James Gross ’74 and his “Chapel” are featured

A native of Wichita, James Gross ’74 is a prolific postmodern artist noted for his abstract painting and geometric lithographs. He often incorporates found objects – leaves, wood or pieces of metal, cloth or paper – into his paintings.

After earning an MFA from Wichita State, he relocated to New York, where he became a studio assistant to Robert Goodnough, an abstract expressionist, and had 12 original artworks exhibited at NYC’s Guggenheim Museum. He moved back to his hometown and broadened his art career to include teaching art history at Butler Community College and painting at Mark Arts.

His work is in public collections of museums worldwide, including the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of Art in NYC, the British Museum in London, the Bibliotheque Nationale de France in Paris and the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C. His art  – including “Chapel,” shown here – is also held in the U.S. Department of State’s Collection of Art in Embassies and has been displayed at U.S. embassies in Beijing, China, and Vienna, Austria.