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:

2022

Oduga, Joshua. “Uncovering Hidden Spaces at UCI’s Open Studios”, Hyperallergic, June 2022 

2020

DiMaggio, Emma. “Emily Babette Defies the Traditional Artist-Muse Relationship in her Newest Exhibition Darwin, the Declining Daystar,” Signal Tribune, December 2020 

2019

Morris, Asia, “For Artist Emily Babette, Heart is Where the Home is”, Long Beach Post, May 2019