Amanda Ross-Ho – b. 1975, Chicago. (Lives and works in Los Angeles)
Granting presence to sites of absence, Amanda Ross-Ho’s fascination with generative processes in recent years is evident in her large-scale installations wherein silhouettes, traces, residues and other negative spaces abound. She works between the function of pattern in textile arts and the place of production, often referencing the place where something is made while it hangs displaced in a gallery setting. Images of lacing flow through the work, either by perforating a wall or cutting canvas to imitate the shape of a macramé wall hanging. Her reclamation of kitsch domesticity is pierced with mass media images and hints at the viability of girl culture as it confronts urban grit. Recent solo exhibitions were held at Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles and the Saatchi Gallery, London. Group exhibitions include, Index: Conceptualism in California from the Permanent Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and Make Room, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta. Ross-Ho was also included in the 2008 Whitney Biennial at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
