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2023-present // central connecticut state university, part time faculty | new britain, connecticut
2023-present // connecticut state community college quinebaug valley, part time lecturer | danielson, connecticut
2021-present // school of the museum of fine arts at tufts university, part time lecturer | boston, massachusetts
2015-present // studioELL, professor | new york, new york / london, england (2015-2016)
2021-2022 // parsons school of design, the new school, part time lecturer | new york, new york
2017-2019 // james madison university, assistant professor of art | harrisonburg, virginia
2017 // sage usa, instructor | new york, new york
2016-2017 // gmhc, volunteer instructor | new york, new york
2014-2016 // city literary institute, lecturer | london, england
2012-2013 // brooklyn college, cuny, adjunct lecturer & teaching fellow | brooklyn, new york
2008-2009 // nyc high school for inquiry, arts administrator | brookyln, new york
2005 // suny binghamton, adjunct lecturer | binghamton, new york
2000 // hillwood art museum, long island university: post, museum educator | brookville, new york
2000 // national academy school of fine art, teaching assistantship | new york, new york
1998-2000 // suny binghamton, teaching assistant | binghamton, new york
v i s i t i n g a r t i s t , l e c t u r e s + p a n e l s
2023 stand4 gallery, curricular and pedagogical round-table discussion | brooklyn, ny
2023 public art for racial justice education, artist career workshop: studio visit culture | norwich, ct
2023 institute of curiosity & curating, podcast episode 2: toilet and twine | london, england
2023 spirol art gallery, quinebaug valley community college — artist talk | danielson, connecticut
2022 stand4 gallery, numbers, patterns, movements and being — artist talk | brooklyn, new york
2022 stand4 gallery, numbers, patterns, movements and being — screening event | brooklyn, new york
2022 stand4 gallery, numbers, patterns, movements and being — performance | brooklyn, new york
2022 studioELL, @HOME Residency exhibition artist talk + premier screening | new york, new york
2022 artfare/studioELL, presentation + consultation, applying to opportunities | lic, new york
2022 intermission museum of art, matter-of-fact virtual reception, host | new york, new york
2022 studioELL, studioVISIT with Jeannine Bardo, host | long island city, new york
2021 intermission museum of art + stand4, directors discussion, panelist | brooklyn, new york
2021 intermission museum of art, screening & discussion with silverman & sloan | new york, new york
2021 stand4, gallery artist discussion with anna hoberman, moderator | brooklyn, new york
2021 mcad, artist lecture | minneapolis, minnesota
2021 montserrat college of art, artist lecture | beverly, massachussetts
2021 artfare/studioELL, presentation & consultation, applying to opportunities | brooklyn, new york
2021 uva, darden, startup studio: how to present your best self, moderator, panelist | charlottesville, va
2021 studioELL, lecture & discussion artist as archivist | brooklyn, new york
2020 studioELL, roundtable discussion (moderator) artist as curator | brooklyn, new york
2020 university of mississippi, visiting artist-curator | oxford, mississippi
2020 alternative art education (slow) marathon, panelist | london, england
2020 watkins college of art, visiting artist | nashville, tennessee
2020 pratt institute, printmaking visiting artist — multiples & collaborations | brooklyn, new york
2019 staunton public library, discussion with poet lauren k alleyne | staunton, virginia
2019 arts council of the valley, state of the arts: panel discussion, moderator | harrisonburg, virginia
2019 mica, rinehart school of sculpture & mt royal school of art, visiting artist | baltimore, maryland
2019 dc arts center, __lineation__ artist-curator discussion | washington dc
2019 hollins university, professional practice lectures | roanoke, virginia
2019 duke hall gallery of fine art, jmu, panel discussion: artist-run initiatives, moderator | harrisonburg, virginia
2019 duke hall gallery of fine art, jmu, artist film series, organizer | harrisonburg, virginia
2019 arts council of the valley, va-aim 2018:participation, artist panel discussion, moderator | harrisonburg, virginia
2018 james madison university, sadah, artist talk: graduate sculpture | harrisonburg, virginia
2018 arts council of the valley, artist talk | harrisonburg, virginia
2018 new market library, artist talk | new market, virginia
2018 larkin arts, 2018 national juried exhibition juror | harrisonburg, virginia
2018 george washington university, corcoran school of arts and design, artist talk | washington dc
2018 spitzer art center, 6x6x30 juror | harrisonburg, virginia
2018 duke hall gallery of fine art, jmu, artist panel discussion: spaces places things, moderator | harrisonburg, virginia
2018 dpc studios & ground floor studios, visiting artist | nashville, tennessee
2018 DADU, visiting artist | nashville, tennessee
2018 stand4, artist panel discussion | brooklyn, new york
2017 james madison university, sadah, artist talk: foundations | harrisonburg, virginia
2017 state university of new york at binghamton, visiting artist lecture | binghamton, new york
2017 DOLPH, artist talk | london, england
2017 new york university: steinhardt, visiting artist | new york, new york
2017 stony brook university, salon series: lecture | stony brook, new york
2017 stony brook university, visiting artist: talk & mfa crits | stony brook, new york
2016 queens college arts center, the art of archiving, panelist | queens college, cuny, new york
2016 wassaic artist residency, winter residency juror | wassaic, new york
2016 wassaic artist residency, guest critic | wassaic, new york
2016 altMFA, professional practice lecture | london, england
2016 trestle projects, baseline: artist panel discussion, moderator | brooklyn, new york
2016 7th bay ridge 5th ave storefront art walk (saw), juror | brooklyn, new york
2015 repair the world nyc: heather hart’s barter town presenter | brooklyn, new york
2015 london metropolitan university: post-internet landscapes (pil) round table | london, england
2014 ual: central st. martins: architecture spaces and objects ba reviews | london, england
2013 brooklyn college, department of art: bfa reviews | brooklyn, new york
2013 showroom 170, artist-run initiatives & the diy movement panel discussion | nyc, ny
2013 george mason university, artist talk | fairfax, virginia
2012 brooklyn college, department of art: bfa reviews | brooklyn, new york
2012 hunter college, department of art: focus & motivation | new york, new york
2012 aesthetic movement: behance portfolio review | long island city, new york
2012 long island university: post, artist talk | new york, new york
2011 north florida community college, visiting artist | madison, florida
2011 broome cc @ spool mfg., “element progress” curatorial lecture | johnson city, ny
2011 jefferson community and technical college, visiting artist | louisville, kentucky
2010 BNYarts, curatorial lecture | brooklyn, new york
2010 elizabethtown college, visiting artist | elizabethtown, pennsylvania
2005 suny binghamton, alumni art professionals panelist | binghamton, new york
2003 suny binghamton, visiting artist | binghamton, new york
2003 art mission, grant application panelist | binghamton, new york
2001 suny binghamton, visiting artist | binghamton, new york
c r i t i c a l w r i t i n g + i n t e r v i e w s
2023 intermission museum of art, statement (curricular credo) | 09 23
2021 intermission museum of art + stand4 gallery, the institution is ubiquitous, exhibition essay, | 09 21
2021 studioVISIT conversation with stephanie williams, studioELL | 07 21
2021 stand4 gallery, forever learning, revolutionary love and the collaborative reading space, exhibition essay | 04 21
2021 studioVISIT conversation with chloë bass, studioELL | 02 21
2020 studioVISIT conversation with natalia de campos & thiago szmrecsányi, studioELL | 12 20
2020 stand4 gallery, thoughts on artists, exhibition writing | 09 20
2020 studioVISIT conversation with sameer kulavoor, studioELL | 07 20
2020 studioVISIT conversation with alfonso fernandez, studioELL | 06 20
2020 studioVISIT conversation with nyeema morgan, studioELL | 05 20
2020 spring break art show, fiona buchanan: two sunsets, curatorial essay | 03 20
2019 maryland institute college of art, it can begin with clouds, exhibition essay | 11 19
2019 spring break art show, chris cohen: white noise, curatorial essay | 03 19
2018 the record keepers, record keepers exhibition essay, duke hall gallery of fine art, jmu | 11 18
2018 “to know there is a god” and other mitzvot, for the 613 by archie rand, duke hall gallery of fine art, jmu | 08 18
2018 …m-a-r-c-h…, for stephanie williams: lingering survival of the unfit, stand4 | 08 18
2016 the artist as citizen… now more than ever, sluice_ magazine | 11 16
2016 jeannine bardo: solastalgia, exhibition essay, callahan center gallery, st. francis college | 11 16
2016 there is absolutely no inevitability…, exhibition essay, sro catalogue | 03 16
2016 jo baer, in the giclee-ed land of the giants, title page, edition of 15 | 12 16
2016 the artist as citizen, sluice_ magazine | spring 2016, p. 26-31. | 10 16 (web)
