CHERYL M. GROSS

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

PRATT INSTITUTE, Brooklyn, NY

Adjunct Associate Professor with C.C.E., Communications Design Department,

School of Art & Design, 1996 - Present.

•   Teach drawing, traditional & digital illustration, mixed media, and painting.

•   Develop new courses and course sections such as New Directions in Illustration.

•   Serve on the Faculty Peer Committee that oversees promotions within the department.

•   Conduct annual portfolio reviews of incoming freshmen.

•    Participate as a member of the Academic Senate.

• Chair of the Academic Concerns and Support Committee

• Committee of Academic Standards for the School of Art and Design.

Foundation Instructor , Department of Professional Studies' Pre-College program, 1998 -Present.

•   Teach drawing, digital illustration, painting, 3-D, and portfolio development

•   Develop new courses, such as Digital Illustration, Pre-College Portfolio & Online Portfolio.

•   Supervise graduate assistants.

Student Activities Facilitator , 1998 - 1999

•    Advised and assisted incoming freshman, helping them acclimate to Pratt and New York City in general.

•   Created and implemented "Project Gate," a service project that involved students in an anti-graffiti campaign in neighboring communities.

PRINCETON COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS, Princeton, N.J., 2006 - Present.

•    Teach acrylic painting.

Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences, New Brunswick, N.J., 2009

· MAWSA Conference, Moderator

EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE

PRATT INSTITUTE, Brooklyn, NY, 2006 - 2009

M.F.A. in New Forms, Department of Fine Art with Distinction , (GPA: 3.885

PRATT INSTITUTE, Brooklyn, NY, 1995

B.F.A. in Communications Design , (GPA: 3.95)

•   Twice Awarded "Highest Honors Pratt Circle Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement" and "Outstanding Merit Award in Illustration."

UNITED DIGITAL ARTISTS, New York, New York, 1998-1999

•   Completed numerous workshops on all aspects of the Adobe suite of software programs including Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator.

ARTS STUDENTS LEAGUE, New York, New York, 1976-77

•   Studied painting, portraiture, and life drawing.

SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS, New York, New York, 1971-72

•  Completed Foundation courses.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

Arts Council of Princeton Gallery, Princeton, NJ, 2009

LunarBase Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY, 2001 & 2003

Cooper Gallery, Jersey City, NJ, 1999

Windows On Flatbush, Brooklyn, NY 1996

B-1 Gallery, Santa Monica, Ca. 1989

Bratton Gallery, East Village, NYC, 1989

Chiaroscuro Gallery, Chicago, Ill., 1998

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Two Group Exhibitions, The Hive, Los Angeles, CA, 2009

August Art, London, 2009

"Snap to Grid," Los Angeles Center for Digital Art (LACDA), 2008

"It's Not Easy," Exit Art, NYC 2008

Princeton Council for the Arts, Faculty Show, Princeton, NJ 2008

Eclectic Gad, L-2 Kontemporary, Los Angeles, CA, 2007

What Have You Got To Say? Mana Fine Arts, Jersey City, NJ, 2006

"Draw_ drawing_2," The Foundry Gallery, London Biennale 2006, London

"Art-Novo Sibirrsk," Collaboration with Anaximander, Novosibirsk Art Museum, Russia/Siberia, 2004

Fine Art Forum, NYC, 2004/2005

"The Red Show," Cheryl Hazen Gallery, New York, NY, 2003

Michael John Gallery, Frenchtown, NJ, 2003

3 Group Exhibitions, Atelier Gallery, Frenchtown, NJ, 2003

LunarBase Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY, 2002

"Prevailing the Human Spirit," Society of Illustrators, Traveling Group Exhibition, New York, NY, 2002

LunarBase Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 2001

Art of the Century, Museum of the City of New York, New York, NY, 2000

Museum of the City of New York, Recent Acquisitions, New York, NY, 1999

Assemblage Show, Cooper Gallery, Jersey City, NJ. 1999

Grant Gallery, New York, NY 1999

Cooper Gallery, 2-person show, Jersey City, NJ, 1998

Riverside Museum, Riverside, CA, 1992

ABC NO RIO, New York, NY, 1992

Daniel Saxon Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 1990

City of Brea Gallery, Brea, CA, 1989

Chiaroscuro Gallery, Chicago, IL, 1988

Laforet Harajuku Museum, Tokyo, Japan, 1988

The New Museum, Small Works, New York, NY, 1985

The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY. Four juried shows: 1983, 1984, 1985, and 1985

Visual Arts Museum, New York, NY, 1984

Brooklyn Arts & Cultural Association, Brooklyn, NY, 1985

FREELANCE ILLUSTRATION WORK

Broadsided Press; Tub The Movie; Hadassah Magazine; American Theater Magazine; A&E Television; American Express; Goldman Sachs; Bureau for At-Risk Youth; Crown Publishing; Gianettion & Meredith; Gralla Publications; Harper & Case; Life Magazine; NBC TV; Middleberg-Middleton; Paramount Pictures; Random House; Sony Classical Records; Stein & Day Publishing; USA Today; Woody Allen's Zelig; Young & Rubican; Grey Advertising; Baldwin Park Latino Festival, 2007

ANIMATON /MOTION GRAPHICS

Indiflix

Comedynet.com

Associatedcontent.com

Current TV

Television: "Digital Shorts," Time Warner Cable's MNN Channel 67, 2007

CAF Film Festival: Jersey City Council for the Arts, Jersey City, NJ, 2006

Hell On Reels, Astoria, NY, 2006

The Tank, TriBeCa, NYC, 2006

Artist Tour, Jersey City Museum, NJ

SMOKESCREEN: Celebrating the Cuban Cigar, 2006

Tampa University Film Fest, 2007

Mana Fine Arts, NJ, 2006

Vidiotoc Viral Video Festival, Toronto, Canada, 2006

A Heart Is A Heart, Music Video, Jennifer Owens Young

Salon, Asheville, North Carolina, 2009

COLLECTIONS

Atlantic Richfield Corporation

Riverside Museum

The Museum of The City of New York

Mississippi Museum of Art

Independence Savings Bank

NASDAQ

Prime Time Magazine

Capital Records

American Kennel Club

Amy Mandel

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

100 New York Painters, Schiffler Publishing

Indieflix, 2005

JibJab, "Big Box Mart," 2005

DOGNY (Dog New York), Sponsored by the American Kennel Club. Winner of two stipends & work auctioned at Sotheby's, 2002

Artist-In-Residency, Kunstlerhaus, Saarbruken, Germany, 1997

New American Paintings, Mid-Atlantic Edition, 1998

Department of Health & Cultural Affairs, NYC, Anti-Smoking Campaign, 1991

REVIEWS

The New York Times: Arts & Leisure, Circuits Sections; Village Voice; Details Magazine; SOHO Weekly News; The Phoenix Art Scene; California Gallery Guide; Art News; San Diego Arts; Florida Times Herald; Newsday; Jersey Journal; NJ Savvy Living; Hudson Current; Saarbruken Zeitung; NJ Journal