Joan Ross

Joan Ross (born in Glasgow, Scotland) is an Australian artist based in Sydney who works across a range of mediums including drawing, painting, installations, sculpture and video. Her work investigates the legacy of colonialism in Australia, particularly the effects colonialism has had on Indigenous Australians.

Early life and education Joan Ross was born in Glasgow, Scotland.

Career Ross has been exhibiting since the late 1980s. She has completed solo exhibitions at the Bett Gallery in Hobart and at Gallery Barry Keldoulis and the Michael Reid Gallery in Sydney as well as the Blue Mountains Cultural Centre in Katoomba.

In 2019 Joan Ross presented Collectors Paradise at Michael Reid Gallery, Sydney; I give you a mountain, Bett Gallery, Hobart; Did you ask the river? Virtual Reality, Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Melbourne and at Sydney Contemporary, Carriageworks, Sydney. while ‘You were my biggest regret’: diary entry 1806 was similarly recognised in 2022.

Work Ross's work is held in the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney,