Emily Babette Gross
EDUCATION:
2020-23
MFA in Studio Art, University of California, Irvine
Pedagogical Fellow, Magna Cum Laude
2012-15
BFA in Painting and Drawing, California State University, Long Beach
Magna Cum Laude
2011 -12
Study-Abroad: Theater, University of Hull, UK
2007 -10
Double Associate's Degree: Theater Art and Studio Art, Mount San Jacinto College, Menifee, CA
EXHIBITIONS:
2024
Through the Dreamhouse, Brea Gallery, Brea, CA
2024 Faculty Art Exhibition, Cerritos College, Cerritos, CA
A Mirror to the Sprawl, Artbug Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2023
Thought-Forms, Central Server Works X Mariam Cramer Projects, Paris, France
Experimental Loop Video Art Festival, PTM Contemporary, Governors Island, NY
Memento Mori and the Macabre, Long Beach Creative Group Gallery, Long Beach, CA
Emily_irl, solo show, Contemporary Art Center, University of California, Irvine, CA
2022
Walk Out, Human Resources, Los Angeles, CA
Popup Exhibition, Phase Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Paper Work, Catalyst Gallery, University of California, Irvine, CA
Made in California, Juried by Heather Bowling, Brea Gallery, Brea, CA
CYB.ORG, University Galleries, University of California, Irvine, CA
2021
High Beams 4: SPF 405, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
Coming Together, Long Beach Creative Group, Long Beach, CA
Nomad, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
Made in California, Juried by Heather Bowling, Brea Gallery, Brea, CA
Other Places Art Fair, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA
Drawn to Paper, Brea Gallery, Brea, CA
2020
Darwin, the Declining Daystar, Solo Show, Flatline Gallery, Long Beach, CA
Brand 48, Juried by Dan McCleary, Brand Library, Glendale, CA
Better Homes, Art Share LA, DTLA, CA
PONG, Los Angeles Rotterdam Project, virtual exhibition
Other Places Art Fair, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA
Clear Vision 2020, FA4 Collective, virtual exhibition
2019
Roll Call, Leimin Space, Los Angeles, CA
Contrast in Motion, Midnight Gallery, Long Beach, CA
In, Around, Through, Studio Baustelle, Berlin, Germany
Heart is Where the Home is, Solo Show, Flatline Gallery, Long Beach, CA
2018
Forum I, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
Inner Realms, Solo Show, Hibbleton Art Gallery, Fullerton, CA
US, Angel City Brewery, Los Angeles, CA
Figurative: In the Now, Flatline Gallery, Long Beach, CA
On Paper, Catalyst Gallery, Westminster, CA
2017
Mi Casa Es Su Casa, El Comalito Collective Cultural Arts Center, Vallejo, CA
Abstract Art Exhibition, Arts and Enrichment center YMCA, Downey, CA
Past, Present & Future, The Bindery Artist Studios, Lafayette, IN
2016
Play, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Duality, AudioVideoDisco, Pomona, CA
Showcase, University Student Union Art Gallery, CSULB
MODULE, Art Share LA, Los Angeles
2015
Transference, BFA senior show, Gatov Gallery, CSULB
Insights, University Art Museum, CSULB
La Vie En Noir, Gatov East Gallery, CSULB
Lightfast, Dutzi Gallery, CSULB
2014
Lost and Found, Merlino Gallery, CSULB
COLLECTIVES:
2023 - Present Museum Adjacent X Acceptable Risk LA (MAARLA), Artist Collective
2018 - 2022 Acceptable Risk LA, Artist Collective, Founding Member
2014 - 2020 FA4 collective, Founding Member
GRANTS/AWARDS:
2022 - 23
2022-2023 Graduate and Travel Grant Award, University of California, Irvine
Elizabeth and Thomas Tierney Scholarship, University of California, Irvine
2021 - 22
DTEI Summer Graduate Fellowship, University of California, Irvine
Medici Circle Scholarship, University of California, Irvine
Pedagogical Fellowship, University of California, Irvine
2018
Bronze Artist, International Arts Competition, ArtAscent
2015
Orval Dillingham Memorial Award, California State University, Long Beach
PRESS:
2024
Cerritos College 2024 Faculty Art Exhibition Catalog, Edited by James MacDevitt, Cerritos College Art Gallery, 2024
“Q&A: Emily Babette Gross," Interview with Brea Gallery, March 2024
2023
“Two+ Minutes with an ARTeater” Meet Emily Babette Gross,” UCI Claire Trevor School of the Arts, May 2023
2022
Oduga, Joshua. “Uncovering Hidden Spaces at UCI’s Open Studios”, Hyperallergic, June 2022
37th Annual Made in California Juried Exhibition Catalog, Brea Gallery, April 30 -June 24, 2022
2021
36th Annual Made in California Juried Exhibition Catalog, Brea Gallery, April 24 -June 18, 2021
2020
DiMaggio, Emma. “Emily Babette Defies the Traditional Artist-Muse Relationship in her Newest Exhibition Darwin, the Declining Daystar,” Signal Tribune, December 2020
Brand 48 Works on Paper, 48th Annual National Juried Exhibition Catalog, Brand Library and Art Center, September 12 - October 30, 2020
2019
Morris, Asia, “For Artist Emily Babette, Heart is Where the Home is,” Long Beach Post, May 2019
2018
ArtAscent Art and Literature Journal, Volume 31: Black, Pages 26-27, June 2018
“Check Out Emily Babette’s Artwork,” VoyageLA, April 2018