EDUCATION
1990 Cranbrook Academy of Art, Master of Fine Arts, Bloomfield Hills, MI
1986—88 Kansas City Art Institute, Post Graduate Studies, Kansas City, MO
1982 University of Kansas, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Lawrence, KS
1976—78 University of California: Santa Barbara, Undergraduate Studies, Santa Barbara, CA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Shifting: Sculpture and Prints, Haw Contemporary, Kansas City, MO
2021 Recording Place, Truman State University Art Gallery, Kirksville, MO
2020 In Place: Marcie Miller Gross, Haw Contemporary, Kansas City, MO
2018 Site Parallels / Marcie Miller Gross + Armin Mühsam, Haw Contemporary, Kansas City, MO (catalog)
2017 Linden, Mid-America Arts Alliance + Every Street is Charlotte Street, Kansas City, MO
2014 Print Edition, Lawrence Lithography, Kansas City, MO
2013 Working Parts, Haw Contemporary, Kansas City, MO
2011 Concentrations, The Studios Inc. Exhibition Space, Kansas City, MO
2008 a part, Review Studios Exhibition Space, Kansas City, MO
2007 New Work, Byron Cohen Gallery for Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
2007 Density, Paragraph, Urban Culture Project, Kansas City, MO
2005 foldoverfold, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, brochure, Kansas City, MO
2003 Recent Work, Joseph Nease Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2001 To Fold, Joseph Nease Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2001 Collecting, sorting, dredging, folding..., Joseph Nease Gallery, Kansas City, MO
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 Surface Impressions: Coloratura, LUX Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE
2025 Kansas City Flatfiles & Digitalfiles, Block Artspace, Kansas City, MO
2024 The Lawrence Lithography Workshop: Highlights from the Archive, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
2023 Decade, Haw Contemporary, Kansas City, MO
2023 SITE Seeing, Charlotte Street Foundation Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2022 Charlotte Street Foundation 25th Anniversary Fellows Exhibition, Commissioned Installation in William T. Kemper Library, Kansas City, MO
2021 Unconventional: The Legacy of Joseph Beuys, Goethe Pop Up, Kansas City, MO
2020 China + USA Technology + Innovation in Fiber Art, Tsinghua University, Beijing + University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA (online)
2020 Art Matters 2, Galerie Biesenbach, Honorable Mention, Cologne, Germany (online)
2019 The Power of Place: KU Alumni Artists, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Curator: Susan Earle, Lawrence, KS
2019 Rise Over Run, Warren Rosser, Armin Mühsam, Marcie Miller Gross, Caleb Taylor, Monaco, St. Louis, MO
2019 Art Matters, Galerie Biesenbach,Honorable Mention, Cologne, Germany (online)
2018 Spring Stroll, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2018 A Periodic Table / Imagined Spaces with OpenSpaces KC: The Expanded Field, Carter Art Center Gallery at
2018 Metropolitan Community College, Curator: Marcus Cain, Kansas City, MO
2018 Kansas City Flatfiles & Digitalfiles, Block Artspace, Kansas City, MO
2017 Every Street, 20th Anniversary, Charlotte Street Foundation, Haw Contemporary, Kansas City, MO
2017 Pattern Languages, Greenlease Gallery, Rockhurst University, Curator: Kate Hackman, Kansas City, MO
2017 The Other Side of the Street: Charlotte Street at Walnut Street, Belger Arts Center, 20th Anniversary Charlotte
2017 Street Foundation, Kansas City, MO
2017 Underpass, Studios Inc., International Sculpture Conference,Kansas City, MO
2016 Open Studios, GlogauAIR, Berlin, Germany
2016 The Kansas City Collection, Kansas City, MO (catalog)
2015 You People, Haw Contemporary, Kansas City, MO
2014 on behalf of one’s obsessions, Haw Contemporary, Kansas City, MO
