EDUCATION
University of California, Berkeley
M.F.A. in Painting and Printmaking
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture,
Skowhegan, Maine
University of California, Berkeley
M.A. in Painting and Printmaking
University of California, Berkeley
B.A. in Practice of Art
Distinction in General Scholarship
High Honors in Art
University of California, Los Angeles
Design Studies
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2002-Present
California College of the Arts
Painting Instructor, Extended Education Program
2012-Present
Merl Ross Studio
Sawtooth Building, Berkeley, CA
Painting Instructor
1996-2004
Academy of Art College, San Francisco
Undergraduate and Graduate Level Abstract Painting Instructor
Foundations Color and Design Instructor
2000-2002
University of California, Berkeley
Lecturer, Department of Art Practice
The Language of Drawing and The Language of Painting
2002
California College of the Arts
Senior Lecturer, Core Department
Basic Drawing
2012-2017
Citywide High School Art Competition, San Francisco
Annual Juror
EXHIBITIONS
2024 Marin Museum of Contemporary Art
inaugural Northern California Open Exhibition and Auction
2024 Small Works Exhibition
Sausalito Art Gallery, Sausalito, CA
2023 Inner Passages Two Person Exhibit,
North Berkeley Wealth Management, Berkeley, CA
2021 Solo Exhibition at Moss Gallery
Berkeley, CA
2020-21 The de Young Open Juried Exhibition
de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
2019 Lafayette Art and Wine Festival
Jennifer Perlmutter @The Bank
2019 Art For Aid’s Juried Auction
Adobe, San Francisco, CA
2019 GO! 2019 Jennifer Perlmutter Gallery,
Lafayette, CA
2018 Jennifer Perlmutter Gallery 3rd Annual Small Things Exhibit Juried
Lafayette, CA
2017-2011 UCSF Art for AIDS Juried
San Francisco, CA
2015: Project6-Solo Exhibition
Emeryville, CA
2015: Sawtooth Spotlight
DaSilva Studios, Berkeley, CA
2014 Here
Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
2014 Collect!
Berkeley Art Center
2012 Conversations
Piedmont Center for the Arts, Piedmont, CA
2009: Old Friends New Work
Elizabeth S. Fine Museum, Temple Emanu-El, San Francisco, CA
2008: Barclays Global Investors
45 Fremont Street, San Francisco, CA
2007: Inaugural Foundry Square-Solo Exhibition
405 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA
2003-2007: San Francisco Corporate Lobby-Solo Exhibitions:
425 Market Street BlackRock
333 Bush Street, San Francisco, CA
2000-07: Visual Aids’ Big Deal
SOMArts, San Francisco, CA
2004 Richmond Art Center Painting Exhibition
Richmond, CA
2002: A Calling Forth of Illusions- Two Person Exhibition
Los Medanos College Art Gallery, Pittsburg, CA
2000-1996: Fine Art Faculty Exhibition, Academy of Art College
625 Sutter Street and Bush St. Gallery
2001-02: Art For AIDS Butterfield’s Auction House-Juried
San Francisco, CA
1999: Gallery Artists
Stewart Kummer Gallery, Gualala, CA
1999: Stanford Art Spaces-Two Person Exhibition
Stanford University
1998: Skowhegan Alumni Exhibition-Juried
David Beitzel Gallery, New York, NY
1998: The Proposal
Duo Duo Gallery, San Miguel, Mexico
1996: Regional Canvas: Juried Survey of Painting and Mixed Media
Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, California
1996: Regional Canvas: Juried Survey of Painting and Mixed Media
Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, California
1997-98: Richmond Art Center Exhibition and Auction- juried
Richmond, CA
1996: Keep Breathing Keep Shouting: Artists and Writers Collaborating- Juried
450 Broadway Gallery, New York, NY
1996: Temple of Spirits -Two Person Exhibition
Elizabeth S. Fine Museum, Temple Emanu-El, San Francisco, CA
1996: Regional Canvas: Juried Survey of Painting and Mixed Media
Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, California
1995: Invented Structures- Solo Exhibition
American Institute of Architects, East Bay Gallery, Oakland, CA
1995: From the Home Space to the Art Space- Juried
Bedford Gallery, Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA
1995: Explosive Seven
McKesson Corporation Headquarters, San Francisco, CA
1994: The Women’s Mentor Show Juried
San Francisco Art Commission Gallery
1994: Paintings and Works on Paper- Solo Exhibition
North Light Gallery, Gualala, California
1994: October Afternoon- Solo Exhibition
CSC Consulting/Object Oriented Group, San Francisco, CA
1993: The River Tale -Solo Exhibition
Heller Gallery, Berkeley, California
1993: Works on Paper ‘93
Koret Gallery, Palo Alto, California
1993: Miniatures, National Juried Exhibition
Gallery Route One, Point Reyes, California
1992: Casting Light, Acknowledging the Shadow
Museum of Art, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
1992: Paintings and Works on paper- Solo Exhibition
Art Options Gallery, San Francisco, California
1992: Telling Stories: Artists’ Books & Journals
Prieto Gallery, Mills College, Oakland, California
1991: 7th Annual National Juried Painting Exhibition Award of Merit
Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California
1991: Fine Arts Institute 26th Annual Juried Competition
San Bernadino County Museum, Redlands, California
1991: National Works on Paper Juried Competition
University Museums, University, Mississippi
1990: National Works on Paper Juried Competition
Minot State University, Minot, North Dakota
1989: California Viewpoints
Banaker Gallery, Walnut Creek, California
1986: University of California Development Office
Citicorp Building, Los Angeles, California
HONORS / AWARDS
Art of California Magazine Discovery Awards
Competition
Silver Medal
Juror’s Award of Merit – Painting
7th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Berkeley Art Center
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
Scholarship
Maybelle Toombs Award in Art
University of California, Berkeley
PUBLICATIONS
2020 Highbrow Magazine
Featured Artist and Essayist:
‘Art and Artists continue to Thrive Despite COVID’
2021 American Artwork
Curated and Juried Edition
2012: Highbrow Magazine
Featured Artist
www.highbrowmagazine.com/art-merl-ross
1998: Palo Alto Weekly—Arts and Entertainment
December 18, ‘A Trio of Styles at Stanford Art Spaces’
1998: The Jewish Bulletin
May 29, 1998. ‘Artists Probe Judaism, Holocaust in East Bay’
1996: Catalog, Keep Breathing Keep Shouting: Artists and Writers Collaborating
450 Broadway Gallery, New York, NY
1996: The Berkeley Voice
June 20, 1996, “East Bay Artists Open Their Studios”
1995: The Jewish Bulletin
December 8, 1995, Exhibition: Temple of Spirits
1994: Catalog, Women’s Mentor Show
San Francisco Art Commission Gallery
1992: Marketing Channels
Simon and Schuster (Painting “UNTITLED” reproduced in full color on cover)
1992: International Accounting
Simon and Schuster (Painting “RED SQUARE” reproduced in full color on cover)
1989: The Coastal Observer
Solo Exhibition Review, July 1989, Mendocino County
LECTURES
2004: Guest Lecturer, Advanced Printmaking
University of California, Berkeley
2001: Visiting Lecturer, Introduction to Humanities Course
Things of Beauty
Stanford University
2000: Guest Lecturer, Advanced Printmaking
University of California, Berkeley
1998: Docent Lectures on Joan Brown Exhibition
Bay Area Schools
1996: Slide Talk in Conjunction with Regional Canvas Exhibition
Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA
1993-94: Guest Lectures:
Figure Drawing and Painting
Undergraduate Art Seminar
Advanced Painting
Introduction to Figure Drawing
University of California, Berkeley
1992: Slide Talk
Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, California
1992: Guest Lecture, Advanced Drawing
University of California, Berkeley
1991: Guest Lecture, Lower Division Art Seminar
University of California, Berkeley
COLLECTIONS*
Merl Ross’ Paintings are included in
numerous private collections throughout the United States and
the following Public Collections:
Nordstrom’s Headquarters, Seattle, WA
Dean Witter, Minneapolis, MN
PrimaLegal Services, Redwood City, CA
