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David a. Ross
Chair, MFA Art Practice Department, School of Visual Arts;
writer; curator
educAtion: BS, Syracuse University
professionAl experience includes: Director, San Francisco
Museum of Modern Art; director, Whitney Museum of American
Art; director, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; associate director,
chief curator, University Art Museum, Berkeley; deputy director,
curator of video art, Long Beach Museum of Art; curator of video
art, Everson Museum of Art
curAtoriAl projects include: “Tomorrow,” Kumho Museum,
Artsonje Center, Seoul and Long March Space, Beijing; “Peter
Campus: A Survey,” Antico Collegio de San Ildefonso, Mexico City;
“KoreAmericaKorea,” Sonje Museum, Seoul; “Lorna Simpson: 31,”
Claustro Sor Juana, Mexico City; “Quotidiana,” Museum of
Contemporary Art, Castello di Rivoli, Italy; “Bill Viola: a 25 Year
Survey,” Whitney Museum of American Art, traveling exhibition:
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam;
Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt; San Francisco Museum of
Modern Art; Art Institute of Chicago
Deborah Ross
Illustrator, fine artist
educAtion: BFA, California State University at Long Beach
exhiBition grAphics for: Prospect Park Wildlife Center; Bronx
Zoo; Oklahoma City Zoo; Dallas Zoo; Texas State Aquarium,
Corpus Christi
Books illustrAted include: Estrellas de la Literatura;
Peacemaking Among Primates; Almost Human: A Journey into
the World of Baboons
puBlicAtions include: The New York Times, Step-by-Step
Graphics, CEO, Print, The New Yorker, Harper’s
AwArds: Significant Achievement Award, Exhibit Excellence,
American Zoo & Aquarium Association
weBsite: www.deborahrossart.com
lauren Ross
Donald R. Mullen, Jr. Curator and Director of Arts Programs,
Friends of the High Line
educAtion: BA, with distinction, Cornell University; MA, Hunter
College
professionAl experience includes: Director, chief curator,
White Columns; curatorial assistant, Whitney Museum of American
Art
curAtoriAl projects include: “A Bell for Every Minute,” “Space
Available,” Kim Beck; Stephen Vitiello; “Viewing Station,” Richard
Galpin; “Harriet Hosmer, Lost and Found” Patricia Cronin.
Curatorial venues include: Brooklyn Museum, High Line, Stonefox
Artspace, White Columns
puBlicAtions include: Art in America, Time Out New York,
Brooklyn Rail, The New York Times, Flash Art, ARTnews, The
New Yorker
AwArds include: Chancellor’s Fellowship, CUNY Graduate
Center; Virginia Adams Award, Hunter College
Zevan Rosser
Founder, president, Shapevent Interactive, Shapevent Spaces
educAtion: BFA, School of Visual Arts
one-person exhiBition: Empty Exhibition 1-4 (Shapevent Spaces)
clients include: Publicis Modem, FMA Special Ops Media
co-Author: Learning ActionScript 3.0: A Beginner’s Guide
Matt Rota
Illustrator
educAtion: BFA, Maryland Institute College of Art; MFA, School
of Visual Arts
clients include: Time Out Chicago, The New York Times, LA
Weekly, Utne Reader, Columbia Journalism Review, Science News,
City, Wax Poetics, Philadelphia Weekly, Isthmus
group exhiBitions include: Danger Danger Gallery,
Philadelphia; Smash Gallery, Toronto; Jonathan Frost Gallery,
Rockland, ME; Visual Arts Gallery; The Whole Gallery, Baltimore;
Conference Room Gallery, Los Angeles
puBlicAtions include: SPX 2005 Anthology, Rabid Rabbit,
Gutter. Illustrator, Good But Cheap Eats: New York
AwArds include: Communication Arts, 3x3, American
Illustration
weBsite: www.mattrotasart.com
Richard Rothman
Fine art photographer
educAtion: BFA, Tyler School of Art
one-person exhiBitions include: Queens Museum of Art; Serge
Sorokko Gallery; White Columns; bOb; Paul Rodgers/9W; Dorothy
Goldeen Gallery; Museum of Contemporary Art of Yucatán,
Mérida, Mexico
group exhiBitions include: Hunter College Art Gallery; Jose
Freire Fine Art; Katonah Museum of Art, NY; Austrian Cultural
Institute; Museum of the City of New York; Palm Beach Institute of
Contemporary Art, FL; International Center of Photography; Foam,
Amsterdam; Robert Morat Galerie, Hamburg; Cité de la Musique,
Paris
collections include: Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris; Museum of
Modern Art; Brooklyn Museum; University of Arizona; Amsterdam
City Archives; International Center of Photography; JGS Foundation
puBlicAtions include: Art & Antiques; Camerawork; The Village
Voice; The New York Times; Time Out New York; Artforum; The
New Yorker; Open City; Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art;
Foam; Abre; Photo Review; Dear Dave; Above Magazine
grAnt: Cultural Envoy, U.S. State Department, Mexico
weBsite: www.richardrothman.com
Mark Roussel
Photographer; director, Mark Roussel Color Printing
educAtion: BFA, School of Visual Arts
group exhiBitions include: International Center of Photography,
Ernest Rubenstein Gallery, Affinity Gallery
puBlicAtions include: Time Out New York, i-D., Village Voice,
New York Post, The New York Times, Variety, Newsday, Newsweek
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