Ross Moreno graduated in 2005 from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago with an MFA in sculpture, also studying performance and video. He received a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2001, having also studied at the Edinburg College of Art and the Maine College of Art. Moreno has performed and exhibited in cities worldwide including Hong Kong, Berlin, Vancouver, New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago. His work has been reviewed in Time Out Chicago and New City. Moreno attended the summer residency at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 2003 receiving an artist fellowship, and in 2009 attended the Vermont Studio Center with a full fellowship. Moreno is the recipient of grants from the Visiting Artist Fellowship Program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Artist Assistance Program, and the Illinois Arts Council. Moreno is currently an adjunct member of the faculty at the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL in the Contemporary Practices Program, and at Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin in the Department of Fine Arts.