RONISE DOSS
Printmaker, Graphic Designer, Mixed Media Artist, Creative Director
EDUCATION
School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), Chicago, IL, Present,
MFA, Fine Arts
University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA, 2022,
M.Ed., Education, Summa Cum Laude
Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA, 2020,
B.A., Black Studies, Cum Laude and Minor: Visual Arts, Cum Laude
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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Artist, Designer, Creative Director, Curator, Chicago, IL
August 2013- Present
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Visual Arts Teacher- Pre K-8th grades, Dewey School of Excellence, Chicago, IL
August 2025- Present
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Substitute Teacher- PreK-12th grades, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago, IL
August 2024- June 2025
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Art and Digital Media Teacher- 9th-12th grades, Simeon Career Academy, Chicago, IL
August 2022- June 2024
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Gallery Assistant, Château Shatto, Los Angeles, CA
June 2022- July 2022
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Art Teacher- PreK-8th grades, St. Helen School, Chicago, IL
August 2021- June 2022
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Studio Art Teaching Assistant, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA
August 2018- May 2020
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Special Collections Archivist, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA
August 2016- May 2018
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Print Shop Technician, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA
August 2016- May 2018
EXHIBITIONS
•Raw Sh*t - Solo Exhibition
Westside Justice Center, Chicago, IL, 2024
•Homecoming - Group Exhibition
Columbia College, Chicago, IL, 2023
•Black AF Expo - Solo Exhibition
Healthy Hood, Chicago, IL, 2023
•The Plastics - Solo Exhibition
Issa Vibe, Chicago, IL, 2022
•Hip Hop Fashion Productions - Solo Exhibition
Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA, 2019
•Kuumba Lynx Art Exhibit - Group Exhibition
DuSable Museum, Chicago, IL, 2019
•Black Girl Magic - Group Exhibition
Weingart Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2018
•Black Hair Project - Group Exhibition
Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA, 2017
GRANTS AND REWARDS
•Project Nia: Stevie Wilson Grant, 2021
•Occidental College Undergraduate Research
Los Angeles, CA, 2019
•The Crystal Foundation Peace Exchange
Havana, Cuba, 2018
RESIDENCES
•Kuumba Lynx Artist Residency
Chicago, IL, 2023
•CIEE Arts Study Abroad
Accra, Ghana, 2020
•Hip Hop Moroccan Residency
Rabat, South Africa, 2016
•South African Culture and Arts Program
Cape Town, South Africa, 2016
COMMISSIONS
Womyn, Mixed media album cover
Teespirit, Chicago, IL, 2023
Black Butterfly Float, Mixed media float with sculptures
Kuumba Lynx / Bud Billiken Parade, Chicago, IL, 2022
BIBLIOGRAPHY
CURATOR / CREATIVE DIRECTOR
•Raw Sh*t - Fashion Campaign
Ronnieprints, Chicago, IL, 2024
•Let That Shit Go - Fashion Campaign
Ronnieprints, Chicago, IL, 2023
•Pop Alien Princess - Styling/Creative direction
Teespirit, Chicago, IL, 2023
•The Royals - Styling and Photoshoot
Mahogany Star, Brooklyn, NY, 2022
•The Plastics - Fashion Campaign
Ronnieprints, Chicago, IL, 2022
•Black Is Beautiful - Fashion Campaign
Ronnieprints, Chicago, IL, 2021
•Black And Radical - Fashion Campaign
Ronnieprints, Chicago, IL, 2021
•The Wind to My Wing - Collective Fashion Campaign
Ronnieprints, Chicago, IL, 2021
•Free My Niggas - Fashion Campaign
Ronnieprints, Chicago, IL, 2020
•Niggas Matter - Fashion Campaign and Fashion Show
Ronnieprints, Chicago, IL, 2020
•Black Power Art Show - Group Exhibition
Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA, 2017
WORKSHOPS & LECTURES
Poetry and Letter Making Workshop, Honeycomb Network, Chicago, IL, 2023
Hip Hop Symposium Class, Columbia College, Chicago, IL, 2023
Black Panther Party T-Shirt Workshop, Kuumba Lynx / Westside Justice Center, Chicago, IL, 2022
Performance Poetry and Art, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2016
SKILLS
Printmaking: intaglio, relief, wood-cut, lithography, photo processes, etching, silk-screen, painting, drawing, mixed media, sculpture, Fiber arts: fashion design, sewing, Adobe: Illustrator/ Photoshop, graphic design, performance arts, poetry
Arts Education: licensed teacher, facilitator, classroom management, curriculum planning, workshop host