Artists

Ross Collado

Formation

Self-taught
No formal art training
Computer Science in college — returned to painting 2020
Filipino
Filipino-American artist
Based Capitol Hill, Seattle, WA
2020
Practice intensified
COVID-19 shutdown + BLM protests — Capitol Hill, Seattle

Selected Exhibitions

2024
Portland Art Museum
Rental Sales Gallery — New Member Show, December
2024
Red Sky Gallery
Lake Forest Park WA — "This Is Water" featured artist
2024
Workshop + AD
Protean Solo Exhibition
2024
Studio 103
Pioneer Square — "Self-Portrait" Solo
2023
BIMA Spotlight
Bainbridge Island Museum of Art — 150 selected from 3,400 submissions
2023
Gallery Axis
Pioneer Square — "Dear John" Solo
2023
Studio 103
Pioneer Square — "Broken|Beautiful" Solo
2023
Red Sky Gallery
Lake Forest Park WA — "In Silence" Solo

Press & Publications

2021
Seattle Refined
Artist of the Week
Featured
Emerald Palate
Pacific Northwest artist spotlight
Featured
Northwest Art Alliance
Member profile
Site
rosscollado.com

Collections

Private
Seattle-area private collectors
Word-of-mouth collector network — built before first gallery shows
Origin
Nightfall 2020
First commission — created during BLM protests, later gifted back by collector

Community

2023
Artists of Color Expo
Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute, Seattle
2022
Artists of Color Expo
Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute, Seattle
Member
Northwest Art Alliance
Venues
Espresso Vivace Capitol Hill & SLU
Early exhibitions — Seattle coffee shop shows

Works at JG

Love Looks Pretty On You
Oil on canvas
The Stories We Will Tell
Oil on canvas
Only You Can Set My Heart on Fire
Oil on canvas
But Where's Home
Oil on canvas

Selected Works

But Where’s Home by Ross Collado
But Where’s Home by Ross Collado
The Stories We Will Tell by Ross Collado
The Stories We Will Tell by Ross Collado
Love Looks Pretty On You by Ross Collado
Love Looks Pretty On You by Ross Collado
Only You Can Set My Heart on Fire by Ross Collado
Only You Can Set My Heart on Fire by Ross Collado
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