Bird Ross
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b. 1957, Fort Smith, Arkansas
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI
Open Chain Publishing, Tempe, AZ
The White House (Blue Room Ornaments), Washington, DC
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2006 Contemporary Baskets, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
International Fiber Biennial, Snyderman-Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Time for a Nice Cuppa: Wisconsin Teapots, West Bend Art Museum, West Bend, WI
2005 Fibre: A New World View, Crafts Council of Ireland, Castle Yard, Kilkenny, Ireland
Addition=Subtraction, Wisconsin Academy, Madison, WI
What 6000 Looks Like, Surface Design Conference, Kansas City, MO
2004 Pedestrian Art for Democracy, City of Madison Sidewalks, Madison, WI
One and Only, John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI
When the Red Ball Drops in Greenwich, Forest Art Path 2, Darmstadt, Germany
2003 Artists & The Cultivated Landscape, C.A. Wustum Museum, Racine, WI
A Year of Art Auctions for RAM, Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
2002 The Artful Teapot, COPIA, Napa, CA
Baskets Now: USA, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
Contemporary Basket Invitational, American Art Company, Tacoma,WA
Contemporary Baskets, del Mano Gallery, CA
2001 Chair City, J. M. Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
Contemporary Baskets, Juried exhibition, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa AZ
Shoes, Madison Children's Museum, Madison, WI
Neckties: Tying Us Together, J. M. Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
2000 Teapots Transformed, Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art Exposition, Chicago, IL
Who Knows Where or When, Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI
1997-00 Trashformations, Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage, AK
Center for Visual Arts, Metropolitan State College, Denver, CO
Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL
Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Boise Museum, Boise, ID
Museum of the Southwest, Midland, TX
Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN
Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA
Schneider Museum of Art, Ashland, OR
1999 Wisconsin Triennial, Madison Arts Center, Madison, WI
1998 Holiday Tree Ornaments, White House Blue Room, Washington, DC
Dress Up! Artists Address Clothing and Self Adornment, Wustum
Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI
The Magical World of Fiber Arts, Seippel Center for the Arts, Beaver Dam, WI
Fiber Invitational 1998, Barrington Area Arts Council Gallery, Barrington, IL
1996 The Feel of Fiber, Barrington Area Arts Council Gallery, Barrington, IL
Materials: Hard and Soft, Center for Visual Arts, Denton, TX
1995-96 Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art Exposition, Coconut Grove, FL
1995 Bridges, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
Let's Play House, Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI
1994 Contemporary Baskets '94, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Beyond Baskets, Tempe Art Center, Tempe, AZ
Birdhouses, Society for Contemporary Crafts, Pittsburgh, PA
Many Faces of Fiber, Barrington Area Arts Council Gallery, Barrington, IL
USArt, American Art Exposition, San Francisco, CA
If the Art Fits...Wear It, Textile Arts Center, Chicago, IL
Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art Exposition, Chicago, IL
Wisconsin Women's Artist Book Exhibition, Wisconsin Center, Madison, WI
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2006 500 Baskets, Lark Books, Sterling Publishing, Ashville, NC
2004 Fiberarts Design Book Seven, Lark Books, Sterling Publishing,
Ashville, NC
2002 Found Object Art & The Artist, Shiffer Publishing, Atglen, PA
2000 Beautiful Things, Toni Sykes, Guild Publishing
Teapots Transformed, Leslie Ferrin, Guild Publishing
Baskets, Tradition and Beyond, Leier, Peters & Wallace, Guild Publishing
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
Problem solving, not cowboys or chocolate concoctions, is my weakness. It is the challenge I take by the horns regardless of the beast to which they are attached.
I want to resolve the problems of "how" while never letting go of "but what with" and "why not". I want to taste the surfaces with my fingers and smell the results with my eyes. I want to hear the materials dancing, knowing their togetherness was always meant to be.
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI
Open Chain Publishing, Tempe, AZ
The White House (Blue Room Ornaments), Washington, DC
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2006 Contemporary Baskets, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
International Fiber Biennial, Snyderman-Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Time for a Nice Cuppa: Wisconsin Teapots, West Bend Art Museum, West Bend, WI
2005 Fibre: A New World View, Crafts Council of Ireland, Castle Yard, Kilkenny, Ireland
Addition=Subtraction, Wisconsin Academy, Madison, WI
What 6000 Looks Like, Surface Design Conference, Kansas City, MO
2004 Pedestrian Art for Democracy, City of Madison Sidewalks, Madison, WI
One and Only, John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI
When the Red Ball Drops in Greenwich, Forest Art Path 2, Darmstadt, Germany
2003 Artists & The Cultivated Landscape, C.A. Wustum Museum, Racine, WI
A Year of Art Auctions for RAM, Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
2002 The Artful Teapot, COPIA, Napa, CA
Baskets Now: USA, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
Contemporary Basket Invitational, American Art Company, Tacoma,WA
Contemporary Baskets, del Mano Gallery, CA
2001 Chair City, J. M. Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
Contemporary Baskets, Juried exhibition, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa AZ
Shoes, Madison Children's Museum, Madison, WI
Neckties: Tying Us Together, J. M. Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
2000 Teapots Transformed, Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art Exposition, Chicago, IL
Who Knows Where or When, Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI
1997-00 Trashformations, Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage, AK
Center for Visual Arts, Metropolitan State College, Denver, CO
Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL
Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Boise Museum, Boise, ID
Museum of the Southwest, Midland, TX
Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN
Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA
Schneider Museum of Art, Ashland, OR
1999 Wisconsin Triennial, Madison Arts Center, Madison, WI
1998 Holiday Tree Ornaments, White House Blue Room, Washington, DC
Dress Up! Artists Address Clothing and Self Adornment, Wustum
Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI
The Magical World of Fiber Arts, Seippel Center for the Arts, Beaver Dam, WI
Fiber Invitational 1998, Barrington Area Arts Council Gallery, Barrington, IL
1996 The Feel of Fiber, Barrington Area Arts Council Gallery, Barrington, IL
Materials: Hard and Soft, Center for Visual Arts, Denton, TX
1995-96 Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art Exposition, Coconut Grove, FL
1995 Bridges, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
Let's Play House, Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI
1994 Contemporary Baskets '94, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Beyond Baskets, Tempe Art Center, Tempe, AZ
Birdhouses, Society for Contemporary Crafts, Pittsburgh, PA
Many Faces of Fiber, Barrington Area Arts Council Gallery, Barrington, IL
USArt, American Art Exposition, San Francisco, CA
If the Art Fits...Wear It, Textile Arts Center, Chicago, IL
Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art Exposition, Chicago, IL
Wisconsin Women's Artist Book Exhibition, Wisconsin Center, Madison, WI
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2006 500 Baskets, Lark Books, Sterling Publishing, Ashville, NC
2004 Fiberarts Design Book Seven, Lark Books, Sterling Publishing,
Ashville, NC
2002 Found Object Art & The Artist, Shiffer Publishing, Atglen, PA
2000 Beautiful Things, Toni Sykes, Guild Publishing
Teapots Transformed, Leslie Ferrin, Guild Publishing
Baskets, Tradition and Beyond, Leier, Peters & Wallace, Guild Publishing
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
Problem solving, not cowboys or chocolate concoctions, is my weakness. It is the challenge I take by the horns regardless of the beast to which they are attached.
I want to resolve the problems of "how" while never letting go of "but what with" and "why not". I want to taste the surfaces with my fingers and smell the results with my eyes. I want to hear the materials dancing, knowing their togetherness was always meant to be.