore and the Town of Tonawanda, New York). An art teacher recognized his talent and recommended that he be enrolled at the Albright Art School in Buffalo which he attended from age nine until age eleven. Jerry was a prime influence on his younger sister, Diane (Diane Bush) who became an artist, and later a fine art photographer.
Following High School he studied at State University of New York at Buffalo. He became an activist opposed to the Vietnam War (he was one of 'the Buffalo Nine') and worked on behalf of political prisoners (Martin Sostre). After graduation he moved to Arizona and changed his surname to Ross. He then moved to Oregon where he met his second wife Angela Czyzewski at Ken Kesey's Poetic Hoohaw in Eugene the summer of 1977.
Later, Jerry was juried into the New Zone Art Collective and helped to found the Downtown Initiative for the Visual Arts (DIVA).
As an arts activist in Eugene, Oregon, Ross founded the popular Salon des Refuses art show. He won many local awards for his paintings including Mayor's Art show awards for 'La Mamma: Portrait of Stephania Mastrocinque' and 'Vedova di Guerra: War Widow.' Ross and his wife Angela traveled frequently to Italy which became a source of inspiration for many works. While in Italy, he came under the influence of the I Macchiaioli movement (Tuscany).
Ross' painting career began to take off in 1999 with an exhibit at the American Consulate in Milan, Italy. This was followed by a second show at the Consulate in 2000 and two more shows in Italy that year (Cafe Cabiria, Florence, Italy in Piazza S. Spirito and Comune di Loiano, Loiano (Bologna)). In 2001 Ross had a one-man show in Rome at the prestigious Galleria d'Arte La Borgognona.
Ross' painting style has been influenced by abstract expressionism, namely de Kooning and Richard Diebenkorn. This shows in his bold use of color and expressive, experimental handling of pigment. His painterly style utilizes a technique borrowed from Francis Bacon (mild distortions) but, as seen in the Portrait of Carlo Bianchi, also referencing photography and computer imagery. He has also been influenced by Umberto Coromaldi (Rome 1870-1948) and Telemaco Signorini (Florence,1835/1901).
In 2006, he had a show at Rastignano, Italy -- 'Colori d'Europa', La loggia della Fornace (Bologna), at the Comune di Corsico (Milano), and Comune di Loiano Sala Fantazzini di Loiano (near Bologna). The show for the Comune di Corsico resulted from a painting competition which Ross won in 2005.
The Milan jurors wrote that Ross's work represented 'un naturalismo di matrice novecentesca ed un cromatismo tonale di forte effetto plastico costruiscono un'atmosfera compostamente poetica' ('a sort of naturalism founded upon a twentieth century matrix and a tonal type of chromatism with a strong, sculptural effect to construct a composed, poetic atmosphere.'
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