I create small-scale oil paintings that have a heightened sense of color and touch, often based on images of female performers sourced from cinema and social media. Having immigrated to the US as a child, the construction and malleability of identity are themes that re-emerge in my practice. I sculpt, scrub, and carve out the faces of my subjects in order to transform the original reference image into tangible, tactile objects. The paintings blur the line between fantasy and reality as the images evoke both spectacle and painterly gesture.
Marina Ross (she/her) is an artist living and working in Chicago. She was born in the former Soviet Union (present-day Moldova) and moved to Chicago as a child. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2012 and her Master of Fine Arts in Painting and Ceramics from the University of Iowa in 2018. In 2017, she received the Stanley Award for International Travel to live and work at the Saint Petersburg Artist Residency in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Her work has been shown in New York at Cheryl Hazan Gallery, The BogArt, and Brooklyn Fire Proof and in Chicago at Heaven Gallery, Baby Blue Gallery and the Zhou B. Arts Center.
Marina Ross (she/her) is an artist living and working in Chicago. She was born in the former Soviet Union (present-day Moldova) and moved to Chicago as a child. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2012 and her Master of Fine Arts in Painting and Ceramics from the University of Iowa in 2018. In 2017, she received the Stanley Award for International Travel to live and work at the Saint Petersburg Artist Residency in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Her work has been shown in New York at Cheryl Hazan Gallery, The BogArt, and Brooklyn Fire Proof and in Chicago at Heaven Gallery, Baby Blue Gallery and the Zhou B. Arts Center.