2016 altmfa: multi-function, exhibition essay, galleryELL | 07 16
2016 body politic, exhibition essay, academic | 05 16
2015 we are ALL new york, galleryELL | 30 11 15
2015 oy vey! there goes the neighborhood., galleryELL | 16 11 15
2015 artists@WAR, exhibition essay, galleryELL | 10 15
2015 supporting the occupy movement, galleryELL | 17 09 15
2015 |in-between| agnes martin: development of a belief system, galleryELL | 14 09 15
2015 DADU : conversations, exhibition essay, DADU | 05 15
2015 a painter who left new york… and never looked back, hyperallergic | 02 06 15
2015 figur|e|ation., exhibition essay, galleryELL | 04 15
2015 leon golub’s never-ending fight against the war machine, hyperallergic | 08 04 15
2015 don de mauro: interview, galleryELL | 09 03 15
2014 floor grootenhuis @ national academy school, galleryELL | 08 12 14
2014 conversations: exterior—interior, exhibition essay, galleryELL | 12 14
2014 richard tuttle @ whitechapel gallery & tate modern, galleryELL | 10 11 14
2014 landscape – fractured., exhibition essay, callahan center gallery, st. francis college | 11 14
2014 conversations: |HOME|, exhibition essay, galleryELL | 11 14
2014 conversations: SPACE&time, exhibition essay, galleryELL |10 14
2014 radical geometry @ royal academy, galleryELL | 08 09 14
2014 phyllida barlow @ tate britain commission 2014, galleryELL | 14 07 14
2014 phillip lai, ‘besides’ @ camden arts centre, galleryELL | 30 06 14
2014 gerry bibby, ‘combination boiler’ @ the show room, galleryELL | 16 06 14
2014 richard deacon @ tate britain, galleryELL | 14 04 14
2012 *you are here, exhibition essay, brooklyn college | 09 12
2012 inline, exhibition essay, galleryELL | 01 12
2011 transient landscape, exhibition essay, galleryELL @ governors island | 07 11
2011 “element – progress”, exhibition essay, spool mfg. | 04 11
2011 proportional, exhibition essay, galleryELL | 03 11
2010 brooklyn navy yard artist group exhibition, exhibition essay, brooklyn navy yard | 08 10
2006 works recent, balancing moments present, exhibition essay, the perry gallery | 06 06
p r o f e s s i o n a l e x p e r i e n c e
2023-present // seiu local 509, joint executive board member | marlborough, massachusetts
2023-present // seiu local 509, higher ed chapter executive board member | marlborough, massachusetts
2022-present // squareworks laboratory, visiting director | mumbai, india
2022-present // seiu local 509, lecturer-university committee | boston, massachusetts
2022-present // seiu local 509, union steward, smfa | boston, massachusetts
2020-present // intermission museum of art, founding director | new york, new york
2015-present // studioELL, founder, director | new york, new york / london, england (2015)
2023 // seiu local 509, contract action team leader | boston, massachusetts
2023 // seiu local 509, bargaining committee, smfa | boston, massachusetts
2022 // seiu local 509, bargaining committee | boston, massachusetts
2022 // school of the museum of fine art at tufts university, intro course working group | boston, massachusetts
2022 // parsons, new school, curriculum and learning / 1st year program, curricular pilot member | new york, ny
2021-2023 // early music access project, advisory board | charlottesville, virginia
2019-2020 // a-i-r 2020, founding committee member | harrisonburg, virginia
2018-2019 // harrisonburg downtown renaissance, board of directors | harrisonburg, va
committees: finance; design; destination downtown grant; public art search (chair)
2017-2019 // jmu faculty committees | harrisonburg, virginia
galleries (chair); college (cvpa) art auction (chair); curriculum and instruction; school (sadah) advisory;
school (sadah) architectural design visiting professor search; school (sadah) pr/marketing staff search
2017-2019 // jmu organizations | harrisonburg, virginia
alana network (african, latino, asian + native american); hispanic faculty caucus; safe zone; lgbtqi+ employees
1998-2017 // specialized art services + preparation; art consultation | new york, new york & london, england
2012-2013 // brooklyn college, graduate art student union, vice president | brooklyn, new york
2012-2013 // smack mellon, internship | brooklyn, new york
2008-2016 // galleryELL, founder, director | brooklyn, new york / london, england (2013-15)
2003-2005 // spool mfg., board member | johnson city, new york
1998-2000 // university art museum, exhibition technician | binghamton, new york
1998-2000 // suny binghamton, art student association, founder & president | binghamton, new york
b i b l i o g r a p h y
2023 // adekunle, seun. “fair wages, fair education: the union struggle at tufts” the observer, 23 october 2023.
