CURRICULUM VITAE
Born, New York, NY
Solo Exhibitions
| 2023 | Watching from Somewhere Close and at a Distance, Palo Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2021 | Toni Ross: Finding Beauty in a Dark Place, Robert Wilson’s The Watermill Center, Water Mill, NY |
| 2017 | Sanctuary Entwined, a site-responsive installation, LongHouse Reserve, East Hampton, NY June 24, 2017-18 |
| 2016 | The Presence of Absence, Toni Ross, Ricco Maresca Gallery, New York, NY, (catalog) Permanent Transience, Parrish Road Show, Marders, Bridgehampton, NY, August 20, 2016 – Summer, 2017 Toni Ross new sculpture, The Drawing Room, East Hampton, NY |
| 2014 | Toni Ross: La Mémoire Collective, Galerie Dutko, Paris, France Toni Ross: Contained. Unbound., The Drawing Room, East Hampton, NY |
| 2013 | Symbiosis, Hood College, Frederick, VA |
| 2011 | Toni Ross, Ricco Maresca Gallery, New York, NY Unearthed, ARC Fine Art, Fairfield, CT |
| 2009 | Touchstones, The Drawing Room, East Hampton, NY |
| 2001 | Shino Explorations, Celadon Gallery, Water Mill, NY |
Commissions
| 2019 | June 28, site-specific installation, residential lobby, LIZ DC, Washington, D.C. |
Residencies
| 2023 | Yaddo, The Patricia Highsmith-Plangman Residency, winter, 2023, Saratoga Springs, NY |
| 2020 | Yaddo, The Patricia Highsmith-Plangman Residency, winter, 2020, Saratoga Springs, NY |
| 2019 | The Watermill Center, Artist in Residence, spring of 2019; in collaboration with Laurie Lambrecht, Water Mill, NY |
Group Exhibitions
| 2024 | “Wrongs & RIGHTS,” Kniznick Gallery at Brandeis University, Waltham, MA “Summer Games,” Eric Firestone Gallery, East Hampton, NY “Opening Day Lineup,” Eric Firestone Gallery, East Hampton, NY |
| 2023 | “New Acquisitions,” The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY “(Mostly) Women (Mostly) Abstract: Part II,” Eric Firestone Gallery, New York, NY “Threads of Expression: Textile Art Unraveled,” Shin Gallery, New York, NY “Maison Palo,” Palo Gallery, New York, NY “(Mostly) Women (Mostly) Abstract,” Eric Firestone Gallery, East Hampton, NY “Change Agents: Women Collectors Shaping the Art World,” Southampton Arts Center, Southampton, NY “She Then Turned Away,” Carol Corey Fine Art, Kent, CT “Geotex: Geometric Abstraction in Textile Art,” Jeff Lincoln Art + Design, Southampton, NY “Femme F(r)iction,” C1760, Academy Masion, New York, NY “The Leiber Collection’s Garden Of Friends Artists,” Kathryn Markel Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY |
| 2022 | “Swept Away: Love Letter to a Surrogate(s),” Guild Hall: Offsite, East Hampton, NY “Now Here,” Presented by Guild Hall: Offsite, The Amagansett U.S. Life-Saving Station Museum, Amagansett, NY “A Loom of One’s Own,” Onna House, East Hampton, NY “Threading The Needle,” The Church, Sag Harbor, NY |
| 2021 | Primordial, Palo Gallery, New York, NY The Breathing Project, The Living Gallery, Brooklyn, NY No W here: Bastienne Schmidt, Alice Hope, Toni Ross, Ricco Maresca Gallery, New York, NY The Garden of Friends, Leiber Collection, East Hampton, NY |
| 2020 | Project Vote, image projections across the east end, organized by Christine Sciulli, Amagansett, NY The Abyss of Uncertainty, “Today Cannot Be Tomorrow,” an installation, C.A.R.E. LTD, East Hampton, NY DRIVE-BY-ART, Public Art in This Time of Social Distancing, “When,” Toni Ross and Sara Salaway, site-specific installation, Wainscott, NY The Garden of Friends, “Divided We Stand,” an installation, Leiber Collection, East Hampton, NY Ma’s House, organized by Jeremy Dennis in collaboration with the Leiber Collection, Shinnecock Indian Reservation, Southampton, NY |
| 2019 | HANDOFF: Weaving in Space, Southampton Arts Center, Southampton, NY IN PROCESS: Laurie Lambrecht and Toni Ross, Watermill Center, Water Mill, NY |
| 2018 | MAQUETTE: The Art of the Model, Washington Art Association & Gallery, Washington Depot, CT Desire in the Bangles, R.E. Steele Antiques, East Hampton, NY The Barn Show 2018, curated by Johannes Vogt, East Hampton, NY Beautiful Strangers: Artists Discover the Garden, curated by James Salomon, Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, MA A RADICAL VOICE: 23 Artists, Southampton Arts Center, Southampton, NY |
| 2017 | Touch the Earth, Madoo Conservancy, curated by April Gornik, Sagaponack, NY Eyes of the East End, ARC Fine Art, Fairfield, CT |
| 2016 | Artists Choose Artists, Parrish Art Museum, selected by Cindy Sherman, Water Mill, NY A Hard Nut Containing the Whole Tree, curated by Christopher French, J & C Space, Sag Harbor, NY |
| 2014 | Winter Salon, The Drawing Room, East Hampton, NY PAD London, Galerie Dutko, Berkeley Square, London, UK The Armory Show, Ricco Maresca Gallery, Pier 92, New York, NY |
| 2013 | Stephen Antonakos, Alice Aycock, Mary Ellen Bartley, Sue Heatley, Costantino Nivola, Toni Ross, The Drawing Room, East Hampton, NY Out of Their Elements: Jill Bonovitz, Toni Ross, Carole Seborovski, Ricco Maresca Gallery, New York, NY Endless Variations: A Shino Extravaganza, Lone Star College, Houston, TX |
| 2012 | Long Island Biennial, The Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, NY Malcolm Davis, Aileen Florell, Toni Ross, Celadon Gallery, Water Mill, NY Hand Thrown: The Fine Art of Pinched + Coiled Ceramics, Washington Co. Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, MD Hand Thrown: East Asian Wedged Coil, Horowitz Visual and Performing Arts Center, Columbia, MD Shino Redux, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY |
| 2010 | Weather, Ricco Maresca Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2008 | Masters of the Art, with Sam Taylor, Celadon Gallery, Water Mill, NY |
| 2007 | Installation: Aileron, Dayton, OH |
| 2005 | Masters of the Art, with Malcolm Davis, Celadon Gallery, Water Mill, NY Endless Variations: Shino Review, Clay Art Center, Baltimore, MD |
| 1999 | New Work, The Secret Gallery, Water Mill, NY |
Reviews and Publications
| 2023 | Schmitt, Christina L. “On Textures and Textiles: Fabric Art Rewound at Shin Gallery.” Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art, 15 Nov. 2023 Sporn, Stephanie, “Women Artists and Collectors Are at the Fore of the Hamptons Art Scene. Here Are 6 Female-Focused Exhibitions to See Into September,” artnet news, August 13, 2023 Fontaine, Pearl, “Eric Firestone Presents Two-Part Show of Women Artists Working in Abstraction (Mostly),” Whitewall, August 17, 2023 “Southampton Arts Center has opened ‘Change Agents: Women Collectors Shaping the Art World,’” ArtDaily, July 25, 2023 “Change Agents: Southampton Arts Center’s latest exhibition highlights women collectors in the art world,” Purist, July 20, 2023 Carrigan, Margaret, “3 Places to Seek Out Cutting-Edge Design Projects in the Hamptons This Summer,” Cultured, July 6, 2023 Godwin, Georgina, The Globalist, episode 3018, Monocle, 22 Mar. 2023 “Celebrating The Leiber Collection’s Garden of Friends Artists at Kathryn Markel Gallery,” James lane, January 30, 2023 Moore, Jacqueline, “Leiber Garden of Friends’ Beauty, Love & Inspiration Show,” Dan’s Papers, January 27, p. 14, 2023 |
