Ross Bleckner emerged in the 1980s New York art scene, gaining recognition for his distinctive canvases that often incorporate repetition, blurring, and subtle layering of light and shadow. His work functions as poetic visual mourning, commemorating fleeting moments, fragility and impermanence.

To this day, he is the youngest artist to receive a retrospective at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, at the age of 45. The artist’s recent exhibitions include the Neues Museum Nürnberg; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin; Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid; L.A. County Museum, Los Angeles; Kunstmuseum Luzern; and Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern.

His paintings can be found in numerous major museum collections, such as the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam; Astrup Fearnley Collection, Oslo; Sammlung Goetz, Munich; Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid; Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid.