MARC ROSS

Born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, Ross received a B.F.A. degree from Ohio University, attended graduate school at the University of Chicago, and completed my M.F.A. degree in painting at Kent State University. After finishing graduate school, Ross went on to enroll in a private commercial art school in Cleveland to study mechanical/ technical drawing and airbrushing. Thereafter spening many years in the commercial art field as a designer, staff illustrator for Penton Publishing and freelancer for the Cleveland Edition and the Cleveland Plain Dealer’s Sunday editorial page. After moving to Baltimore, Maryland, Ross was employed as a muralist, technical illustrator and then as a faux-finish painter while continuing to develop his fine art painting. As well as working as an adjunct art instructor at Cuyahoga Community College’s eastern and western campuses, the Columbus College of Art and Design’s Saturday program and The Ohio State University’s Foundations program. After earning a degree in education from Ashland University, Ross was and art teacher for sixteen years in a public high school. Since then, over the last two decades Ross has experimented and developed a method of painting, recently showcased as a solo exhibit at The Butler Institute of American Art. Ross’ work has also been exhibited in numerous venues across the U.S, including; the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Klutznick National Jewish Museum of Washington, D.C, the Southern Ohio Museum, and various galleries in New York, Chicago, Atlanta, San Francisco, Baltimore, Washington D.C., Cleveland, Columbus, and Pittsburgh.