john ros (they, them) has been building their studio practice since 1996.
john is a multiform conceptual installation artist, curator, lecturer and labor organizer. working across installation, light, performance, pedagogy and writing, they build spaces for reflection, participation and collective transformation — starting with what is nearby, what is discarded, what is forgotten. ritual, labor and shared time run through everything: the studio, the classroom, the bargaining table, the institutions they’ve founded and the ones still running.
john is the director of studioELL, a space for radical education in studio art practice founded in london in 2015, and a lecturer at the school of the museum of fine arts at tufts university and ct state community college: naugatuck valley.
a queer, non-binary, latinx artist and first-generation american, john was born in new york city to cuban and québécois immigrants — both classically trained musicians. they hold a bfa from suny binghamton and an mfa from brooklyn college, cuny and are currently pursuing a phd in interdisciplinary studies at tufts university. their work has been exhibited nationally and internationally and can be found in collections around the world.
john ros is proud to be a w.a.g.e. wagent (#630) and union member of congress of connecticut community colleges 4c’s, seiu local 1973 and seiu local 509. john served on the executive and higher ed chapter boards of seiu local 509 from 2023-2025.
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