Sally Ross was born in Melbourne in 1969. After completing graduate and post-graduate degrees in Fine Arts in Australia Ross then lived and worked in France for 8 years, completing another post-graduate degree whilst regularly exhibiting in the United States, Australia and Europe. She has exhibited her paintings consistently in Australia and internationally for over 30 years and is a five time Archibald Prize finalist. Her portrait The Huxleys was selected for the 100 Years of the Archibald Prize at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in 2021. A self-confessed art monster, she has run an artists’ squat in an abandoned 17th century hospice, worked for the Festival d’Avignon theatre festival and for one of the most innovative private art collections in France before her return to Australia in 2006.
Known for her landscapes and portraiture Ross’ work is represented in private and public collections in Australia, Asia, Europe and the United States.
Sally Ross is represented by Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney and Smith & Singer, Melbourne.
born 1969, Melbourne, Australia
currently lives and works in Melbourne (previously based in France)
Individual Exhibitions
2022
Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney
2020
Smith & Singer, Melbourne
2019
Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney
2018
Murray White Room, Melbourne
2016
Murray White Room, Melbourne
2015
Galerie Sultana, Paris - March
2014
Murray White Room, Melbourne
2012
Murray White Room, Melbourne
Galerie Sultana, Paris
2010
Galerie Baumet Sultana, Paris
Murray White Room, Melbourne
2008
Murray White Room, Melbourne
2007
Murray White Room, Melbourne
Galerie Baumet/Sultana, Paris
2006
Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles
2005
Galerie Baumet/Sultana, Paris
Snake, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne
2004
Kaliman Gallery, Sydney
2003
Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Taché-Lévy Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2001
sure enough, Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2000
L’Ane 2000 (The Donkey 2000): Billboard Project, Avignon, France
1998
Peter, Entrée9 - La Vitrine Expérimentale, Avignon, France
1997
L’ami Voyage, Avignon, France
Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
1996
16 Small Paintings, First Floor Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022
Melbourne Art Fair, MCEC, Melbourne
Archie 100, touring nationally
Archibald Prize, touring nationally
2021
Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (touring)
Archie 100, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (touring)
Winter Group Exhibition, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney
2020
Sydney Contemporary, Carriageworks, Sydney
2019
Sydney Contemporary, Carriageworks, Sydney
Spring 1883, The Establishment, Sydney
2018
Territory, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney
Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (touring)
Portia Geach Memorial Prize, S.H.Ervin Gallery, Sydney - Finalist
Geelong Contemporary Art Prize, Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong
Sydney Contemporary, Carriageworks, Sydney
Spring 1883 (art fair), Hotel Windsor, Melbourne
Intimate Realities: Recent works from the SAM collection, Shepparton Art Museum, Shepparton
Offsite, the Geelong Gallery Collection at the Australian Club, Melbourne
2017
Portia Geach Memorial Prize, S.H.Ervin Gallery, Sydney - Finalist
Amours Courtoises, Group Show, Galerie Sultana, Paris
SPRING 1883, Establishment Hotel, Sydney (Murray White Room & Alaska Projects)
Independent HQ, art fair, Galerie Sultana, Brussels, Belgium
Freshwater, curated by Dr Rebecca Coates, Shepparton Art Museum, Shepparton
Losing farther, losing faster, curated by Bradley Vincent, Alaska Projects, Sydney
Artist Profile, Australasian Painters 2007-2017, Orange Regional Gallery, Orange
Salon des Refusés, S.H.Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2016
Geelong Contemporary Art Prize, Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong
Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (touring)
Spring 1883, art fair, Windsor Hotel
Portia Geech Memorial Prize, S.H.Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2015
Paris Internationale, Paris (art fair) October
Spring 1883, Establishment Hotel, Sydney (art fair)
Murray White Room, Art Basel, Hong Kong (art fair)
Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (touring)
2014
Art--o-Rama, Galerie Sultana, art fair, Marseilles, France
Archibald Prize, Art Gallery or New South Wales, Sydney (touring)
Spring 1883, Murray White Room, Melborne (art fair, August)
Tony Clark & Sally Ross, Portraits, Murray White Room, Melbourne
Art Basel, Murray White Room, Hong Kong (art fair)
2013
Fleurieu Art Prize, McLarerenvale, SA
Everyday Objects (Bastien Aubry & Dimitri Broquard; Jon Campbell; Tony Clark; Kate Ellis; Martino Gamper; Richard Giblett; Alexander Knox; Mira Gojak; Alasdair McLuckie; Anne-Marie May; Marc Newson; Ricky Swallow; Randal Marsh; Huan Yan; Constanze Zikos & Nora Kogan), Murray White Room, Melbourne
Sydney Contemporary, Carriageworks, Sydney NSW
