Susan Ross lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. She received a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, a MFA from Pratt Institute, and studied painting and art history at Lorenzo de Medici Art Institute in Florence, Italy. Susan is a member of The Painting Center gallery in NYC and of the tART artist collective. She has exhibited her paintings in solo and group exhibitions, and is the recipient of several awards, including an artist grant from the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs. Collaborating with Melissa Staiger in 2009, Susan curated and moderated a panel discussion for Patterns of Growth, an exhibition representing three generations of female abstract artists, at NurtureART Gallery in Brooklyn. In April 2010, Susan Ross and Melissa Staiger will be curating Source, an exhibition at The Halls at Bowling Green, sponsored by Powerhouse Projects and the CUNY Center for Worker Education.