b. 1990, Former USSR
Based in Chicago
EDUCATION
2018 MFA Painting, University of Iowa
2017 MA Painting, University of Iowa
2012 BFA Painting, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
RESIDENCIES AND GRANTS
2025 Illinois Arts Council Individual Artist Support Project Grant
2025 Faculty Professional Development Grant, North Park University
2024 Bridge Program, Hyde Park Arts Center, Chicago, IL
2024 Individual Artist Support Grant, DCASE, Chicago, IL
2023 Faculty Professional Development Grant, Loyola University Chicago
2023 Illinois Arts Council Individual Artist Support Project Grant
2017 Saint Petersburg Artist Residency (SPAR), Pushkinskaya 10 Art Center, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2017 Stanley Award for International Graduate Research, University of Iowa
SOLO EXHIBITIONS AND 2-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2026 Chicago Athletic Association, Chicago, IL
2024 Evergreen, Cornell College, Mount Vernon, IA
2023 Emerald City, ARTRUSS Gallery, Chicago, IL
2022 As Young as You Feel, 2-person show with Celeste Morton, North Iowa Area Community College, Mason City, IA
2022 Everything was Forever, Baby Blue Gallery, Chicago, IL
2017 Care for Beauty, Pushkinskaya 10 Art Center, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2016 Marina Ross and Catherine Pearson, Bushwick Open Studios, Nancy Daum Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026
Why Paint?, Washington Studio School, Washington, DC
2025
Group Exhibition, Ingress Gallery, Soho House, Chicago, IL
Elsewhere, Tappan Collective, Los Angeles, CA
Mix N’ Muse, Vagabond Art, Chicago, IL
Friend of Dorothy's, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
NewCity Breakout Artist Exhibition, Chicago Artist Coalition, Chicago, IL
this is not an exhibition. (Bridge Program Showcase), Hyde Park Arts Center, Chicago, IL
2024
A Prologue for Chicago, DeBoer Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Go Forth and Set the World on Fire, Roman Susan, Chicago, IL
Overhung, Goldfinch, Chicago, IL
Storytime, Stasias, Chicago, IL
Memory Map, Soft Systems, Chicago, IL
Dawn in a Headspace, Night is a Feeling, Purple Window Gallery, Chicago, IL
2023
Flatfiles Show, Goldfinch Gallery, Chicago, IL
HOUSE, Kiki & Bouba, Chicago, IL (curator liam owings)
Bloom, Povos Chicago, Chicago, IL (curator Lucca Columbelli)
2022
Home Comforts (online auction), Comfort Station, Chicago, IL (curator Jordan Martins)
Nice Work 2, Sulk, Chicago, IL (curator Jake Fagundo)
Fall Feels, Ralph Arnold Gallery, Chicago, IL
Satelite, The Franklin, Chicago, IL (curator Ciera McKissick/AMFM LIFE)
Nubes Art Fair, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL (curators Ciera McKissick/AMFM LIFE) and Roland Santana/Rupture)
2021
Strawberry Moon, Baby Blue Gallery, Chicago, IL (curator Roland Santana/Rupture)
2018
Dear Future, Public Space One, Iowa City, IA
2017
Nasty Women, Near Future, Iowa City, IA
Single Fare 4, Highline Stages, New York, NY
2015
The Pagans, Friday Studio Gallery; Brooklyn, NY
Type Indicators, ArtHelix; Brooklyn, NY (curator Wilson Duggan)
2014
Gifted, Sugarlift; Brooklyn, NY (curator Luis Martin)
Artbomb, Brooklyn Brush Studios; Brooklyn, NY (curator Luis Martin)
Hronir: Un-Lost Things, Temporary Storage; Brooklyn, NY (curator Hazel Santino)
Showtime, Armature Art Space; Brooklyn, NY (curator Milo Wissig)
Viewpoint, Cheryl Hazan Contemporary; New York, NY (curator Pia Coronel)
CURATORIAL
2025 Surface Sounds of the Sun, ARTRUSS Gallery, Chicago, IL
2023 Invisible Architecture, Ralph Arnold Gallery, Chicago, IL
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2021-Present Instructor, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL
2024-Present Adjunct Faculty, Purdue University Northwest, Hammond, IN
2019-2021 Adjunct Faculty, National Louis University; Chicago, IL
2015-2018 Instructor of Record, Basic Drawing, School of Art and Art History; University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
2015 Co-founder, NYC Creative Salon; Brooklyn, NY
2012 Studio Assistant, Mickalene Thomas Studios; Brooklyn, NY
SELECTED AWARDS
2025 NewCity Magazine Breakout Artist 2025: Chicago's Next Generation of Image Makers
2024 Magis Award for Part-Time Faculty, Loyola University, Chicago, IL
2022 Finalist, DCASE Mural to be completed at Northeast Levy Center, Chicago, IL
2018 Downtown Iowa City Mural Design Competition, Filmscene; Iowa City, IA
2015-2018 Full Tuition Waiver and Teaching Assistantship, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
2017 School of Art and Art History Travel Award; University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