Within - group show supervised by Andrew Browne - Sally Ross, David Noonan, Tim McMonagle, Louise Bourgeois, Paul Boston, Hanna Tai, Benjamin Armstrong, Greenwood Street Projects, Abbotsford
Pink Summer, galerie Sultana, Paris
Art Basel Hong Kong, Murray White Room
Raw Material - Material Prima, Group show curated by Diablorosso+La Central+Galerie SULTANA+ Proyectos Ultravioleta, Yautepec, Mexico City
Murray White Room, Melbourne
2012
Murray White Room, Melbourne
Geelong Contemporary Art Prize, Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong (acquisition)
Art for Science, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute Auction, Nellie Castan Gallery, South Yarra
Artists for Kids Culture Auction, Brightspace, St Kilda
A Hand Up, Auction for Prahran Mission, Deutscher + Hackett, South Yarra
Salon des Refusés, S.H.Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2011
Group 04, Murray White Room, Melbourne
Art for Science, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute Auction, Nellie Castan Gallery, South Yarra
Artists for Kids Culture Auction, Brightspace, St Kilda
2011 Portia Geach Memorial Award Exhibition, S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Salon des Refusés, S.H.Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2010
2010 Portia Geach Memorial Award Exhibition, S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney (highly commended)
2010 Beleura National Works on Paper, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery,Mornington
Contemporary Encounters: A Selection of Works from the Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
GROUP 03, Murray White Room, Melbourne
Strangeland, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney, Australia
2009
VOLTA5, Galerie Baumet Sultana, Basel, Switzerland
GROUP 02, Murray White Room, Melbourne
Art LA 2009, Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles
The Secret Life of Plants, curated by Andrew Gaynor, Linden, Melbourne; Fremantle Arts Centre, Perth
2008
Works on paper, Galerie Baumet Sultana, Paris
Hudson Salon, Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles
ABN Amro Emerging Artist Award, Sydney
2007
Return to Cézanne (Il Faut Rendre à Cézanne ce qui Appartient à Cézanne): Miquel BarcelÓ, Daniel Buren, Paul Cézanne, Clifford Ross, Rineke Dijkstra, Spencer Finch, Nan Goldin, Douglas Gordon, Gloria Friedmann, François Halard, Koo Joeng-a, Ellsworth Kelly, Joey Kötting, Bertrand Lavier, Sol LeWitt, Pierre Malphettes, Brice Marden, Pascal Martinez, Vik Muniz, Rika Noguchi, Tsuyoshi Ozawa, Giulio Paolini, Bruno Peinado, Ugo Rondinone, Sally Ross, Jean-Claude Ruggirelo, Charles Sandison, Cindy Sherman, Kazuyuki Takezaki, Sam Taylor-Wood, Michiro Tokuchige, Bill Viola, Frederik Waesen, Andy Warhol, Lawrence Weiner, Rémi Zaugg, Collection Lambert en Avignon, France
Unreal-esque, curated by Andrew Frost: Bethany S. Fellows, Caroline Rothwell, Jaki Middleton, Marisa Purcell, Sally Ross, Sarah Parker, Sharon Goodwin, Therese Howard, Grant Pirrie Gallery, Sydney
2006
Show Off, (Galerie Baumet Sultana), Contemporary Art Fair, Paris
TENNEWPAINTINGS, Parker’s Box, Brooklyn, USA
2005
Galerie Baumet Sultana, Artissima, Turin, Italy (art fair)
2004
Eijanaika! Yes Future: Le Japon post XX siècle, Collection Lambert
enAvignon,Avignon, France
Kaliman Gallery, Sydney
2003
Portraiture: Anne Collier, Julia Condon, Lucian Freud, Paul Graham, Bill
Henson, David Hockney, Martin Kippenberger, Graham Little, Sharon Lockhart,
Catherine Opie, Julian Opie, Elizaberth Peyton, Sally Ross, Dean Sameshima,
Thomas Ruff; Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2002
in situ, Chambre de Séjour avec Vue, Saignon en Luberon, France
2001
travels in time, 200 Gertrude Street, Melbourne, Australia
2001
in situ, Chambre de Séjour avec Vue, Saignon en Luberon, France
2000
in situ, Chambre de Séjour avec Vue, Saignon en Luberon, France
1999
Spellbound: Ellen Berkenblit, Louise Bourgeois, Angus Fairhurst, Francesca
Gabbiani, Karen Kilimnik, Tom Knechtel, Nader, Yoshitomo Nara, Sally Ross,
Thomas Schütte, Vivienne Shark LeWitt, Ricky Swallow, Lisa Yuskavage, Karyn
Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
1998
Group Show, Galerie Philippe Rizzo, Paris, France
exposition, November, La Caserne des Passagers, Avignon, France
expo, perf; video, July, La Caserne des Passagers, Avignon
1996
Secret Archives (curated by Rozalind Drummond), Platform 2, Melbourne,
Australia
collections
Fondation Maeght, St-Paul de Vence, France
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong
Shepparton Art Museum, Shepparton
National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
Heide Museum of Modern Art
Artbank
Macquarie University Collection, Sydney
Private collections in USA, France, Germany, United Kingdom, Austria, Belgium & Australia
education
1997-98
Diplôme Supérieur d’Expression Plastique, École d’Art d’Avignon, Avignon, France
1991-94
Post Graduate Diploma, Fine Arts, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne
1992
‘contemporary art and architecture’, Continuing Education Program, Department of
Fine Arts, Melbourne University, Melbourne
1988-90
Bachelor of Arts, Fine Arts, Monash University, Caulfield Campus