JERRY ROSS [email protected] 203 W. 52nd Ave http://jerryrosspittore.com b. Buffalo N.Y. 541-343-5651

OCCUPATION Artist (painter)

EDUCATION

State University of New York at Buffalo, State University College of New York at Buffalo MFA in Interdisciplinary Studies, 1984 - University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon

AWARDS and PUBLIC SITE COMMISSIONS

2010 visiting artist, scholar American Academy in Rome 2005, a gold medal and one-person show in Milan, Italy, as a result of a competition held in Corsico (Milan), Italy, sponsored by "Il gruppo cesare Frigerio." 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." Honored in Eugene, Oregon, with 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. 2001, received a Juror's Award at the 31st Annual Willamette Valley Juried Show in Corvallis, Oregon. 1996, second place in a painting competition held in Livergnano, Italy.

SELECT EXHIBITIONS

2010 LaFollette Gallery, Eugene, Oregon 2009 WAP, Brea Gallery, Orange County, CA 2009 “Uprising” Springfield Museum, Springfield, Oregon 2008 DIVA Gallery One, Eugene, Oregon 2008 Mayor’s Art Show, Eugene, Oregon 2008 Olympic Trials Exhibit -- Eugene Airport 2008 Track Town USA Exhibit -- Maude Kerns – Eugene 2008 Opus6ix Gallery, Eugene, Oregon 2007 The Springfield Museum, Springfield, Oregon 2006 The Gift of Plein Air, Jacobs Gallery, Eugene, Oregon 2006 Mayor’s Art Show, Eugene, Oregon 2006 FOSCOLO – VIA FOSCOLO, 3/D,Mostra del gruppo Cesare Frigerio, Milan, Italy 2006 May-Sept David Joyce Gallery, Lane Community College 2006 10-18 June -- Comune di Loiano Sala Fantazzini di Loiano, Italy 2006 Feb 4-12th Rastignano, Italy –“Colon d’Europa”, La loggia della Fornace (Bologna), Italy 2006 Figures From Life, Maude Kerns Art Center 2005 Adam’s Place, Eugene, Oregon 2005 DIVA, Eugene, Oregon 2004 Barrios Café, Milan, Italy 2004 “Connections”, Contemporary Art Collective, Las Vega -- Juried Exhibit 2004 "The Human Form" Juried Exhibit -- Visual Arts Center -- Newport, Oregon 2003 Marghitta Feldman Gallery-- One Person Show- October 2003 Mayor’s Art Show, Jacob’s Gallery, “La Vedova di Guerra” 2003 Eugene Airport Gallery, Eugene 2003 Chetwynd-Stapleton Gallery, Portland, Oregon 2002 Galleria d’Arte La Borgognona, Rome, Italy 2002 Maude Kerns, "In Context" Show , eugene, Oregon 2001 Juror's Award (Bruce Guenther, Curator of Portland Art Museum) - 31st Annual Willamette Valley Juried Show - Corvallis, Oregon 2001 Jacob's Gallery: "Art in History, Science, and Culture", Hult Center, Eugene, Oregon 2001 Provenance Gallery, Eugene: One-Man Show, Eugene, Oregon 2000 Mayor's Choice Award, Mayor's Show, Eugene, Oregon, "La Mamma", Eugene, Oregon 2000 Comune di Loiano, Loiano (Bologna), Italy 2000 Cafe Cabiria, Florence, Italy (Piazza S. Spirito) 2000 American Consulate in Milan, Italy 1999 Collier House (Faculty Club), University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 1999 American Consulate in Milan, Italy 1999 Comune di Loiano, Loiano, Italy 1998 Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, Oregon 1995 Hult Center, Mayor's Art Show Portrait of Bob Devine, Eugene, Oregon 1994 Hult Center, Mayor's Art Show, L.A. Rebellion, Eugene, Oregon 1991 Founded Salon des Refuses Show -- "Portrait after Frans Hals", Eugene, Oregon 1989 Hult Center, Mayor's Art Show, Portrait of Oreshnikov, Eugene, Oregon

MONOGRAPH AND SELECT BOOKS

2010 McQuiddy, S. 2006. "Four Paintings," The Community College Moment, 163(7). 2006 McQuiddy, S. 2007. "The Engineer, Portrait of Federico Avignonesi," The Community College Moment, 43(7).

SELECT ARTICLES

Keefer, Bob (July 15, 2001). "A Man of Substance". Eugene Register Guard. pp. 1B,2B. http://users.rio.com/ross/GuardArticle.htm. Retrieved 2001-07-15. Pederson, Sylvie (September 22, 2005). "Salon des Refuses 2005". Eugene Weekly. pp. 29. http://www.eugeneweekly.com/2005/09/22/culture.html#visart. Retrieved 2005-09-22. Neevel, Paul (January 26, 2006). "Happening People". Eugene weekly. pp. 10. Keefer, Bob (June 12, 2005). "Artist: Fine Painter Works on Several Fronts". Eugene Register Guard. pp. G3-G4. http://jerryrosspittore.com/Keefer.htm. Retrieved 2005-06-12]]. Jarman, Casey (May 25, 2000). "LCC Instructor/Artist Packs Bags for Italy". The Lane Community College Student Newspaper Torch. pp. 3. Eisen, Gail (May 31, 2001). "Jerry Ross: Renaissance Presence at LCC". The Lane Community College Student Newspaper Torch. pp. 10–11. Keefer, Bob (October 25, 2007). "Painter of the People". The Eugene Register Guard. pp. 1–2. http://jerryrosspittore.com/Painterofthepeople.htm. Retrieved 2007-10-25. Traylor, Nate (September 19, 2008). "Eternal Activist". "The Eugene Register Guard". pp. 1–2. http://jerryrosspittore.com/RG091908/. Retrieved 2008-10-10.

SELECT COLLECTIONS

John Bennington and Allison Hassler, Eugene, Oregon Shawna Daughters, Eugene, Oregon Andrea Guerra and Polly Piva, Livergnano, Italy Pier Cesare Bori, Bologna, Italy Comune di Loiano, Loiano (Bologna), Italy Gruppo Cesare Frigerio, Milan, Italy

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

Member: Contemporary Arts Collective, Las Vegas, Maud Kerns Art Center, Downtown Initiative for the Visual arts, Associazione Culturale Nove, Bologna, Italy