MARC ROSS

Born and raised in Cleveland, Marc Ross received a B.F.A. degree from Ohio University, attended graduate school at the University of Chicago, and completed his M.F.A. degree in painting at Kent State University.

After finishing graduate school, Marc enrolled in a private commercial art school in Cleveland to study mechanical/ technical drawing and airbrushing. He then spent many years in the commercial art field as a designer, staff illustrator for Penton Publishing and freelancer for the Cleveland Edition and the Cleveland Plain Dealer’s Sunday editorial page. After moving to Baltimore, Maryland, Marc was employed as a muralist, technical illustrator and then as a faux-finish painter while continuing to develop his fine art painting. He has also worked as an adjunct art instructor at Cuyahoga Community College’s eastern and western campuses, the Columbus College of Art and Design’s Saturday program and The Ohio State University’s Foundations program. After earning a degree in education from Ashland University, Marc taught art for sixteen years in a public high school.

Marc's work has been shown at The Butler Institute of American Art, Cleveland Museum of Art, The Klutznick National Jewish Museum of Washington, D.C., The Southern Ohio Museum, and various galleries in New York, Chicago, Atlanta, San Francisco, Baltimore, Washington D.C., Cleveland, Columbus, and Pittsburgh.