NOTE: Griffin Art Projects has been closely monitoring health guidelines issued by the local BC health authorities and have made the difficult decision to cancel all public in-person visits to the residency studios. We have therefore decided to transition Sunday's studio visits online. Details and a meeting link will be sent to you upon registration.

For the month of February 2021, master printer Jillian Ross will be assembling Refugees, a culminating diptych from William Kentridge’s Triumphs and Laments Woodcuts series, in Griffin’s residency studio. Interested in viewing the work assembled? We have a limited number of spots available for physical studio visits on Sunday February 21st from 1 - 5 PM. Pre-registration required, maximum 4 persons per visit. These visits are dependent on current COVID-19 safety protocols.

This program is offered in conjunction with Griffin’s upcoming exhibition William Kentridge: The Colander, curated by Lisa Baldissera, May 22 to Sept 4, 2021

Ross will be offering a more in-depth talk live over Zoom on Saturday February 20th, 2021. Registration for the virtual talk is available here:

https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5Yl9SN2RR2a0XMsfFuHI_A

ABOUT JILLIAN ROSS

Jillian Ross is a leading South African Master printer currently in Canada. She has over 16 years of experience working in Johannesburg with celebrated artists in collaborative printmaking. Large bodies of work, in addition to her work with William Kentridge, have been created with Mongezi Ncaphayi, Deborah Bell, Mikhael Subotzky, Pebofatso Mokoena, and Maja Maljević. Works are exhibited at David Krut Projects in Johannesburg and New York. In addition, David Krut Projects has a major emphasis on publishing the works of established and emerging artists and on supporting education through workshops as part of its ongoing exhibition program.

Jillian Ross has helped establish a team of dedicated printers - Kim-Lee Loggenberg, Sbongiseni Khulu, Chad Cordeiro, Roxy Kaczamarek, and Sarah Judge. David Krut Workshop (DKW) specializes in intaglio printing, relief and monotype techniques. Ross’ collaborations have been exhibited in South Africa, Europe, The United Kingdom, North America, and Australia and can be found in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and The University of Alberta Art Collection.

Ross has given lectures at the Southern Graphics Conference: Print MKE in Milwaukee (2013) and the Highpoint Centre for Printmaking in Minneapolis (2010) and was the artist-in-residence for the BAiR Text program at The Banff Centre in 2016. Her collaborative projects are well documented through publications and art journals such as Art South Africa, De Arte, Art in Print, Printmaking Today, and Art on Paper.