2014 Sum of Us, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art with Plug Projects, Omaha, NE
2014 Kansas City Flatfiles, Block Artspace, Kansas City, MO
2012 Women to Watch, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Kansas City, Epsten Gallery, Jewish Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS
2012 Luck of the Draw, DiverseWorks, Houston, TX
2012 The Spring Show (Forårsudstillingen), Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
2012 Kansas City Flatfiles, Block Artspace, Kansas City, MO
2011 Be Good or Be Gone with America Now and Here, Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2011 Plunder the Influence, The Storytellers, University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME
2010 Drawing Equivalents: Anne Lindberg & Marcie Miller Gross, Chapman Gallery, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
2009 Transformations: the Ordinary to the Extraordinary, Nevada Museum of Art, Curator: Barbara Bloemink (cancelled), Reno, NV
2007 HotHouse: Expanding the Field of Fiber at Cranbrook 1970–2007, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI (catalog)
2007 Systems: Working Drawings Anne Lindberg, Marcie Miller Gross, Jim Woodfill, Paragraph, Urban Culture Project, Kansas City, MO
2004 Moving In Moving Out, Flex Storage Systems, Curated by Elwood LLC & Hesse McGraw, Topeka, KS (catalog)
2004 SlopArt, Gallery of Art, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA
2003 Is/Was, Joseph Nease Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2002 Charlotte Street Fund Exhibition, Gallery of Art, Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS (brochure)
2002 Daum Acquisitions Collection, Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO
2002 Gathering Influence, Block Artspace, Kansas City, MO
2001 Poptones, Shaw + Hofstra Associates, Kansas City, MO
2001 Space Oddity, Joseph Nease Gallery, Kansas City, MO
1999 Kyoung Ae Cho, Marcie Miller Gross & Charlene Nemec-Kessel, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
1998 Quick Fix, KCAI Sculpture Department, Kansas City, MO
1998 Points of Departure: Marcie Miller Gross & Judi Ross, Salina Art Center, Salina, KS (catalog)
1998 Alterations: New Work Exploring Material & Memory, El Dorado Inc. architects,Kansas City, MO (catalog)
1995 Art from Detritus II, National Recycling Coalition, Linda Hall Library, University of Missouri, Kansas City (catalog)
1993 Drawing into the 90’s, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, traveling 1993-1995, Juror: Neal Benezra, Austin, TX (catalog)
1993 New American Talent: The Ninth Exhibition, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, TX, traveling 1993–1994
HONORS / AWARDS
2026 Edition / Basel, Printmaking Residency, Basel, Switzerland
2024–23 Artist Residency, Constellation Studios, Lincoln, NE
2022 Artist Residency & Fellowship, Ucross Foundation, Clearmont, WY
2022 Open Studio Residency, Haystack Mountain School, Deer Isle, ME
2016 GlogauAIR Artist Residency, Berlin, Germany
2016 Nominee, Joan Mitchell Foundation Award, New York, NY
2016 Kansas City Collection, The Collectors Fund, Kansas City, MO
2016 Inspiration Grant, ArtsKC, Kansas City, MO
2014 Block Artspace Visiting Critic Program, David Howe, New York
2012 Finalist, Individual Artist Award, Women to Watch, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Kansas City / Washington, DC
2009 Inspiration Grant, ArtsKC Fund, Kansas City, MO
2008 Art Through Architecture, Charlotte Street Foundation + American Institute of Architects, Kansas City, MO
2006 Nominee, United States Artists Fellowship, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Nominee, Joan Mitchell Foundation Award, New York, NY
2005 Honorable Mention–Environments, International Design Annual Review, with El Dorado Inc. architects for exhibition Moving In Moving Out