2023 // spiropoulos, katie. “smfa part-time lecturers continue union negotiations …” the tufts daily, 07 september 2023.
2023 // walsh, spenser. “… smfa part-time lecturers hold firm against tufts’ proposed pay cut” the tufts daily, 18 may 2023.
2021 // sokolowski, linda robinson. what’s the problem?: enigmas for the visual arts studio. linda robinson sokolowski, 2021.
2019 // cottrill, clarissa. “the art of life” daily-news record, 30 may 2019.
2019 // mertens, shelby. “… gallery director bids farewell…” daily-news record, 25 may 2019.
2019 // cheng, kailey. “‘white noise’ exhibit adds to white supremacy conversations” the breeze, 05 may 2019.
2019 // mertens, shelby. “’white noise’ exhibit confronts supremacy” daily-news record, 24 april 2019.
2019 // mertens, shelby. “… gallery examines legacy of french colonialism…” daily-news record, 15 march 2019.
2019 // gmuender, joanna. “10 stand out booths at spring/break art show 2019.” hamptons art hub, 14 march 2019.
2019 // lynch, scott, “photos: always-bizarre s/b takes over office building in un plaza.” gothamist, 06 march 2019.
2019 // angeleti, gabriella, “what to see at ny’s spring/break art show.” the art newspaper, 06 march 2019.
2019 // durón & selvin, “… spring/break … draws inspiration from ‘fact & fiction’.” art news, 05 march 2019.
2019 // levine, charlie, “tale tellers, no. 38 – the creative process by james baldwin told by john ros.” february 2019.
2019 // mertens, shelby. “nashville artists showcased at duke hall gallery.” daily-news record, 19 january 2019.
2019 // hood, john. “art exhibit in harrisonburg turns trash into art.” whsv, 18 january 2019.
2019 // mertens, shelby. “business of art — culmination of va-aim program.” northern virginia daily, 05 january 2019.
2019 // williams, stephanie. “john ros, __lineation__.” exhibition essay, dc arts center | january 2019.
2018 // ramos, dalreen. “back to square one.” mid-day mumbai guide, 05 november 2018.
2018 // mertens, shelby. “‘record keepers’ documents life, history.” daily-news record, 03 november 2018.
2018 // mertens, shelby. “exhibit shows creative process.” daily-news record, 20 october 2018.
2018 // casey, monica. “‘mealymouth dexterity’ exhibit open at smith house galleries.” whsv, 15 october 2018.
2018 // mertens, shelby. “‘the 613’ explores religion, faith.” daily-news record, 15 september 2018.
2018 // harwood, kate. “…jewish commandments into contemporary art.” the breeze. 13 september 2018.
2018 // kulju, jen. “art gallery internships.” cvpa news. 27 august 2018.
2018 // mertens, shelby. “the art of conversation.” daily-news record, 19 may 2018.
2018 // love camden, camden close-up: john ros, interview. july 2018.
2018 // issue 9. “untitled 001/b.” dog-ear. spring/summer 2018.
