︎ Jacquelyn Zong-Li Ross is a writer based in Vancouver, the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples. Her fiction, poetry, essays, and art criticism have appeared in BOMB , Mousse , Fence , C Magazine , Kijiji, and elsewhere, and her chapbooks include Mayonnaise and Drawings on Yellow Paper . She publishes books by emerging artists and writers under the small press Blank Cheque , and is currently at work on a novel and a collection of short stories.
Contact: jacquelynzross {at} gmail {dot} com
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2020
A short story for the group exhibition The Pandemic is a Portal at SFU Galleries, Vancouver, curated by Karina Irvine, Christopher Lacroix and cheyanne turions
A fictional accompaniment to Erdem Taşdelen's public billboard project, Vicissitudes , at Mercer Union, Toronto ~ Laurie Kang: Story of the Gut (forthcoming)
A catalogue essay to accompany the exhibition Laurie Kang and Chris Curreri at Gordon Smith Gallery, North Vancouver, curated by Meredith Preuss 2019
An essay on the kind of art that is suspiciously easy to digest? for Mousse ~ Lizzie’s Laborufluvs A short story for the exhibition Disputed Bodies at Trinity Square Video, Toronto, curated by Patrick Cruz A not-too-dark letter for Agony Klub 's ongoing "death wish" series, modelled after Mike Kelley's art school entrance letter 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, curated by Jaclyn Bruneau and Natasha Chaykowski A book review for C Magazine Flash fiction for the online publication Anna Hawkins: Fall Fell Felt at Untitled Art Society, Calgary A poem in Fence , Issue 34 2017 A creative non-fiction essay for Colin Miner and Liza Eurich’s exhibition Semblance and Shadows Like Anxiety at Stride Gallery, Calgary A short story written for Kakaesque , a night of readings at Franz Kaka Gallery, Toronto, organized by Aryen Hoekstra Some flash fiction for BOMB Magazine
A text for Katie Lyle's solo show Why Do I Hear the Ocean in My Ear? at The Loon, Toronto
A review of Circo Zero for Bomb Magazine ’s end-of-year special, Looking Back on 2017: Theater & Performance
2016
A parallel fiction to accompany Derek Sullivan's show On Filling In at Susan Hobbs Gallery, Toronto A text for Yi Xin Tong's show Strange New Health at Katzman Contemporary, Toronto
An exhibition (anti-)review of Jacqueline Kiyomi Gordon’s exhibition at the Western Front in Vancouver for Charcuterie , Issue 1
An essay for Laugh Magazine , Issue 2 An exhibition review for C Magazine , Issue 131 An essay reflecting on dust and the work of Liz Magor for The Capilano Review ’s digital chapbook ti-TCR 14 An artist feature for Mousse Conversations on dance and criticism with Jane Ellison, Deanna Peters, Alexa Mardon, and Brynn McNab for An Exact Vertigo at Unit/Pitt Projects, Vancouver A short story for Young Adult , Issue 1 A tiny suite of poems for the Somewhat Urgent Series An exhibition review of Kara Hansen’s Hypnic Jerk at Spare Room, Vancouver for The Bartleby Review 2015
A text accompanying my exhibition The Poet's Vacation at Index Gallery, Vancouver 2014
An interview for Decoy Magazine 2013 A review of Snežana Golubović, Márcio Carvalho & Steve Hubert at LIVE International Performance Art Biennale, Vancouver for Decoy Magazine A review of Afer Finitude: Neil Campbell,
Hanne Darboven, Nicole Ondre,
Cheyney Tompson at the Or Gallery, Vancouver for C Magazine , Issue 119 A review of When Someone Strange is Calling You Home: Alejandro Cesarco, Toshie Takeuchi, Alison Tweedie at Artspeak Gallery, Vancouver for Decoy Magazine
An interview for C Magazine , Issue 117
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