Joan Ross is an Australian artist based in Sydney who works across a range of mediums including drawing, painting, installations, sculpture, video and, more recently, VR. She has an abiding interest in the legacy of colonialism in Australia, particularly the effects of colonialism on Indigenous Australians and the environment. Her work is bold and distinctive, particularly with her use of the garish high-vis yellow – a colour which, since 9/11, is symbolic of authority and power – and animation of 19thC landscape prints by John Glover and Joseph Lycett. 

She doesn’t shy away from challenges and recent large scale projects include a mural on the hoarding around the building site for Sydney Modern at the Art Gallery of NSW and a major light projection across the façade of the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.

We have a great conversation about finding her way as an artist with an approach that is wholly her own. 

You’ll find all the images and more information on Joan here and the galleries which represent her:

N.Smith Gallery, Sydney 

Bett Gallery, Hobart 

Image credits:

Joan Ross I like to name everything after myself, 2021 handprinted digital print on rag paper, 71x100cm, ed 8 + 2AP

Joan Ross I didn’t realise how much I'd miss you, 2022 digital printed & hand painted 3D print, 88x43x25.5cm

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