School of Public Health, UC Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
M.F.A. in Painting and Printmaking
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture,
Skowhegan, Maine
University of California, Berkeley
M.A. in Painting and Printmaking
University of California, Berkeley
B.A. in Practice of Art
Distinction in General Scholarship
High Honors in Art
University of California, Los Angeles
Design Studies
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2002-Present
California College of the Arts
Painting Instructor, Extended Education Program
2012-Present
Merl Ross Studio
Sawtooth Building, Berkeley, CA
Painting Instructor
1996-2004
Academy of Art College, San Francisco
Undergraduate and Graduate Level Abstract Painting Instructor
Foundations Color and Design Instructor
2000-2002
University of California, Berkeley
Lecturer, Department of Art Practice
The Language of Drawing and The Language of Painting
2002
California College of the Arts
Senior Lecturer, Core Department
Basic Drawing
2012-2017
Citywide High School Art Competition, San Francisco
Annual Juror
EXHIBITIONS
2024 Marin Museum of Contemporary Art
inaugural Northern California Open Exhibition and Auction
2024 Small Works Exhibition
Sausalito Art Gallery, Sausalito, CA
2023 Inner Passages Two Person Exhibit,
North Berkeley Wealth Management, Berkeley, CA
2021 Solo Exhibition at Moss Gallery
Berkeley, CA
2020-21 The de Young Open Juried Exhibition
de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
2019 Lafayette Art and Wine Festival
Jennifer Perlmutter @The Bank
2019 Art For Aid’s Juried Auction
Adobe, San Francisco, CA
2019 GO! 2019 Jennifer Perlmutter Gallery,
Lafayette, CA
2018 Jennifer Perlmutter Gallery 3rd Annual Small Things Exhibit Juried
Lafayette, CA
2017-2011 UCSF Art for AIDS Juried
San Francisco, CA
2015: Project6-Solo Exhibition
Emeryville, CA
2015: Sawtooth Spotlight
DaSilva Studios, Berkeley, CA
2014 Here
Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
2014 Collect!
Berkeley Art Center
2012 Conversations
Piedmont Center for the Arts, Piedmont, CA
2009: Old Friends New Work
Elizabeth S. Fine Museum, Temple Emanu-El, San Francisco, CA
2008: Barclays Global Investors
45 Fremont Street, San Francisco, CA
2007: Inaugural Foundry Square-Solo Exhibition
405 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA
2003-2007: San Francisco Corporate Lobby-Solo Exhibitions:
425 Market Street BlackRock
333 Bush Street, San Francisco, CA
2000-07: Visual Aids’ Big Deal
SOMArts, San Francisco, CA
2004 Richmond Art Center Painting Exhibition
Richmond, CA
2002: A Calling Forth of Illusions- Two Person Exhibition
Los Medanos College Art Gallery, Pittsburg, CA
2000-1996: Fine Art Faculty Exhibition, Academy of Art College
625 Sutter Street and Bush St. Gallery
2001-02: Art For AIDS Butterfield’s Auction House-Juried
San Francisco, CA
1999: Gallery Artists
Stewart Kummer Gallery, Gualala, CA
1999: Stanford Art Spaces-Two Person Exhibition
Stanford University
1998: Skowhegan Alumni Exhibition-Juried
David Beitzel Gallery, New York, NY
1998: The Proposal
Duo Duo Gallery, San Miguel, Mexico
1996: Regional Canvas: Juried Survey of Painting and Mixed Media
Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, California
1996: Regional Canvas: Juried Survey of Painting and Mixed Media
Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, California
1997-98: Richmond Art Center Exhibition and Auction- juried
Richmond, CA
1996: Keep Breathing Keep Shouting: Artists and Writers Collaborating- Juried
450 Broadway Gallery, New York, NY
1996: Temple of Spirits -Two Person Exhibition
Elizabeth S. Fine Museum, Temple Emanu-El, San Francisco, CA
1996: Regional Canvas: Juried Survey of Painting and Mixed Media
Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, California
1995: Invented Structures- Solo Exhibition
American Institute of Architects, East Bay Gallery, Oakland, CA
1995: From the Home Space to the Art Space- Juried
Bedford Gallery, Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA
1995: Explosive Seven
McKesson Corporation Headquarters, San Francisco, CA
1994: The Women’s Mentor Show Juried
San Francisco Art Commission Gallery
1994: Paintings and Works on Paper- Solo Exhibition
North Light Gallery, Gualala, California
1994: October Afternoon- Solo Exhibition
CSC Consulting/Object Oriented Group, San Francisco, CA
1993: The River Tale -Solo Exhibition
Heller Gallery, Berkeley, California
1993: Works on Paper ‘93
Koret Gallery, Palo Alto, California
1993: Miniatures, National Juried Exhibition
Gallery Route One, Point Reyes, California
1992: Casting Light, Acknowledging the Shadow
Museum of Art, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
1992: Paintings and Works on paper- Solo Exhibition
Art Options Gallery, San Francisco, California
1992: Telling Stories: Artists’ Books & Journals
Prieto Gallery, Mills College, Oakland, California
1991: 7th Annual National Juried Painting Exhibition Award of Merit
Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California
1991: Fine Arts Institute 26th Annual Juried Competition
San Bernadino County Museum, Redlands, California
1991: National Works on Paper Juried Competition
University Museums, University, Mississippi
1990: National Works on Paper Juried Competition
Minot State University, Minot, North Dakota
1989: California Viewpoints
Banaker Gallery, Walnut Creek, California
1986: University of California Development Office
Citicorp Building, Los Angeles, California
HONORS / AWARDS
Art of California Magazine Discovery Awards
Competition
Silver Medal
Juror’s Award of Merit – Painting
7th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Berkeley Art Center
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
Scholarship
Maybelle Toombs Award in Art
University of California, Berkeley
PUBLICATIONS
2020 Highbrow Magazine
Featured Artist and Essayist:
‘Art and Artists continue to Thrive Despite COVID’
2021 American Artwork
Curated and Juried Edition
2012: Highbrow Magazine
Featured Artist
www.highbrowmagazine.com/art-merl-ross
1998: Palo Alto Weekly—Arts and Entertainment
December 18, ‘A Trio of Styles at Stanford Art Spaces’
1998: The Jewish Bulletin
May 29, 1998. ‘Artists Probe Judaism, Holocaust in East Bay’
1996: Catalog, Keep Breathing Keep Shouting: Artists and Writers Collaborating
450 Broadway Gallery, New York, NY
1996: The Berkeley Voice
June 20, 1996, “East Bay Artists Open Their Studios”
1995: The Jewish Bulletin
December 8, 1995, Exhibition: Temple of Spirits
1994: Catalog, Women’s Mentor Show
San Francisco Art Commission Gallery
1992: Marketing Channels
Simon and Schuster (Painting “UNTITLED” reproduced in full color on cover)
1992: International Accounting
Simon and Schuster (Painting “RED SQUARE” reproduced in full color on cover)
1989: The Coastal Observer
Solo Exhibition Review, July 1989, Mendocino County
LECTURES
2004: Guest Lecturer, Advanced Printmaking
University of California, Berkeley
2001: Visiting Lecturer, Introduction to Humanities Course
Things of Beauty
Stanford University
2000: Guest Lecturer, Advanced Printmaking
University of California, Berkeley
1998: Docent Lectures on Joan Brown Exhibition
Bay Area Schools
1996: Slide Talk in Conjunction with Regional Canvas Exhibition
Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA
1993-94: Guest Lectures:
Figure Drawing and Painting
Undergraduate Art Seminar
Advanced Painting
Introduction to Figure Drawing
University of California, Berkeley
1992: Slide Talk
Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, California
1992: Guest Lecture, Advanced Drawing
University of California, Berkeley
1991: Guest Lecture, Lower Division Art Seminar
University of California, Berkeley
COLLECTIONS*
Merl Ross’ Paintings are included in
numerous private collections throughout the United States and
the following Public Collections:
Nordstrom’s Headquarters, Seattle, WA
Dean Witter, Minneapolis, MN
PrimaLegal Services, Redwood City, CA
School of Public Health, UC Berkeley