CURRICULUM VITAE
Summary
I am a London-based artist and academic with a particular interest in the public's engagement with academic research. My practice-led research explores the relationship between artists and institutions and the social value of participatory practices in museums and galleries.
Education
2012: PhD – ‘The artist-as-educator: dialogue, community and the institutional site.’ University of the Arts London (Chelsea)
2001-02: MA Painting, University of the Arts London (Wimbledon)
1992-93: Postgraduate Certificate: Printmaking, Il Bisonte Scuola di Arte Grafica, Florence
1987-91: Degree in Fine Art: Painting, Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze, Italy
1983-86: BA Hons English/ History of Art (2:1), University of York
Professional Experience
Associate Lecturer (current)
Goldsmiths College, University of London
Associate Lecturer (current)
The Open University
Teaching Fellow (2013-2016)
Dept. of Culture, Media and Creative Industries, King’s College London
Learning Curator (1999-2018)
Tate Learning (Tate Modern & Tate Liverpool)
Lecturer in Art & Design with Critical Studies (1995-97)
City College Manchester
Lecturer in Printmaking (1992-93)
American University Undergraduate Exchange Programme
Scuola Lorenzo de’ Medici, Firenze, Italy
Awards/Exhibitions/Events
Jan ‘22: The Optimism of Plants, Arts Council England, Developing Your Creative Practice
Nov 2021: The Natural Environment Research Council Grassroots Award for Commoning Bethlem: Art-Ecology-Mental Health
Apr-July ‘20: Open School Remote online project, funded by the Maudsley Charity
May ‘20: Artist Development Grant, Arts Council England
Sept-Nov ‘20: Welcome to the New Fragile, Bethlem Gallery (curator)
June-Aug ‘19: Art & Value, Bethlem Gallery (curator)
May ‘18: IN/DI/VISIBLE, Bethlem Gallery (curated with artists Larry Achiampong and David Blandy) April ‘18: On Vulnerability, Artist research and development grant, A-N Artists’ Info Co
April ‘17: Thinking Society: Art and Social Psychiatry, Bethlem Gallery (curator)
Jan ‘17: Nursing the Image, King’s Cultural Institute/Bethlem Gallery (artist-lead & curator)
May ‘16: Being Mr X commission for ‘What Remains …. Anatomy of an Artist’, Festival, Siobhan Davies Dance, London (artist with Olga Masleinnikova, choreologist)
Mar ‘16: The Residents, group exhibition, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA (artist)
Feb ‘16: Support Structures, performance for ‘Changing Minds’ Festival, Southbank Centre, London
2015-‘16: Conversation Pieces, Grants for the Arts Awards, Arts Council England (artist)
Funded Research Projects & Scholarships
2018-2021: Evaluator for the Mental Health & Justice Project (Wellcome & King’s)
2013-14: Gesture & Embodied Knowledge (Maudsley Charity)
2005-08: AHRC Studentship for PhD Research at Chelsea, UAL
1993: Italian Government Grant for postgraduate study (tuition fees and stipend)
Publications
Ross, M. Intercultural Learning in the Gallery. Responses. Cornerhouse, 2001
H. Charman and M. Ross, M. Contemporary Art and the Role of Interpretation, Tate Papers, 2005.
Hjelde, K. & Ross, M. Constructing a Reflective Site within Art Education, CLTAD International Conference - Enhancing curricula: using research and enquiry to inform student learning in the disciplines, New York, 2008
Bradfield, M., Cremona C., Mackay, J., Morgana C. & Ross M. Aesthetics and Audience: Disseminating Echoes as a Collaborative Art Project Concerned with Making Public Group Dissent, Networks of Design Conference, University of Falmouth, 2008.
Bradfield, M., Hjelde, K. & Ross M. Future Re/Iteration. Research into Practice Conference, University of Hertfordshire, 2008
Ross, M. Young People as Cultural Workers: Imaging Alternatives. Engage Journal, 2011
Summary
I am a London-based artist and academic with a particular interest in the public's engagement with academic research. My practice-led research explores the relationship between artists and institutions and the social value of participatory practices in museums and galleries.
Education
2012: PhD – ‘The artist-as-educator: dialogue, community and the institutional site.’ University of the Arts London (Chelsea)
2001-02: MA Painting, University of the Arts London (Wimbledon)
1992-93: Postgraduate Certificate: Printmaking, Il Bisonte Scuola di Arte Grafica, Florence
1987-91: Degree in Fine Art: Painting, Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze, Italy
1983-86: BA Hons English/ History of Art (2:1), University of York
Professional Experience
Associate Lecturer (current)
Goldsmiths College, University of London
Associate Lecturer (current)
The Open University
Teaching Fellow (2013-2016)
Dept. of Culture, Media and Creative Industries, King’s College London
Learning Curator (1999-2018)
Tate Learning (Tate Modern & Tate Liverpool)
Lecturer in Art & Design with Critical Studies (1995-97)
City College Manchester
Lecturer in Printmaking (1992-93)
American University Undergraduate Exchange Programme
Scuola Lorenzo de’ Medici, Firenze, Italy
Awards/Exhibitions/Events
Jan ‘22: The Optimism of Plants, Arts Council England, Developing Your Creative Practice
Nov 2021: The Natural Environment Research Council Grassroots Award for Commoning Bethlem: Art-Ecology-Mental Health
Apr-July ‘20: Open School Remote online project, funded by the Maudsley Charity
May ‘20: Artist Development Grant, Arts Council England
Sept-Nov ‘20: Welcome to the New Fragile, Bethlem Gallery (curator)
June-Aug ‘19: Art & Value, Bethlem Gallery (curator)
May ‘18: IN/DI/VISIBLE, Bethlem Gallery (curated with artists Larry Achiampong and David Blandy) April ‘18: On Vulnerability, Artist research and development grant, A-N Artists’ Info Co
April ‘17: Thinking Society: Art and Social Psychiatry, Bethlem Gallery (curator)
Jan ‘17: Nursing the Image, King’s Cultural Institute/Bethlem Gallery (artist-lead & curator)
May ‘16: Being Mr X commission for ‘What Remains …. Anatomy of an Artist’, Festival, Siobhan Davies Dance, London (artist with Olga Masleinnikova, choreologist)
Mar ‘16: The Residents, group exhibition, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA (artist)
Feb ‘16: Support Structures, performance for ‘Changing Minds’ Festival, Southbank Centre, London
2015-‘16: Conversation Pieces, Grants for the Arts Awards, Arts Council England (artist)
Funded Research Projects & Scholarships
2018-2021: Evaluator for the Mental Health & Justice Project (Wellcome & King’s)
2013-14: Gesture & Embodied Knowledge (Maudsley Charity)
2005-08: AHRC Studentship for PhD Research at Chelsea, UAL
1993: Italian Government Grant for postgraduate study (tuition fees and stipend)
Publications
Ross, M. Intercultural Learning in the Gallery. Responses. Cornerhouse, 2001
H. Charman and M. Ross, M. Contemporary Art and the Role of Interpretation, Tate Papers, 2005.
Hjelde, K. & Ross, M. Constructing a Reflective Site within Art Education, CLTAD International Conference - Enhancing curricula: using research and enquiry to inform student learning in the disciplines, New York, 2008
Bradfield, M., Cremona C., Mackay, J., Morgana C. & Ross M. Aesthetics and Audience: Disseminating Echoes as a Collaborative Art Project Concerned with Making Public Group Dissent, Networks of Design Conference, University of Falmouth, 2008.
Bradfield, M., Hjelde, K. & Ross M. Future Re/Iteration. Research into Practice Conference, University of Hertfordshire, 2008
Ross, M. Young People as Cultural Workers: Imaging Alternatives. Engage Journal, 2011