| 2022 | Edwards, Kelcey, “No W here Collective: Now, Here at Amagansett Life Saving Station,” WHITE HOT, November 2022 Hinkle, Annette, “The ‘No W here’ Collective Explores The Truth Of The Faking Box,” 27 East, July 21, 2022 Carson, Jill, “Guild Hall Offsite Exhibition: ‘Now Here,'” James Lane, July 12, 2022 Segal, Mark, “Life-Saving Station Center of New Exhibition,” The East Hampton Star, July 12, 2022 Young, Beth, “Artists to Respond to Nautical History in Amagansett,” East End Beacon, July 6, 2022 Donoghue, Katy, “Lisa Perry Fosters Creativity and Support at Onna House,” Whitewall, June 16, 2022 Landes, Jennifer, “East Meets East End at Onna House,” The East Hampton Star, May 26, 2022 McGee, Celia, “Room of One’s Onna,” Avenue Magazine, May–June 2022, pages 56–63 Small, Zachary, “Designer and Art Collector Lisa Perry is Reviving a Pedigreed Modernist House as a Gallery in the Hamptons,” artnet news, April 7, 2022 Goodman, Wendy, “Saving the Modernist Scull House in the Hamptons,” Curbed, April 4, 2022 |
| 2021 | James Lane Post, Keyes Art Presents ‘One Stop – The Rise of Modernism’, December 10 Peterson, Oliver, Toni Ross Weaves Her Way into HIFF Poster Artist Pantheon, Dan’s Papers, October 7 Segal, Mark, The Art Scene 10.07.21, The East Hampton Star, October 7 Ernst, Eric, Toni Ross Melds Stone and Straw in ‘Permanent Transience, Hamptons Art Hub, August 30 Sickles, Sarah, Contemporary Hamptons Legends Came Together for a Cultured Weekend, Cultured, August 25 Salomon, James. “No W here is Here: Alice Hope, Bastienne Schmidt,” Toni Ross, WHITE HOT, August Gliubizzi, Amanda, “No W here: Alice Hope, Bastienne Schmidt, Toni Ross,” Brooklyn Rail, July |
| 2020 | Landes, Jennifer, “Lighting Up the East End to Get Out the Vote,” East Hampton Star, November 1 Salomon, James, “The Abyss of Uncertainty, White Hot Magazine,” October 28 Edwards, Kelcey, “Back to the Garden,” Portray Magazine, August 8 Kambhampaty, Anna Purna, “The Pandemic Closed Art Galleries’ Doors,” TIME MAGAZINE, June 11 Neidich, Warren, “Quarantine Chronicles,” MUSEE Magazine, May 26 Leroy, Bridget, “Where and When and Why,” The Independent, May 19 Fox, Alex, “Drive-By Art Exhibition Provides Socially Distanced Dose of Culture,” Smithsonian Magazine, May 14 Halle, Howard, “A drive-by art exhibition recently popped up in the Hamptons,” TIME OUT, May 13 Stowe, Stacy, “A Drive By Art Show Turns Lawns and Garages Into Galleries,” New York Times, May 11 Landes, Jennifer, “Visual Art Gets Real Again on the South Fork,” East Hampton Star, May 7 Ludel, Wallace, “See Art From Your Car at “Drive-By” Group Show in Long Island This Week,” The Art Newspaper, May 4 |
| 2019 | Van Slooten, Philip, Whitman-Walker’s Liz complex artfully adorned, Washington Blade, November 27 Leroy, Bridgett, Toni Ross to be honored at HIFF, The Independent, October 8 |
| 2018 | Bancroft, Debbie, “The Consummate East Ender, Toni Ross Dishes on Food, Art, & Fellowship,” Avenue Magazine, July Buck, Andrew, Toni Ross: A Woman’s Way of Contemporary Minimalism, Ceramics Art + Perception, Issue #109 Edwards, Kelcey, “The Beautiful Strangers of The Berkshire Botanical Garden,” essay, Beautiful Strangers, curator James Salomon Smullen, Jennifer, Berkshire Botanical Garden, When Metal, Art and Nature Meet, The Berkshire Eagle, May 18 Baryliski, Nicole, “Toni Ross on WOMEN ARTISTS: Reshaping the Conversation,” hamptons.com, May Landes, Jennifer, “23 Successes in ‘A Radical Voice, East Hampton Star,” March 20 |
| 2017 | Buck, Andrew, “Toni Ross and Friends: Big Guns in a Peaceful Sanctuary,” August Landes, Jennifer, The Many Lives and Art of Toni Ross, The East Hampton Star, August 10, page C1 Barron, James, “Where’s the Art? In Hamptons Center, Look Behind the Wall,” New York Times, February 26, page A18 NewYorkRag.com, Southampton Arts Center, A Sense of Place Exhibition, February 25 Weitz, Emily J., “Curating A Sense of Place at Southampton Arts Center,” February 22 |