ARTIST TALKS/PANELS/WORKSHOPS
2025 Artist Talk, Soho House, Chicago, IL
2024 Artist Presentation, Purdue University Northwest, Hammond, IN
2024 Grant-Writing for Artists Presentation, ART395: Professional Practices in Studio Art, Northeastern University, Chicago
2024 Visiting Artist and Critic, Cornell College, Mount Vernon, IA
2024 Visiting Artist, Stevenson High School, Lincolnshire, IL
2024 Guest Critic and Artist Presentation, North Park University, Chicago, IL
2024 Artist and Workshop Presenter: Oil Painting Portraits, Odyssey Arts Festival, Stevenson High School, Lincolnshire, IL
2024 Guest Artist, AH206: Museums and Exhibitions in Motion, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
2024 Artist Talk, FNAR398: Senior Workshop, Loyola University
2023 Grant-Writing for Artists Presentation, ART395: Professional Practices in Studio Art, Northeastern University, Chicago
2023Artists to Watch Presentation, Comfort Station; Chicago, IL
2023 Instagram for Artists, FNAR398: Senior Workshop, Loyola University
2022 The Graduate School Experience, ART395: Professional Practices in Studio Art, Northeastern University, Chicago
2017 Representations of Women in Post-Soviet Russia: Stanley Travel Grant to Saint Petersburg, Russia; Art Building West, Iowa City, IA
2016 Labor #6 (moderator), NYC Creative Salon; Brooklyn, NY
2015 Responsibility #1 (moderator), NYC Creative Salon; Brooklyn, NY
2014 Meaning #1 (moderator), NYC Creative Salon; Brooklyn, NY
2014 Bushwick Art Crit Group; Brooklyn Fire Proof East, Brooklyn, NY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Alan Pocaro, April 2, 2025, NewCity Art, NewCity Magazine Breakout Artist 2025: Chicago's Next Generation of Image Makers
Create! Magazine, 2024, Marina Ross: Exploring Loss, Memory, and Trauma
Isaac Mann, ARTMATTERS Podcast, 2024, #27 with Marina Ross
Mel Cook, Jan. 10, 2024, Chicago Reader, In 'Emerald City', Dorothy is Queen
Heather Higgins, March 22, 2023, Loyola Phoenix, 'Invisible Architecture' Explores Nature and Perception in Gallery Show
Heather Higgins, Feb. 1, 2023, Loyola Phoenix, An Ode to Oz: Loyola Art Professor Transforms Grief Into Beauty in Gallery Show
Mel Cook, Dec. 12, 2022, NewCity Art, The Void of Absence: A Review of Marina Ross’ “Everything Was Forever” at Baby Blue Gallery
Based in Chicago
EDUCATION
2018 MFA Painting, University of Iowa
2017 MA Painting, University of Iowa
2012 BFA Painting, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
RESIDENCIES AND GRANTS
2025 Illinois Arts Council Individual Artist Support Project Grant
2025 Faculty Professional Development Grant, North Park University
2024 Bridge Program, Hyde Park Arts Center, Chicago, IL
2024 Individual Artist Support Grant, DCASE, Chicago, IL
2023 Faculty Professional Development Grant, Loyola University Chicago
2023 Illinois Arts Council Individual Artist Support Project Grant
2017 Saint Petersburg Artist Residency (SPAR), Pushkinskaya 10 Art Center, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2017 Stanley Award for International Graduate Research, University of Iowa
SOLO EXHIBITIONS AND 2-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2026 Chicago Athletic Association, Chicago, IL
2024 Evergreen, Cornell College, Mount Vernon, IA
2023 Emerald City, ARTRUSS Gallery, Chicago, IL
2022 As Young as You Feel, 2-person show with Celeste Morton, North Iowa Area Community College, Mason City, IA
2022 Everything was Forever, Baby Blue Gallery, Chicago, IL
2017 Care for Beauty, Pushkinskaya 10 Art Center, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2016 Marina Ross and Catherine Pearson, Bushwick Open Studios, Nancy Daum Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026
Why Paint?, Washington Studio School, Washington, DC
2025
Group Exhibition, Ingress Gallery, Soho House, Chicago, IL
Elsewhere, Tappan Collective, Los Angeles, CA
Mix N’ Muse, Vagabond Art, Chicago, IL
Friend of Dorothy's, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
NewCity Breakout Artist Exhibition, Chicago Artist Coalition, Chicago, IL
this is not an exhibition. (Bridge Program Showcase), Hyde Park Arts Center, Chicago, IL
2024
A Prologue for Chicago, DeBoer Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Go Forth and Set the World on Fire, Roman Susan, Chicago, IL
Overhung, Goldfinch, Chicago, IL
Storytime, Stasias, Chicago, IL
Memory Map, Soft Systems, Chicago, IL
Dawn in a Headspace, Night is a Feeling, Purple Window Gallery, Chicago, IL
2023
Flatfiles Show, Goldfinch Gallery, Chicago, IL
HOUSE, Kiki & Bouba, Chicago, IL (curator liam owings)
