Jesse Ross is based in Vancouver, Canada, on the traditional, ancestral,and unceded territory of the Musqueam (xʷməθkʷəy̓əm), Squamish (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh), and Tsleil-Waututh (səlil̓wətaʔɬ) Nations. His practice deals with figuration, embodied knowledge, surface and indeterminacy as a means of transformation. Ross received his MFA in Visual Art from the University of British Columbia and has been the recipient of the SSHRC Graduate scholarship, Fred Herzog award and a Canada Council Grant.