2018 // otey, jazmine. “behind the scenes of setting up a gallery in duke hall.” the breeze. 01 march 2018.
2018 // mcilwee, justin. “the space around you.” daily news-record. 27 february 2018.
2018 // mertens, shelby. “… show touches on south, central american issues.” daily news-record. 11 january 2018.
2017 // mertens, shelby. “annual art: smith house galleries.” daily news-record. 16 december 2017.
2017 // otey, jazmine. “multiple media artist fahimeh vahdat comes to jmu.” the breeze. 01 november 2017.
2017 // mertens, shelby.”…exhibit explores abuse, religious persecution.” daily news-record. 29 october 2017.
2017 // mertens, shelby. “new in town.” daily news-record. 15 september 2017.
2017 // basheda, ingrid. “duke hall exhibit showcases harrisonburg’s transformation.” the breeze. 13 septempber 2017.
2017 // mertens, shelby. “past meets present: exhibit explores how city came to be.” daily news-record. 26 august 2017.
2017 // prombaum, levi, “john ros’ activations.” exhibition essay, DOLPH and rosefski gallery | july and august 2017.
2017 // hendrixson, jedidiah. “exhibit features new take on 60s movement.” 21 feb 2017.
2017 // bridges, diamond. “antiform gallery review.” sb independent. 21 february 2017.
2017 // pietzold, joshua. “changing your perception: ‘antiform’….” sbu happenings. 15 feb 2017.
2017 // adams, michael. “campus art centers provide needed entertainment….” the statesman. 05 feb 2017.
2017 // norman, emily. “antiform: zuccaire gallery’s first exhibit of the spring semester.” the statesman. 29 jan 2017.
2016 // levine, charlie. notes on assemblage: tash kahn & john ros, sluice_ magazine photo essay | autumn 2016, p. 42-49.
2016 // england, karl. sluice_encounters, interview. february 2016.
2015 // apollo, international art magazine, frieze bites: what we like. london, uk, 17 october 2015
2014 // pawlukowska, kornelia. interview with john ros. may 2014.
2014 // thompson, adam, “john ros: art space installation.” exhibition essay, july 2014.
2013 // himmel, charly. “the dirty dozen.” the brooklyn college kingsman. 17 april 2013.
2013 // pollack, barbara. “2013 region mfa exhibit at nycams.” caa. 5 february 2013.
2013 // quarshie, mabinty. “art exhbit draws on themes of time.” connect 2mason. 25 january 2013.
2012 // nixon & himmel. “transmutation of boylan hall.” the brooklyn college kingsman. 15 november 2012.
2012 // nixon, j. alexander. “artists invade the deans office.” the brooklyn college kingsman. 21 october 2012.
2011 // martin, christopher. “an escape to fine art in new york: galleryELL on governors island.” fierth.com. august.
2011 // ball, sharon. “were the arts part of your week?” broome arts mirror. 23 may.
2010 // stevens, andy. “&.” new york. spool mfg. publishing. 2010.
2009 // baudelaire at the gallery insdier/outsider at caveney’s garage gallery. september.
2009 // gauthier, shawn. “quite the collection.” lonnymag. winter 2009. issue two, p59.
2009 // hendren, harriett. “fund-raiser gives community art fever.” lexington herald-leader. 09 october.
2006 // deer cloud, susan. confluence. new york: foot hills publishing, 2006.
2005 // deer cloud, susan. “dirt in gallery across old whorehouse on state st.” patterson literary review. 34 (2005): 277.
2004 // gendron. john ros: sumus solum quot mentes credant. new york: gendron designs, 2004.
2004 // blackburn, marcia. “february exhibits.” press & sun bulletin 29 january.
2003 // blackburn, marcia. “urban core draws young artists.” press & sun bulletin 10 december.
2003 // hayes, hannah maria. “artists react to war.” press & sun bulletin 2 may, lifestyle, p1.
2003 // zehl, valerie. “struggling in tier not so bad.” press & sun bulletin 7 february, neighbors, p1.
2000 // glover, gail. john ros: exhibition. 30 march. inside binghamton university. march.
2000 // glover, gail. art seniors gear up for solo bfa exhibitions. 13 march. harpur hotline. 14 march.
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