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...Thus,
the syncretism of life is reflected in art and whilst there is
a diversity of influence in Ross work, and a multi-media approach,
there is overall an expressed desire towards simplicity and directness.
The
focus of Ross's art, straddling as it does, the contemporary world
with a consciousness of previous parallel and historical cultures
is a testament to continuity in a fractured world, and is a direct
challenge to the pervasive monoculture of globalization...
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1971 |
UNAM,
Comunication Sciences |
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1972 |
Central
London Polytechnic.
English language |
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1976 |
Universidad
Veracruzana, Visual Arts and Nahuatl language course. |
Self-directed
studies on ceramics and other disciplines |
Awards/grants/residencies
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2007
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Guapamacataro Interdisciplinary Residency in Art and Ecology,
Michoacán |
2006 |
Artist
in Residence. Kunsthalle Krems, Austria Niederösterreich
Kultur AIR programme grant
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| 2005 |
Tile-elite
Triennal, Dominican
Republic.
Invitation.
José Tocavén Artistic Worth
Award (La Voz de Michoacán)
Mujeres
Contemporáneas Yolanda Vargas Purecko
Award
Artist in Residence.
Coedhills Rural Art Space, Wales |
2004 |
VII
Xuntanza Obradoiro Internacional Das Artes Plásticas,
Galicia, Spain
Travel grant for Possible worlds....Possible women
tour, Switzerland, Germany, Holland, Spain,
Wales and Paris.
Travel grant: Rechberghausen Art Fest, Germany
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2003 |
Wyndham
City Contemporary Art Prize 2003, invitation.
Werribee, Australia.
Extra funding for Journey
Tales by Morelia City Gov and
UMSNH.
Indiana Kokomo University invitation for Notlallo
Invitation:
The Tiles Project, destination: the world, Transcultural
exchanges
www.transculturalexchanges.org
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2002 |
II
Encuentro Internacional de Mujeres en el Arte, México
DF
Invitation by the Keramik Museum Westerwald in Hoer- Grenzhausen,
German, Capel Celfyddyd and North Wales Potters Association,
in Wales, to hold a conference on mexican ceramics. Travel
grant
FOESCAM laureated, Jouney Tales project
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1999 |
Primer
Encuentro Nacional de Cerámica, Monterrey, NL
Artist in residence, Banff Centre for the Arts, Alberta,
Canadá
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1998 |
Bienal Olga Costa de Pintura y Escultura
Segunda
Bienal de Arte en Cerámica, Monterrey. |
| 1997 |
Member
of the Editorial Bureau, Instituto Michoacano de Cultura |
| 1996 |
Grant
from FONCA to publish Vientos, periodismo cultural en
Morelia |
| 1995 |
Travel
award, Arte del Momento, LaHabana-Morelia-Valinhôs,
La Habana, Cuba. |
| 1993 |
Member
of Selection Council, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Alfredo
Zalce
Funding to turn Ciudad Profunda a travelling exhibition
for three years around the country. Difocur and INBA. |
   
Work
in public collections Museo
de Arte Contemporáneo Alfredo Zalce, Morlia, Mich
Universidad de Calgary, Ab., Canadá
Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez
Los Oficios, La Habana, Cuba
Capel Celfyddyd, Criccieth, Wales, UK
Fundación Cultural La Voz de Michoacán
Gobierno del Estado de Michoacán
Ceramic Museum, Mino, Japan
Wyndham City, Australia
Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo
Casa Museo Poeta Javier de la Rosa, Vila de Agaete, Isla de Gran
Canaria, Spain
Casa Museo A Solaina de Piloño, Galicia, Spain
Coed Hills Rural Art Space, Gales
Artists
private collections
Marcos
Kurtycz, Alfredo Zalce, Gabriel Macotela, Luis López Loza,
Alberto Gironella, Felipe Ehrenberg, José Agustín, Luis Quintanilla,
Octavio Vázquez, Angélica Chio, Beatriz Espejo y Emmanuel Carballo,
Ed Bamiling, Celia Brown, Iwan Bala, Claudia-María Luenig, Sue Williams. |
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Group
shows and projects
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2007 |
identidades.03 Galicia_Michoacán, Vilagarcía, galicia, Spain
and Morelia & Uruapan, Michoacán, México |
2006 |
Breathing
Ground,
Coed Hills Rural Art Space, Wales
Festival
Arte de la Tierra, Volcán Parícutin, Michoacán.
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| 2005 |
Semana
Latinoamericana del Arte Independiente
VII Xuntanza. Museo Don Ramón Mª Aller, Lalín, Galicia,
Spain
my space. Basement. Viena, Austria
Identidades 2005, Agua. |
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2004-05 |
Tiles
Proyect, destination: the world, Washington,
Boston, New York, Chicago, Paris, Berlin, Chinchón,
Finlandia, Rumania. Azerbaján. |
| 2004 |
VII
Xuntanza A Solaina de Piloño, Galicia, Spain
Kunst auf dem Weg, Rechberghausen, Germany
Identidades, Encuentro Internacional de Artistas Independientes.
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| 2003 |
Becarios
del Foescam. ExColegio Jesuita, Pátzcuaro,
EntreTrópicos, Galería Praxis de la Unión Nicaragüense
de Artistas Plásticos. Managua, Nicaragua.
Paloma Torres, Elizabeth Ross, Marina Lascaris, Deborah Feldman.
MACAZ, Morelia
Wyndham City Contemporary Art Prize, Werribee, Australia
Mujeres. Uruapan. Michoacán |
| 2002 |
Foto2002,
Encuentro de fotografía en Morelia.
Ego, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Morelia
Artistas del Acervo, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Morelia |
| 2001 |
La
Marcha de los Colores de la Tierra,
Convención Nacional Indígena, Nurio, Mich |
| 2000 |
Sólo
un Guiño,
Palacio del Arzobispado, Museo de la Secretaría de Hacienda,
México, D.F. |
| 1999 |
Sólo
un Guiño, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Oaxaca.
Re-Unión, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Alfredo Zalce
De la Misma Tierra, Salón Nacional de Cerámica, Monterrey
Contemporary Mexican Ceramic Sculpture, traelling through
Ireland: Tig Fili Gallery, Cork. The Hunt Museum, Limerick.
Basement Gallery, Dundalk. The George Moore Society Gallery,
Mayo. Wexford Arts Centre, Wexford. American College, Dublin.
Garter Lane Arts Centre, Waterford. Michoacán
en la Feria XX Internacional del Libro, Palacio de Minería,
DF |
| 1998 |
Candil
de la calle, Plaza de Armas, Morelia
Solo un guiño, Centro Cultural Alfa, Monterrey, Nuevo
León.
I Bienal Olga Costa de Pintura y Escultura,
Museo Chávez Morado, Guanajuato. Pinacoteca de Nuevo León,
Monterrey.
ExpoFeria Michoacán 98
Bonitas ellas, bonita yo: mujeres artistas el 8 de
marzo. Librería de la Calzada. Morelia. |
| 1995 |
Arte del Momento. Brasil-Cuba-México, La Habana, Cuba.
Cántaro de Barro, homenaje a Guillermo Bonfil Batalla.
Museo Nacional de Culturas Populares, México D.F. |
| 1988-92 |
Several
shows in her own Ceramics Gallery in Valle de Bravo |
| 1989 |
8 ceramistas, Galería MAQ, D.F.
Conjunción, Instituto Mexicano del Petróleo, DF |
| 1988 |
La
Mujer en la Plástica Mexicana,
Galería MAQ, DF |
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Lectures
and conferences
| 2007 |
Identidades. Foro Latinoamericano Memoria e Identidad,
Montevideo, Uruguay.
From
San
Francisco to Seattle- Diplomado de Movimientos Sociales, Fac
de Filosofía, UMSNH |
| 2006 |
Identidades
2005 en: basement, Viena, Baden Kunstverein, Baden, Literaturhaus
NÖ, Krems in Austria and in Vilagarcía, Galicia. |
| 2004 |
El
Arte Aquí, Usos y Costumbres. Encuentro Nacional de
Creadores. Morelia, Mich.
Identidades, Porth Arloesi Prifysgol, University Innovation
Bangor, Wales
Ritual, Art and Mystery, & Identidades,
Chapter Center, Cardiff, Wales.
Mexican and Michoacan ceramics. Instituto Tecnológico
de Morelia. |
| 2003 |
Un mundo de Barro, Seminar.
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo
The Dark Goddess: Mytholohy and Sex, Philosphy
and Feminism Course, Philosophy Faculty, UMSNH
On Art and Science. III Taller de Arte y Ciencia, Instituto
de Matemáticas de la UNAM, Unidad Morelia |
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Organising,
promoting, curating
| 2007 |
identidades.03 galicia_michoacán
Vilagarcía, Morelia, Uruapan, Capacuaro |
| 2006 |
We
want us alive: let's talk aboutfeminicide.
Forum, video debate, installation |
| 2005 |
SELAI,
Second Latinamerican Week for Independent Art. Coordination.
Morelia, Michoacán
Identidades.02.agua, digital catalog.
Identidades, Segundo Encuentro Internacional de Artistas
Independientes / Identity and Water. Morelia, Michoacán |
| 2004 |
Identidades,
digital catalog.
Identidades, Encuentro Internacional de Artistas
Independientes. Morelia, Michoacán |
| 2002 |
EGO
group show. Organización. MACAZ, Morelia |
| 1995 |
Odisea de la luz, 50 años del fotógrafo Héctor García,
Quintanilla y las mujeres, Luis Quintanilla Stallsmith |
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1994-95 |
Vientos
de Cambio,
concept
and direction cultural weekly magazine. |
| 1990 |
Lennon in his 50s, concept and co-organization one
month festival, including visual art shows:: Nutopía,
Imagine, and Juegos Mentales |
| 1988-90 |
Ochará
Afrocuban Festival . Co-direction
Runs her own ceramics gallery in Valle de Bravo, Mexico |
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2002 |
Mexicanerin
Keramik. Keramikmuseum Westerwald, Kalkspatz
e.V. meeting, Diepersdorf/Nürnberg, Germany. Capel Celfyddyd,
Criccieth, Wales, Southern Ceramic Group Annual Meeting, Southampton,
International Students House, London, Salón México, Instituto
de México, Madrid, Spain.
Philosphy
and Feminism Course, Philosophy Faculty, UMSNH
Femenine Myths 3ra Feria Nacional del Libro,
Uruapan, Mich |
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2001 |
To work with clay. Foro "del arte
funcional a la cerámica alternativa". Primer Encuentro
Nacional de Cerámica, Monterrey, NL |
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1998 |
Presenting
my work,
Segunda Bienal de Arte en cerámica, Monterrey, NL |
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Published
work and literature axions
·La
Diosa Oscura, Mitología y Sexo. Instituto Michoacano
de la Mujer, 2005
·Encuentro de Poetas del Mundo Latino 2004, poetry reading.
·Poetry. Palavreiros brazilian site
·Creates
Cuadernos de la Luna an an alternative
editorial project
·Cerámica Mexicana, an historical tour. Kalkspatz
e.V Töpferblatt 1- Germany
·A series on mythology and woman. Acento, La Voz de Michoacán
·Memorias de Luna y Toro , unpublished poetry book
·Lunes de Letras, Reading/axion, El león de Mecenas.
·Mata Ortíz o la Reinvención de la cerámica. AdHoc,
num. 25
·Alfredo Zalce y la poesía visual. Periódico de Poesía,
Nueva Época, No. 16, UNAM/INBA
·Tres cañas, barro y maíz: la palabra, Codex, with
Ernesto Hernández Doblas.
·XII En-Cuento, lReading/axion, La Librería, Morelia
·Vientos: periodismo cultural en Morelia. FONCA/Instituto
Michoacano de Cultura, 1996. (25 axions around it)
·Homenaje a Sor Juana. Reading/axion. Centro Cultural Universitario.
IMC/UMSNH
·X En-Cuento, Round table on Cultural Journalism. Colegio de
San Nicolás.
· Vientos de Cambio.Director
·Publishes interviews and chronicles for a complete year in Cambio
de Michoacán
·Translates John Lennon lyrics
·Caja de Espejos, Shortstories.
Has
published articles, translations and literature in national press
like Ojarasca, la Jornada, La Jornada Michoacán, Cambio de Michoacán,
la Voz, El Nacional, Fragmentario, Periódico de Poesía, El Cocodrilo
Poeta, Babel, Adhoc, Altiplano, Revista de la UAEM, Zona Franca,
Movimiento Actual, Ventana Interior
  
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Biblio and hemerographic
references
•Ciudad
Profunda (catalogue). Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Alfredo Zalce/La
Voz de Michoacán. 1993
• Ciudad Profunda, Josefina María Cendejas. Acento, La Voz
de Michoacán.Octubre 1993
• La ciudad de Elizabeth Ross, el sueño del barro,
Neftalí Coria. Acento, Febrero 1994 y La Jornada Semanal, Enero
1994
• Elizabeth Ross: ceramista. Several authors. El Suplemento,
DIFOCUR, Sinaloa 1994
• Cerámica Profunda, Carlos Blas Galindo. El Financiero,
1995
• Elizabeth Ross: creación y arte ceramista. Nery
Córdova: El Ensayo, centauro de los géneros. Editorial de la Universidad
de Sinaloa, 1996
• Sólo un guiño (catalogue). Ingrid Zuckaer. Editorial
Praxis, 1998
• Sculpture mexicaine: petit format ou David contre Goliat,
Leonor Cuahonte. París/México, 1998
• The Gallery, art & design (catalogue)1999
• Elizabeth Ross: el lenguaje del barro, Verónica
Pérez Alejos, Época, 1999
• Travesía/Journey (Catalogue). Ingrid Zuckaer, Ana
Pellicer, Mark Morris, Ed Bamiling and Carlos Blas Galindo. Morelia
2000
• Colores y trazos, pintores michoacanos contemporáneos.
