︎ Jacquelyn Zong-Li Ross is a writer and editor based in Vancouver, the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səlilwətaɬ nations. Her fiction, poetry, essays, and art criticism have appeared in BOMB , C Mag , The Ex-Puritan , Fence , Mousse , and alongside exhibitions and artist projects at The Bows, Centre Clark, Franz Kaka, Mercer Union, SFU Galleries, Susan Hobbes Gallery, and elsewhere. Her chapbooks include Mayonnaise and Drawings on Yellow Paper (with Katie Lyle). She publishes occasional books by emerging artists and writers under the small press Blank Cheque , and is currently the Art Editor of The Capilano Review
Contact: jacquelynzross {at} gmail {dot} com
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2022 Poems written to accompany Umico Niwa’s exhibition, Neighbourly Pest , at Tilling, Montréal Exhibition text for Gabi Dao & geetha thurairajah at Centre Clark, Montréal
2021
Short story for Minority Vibration, a special issue of The Puritan , guest-edited by Sheung-King
Poetic response to Mira Dayal’s artist book, Hair Biography , for the ee!
Catalogue essay to accompany the exhibition Unfixed: Laurie Kang and Chris Curreri at Gordon Smith Gallery, North Vancouver 2020 Short story for the group exhibition The Pandemic is a Portal at SFU Galleries, Vancouver Fictional accompaniment to Erdem Taşdelen's public billboard project, Vicissitudes , at Mercer Union, Toronto 2019
Essay on the kind of art that is suspiciously easy to digest for Mousse ~ Lizzie’s Laborufluvs Short story for the exhibition Disputed Bodies at Trinity Square Video, Toronto A not-too dark letter for Agony Klub’s ongoing “death wish” series, modelled after Mike Kelley’s art school entrance letter Light text accoutrements for Sorry, I’m Busy , an exhibition of Capricorn artists at Support Projects, London, Ontario 2018 Flash fiction for BOMB Magazine A Kijiji ad for please teach me how to swim , an online project organized by Untitled Art Society, Calgary Flash fiction for the online publication Anna Hawkins: Fall Fell Felt at Untitled Art Society, Calgary A poem in Fence 2017
More flash fiction for BOMB Magazine Essay accompanying the exhibition Semblance & Shadows Like Anxiety by Liza Eurich and Colin Miner at Stride Gallery, Calgary Fictional portrait for Katie Lyle’s exhibition Why Do I Hear the Ocean in My Ear? at The Loon, Toronto Fiction for a night of readings at Franz Kaka Gallery, Toronto 2016
Fiction for the exhibition Strange New Health by Yi Xin Tong at Katzman Contemporary, Toronto Exhibition review for Charcuterie
Artist feature for Mousse Essay for Laugh Magazine , RCA London Exhibition review for C Magazine Poem for the Somewhat Urgent Series, edited by Steffanie Ling An essay on the work of Liz Magor for The Capilano Review ’s digital chapbook series ti-TCR A series of pamphlets on dance and criticism organized by Alexa Mardon and Brynn McNab at Unit/Pitt Projects, Vancouver
Review of the exhibition Hypnic Jerk by Kara Hansen for The Bartleby Review
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