2005 Block Artspace Visiting Critic Program, James Elaine, UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Allied Arts & Craftsmanship Award, Kansas City / American Institute of Architects, with El Dorado Inc. architects for exhibition Moving In Moving Out
2005 The Studios Inc. / Review Studios Residency Award, Nominated award for mid-career artists, Brad & Linda Nicholson Foundation, Kansas City, MO
2002 Charlotte Street Foundation Fellowship, Visual Arts Award, Kansas City, MO
2001 Block Artspace Visiting Critic Program, Kathryn Hixson, New Art Examiner, Chicago, IL
1996 Lillian Elliott Award for Excellence in Textiles, 2nd Recipient of the International Award for Innovation in Contemporary Fiber
1994 Ragdale Foundation Artist Residency, Lake Forest, IL
1994 Regional Artists Project Grant, Body-Earth Project, Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
1993 MAAA / National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Award
COLLECTIONS / COMMISSIONS
Health Education Building, Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
School of Business, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
JE Dunn Construction Headquarters, Kansas City, MO
Lockton, Inc., Kansas City, MO
Drug Free Sport International, Kansas City, MO
American Century, Kansas City, MO
Barkley, Inc., Kansas City, MO
Saint Luke’s Health System, Kansas City, MO
Populous, Kansas City, Missouri
Corridor InfraTrust Management, Kansas City, MO
Richard and Betty Hedreen Collection, Seattle, WA
American Institute of Architects, Kansas City, MO
Lazia, Crossroads Hotel, Kansas City, MO
Missouri Bank, Kansas City, MO
Helix Architecture and Design, Kansas City, MO
Fishnet Securities, Kansas City, MO
Brad & Linda Nicholson Foundation, Kansas City, MO
George K. Baum and Company, Kansas City, MO
Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS / REVIEWS
2024 Matthew Thompson, “Four Shows at Haw Contemporary” KC Studio, 22 October
2020 Leia Genis, “Installation–Under the Bridge” Autumn, pg. 30-31
2018 Charles Finn, “What the Doctor Ordered” Architectural Record, July, pg. 108 (photo)
2017 Alice Thorson, Review: “/spek-tram/ variance of sculpture and form” Sculpture Magazine, November
2017 James Martin, “Pattern Languages at Rockhurst University” KC Studio, October
2017 James Martin, “Four Artists Commissioned for KU Medical Center” KC Studio, November, pg. 36-37
2013 Outpost Journal: Kansas City, MO, Issue 03/Fall 2013, pg. 24
2012 Trine Ross, “The Shark, Humor and the Whole World” Politiken, Copenhagen, Denmark, 25 February, pg. 16
2012 Trine Otte Bak Nielsen, “Forårsudstillingen, København” February
2012 Theresa Bembnister, “Epsten Gallery Touches on Five Artists’ Strong Textile Pieces” The Pitch Art Review, 1 June
2011 Dana Self, “Spatial Relationships are the Focus of ’Concentrations’ at The Studios” Kansas City Star, 5 October
2009 Gerry Craig, “Review of a part” Sculpture Magazine, March, pg. 70-71
2008 Alice Thorson, “Together; the parts form a unified whole” Kansas City Star, 9 June
2008 Mary Ann Strandell, Review: “Wooly Mammoth: Re-purposed” August, pg. 46-47
2007 Dana Self, “Hanky Panky” The Pitch, 5 July, pg. 25
2007 Sarah Mote, Preview: “Get Into Lines” Kansas City Star, 17 May
2007 Dana Self, “Work Ethics” The Pitch, 3 May, pg. 27
2006 Robin Trafton, “Thought-provoking art” Kansas City Star, 8 July, pg. F7
2006 A. Bitterman, Review: “A Place Where It Connects: The Art of Marcie Miller Gross” April
2006 Elizabeth Kirsch, “Dry and Mighty” Kansas City Star, 26 January, pg. 30
2005 Steve Paul, “Projects honored for craftsmanship, art and architecture” Arts, Kansas City Star, 20 November, pg. 3
2005 Karen Stern, “Honorable Mention-Award, Environments, Moving In Moving Out” International Design Annual Design Review 2005, July/August, pg. 131