Bloom, Povos Chicago, Chicago, IL (curator Lucca Columbelli)
2022
Home Comforts (online auction), Comfort Station, Chicago, IL (curator Jordan Martins)
Nice Work 2, Sulk, Chicago, IL (curator Jake Fagundo)
Fall Feels, Ralph Arnold Gallery, Chicago, IL
Satelite, The Franklin, Chicago, IL (curator Ciera McKissick/AMFM LIFE)
Nubes Art Fair, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL (curators Ciera McKissick/AMFM LIFE) and Roland Santana/Rupture)
2021
Strawberry Moon, Baby Blue Gallery, Chicago, IL (curator Roland Santana/Rupture)
2018
Dear Future, Public Space One, Iowa City, IA
2017
Nasty Women, Near Future, Iowa City, IA
Single Fare 4, Highline Stages, New York, NY
2015
The Pagans, Friday Studio Gallery; Brooklyn, NY
Type Indicators, ArtHelix; Brooklyn, NY (curator Wilson Duggan)
2014
Gifted, Sugarlift; Brooklyn, NY (curator Luis Martin)
Artbomb, Brooklyn Brush Studios; Brooklyn, NY (curator Luis Martin)
Hronir: Un-Lost Things, Temporary Storage; Brooklyn, NY (curator Hazel Santino)
Showtime, Armature Art Space; Brooklyn, NY (curator Milo Wissig)
Viewpoint, Cheryl Hazan Contemporary; New York, NY (curator Pia Coronel)
CURATORIAL
2025 Surface Sounds of the Sun, ARTRUSS Gallery, Chicago, IL
2023 Invisible Architecture, Ralph Arnold Gallery, Chicago, IL
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2021-Present Instructor, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL
2024-Present Adjunct Faculty, Purdue University Northwest, Hammond, IN
2019-2021 Adjunct Faculty, National Louis University; Chicago, IL
2015-2018 Instructor of Record, Basic Drawing, School of Art and Art History; University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
2015 Co-founder, NYC Creative Salon; Brooklyn, NY
2012 Studio Assistant, Mickalene Thomas Studios; Brooklyn, NY
SELECTED AWARDS
2025 NewCity Magazine Breakout Artist 2025: Chicago's Next Generation of Image Makers
2024 Magis Award for Part-Time Faculty, Loyola University, Chicago, IL
2022 Finalist, DCASE Mural to be completed at Northeast Levy Center, Chicago, IL
2018 Downtown Iowa City Mural Design Competition, Filmscene; Iowa City, IA
2015-2018 Full Tuition Waiver and Teaching Assistantship, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
2017 School of Art and Art History Travel Award; University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
ARTIST TALKS/PANELS/WORKSHOPS
2025 Artist Talk, Soho House, Chicago, IL
2024 Artist Presentation, Purdue University Northwest, Hammond, IN
2024 Grant-Writing for Artists Presentation, ART395: Professional Practices in Studio Art, Northeastern University, Chicago
2024 Visiting Artist and Critic, Cornell College, Mount Vernon, IA
2024 Visiting Artist, Stevenson High School, Lincolnshire, IL
2024 Guest Critic and Artist Presentation, North Park University, Chicago, IL
2024 Artist and Workshop Presenter: Oil Painting Portraits, Odyssey Arts Festival, Stevenson High School, Lincolnshire, IL
2024 Guest Artist, AH206: Museums and Exhibitions in Motion, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
2024 Artist Talk, FNAR398: Senior Workshop, Loyola University
2023 Grant-Writing for Artists Presentation, ART395: Professional Practices in Studio Art, Northeastern University, Chicago
2023Artists to Watch Presentation, Comfort Station; Chicago, IL
2023 Instagram for Artists, FNAR398: Senior Workshop, Loyola University
2022 The Graduate School Experience, ART395: Professional Practices in Studio Art, Northeastern University, Chicago
2017 Representations of Women in Post-Soviet Russia: Stanley Travel Grant to Saint Petersburg, Russia; Art Building West, Iowa City, IA
2016 Labor #6 (moderator), NYC Creative Salon; Brooklyn, NY
2015 Responsibility #1 (moderator), NYC Creative Salon; Brooklyn, NY
2014 Meaning #1 (moderator), NYC Creative Salon; Brooklyn, NY
2014 Bushwick Art Crit Group; Brooklyn Fire Proof East, Brooklyn, NY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Alan Pocaro, April 2, 2025, NewCity Art, NewCity Magazine Breakout Artist 2025: Chicago's Next Generation of Image Makers
Create! Magazine, 2024, Marina Ross: Exploring Loss, Memory, and Trauma
Isaac Mann, ARTMATTERS Podcast, 2024, #27 with Marina Ross
Mel Cook, Jan. 10, 2024, Chicago Reader, In 'Emerald City', Dorothy is Queen
Heather Higgins, March 22, 2023, Loyola Phoenix, 'Invisible Architecture' Explores Nature and Perception in Gallery Show
Heather Higgins, Feb. 1, 2023, Loyola Phoenix, An Ode to Oz: Loyola Art Professor Transforms Grief Into Beauty in Gallery Show
Mel Cook, Dec. 12, 2022, NewCity Art, The Void of Absence: A Review of Marina Ross’ “Everything Was Forever” at Baby Blue Gallery