Biography

Toni Ross is a multi-disciplinary artist using time-honored material and site-responsive installation to explore themes of political and social distress. Born and raised in New York City, Toni attended Wesleyan University where she studied ceramics and fine art, graduating with a BA in Film Studies. Her practice embraces fiber, installation, sculpture, and works on paper, as well as the abstraction of language and the effects of the passage of time. Toni has participated in artist residencies as a two-time Patricia Highsmith-Plangman Fellow at Yaddo and at The Watermill Center. Recent exhibitions include: Wrongs & RIGHTS at Brandeis University in Waltham, MA; (Mostly) Women (Mostly) Abstract at Eric Firestone Gallery in East Hampton and New York, NY; Threads of Expression: Textile Art Unraveled at Shin Gallery in New York, NY; Change Agents: Women Collectors Shaping the Art World at the Southampton Arts Center in Southampton, NY; Watching from Somewhere Close and at a Distance at Palo Gallery in New York, NY; Threading the Needle at The Church in Sag Harbor, NY; and Finding Beauty in a Dark Place at The Watermill Center in Watermill, NY. Prominent acquisitions of Toni’s work include Finding Beauty in a Dark Place (2020-2021), by the Brooklyn Museum in 2022. Toni Ross lives and works in Manhattan and Wainscott, NY.