Armando Ceja Bravo, IMC/UVAQ, Morelia 2001
• Notlallo: instalación cerámica (Catalogue) S.R.E.
–Ayuntamiento de Morelia.
• A Meeting of Civilisations. Mark Morris. CeramicTECHNICAL
No. 15, November 2002. Australia.
• Elizabeth Ross. Ralf Burger. Kalkspatz e.V Töpferblatt
2-2003, Alemania
•
Posible Women, Polvo Magazine, Art and Ritual, Fall
2004, Chicago, Illinois.
• Kunst auf dem Weg (catalogue), Recberghausenstadt,
2004
• Where the many worlds fit, Iwan Bala, Planet, the
Welsh Internationalist, no. 170 Abril 2005, Gales
• VII Xuntanza Obradoiro – Internacional das Artes
Plásticas
“A Solaina” De Piloño (Catalogue) Xunta de Galicia, 2005
• Agua, Carwyn Evans, Tu Chwyth, cyfrol 23, Awst
2005. Written in Cymraeg (Welsh) UK
• Breathing Ground/Anadal Daear, International Art
Show, (catalog) Coed Hills, Wales. 2006
• Song lines, « swyn ar bapur », Iwan Bala, en Mary
Lloyd Jones, first Language. Gomer Press 2006
• The Tile Project, Destination : the World. Catalog.
UNESCO, 2006
• Breathing Ground, Debbie Savage, a-n magazine, octubre
2006, Gran Bretaña
• Paricutin, Festival de arte de la tierra, Catalogue.
Fonca, Conaculta, Secum. Morelia, Michoacán, 2006
•Take me somewhere good. Iwan Bala. Re:Imaging Wales,
a yearbook of the Visual Arts, Edited by Hugo Adams, Sereb Books,
Wales, 2006
•
Plástica
Contemporánea Michoacana,digital catalogue- Secretaria de
Cultura del Estado de Michoacán, 2007
A number of articles and interviews in local, national and international
press. |
TV/Video/
·interviews
bradcasted by national Televisa, Canal 11, Canal 22, TV Azteca.
SMRT
·En Manos de Diana/Notlallo, video. Javier Sámano
Chang/La Línea
de Des/Cartes, 1999
·Interview for Morelia chapter, in Colonial Cities, People
& Arts. October 2002
·live interview for City Hospital, BBC1, London, England,
2002.
· Voz es Michoacán: Elizabeth Ross, la Tierra Viva,
2003.
·Mujeres Posibles: siembra. Cristina Fernández for
BTV, Barcelona Televisión. 2004
·Elizabeth Ross. Punto de Reunión, SMRTV, 2004
·Os peregrinos da Arte Cristina Fernández/Xaime
López, Galicia 2004/Barcelona 2005
·The Reading. Lao Mun Leng, 2006
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....By simplicity, she means simplicity of form and execution, but also
simplicity of expression which belies the density of cultural reference.
She also decided to avoid being classed as a ceramicist, with all
the technical specialisation which this implies, paring down unnecessary
technicak acomplishment in order to communicate directly. Creating
an inclusive, rather than exclusive gallery-culture art, she lets
an audience into her world on several levels. Ross attempts to retain
the spontainety of invention within a frame of reference which remains
true in the meaning and intent of tradition and ritual. Her
art is neither pastiche nor ironic comment, for her artworks and
actions express the spirit of the tradition while at the same time
allowing her to comment on current cultural, political and ecological
issues.
Much
of Ross's work reminds me of poety (which she also writes), and
specially of Welsh poetry. In both tehre is a sense of living in
two worlds, one a hidden, almost submerged culture, out of the fusion
of which a new understanding begins to emerge.
Iwan
Bala, Where Many Worlds Fit, Planet, Cardiff, 2005
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