About

Alicia Ross's work explores faceted aspects of female (feminine) identity using photography, fiber, video, and installation. Most recently noted for her large-scale embroidery, Ross’s work embodies a unique hybridization between handmade and machine-made. The work blurs the line between the sacred and profane—as Ross appropriates subject matter from taboo online sources, removes the images from their original context, and then manipulates, and remediates pixels into fiber and needlepoint.

Through appropriation and remediation, Ross forces the viewer to question their judgment of the recontextualized figures, and ascribe their own moral virtue to the bodies in this newly objectified viewport. Ross's work evokes dialog in regards to the female form and the social construction of gender roles within the context of the male (masculine) gaze.

Ross’s work resides in major art collections, and has been acquired by private collectors all over the world. Alicia Ross's work has been featured by Art:21, The Huffington Post, The Guardian (UK & US), The Village Voice, New York Magazine, Flash Art Magazine (International Edition), Flavorpill, and The Centre Pompidou, among others. Her work continues to appear in museum shows, gallery exhibitions, and art fairs across the US and beyond.

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(Medina, Ohio, USA, 1981) Alicia Ross earned a Bachelor of Arts from Baldwin-Wallace College (Berea, Ohio) with a double-major in Studio Art and Art Education (2003), and a Master of Fine Arts from the Rochester Institute of Technology (Rochester, New York) in Fine Art Photography (2007).

In addition to leading workshops, Ross has served as adjunct and full-time faculty at several universities in Ohio, Texas, and New York—teaching: fine art, photography, video production, motion graphics, graphic design, and interaction design.

Ross is currently based in the Rochester, New York area.

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