Joan Ross works across a range of mediums including drawing, painting, installation, photography, sculpture and video. Her bold and experimental practice investigates the legacy of colonialism in Australia, particularly in regard to its effect on Indigenous Australians.
Read MoreThe use of fluorescent yellow and high-visibility clothing in Ross' work symbolises colonisation and fear. Her act of depicting people in this bright clothing and placing fluorescent objects in the landscape does more, however, than simply illustrate colonisation; it also highlights and exaggerates the foreign or alien aspects of her work and its association with the landscape and the cultural and spiritual connection to place.
Ross is born Glasgow, Scotland, and lives and works Sydney, New South Wales.
Text courtesy Museum of Contemporary Art Australia