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FIONA DONAGHEY ROSS 14 Bostwick Lane, Richmond, Virginia, 23226
Phone: 804-314-3537 Email: fiona@fionaross.net Website: www.fionarossart.com

EDUCATION
2001 M.F.A., Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

1988 M.S.T., Fordham University, New York, NY

1987 B.A., English Literature, Fordham University, New York, NY

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 Fractal Eclipse and Dislocation of a More Complete Pattern, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA

2018 Interplay, Wilton Companies Gallery, Richmond, VA

2016 Dislocation of a More Complete Pattern, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond,
VA
2014 Complement of Closure, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA (October 2014)

2012 Layers and Competition, Fine Arts Center Gallery, Blue Ridge Community College, Weyers Cave, VA

2011 Trace of a Moving Point, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA

2010 Walking the Parallels to Terminus, Eleanor D. Wilson Museum, Hollins University, Roanoke, VA

2008 Unicursal Reveries, Quirk Gallery, Richmond, VA
The Thread in the Labyrinth, Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA
Fiona Ross, ADA Gallery Richmond, VA

2007 A Line is a Thing That Moves in Time, H&F Fine Arts, Mt. Rainer, MD

2006 Material, Process and Meaning, Concord University, WV

2005 Mattering, Lora Robbins Gallery, University of Richmond, Richmond, VA

2005 Fiona Ross, Robert Rentz Gallery, Richmond, VA

2004 Works in Ceramic, Doris Ulmann Gallery, Berea College, Berea, KY

2002 New Sculptures, Cressman Gallery, Cedar Crest College, Allentown, PA

2002 Cotermination, Clear Space, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT

2001 MFA Show, Anderson Gallery, VCU, Richmond, VA


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 Power and Beauty: Women Artists from the Collection, Eleanor D. Wilson Museum, Hollins University, Roanoke, VA.
Ship of Fellows, Rawls Museum Arts, Courtland, VA
2019 Daegaya Artists Association 20th Anniversery Special Exhibition, Gaya Culture and Art Center, Goryeong, South Korea.

2018 Hot Hot Hot, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA

2017 Homeward Bound – Taubman Museum of Art Roanoke, VA
Sunscreen – Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA

2016 View Find – Page Bond Gallery, Richmond VA
University of Richmond Faculty Show, Capital One, Richmond, VA

2015 VMFA Fellowship Program 75th Anniversary Exhibition, Fiona Ross, Pam
Sutherland and Kendra Wadsworth, Workhouse Art Center, Lorton, VA
Radius 250, Artspace Gallery , Richmond, VA

2014 Shaped Polarities: Allan Rosenbaum and Fiona Ross, The Baron and Ellin
Gordon Art Gallery, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
Exquisite Corpse, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
Scorch, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA

2013 Time on Our Hands, Eckhaus Gallery, Kutztown University, Pennsylvania
The Elusive Figure, Eleanor D. Wilson Museum, Hollins University, Roanoke, VA
Haze, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
Next, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA

2012 What’s Inside, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke, VA
Concerning Line, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
Forms of Suggestion, Chroma Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
Treasures from the Vault, Eleanor D. Wilson Museum, Hollins University, Roanoke, VA

2011 The Gift, Eleanor D. Wilson Muesum, Hollins University, Roanoke, VA
Drawing Analogies, The Athenaeum, Alexandria, VA
Virginia Artists 2011, Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, Hampton, VA
Illuminate, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA


2010 Spirited Calligraphy, Earnest Welch Gallery, GSU, Atlanta, GA
Fiona Ross and Tanja Softic, Town Center, Capital One, Richmond VA

2009 Seoul Art Festival, Seoul, Korea (catalogue)
Stimulus Plan, ADA Gallery, Richmond,VA
Preview: Walking the Parallels to Terminus, ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA

2008 Committed Fraser Gallery, Bethesda, MD,
Salon Selectives, ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA

2007 Sparkling Fresh Art, New York, NY
Bethesda Painting Awards,Fraser Gallery, Bethesda, MD,
Artificium of Humanitas, Seoul Hae-tae Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
Artificium of Humanitas, Shang-Shang Gallery, Beijing, China
New American Paintings, Exhibition in Print, Mid-Atlantic, #69
Radius 250 ,Art Space, Richmond, VA
Works on Paper, National, LBI Institute for Arts and Sciences, NJ

2006 Zone: Chelsea Center for the Arts, New York, NY, Collection
Daegu Cultural Arts Center, Daegu, South Korea, Artificium of Humanitas
Museum of Modern Fine Arts, Minsk, Belarus, From America
Corcoran Museum, WPA/C, Washington, DC, 25th Annual Art Gala

2005 Mixed Bag Zone: Chelsea Center for the Arts, New York, NY
Material Matters, Zone: Chelsea Center for the Arts, New York, NY
New American Paintings, Exhibition in Print, Mid-Atlantic, #57
Select III, Corcoran Museum, WPA/C, Washington, D.C.
School’s Out! Catonsville Gallery, CCBC, Baltimore, MD, (NCECA)

2004 New Delhi 4, All India Gallery, New Delhi, India
Fiona Ross and Travis Townsend, FAB Gallery, VCU, Richmond, VA
Off Center, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
PA Crafts National 38 Zoller Gallery, Pennsylvania State University
Amazing Clay, To,o Staunton Arts Center, Staunton, VA

2003 Summer Exhibition Museum of Contemporary Art, Washington, DC
Inner Landscapes Astra Gallery, Richmond, VA
40th Annual Juried Exhibition Rawls Museum of Art, Courtland, VA
Thumbnails and… Main Art Gallery, Richmond, VA

2002 Exposed: Self-Portraits Artkrush.com, Internet Art Magazine
Matchbox/Shoebox FAB Gallery, Richmond, VA
Small Works, Eric Schindler Gallery, Richmond, VA


2001 Emerging Artist,s Barn Gallery, M.T.S.U., Murfreesboro, TN (catalog)
Porcelain, Esmay Fine Art Gallery, Rochester, NY, 2001
Prevailing Winds Young and Constantin Gallery, Wilmington, VT

2000 Rebecca Murtaugh and Fiona Ross, VCU Arts Atrium, Richmond, VA
Biennial 2000 Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, VA
Amazing Clay Staunton Arts Center, Staunton, VA
Kata Eric Schindler Gallery, Richmond, VA

1999 Tyros SOTA Gallery, V.C.U. Richmond, VA
Family Eric Schindler Gallery, Richmond, VA
River of Fire Longwood College, Farmville, VA (catalog)


COLLECTIONS
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Republic Of Ireland
Capital One
Markel Corporation
Wachovia Securities
Wells Fargo

FELLOWSHIPS and AWARDS
Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Ireland, International Fellowship, 2007
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Professional Fellowship, 2005-2006
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Fellowship, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
Vermont Studio Center Fellowship, Johnson, Vermont, 2002
Virginia Commonwealth University, Scholarship, 1999-2001

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
University of Richmond, Richmond, VA
2002 to 2017- Adjunct Professor, Sculpture
Fall 2001- Visiting Assistant Professor, Sculpture
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
2002 – 2004 - Adjunct Professor, Department of Sculpture
2001 – 2002 - Adjunct Professor, Graduate Ceramics, MIS Program
2002 – 2005 - Adjunct Professor, Department of Craft, Ceramics

Prior Teaching Experience: Grades K-5, 1988-1999, Public Schools in:
Mahopac, N.Y, Coopersburg, PA and Henrico County, VA


BIBLIOGRAPHY
Books:
Cain, John. Ordinary Differential Equations: Basics and Beyond, Springer Press, 2016
Petici, Mircea. Best Writing on Mathematics. Princeton University Press, 2014.

Zakin, Richard. Electric Kiln Ceramics. Wisconsin: Krause Publications, 2004

Zakin, Richard. Ceramics: Mastering the Craft. Wisconsin: Krause Publications, 2001

Journals:
Ad Astra: Jump!Star Project, 2019, The Field Journal of the Symphony In the Flint Hills, Kansas.

The King’s Review, “Distraction”, October 2018. Cambridge University, Cambridge, England.

Exhibitions in Print:
New American Paintings, May 2007, Mid-Atlantic Edition, #69, Boston, MA: Open Studios Press
New American Paintings, May 2005, Mid-Atlantic Edition, #57, Boston, Massachusetts: Open Studios Press

Magazines:
Dewald, Matthew, “Line of Inquiry”, University of Richmond Magazine, Spring/Summer 2014

Choi, Suk Jin, “Fiona Ross”, Korean Ceramic Art Monthly, The Monthly
Magazine for Ceramics Co., LTD, April 2006, Volume 11, pp. 66-68.
Illustrated.

Richardson, Charlotte. (2000, August) Clay Time. Eightyone Magazine

Newspapers:
Lewis, Julinda D. (February 2, 2019). Starr Foster Dance: Crave…What if?
RVArt Review, Richmond, VA

Newton, Karen. (December 11, 2018). A new group show at Page Bond Gallery offers a wide view of talent. Style Weekly, Richmond, VA

Dalla Villa Adams, Amanda. (August 20, 2013). Seasonal Visit. Style Weekly, Richmond, VA

Marrano, Gene. (January 14, 2010). Artist creates a world of labyrinths at Hollins Museum exhibit. Roanoke Star Sentinal, Roanoke, VA

Allen, Mike. (January 3, 2010). A Labyrinthine aide in meditation, self-discovery.
Roanoke Times, Roanoke, VA

Rousseau, Claudia. (January 23, 2008). More obsessive art on offer in Bethesda.
Gazette, Bethesda, MD.
Calos, Katherine. (September 23, 2007). Creative Survival. Richmond Times- Dispatch, Richmond, VA.

O’Sullivan, Michael. (June 15, 2007). In Painting Awards, Unexpected Outcomes.
Washington Post, Washington, DC.

Rousseau, Claudia. (June 27, 2007). Painting awards exhibit offers few highlights. Gazette, Bethesda, MD.

Choi, Suk Jin. (2006, April). Appreciation of American Ceramic Artists in America: Fiona Ross. The Korea Times, Washington, DC

Netsky, Ron. (2001, March 7) Mutant Forms Made of Clay. Rochester City News, Rochester, NY

Web Logs (blog):
Chemaly, Souheil. Bethesda Art Blog, “All that I thought it was going to be and more”, January 2, 2008, http://scenesfrombethesda.blogspot.com

J.T. Kirkland. Thinking About Art, Artists Interview Artist: Fiona Ross,
September 14, 2006, http://thinkingaboutart.blogs.com/

Radio:
Tim Bowring. Zero Hour, WRIR, Public Radio 97.3, Richmond VA, August 2010

Gene Marrano. StudioVA, WVTF, Public Radio, 89.1 Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
January 14, 2010

Kojo Nmandi. The Kojo Nmandi Show, WAMU, 88.5, American University,
With Dr. Claudia Rousseau, Jeffrey Cudlin. Thursday, July 12, 2007.
Web link: http://dcartnews.blogspot.com/search/label/Kojo%20Nmandi


Papers:

Ross, Fiona Donaghey and Ross, William T. Title: “The Jordan curve theorem is non-trivial”. Journal of Mathematics and the Arts. Taylor and Francis Group, London, England. 2011

Genoni, Mia Reinoso. Title: “Fiona Ross: Material, Process and Meaning”, part of session: “When is Technique Central to Meaning”, chaired by
Janet Koplos and Bruce Metcalf. College Art Association. Hilton Hotel, New York, NY. February 2007

Ross, Fiona Donaghey. Title: “Neo-Plutonism”, part of session “Novel Processes in Ceramics”, chaired by Dr. Ron Loehman, Sandia Labs. American Ceramics Society Conference, Oakland, CA. October 2003.