About this event
LearningMarvin Gelber Print & Drawing Study Centre, Art Gallery of Ontario.
Collaborative printmaker Jillian Ross and Alexa Greist, the AGO’s curator of Prints & Drawings, discuss Ross' career and the work she does with artists to bring their ideas to life in print. Works that Ross printed for South African artist William Kentirdge in the AGO Collection will also be on view, including a new print from 2025.
Jillian Ross is a collaborative master printer based in Saskatoon, Canada. She ran the David Krut Workshop in Johannesburg from 2003 to 2020, collaborating with more than 100 artists from around the world. In that time, Ross became one of artist William Kentridge’s primary print collaborators, completing over 200 prints to date. In 2021, Ross founded Jillian Ross Print (JRP), a collaborative print studio and publisher working primarily with South African and Canadian artists, studios, institutions, and galleries to develop print projects, exhibitions, art workshops, and talks. In 2024, the studio was installed in the Connect Gallery at Remai Modern to showcase their latest large-scale collaboration with Kentridge, based on his theatrical production The Great Yes, The Great No.