biography

Marcie Miller Gross makes site-responsive objects, drawings, installations, and prints that are informed by the conditions of a place. Created through an intimate visceral connection, her cumulative works of wool industrial felt, wood, and paper reflect her interest in architecture, geometric abstraction, and landscape. 

Her recent exhibitions include: Surface Impressions: Coloratura, LUX Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE (2026), Highlights from The Lawrence Lithography Workshop, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (2025), Shifting: Sculpture and Prints, Haw Contemporary (2024), SITE Seeing, Charlotte Street Foundation, Unconventional: The Legacy of Joseph Beuys, Goethe Pop Up in Kansas City, MO (2021), The Power of Place, Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, KS (2019), and 2020 China + USA Technology + Innovation in Fiber Art, Beijing + Philadelphia. Other exhibitions include the Cranbrook Art Museum in Bloomfield Hills, MI; Kunsthal Charlottenborg in Copenhagen; and the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City, MO. Recent projects include: Drug Free Sport International, 25th Anniversary Charlotte Street Foundation, Kansas City, MO, and Health Education Building / University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS. 

Honors include: Charlotte Street Foundation Fellowship, Mid-America / National Endowment for the Arts Individual Fellowship, Studios Inc. Residency Award, Allied Arts and Craftsmanship Award, AIA / Kansas City, and recently Edition/Basel Printmaking Residency (2026), Constellation Studios Residency (2024 & 2025), Ucross Foundation Residency and Fellowship (2022), and Haystack Mountain School Residency (2022). Reviews and writings of her work include: Art in America, Sculpture, ID Magazine, Kansas City Star, Politiken, Copenhagen. Her work is held in numerous collections, including the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, JE Dunn Construction Headquarters, Lockton Inc., American Century Investments, Barkley, Helix Architecture + Design, American Institute of Architects / Kansas City, Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, and private collections in New York City, Seattle, Los Angeles, Detroit, and Kansas City.

Miller Gross received a Master of Fine Arts from Cranbrook Academy of Art and held teaching appointments at both the Kansas City Art Institute and the University of Kansas. She is represented by Haw Contemporary and lives in Kansas City, Missouri.