Generous with her palette, C.M. Gross’s bold strokes of crimson, cobalt, and yellow reflect aspects of everyday life so often overlooked by the casual observer. Her involvement with capturing the essence of cities has led her to highlight the small idiosyncrasies that make them just a bit more interesting. “For the past several years, my focus has been mainly on a certain level of the city, so to speak,” says Gross. “I stopped looking at eye level and began looking up.

What I experienced was an undiscovered landscape: water towers lining the horizon. Each one seems to have its own personality whether part of a cluster or standing on its own. From being just a part of the building, they have become an entity unto themselves. They are a life force and an integral part of the city’s architecture and history. C.M. Gross also uses nudes and portions of the human figure, selecting interesting angles and photo-studies of live models to accent her dynamic compositions. Having attended the School of Visual Arts, Hunter College, and the Art Students League, Ms. Gross who is a native New Yorker, culminated her education at the Pratt Institute, graduating with the highest honors. While working, C.M. Gross also holds position as an assistant professor at the Pratt Institute and Park Slope Artist Counsel curator.

Selected Group Exhibitions NYCENTURY 1900-2000, Museum of the City of New York, NY, 1999-2000 Museum of The City of New York, Recent Acquisitions, NY 1999 Society of Illustrators, Illustrators Who Teach, 1999 Grant Gallery, SoHo, NYC, 1999 Riverside Museum, Riverside, CA, 1992 ABC NO RIO, NYC, 1992 Daniel Saxon Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 1989 Laforet Harajuku Museum, Tokyo, Japam, 1988 SoHo-French Exhibition, NYC & Auvers-Sur-oise, France, 1987 The New Museum, Small Works Show, NYC, 1985 The Brooklyn Museum, Four Juried Exhibitions, Brooklyn, NY 1985, 1984, 1983, 1982

Awards & Recognition Featured Artist, New American Paintings, Mid –Atlantic Edition, 1998 Artist-In-Residency, Kunstlerhaus, Saarbruken, Germany, 1997 Selected Collections Atlantic Richfield Corporation Riverside Museum, Riverside, CA, Permanent Collection Museum of The City of New York, Permanent Collection Mississippi Museum of Art, Permanent Collection Independence Savings Bank, Brooklyn, NY