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Andrew Ross

Adjunct Instructor

Andrew Ross is a sculptor and new media artist who creates narrative constructions with fragmented figurative elements and everyday objects. He received his BFA from The Cooper Union in 2011, where he was awarded the Gelman Trust Award for Excellence in Painting or Sculpture. He attended Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 2011. He’s been a resident and/or fellow of programs including The Triangle Arts Association, The Drawing Center's Open Sessions, LMCC's Swing Space, The Macedonia Institute, The Bruce High Quality Foundation, and he is a current awardee of Two Trees’ Cultural Space Subsidy Program. Ross has exhibited at The Hessel Museum, The Drawing Center, The Studio Museum in Harlem, Artists Space, Center for the Humanities at CUNY, and Greene Naftali. He has staged solo exhibitions at Signal, American Medium, Clima Gallery and False Flag. Ross’ work has been reviewed in Artforum, Art in America, Cultured, Flash Art, Mousse, and the Brooklyn Rail.

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