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SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
| 1993 Saint Louis Design Center - Saint Louis, Missouri |
| 1991 Meramec Theater Gallery - Saint Louis, Missouri |
| 1980 Sutton Loop Gallery - Saint Louis, Missouri |
TWO
PERSON EXHIBITIONS:
| 2006 Hyde Gallery - Springfield, Missouri (Opening December, 2006) |
| 1999 William Havu Gallery - Denver, Colorado |
| 1993 Taylors' Contemporanea Fine Arts - Hot Springs, Arkansas |
| 1992 Taylors' Contemporanea Fine Arts - Hot Springs, Arkansas |
| Taylors' Contemporanea Fine Arts - Hot Springs, Arkansas |
| 1991 Taylors' Contemporanea Fine Arts - Hot Springs, Arkansas |
SELECTED
INVITATIONAL, JURIED & GROUP EXHIBITIONS :
| 2006 "First Annual Hot Spring National Outdoor Sculpture Exhbition - HoT Springs, Arkansas |
| 2000 "IN/FORM 6" - Saint Louis, Missouri |
| 1999 "IN/FORM 5" - Saint Louis, Missouri |
| 1998 " Hot Springs Civic & Convention Center Invitational Art Exhibition" - Hot Springs, Arkansas |
| 1997 "Arkansas Celebration of the Arts, National Invitational Sculpture Exhibition" - Hot Springs National Park - Hot Springs, Arkansas |
| 1995 "Arkansas Celebration of the Arts, National Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition" - Hot Springs, Arkansas |
| 1994 "10 Artists, 3 Dimensions" - 1/1 Gallery - Denver, Colorado |
| "Sculpture" - Lumina Gallery of New Mexico - Taos, New Mexico |
| 1993 "43rd Annual Quad State Exhibition" - Quincy Art Center - Quincy, Illinois |
| 1992 "IN/FORM 4" - Saint Louis, Missouri |
| 1991 "IN/FORM 3" - Saint Louis, Missouri |
| "Beyond Dimension" - Mid America Museum - Hot Springs, Arkansas |
| "National Jewelry Invitational" - Craft Alliance Gallery - Saint Louis, Missouri |
| "Summer Group Exhibition" - Locus Gallery - Saint Louis, Missouri |
| 1990 "IN/FORM 2" - Saint Louis, Missouri |
| "IN/FORM 1" - Saint Louis, Missouri |
| 1987 "Experience in Raw Space - Saint Louis Design Center - Saint Louis, Missouri |
| "Group Exhibition" - New Arts Gallery - Saint Louis, Missouri |
| 1982 "Post-Modern Metal" - Jackson Art Museum - Jackson, Mississippi |
| 1981 "Post-Modern Metal" - Messing Gallery - Saint Louis, Missouri |
| "ArtPark" - Saint Louis, Missouri |
| 1980 "ArtPark" - Saint Louis, Missouri |
| "New Directions, Metal & Paint" - Famous-Barr Company - Saint Louis, Missouri |
| "Selected Works" - Saint Louis, Missouri |
| 1979 "Saint Louis Artists" - Saint Louis, Missouri |
| 1978 "Four Arizona Artists" - Scottsdale Art Center - Scottsdale, Arizona |
| 1977 "Sterling Sliver Design Competition" - Lever House - New York, New York |
| "Objects '77 - University of Colorado - Boulder, Colorado |
| "Arizona Crafts '77 - Tucson Art Museum - Tucson, Arizona |
| 1976 "Arizona National" - Scottsdale Art Center - Scottsdale, Arizona |
| "Arizona Crafts '76 - Phoenix Art Museum - Phoenix, Arizona |
| 1975 "Sterling Silver Design Competition" - Lever House - New York, New York |
| "Arizona Crafts '75" - Tucson Art Museum - Tucson, Arizona |
CORPORATE,
PUBLIC & INSTITUTIONAL COLLECTION:
| Anheuser-Busch
Companies - Saint Louis, Missouri
Hot Springs Convention Center - Hot Springs, Arkansas Mark Twain Banks - Saint Louis, Missouri Missouri Botanical Garden - Saint Louis, Missouri Saint Louis Rabbinical College - Saint Louis, Missouri The Lynn Raines Kirsh Memorial - Congregation House of Israel, Hot Springs, Arkansas Ursuline Academy - Saint Louis, Missouri Whitfield School - Ladue, Missouri |
PRIVATE
COLLECTIONS:
| Atlanta,
Georgia
Buenos Aires, Argentina Chicago, Illinois Clayton, Missouri Denver, Colorado Hot Springs, Arkansas Ladue, Missouri New York, New York |
Norman,
Oklahoma
