Joan Ross (born Glasgow) is an Australian artist based in Sydney who works across a range of mediums including drawing, painting, installations, sculpture and video.
[1] Her work, Oh history, you lied to me, won the 2017 Sir John Sulman Prize.
[2] In 2020 Ross prepared a hoarding commission We have sung the same song, for the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.
[2] Her Joan as a colonial woman looking at the future was selected as a finalist for the 2021 Archibald Prize,[4] while ‘You were my biggest regret’: diary entry 1806 was similarly recognised in 2022.
[5] Ross's work is held in the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra,[6] the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney,[1] and the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney.