This recent body of work deepens my exploration in saturated color, transparency, opacity, density and weight in sheared planes of industrial felt, and woodcut prints. As with previous work, I focus on edges, rhythmic intervals and sequences, and tactile surfaces that build layers in print and dimensional planes. These works are informed by the intense color of Navajo blankets, of children’s blocks, and elemental architectural Shapes.

While in residencies this past year at Constellation Studios in Lincoln, Nebraska, I focused on woodcut reduction prints. The ellipse found in many of the prints was inspired by the Sheldon Museum of Art, where golden ovals punctuate the column bays of the exterior ceiling overhang.

My ongoing interest in geometric abstraction and spatial relationships is pushed by pairs of minimal forms, side by side. The absorptive silence and stillness of the sculpture contrasts with the light transparency of the monoprints. The slow, incremental processes of building with a singular form is a similar impulse whether it is through a strata of felt or the repetition of overlaid, inked shapes. Overall, I look to reveal a shifting sense of order and balance with my intuitive response to site, place and memory.

Marcie Miller Gross, 2024

Recent solo and group exhibitions include: In Place, Haw Contemporary, Unconventional: The Legacy of Joseph Beuys, Goethe Pop Up, Kansas City, MO, The Power of Place, Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, KS, 2020 China + USA Technology + Innovation in Fiber Art, Beijing+ Philadelphia, PA. Other exhibition venues include Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, and the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO.

Miller Gross has received honors that include: Charlotte Street Foundation Fellowship, MidAmerica/ National Endowment for the Arts Individual Fellowship, Arts KC Inspiration Grant, Studios Inc. Residency / Nicholson Foundation, and Allied Arts and Craftsmanship Award, AIA / Kansas City. Recent commissions include: Health Education Building / University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, School of Business / University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, and residency at GlogauAIR & Open Studios, Berlin, Germany.

Her work has received reviews and writings in: Art in America, Sculpture, ID Magazine, Kansas City Star, Politiken, Copenhagen, with publications including Marking 20 Years: Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art and 10: Charlotte Street Foundation 10th Anniversary. Her work is held in numerous collections including American Century Investments, Missouri Bank, Corridor Infratrust Management, Barkley, Helix Architecture + Design, American Institute of Architects / Kansas City, and private collections in New York City, Seattle, Los Angeles, Detroit and Kansas City.

Miller Gross received a Master of Fine Arts in Fiber at Cranbrook Academy of Art, and has held teaching appointments at Kansas City Art Institute and University of Kansas.