2005 Pat Hickman, “Awarding Talent” American Craft, April/May, pg. 48-51
2005 Karrie Jacobs, “The Other Kansas” Metropolis, January, pg. 50-54
2004 Alice Thorson, “Marcie Miller Gross at Joseph Nease” Art in America, June/July, pg. 187
2004 Kate Hackman, Review: “The Weight of the World in Folds” February, pg. 59
2003 Alice Thorson, Preview: “Simple Power” Kansas City Star, 21 November, pg. 2
2003 Heather Lustfeldt, Reviews-Central, Overland Park, Kansas, Art Papers, March/April
2002 Alice Thorson, “It’s Art if the Artist Says So” Arts, Kansas City Star, 7 July
2002 Kate Hackman, Review: “Marcie Miller Gross, Joseph Nease Gallery” Sculpture, May, pg. 68-69
2001 Elizabeth Kirsch, Preview: “Poptones Intrigues” Kansas City Star, 9 Nov
2001 Robin Trafton, Preview: “Towel Transformation” Kansas City Star, 5 Oct
2002 Debra Di Blasi, “Dirty Laundry” Art, Pitch Weekly, 4-8 October, pg. 31
2002 Marcus Cain, Review: “Folded and Refolded, The Fetish is in the Fold” October
2002 Marcus Cain, Review: “A is for Abstract, R is for Real, S is for Space” 29 June
2002 Kate Hackman, Preview: “Ground Control to Major Art” Kansas City Star, 22 June
1999 Alice Thorson, “And the grass won’t pay no mind” Kansas City Star, 30 April
1999 Kate Hackman, Review: “Animal, Vegetable and Mineral in Simple Relief” June, pg. 17
1998 Alice Thorson, Preview: “Impromptu Art…” Kansas City Star, 6 February
2021 Visiting Instructor, Printmaking: Systems + Play, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
2006–97 Instructor, Sculpture, Printmaking, and Fiber Departments, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
2003 Instructor, Sculpture: Junior/Senior Studio & Seminar–Issues of Contemporary Art & Culture, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
1995 Instructor, Design, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
LECTURES / PRESENTATIONS
2024 Visiting Artist Lecture, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, MO
2021 Discussion, Unconventional: The Legacy of Joseph Beuys, Goethe Pop Up, Kansas City, MO
2019 Panel Discussion, Place As Portal, Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, KS
2018 Visiting Artist Lecture, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2015 Artist Presentation, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
2014 Guest Critic, Plug Projects, Kansas City, MO
2010 Lecture, Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS
2009 Visiting Artist Lecture, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2006 Visiting Artist Lecture & Workshop, in conjunction with “foldoverfold” exhibition, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
2006 Visiting Artist Lecture, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2002 Visiting Artist Lecture Series, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
2001 Visiting Artist, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
1999—97 Visiting Artist, Sculpture Dept., Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
CATALOGS / BROCHURES
2018 David B. Olsen, “Parallel Sites” for Site Parallels exhibition, Haw Contemporary
2016 Halcombe Miller, “The Kansas City Collection” The Collectors Fund, pg. 48-51
2014 “Marking 20 Years” Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art (catalog)
2014 “Sum of Us” Bemis Center for Contemporary Art & Plug Projects(brochure)
2007 David Cateforis, “10” Charlotte Street Foundation 10th Anniversary (catalog)
2007 “HotHouse: Expanding the Field of Fiber at Cranbrook 1970–2007” (catalog)
2005 Elizabeth Dunbar, “Interview with Marcie Miller Gross” exhibition foldoverfold, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art (exhibition brochure)
2004 Hesse McGraw, “Moving In Moving Out” (catalog essay)
2002 Randall Griffey, “Charlotte Street Fund 2002” (catalog essay)
1997 Saralyn Reece Hardy, “New Work, Points of Departure” (brochure essay)