Cheryl Gross

Artist Statement:

I equate my work with creating and building an environment, transforming my inner thoughts into reality. Beginning with the physical process, I work in layers. I am involved in solving visual and verbal complexities such as design and narrative. My urban influence has indeed added an ‘edge’ to my work. My work has often been compared to “Dr. Seuss on crack.”

Artist Bio:

Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Cheryl Gross is an illustrator and motion graphic artist living and working in the New York area. She is also a professor at Pratt Institute and Bloomfield College. Cheryls work always follows a narrative while embracing socio-political topics such as extinction, duplication, gender obliteration and diminishing the role of women in a male dominated culture. Her concentration metaphorically replicates our reality. In creating the work, she travels through two very different forms of expression, abstract and realism. The two appear different but are utterly related to one another. The goal is not to forget the past and embrace the future.