| 2016 | Beckenstein, Joyce, “When Artists Choose Artists,” Brooklyn Rail, December 6 Russi, Alexandra, “In the Studio: Toni Ross on The Presence of Absence,” Artsy Magazine, September 30 Goldberger, Paul, catalogue essay, “The Presence of Absence,” Ricco Maresca Gallery Ernst, Eric, “Toni Ross Melds Stone and Straw in Permanent Transience,” Hamptons Art Hub, August 30 MacAdam, Barbara, “Making Hay in the Hamptons: Toni Ross Creates and Unlikely Desert in an Evocative Garden Center,” ARTnews, August 30 Heyman, Marshall, “Two Business Types Show Their Artistic Selves with Exhibits in the Hamptons,” Wall Street Journal, August 23 Galerie Magazine, “People: Toni Ross,” pages 184-185 and “Superb Geometry,” pages 167, 174, August 17 Segal, Mark, Toni Ross’s Road Show Reading, East Hampton Star Buchanan, Heather, “Breaking the Mold: Ceramist Toni Ross’s Wainscott Home,” Cottages & Gardens, July 1 Landes, Jennifer, “Toni Ross at Drawing Room,” East Hampton Star, June 9, pg C5 |
| 2014 | MacAdam, Barbara, “Toni Ross and Jean Pagliuso,” ARTnews, September 9, page 108 Selz, Gabrielle, “Jean Pagliuso and Toni Ross: Sources of Inspiration,” Huffington Arts & Culture, June 18 |
| 2013 | Selz, Gabrielle, “Art Review: Creating Art Out of Their Element,” Hamptons Art Hub – October 31 |
| 2011 | Pagliuso, Jean, “Toni Ross,” Bombsite, December Goleas, Janet, “Toni Ross: Inside/Out,” Blinnk, December 8 Karasyov, Carrie Doyle, “Secrets of Success: A New Medium,” Hamptons Magazine, November |
| 2010 | Handthrown: The Art of Pinched and Coiled Ceramics, DVD The Art of Joyce Michaud, DVD |
| 2009 | Weiss, Marion Wolberg, “Ross and Pagliuso at Drawing Room,” Dan’s Papers, October 9 |
Awards
| 2019 | The Dick Cavett Artistic Champion Award, Hamptons International Film Festival at Guild Hall, October 29 |
| 2015 | “Planters: On + Off the Ground VII,” Toni Ross/Tony Piazza, blue ribbon, LongHouse Reserve, East Hampton, NY, selected by architect Pretson T. Phillips |
WOMEN ARTISTS: Reshaping the Conversation
a series of panel discussions, curated by Toni Ross
| 2018 |
Reshaping the Conversation at LongHouse Reserve, East Hampton, NY
Reshaping the Conversation at Nick & Toni’s Restaurant, East Hampton, NY
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| 2017 |
Reshaping the Conversation at LongHouse Reserve, East Hampton, NY
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Presentations
| 2020 | Toni Ross in conversation with Theresa Roden, The Matriark Club, Sag Harbor, NY |
| 2018 | Toni Ross at the Golden Eagle, presentation and conversation, East Hampton, NY A Radical Voice, in conversation, panel discussion, Southampton Arts Center, Southampton, NY |
| 2017 | 25 Years, 25 Films, participant in Hampton’s Film Festival panel discussion Pollock, Guild Hall, East Hampton Out of the Question, Warren Strugatch, Toni Ross, Eric Fischl, Rick Friedman, Ruth Vered, Southampton Art Center, Southampton, NY A Sense of Place Artists Talk and Gallery Tour, Southampton Arts Center, Southampton, NY |
| 2016 | The Artists View: Artists Choose Artists, gallery talk, Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, NY Toni Ross, Tony Piazza in conversation with Andrea Grover, Parrish Road Show, Parrish Art Museum, Marders, Aug 21 |
| 2015 | Hood College, The Blank Page, Frederick, MD |
| 2013 | Bennington College, The Grand Vessel, Bennington, VT Hood College, On Seeing and Being Seen, Hood College, Frederick, MD |
| 2012 | Parrish Art Museum, After and Before, PechaKucha, Southampton, NY |
| 2011 | ARC Fine Art, Fairfield, CT |
Education
| BA, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT; 1980 |