Phoenix, Arizona Ruston, Louisiana St. Louis, Missouri San Francisco, California Shreveport, Louisiana Washington, D.C. |
ASSOCIATE
ON PROJECTS:
| American Embassy - Moscow, Russia | Saint Louis Zoo - Saint Louis, Missouri |
| Homart Corporation - Plano, Texas | Saint Peter's Episcopal Church -Ladue, Missouri |
| Hyatt Regency - Cincinnati, Ohio | Tampa Electric Company - Tampa, Florida |
| Hyatt Regency - Columbus, Ohio | Tri State Veterans Memorial - Dubuque, Iowa |
| Juffali Headquarters - Jiddah, Saudi Arabia | Washington Hebrew Congregations - Washington, D.C. |
| Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows - Belleville, Illinois |
PUBLISHED
IN:
| American Heritage Magazine | Remodeler - Washington D.C. |
| Arkansas Parks & Tourism Magazine | River Front Times - Saint Louis, Missouri |
| Decor Magazine | Saint Louis Globe-Democrat - Saint Louis, Missouri |
| Jackson Daily News - Jackson, Mississippi | Saint Louis Home - Saint Louis, Missouri |
| Memphis Magazine | St. Louis People - Saint Louis, Missouri |
| National Geographic Traveler | Saint Louis Post-Dispatch - Saint Louis, Missouri |
BROADCAST
MEDIA COVERAGE:
| "Arts & Entertainment" - KSDK-TV - Saint Louis, Missouri |
| "Higher Education Channel" - CATV - Saint Louis, Missouri |
| KBMB Radio - Hot Springs, Arkansas |
| KDHX 15 CATV - Saint Louis, Missouri |
| "Saint Louis Arts" - KDHX 88.1 - Saint Louis, Missouri |
| "Saint Louis Skyline" - KETC-TV PBS - Saint Louis, Missouri |
| Hyde Gallery - 210 East Walnut Street, Springfield, Missouri 65806 Phone 417.864.7877 |
| Taylors' Contemporanea Fine Arts - 204 Exchange Street, Hot Spring, Arkansas 71901 Phone 501.624.0516 |
| William Havu Gallery - 1040 Cherokee Street, Denver, Colorado 80204 Phone 303.893.2360 |
| His works refer to
the evolution of cultures and community-sustaining ritual. No matter
if you don't see it; his works combine polished stainless
steel, bronze, brass, wood and granite in archecturally graceful units.
The sculptures are not about balance, as so many tall, steel works are,
but form and texture. And, to Gross the iconography that binds people.
Leslie Peacock - Arkansas Gazette, Hot Springs, AR
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His two formats "address the celebratory, the ceremonial," one in terms of the state, the other in terms of religion. A good example of his sculptural style is "Icon Crozier No. 3," a tall, narrow piece. Its shape and its materials - stainless steel, patinaed copper, wood and gold plating - give it an aspect of surpassing elegance. Two triangular forms float high above the ground, suspended from the top of a 6 foot, 7 inch staff. For all its materials denoting power and prestige, this piece has a precious quality. Carol Ferring Shepley - Post Dispatch, St. Louis, MO
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| Vernon Desmond Gross
works with a strong sculptural sensibility, mixing wood, stone and
metals ranging from
brass to gold in forms that take over the place; Icon Crozier 3 should be carried by some Neolithic priest... Mary Voelz Chandler - Rocky Mountain News, Denver
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| A revelation of the
Havu show is Vernon Gross, a modernist sculptor from St. Louis who is new
to the gallery. Like Burgess, Gross is seen both in the gallery and al
fresco. Outside, along the garage wall of the Grand Cherokee Lofts
building--and greatly relieving its monolithic quality--are two Gross sculptures
made of a composite called silicon bronze, both finished in a delicious
icy-green patina. These abstract spikes from the "Fasces" series are vaguely
figural in character--or at least totemic.
Michael Paglia - Westword, Denver |
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