This week we sit down with Amanda Ross-Ho, whose large-scale sculptures, staged environments, and uncanny translations of domestic and studio life have made her a vital presence in contemporary art. Recorded in Chicago around her latest exhibition, the conversation spans everything from monumental t-shirts to the politics of labor, and from the intimacy of the studio to the spectacle of the art fair.
Ross-Ho reflects on how she mines personal and collective archives, the humor and seriousness in her work, and the ways she uses scale to destabilize the familiar. We also talk about teaching, generational shifts in art-making, and what it means to sustain a practice over the long haul.
Listen & Follow
Amanda Ross-Ho - https://hammer.ucla.edu/made-la-2025/amanda-ross-ho
@amandarossho
Name-Drop
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Amanda Ross-Ho — https://www.miandn.com/artists/amanda-ross-ho | @amandarossho
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Mitchell-Innes & Nash (Gallery) — https://www.miandn.com | @miandn_gallery
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Cherry and Martin (Gallery) — https://www.artforum.com/news/los-angeless-cherry-and-martin-gallery-closes-237707/
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MoCA Cleveland — https://www.mocacleveland.org/ | @mocacleveland
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Whitney Biennial — https://whitney.org/exhibitions/the-biennial | @whitneymuseum
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Art Basel — https://www.artbasel.com/?lang=en | @artbasel
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Frieze Art Fair — https://www.frieze.com/fairs/frieze-london | @friezeofficial
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Los Angeles art scene / UCLA — https://www.arts.ucla.edu | @uclarts
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EXPO CHICAGO - https://www.expochicago.com/
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Chicago Architectural Biennial 6 - https://chicagoarchitecturebiennial.org/
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