Born in Queens, NYC, Joanne Ross is a lens-based artist who works in the New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania tri-state regions. Her practice explores environments close to home that address global ecology, climate change, memory and time, society, and culture.

Awards/grants received by Joanne include the New York Foundation for the Arts Photography Grant, the Art Institute of Chicago TICA, the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Artist/Educator, PBS Art 21 Artist/Educator, Earthwatch Costa Rica Rainforest Environmental Documentation, and the National Endowment for the Humanities Scholar Grant Landmarks of American History and Culture. 

One-person exhibitions include the Nave Museum/Victoria/Texas, Edward Williams Gallery/Fairleigh Dickinson University, Center for Visual Arts/Metropolitan State University, Anderson Gallery/Virginia Commonwealth University, Guttenberg Arts Project Space/New Jersey, and the Shed Space/ Brooklyn. 

Select group exhibitions include Frontline Arts/NJ, Founders Hall Gallery/the University of Wisconsin-Manitowoc, Gallerie Toolbox/Berlin/Germany, Exit Art/NYC, ArtHelix/Brooklyn, 92nd Street Y/NYC, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, New Jersey City University, Aferro Gallery/Newark, and Marymount Manhattan NYC. 

Her work is included in MOMA’s Permanent Collection, Bank of America La Salle, Visual Studies Workshop Archive, the Franklin Furnace Artists' Book Collection, and private collections.

Joanne holds an MFA in Photography from the SUNY Buffalo/Visual Studies Workshop, an MS in Art Education from Syracuse University, and a BA in Art Education from Buffalo State College. She has taught photography at the School of Visual Arts, Rockland Community College, Ramapo College, and the New Jersey Secondary School System.