Kendall Ross is a contemporary textile artist based in Oklahoma City, known for her hand-knit, text-based works that explore themes of identity, memory, and gender. Raised in a family of women makers, the artist draws on generational craft traditions and lived experience to create intimate, narrative-driven fiber art.
Ross holds a BA in History from Pepperdine University, where she researched the political power of knitting in women’s wartime movements. This historical lens continues to shape her practice, blending inherited techniques with conceptual rigor in garments and installations that are both personal and political.
Ross has exhibited nationally, with solo shows at the Pacific Northwest Quilt & Fiber Arts Museum and Kouri + Corrao in Santa Fe. She has completed residencies at the Banff Centre and Penland School of Craft, and was an accompanying artist for the Coded Objects project at the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florence. Her work has been featured in Hi-Fructose, Colossal, Fiber Art Now, and Glamour. As a teaching artist at Oklahoma Contemporary, Ross fosters accessible, expressive spaces for fiber arts, challenging the boundaries between craft and fine art. She is represented by Kouri + Corrao, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
To learn more about Kendall Ross, visit https://idknitthatco.com/
Kendall’s residency is generously sponsored in part by Bob and Sue Schwartz.
