Donald Groscost

705 Driggs Ave.
Brooklyn, New York 11211
H: (718) 384-5068
S:  (646) 541-6110
dongroscost@earthlink.net
www.donaldgroscost.com

Born 1962, Pittsburgh, PA
Lives and works in N.Y.C.

Education

B.F.A.  Edinboro University, 1984
M.F.A. Rochester Institute of Technology, 1987


Solo Exhibitions

2008    Border Crossings, Cohju Contemporary, Kyoto, Japan
             Border Crossings, Kyoto City International Foundation, Kyoto, Japan
2007    Weave, Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation, Corridor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2004    Rilke Project, Video installation (catalogue), twenty-four cities including Berlin, Dresden, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Leipzig and Munich, Germany
2003    Lorinda Knight Gallery, Recent Paintings, Spokane, Washington
             Galeria Trece, Obras Recientes, Ventillo, Spain
2002    CSC Gallery, Selections from the Transmission Suite, NYC
2001    Kunsthaus Orfeo’s Erben, techNo+, Frankfurt, Germany
2001    Galerie Tucherpark, Transmission Suite, Munich, Germany
2001    Lustspielhaus, Rilke Project, Munich, Germany
2000    Galeria Rosa Pous, Obra sobre papel, Girona, Spain
2000    Heidi Cox Salon, NYC
2000    University of Southern Indiana, Transmissions
1998    Theodore Stamas Salon, NYC
1998    Galeria Maria Salvat, Trabajos Recientes, Barcelona, Spain
1995    Fifth Avenue Gallery, NYC
1984    Bates Gallery, Edinboro, PA


Group Exhibitions


2006    War Again, Sideshow, NYC
2005    Excavated, Planet Thailand, curated by Rene Pierre Allain, Brooklyn, NY
2004    Pierogi a Go-Go!, Pierogi 2000, NYC
2003    Brave New World, Organization of Independent Artists, NYC
2003    Williamsburg Salon, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, Connecticut
2003    The Extended Dot, Marymount Manhattan College Gallery, NYC
2003    Nurturing The New, NURTUREart, curated by Amy Wilson, NYC
2002    New Concepts, Anita Shapolsky Gallery, NYC
2002    Champions of the Arts, N.Y. Foundation for the Arts benefit auction, NYC
2002    Reactions, Exit Art, NYC
2001    Buying Time, New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship recipients, Sotheby’s, NYC
             Faculty Exhibition, Brookdale College, Lincroft, NJ
1999    Exposicion Collectiva, Galeria Rosa Pous, Girona, Spain
1998    Exposicion de Artistas Internacionales, Foundacion Josep Niebla, Girona, Spain
1998    Gallery Artists, Galeria Maria Salvat, Barcelona, Spain
1998    Faculty Exhibition, Brookdale College, Lincroft, NJ
1997    Espacio Urbano y Escultura: Paseo Manzanares 1997, Cumana, Venezuela
1997    Drawings & Recent Works, Ayacucho Museum, Cumana, Venezuela
1997    Obsessions, Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NYC
1996    The Art Market, curated by GEN ART, NYC
1995    Works on Paper, Mary Anthony Gallery, NYC
1995    Four Wheels at Four Walls, Brooklyn Gravity Racers, Pierogi 2000, Four Walls, NYC
1994    New Painting, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ
1993    DADA, Aids Project L.A. Benefit, Sebastian International, Los Angeles, CA
1992    The Salon Of the Mating Spiders, Herron Test-Site, NYC
1992    1.5 Show, curated by Muranushi/Lederman, Tribeca 148 Gallery, NYC
1991    Damage Assessment, Snug Harbor Gallery, Staten Island, NYC
1989    Group Painting Show, The Gallery, NYC
1987    Light and Sound, Bevier Gallery, Rochester, NY
1986    Momento Mori, Bevier Gallery, Rochester, NY
1984    New Directions, Edinboro, PA
1983    Space in Time, Erie, PA
1982    25 under 25, Johnstown Museum of Art, Johnstown, PA

Grants, Fellowships, Awards

New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship

 

Bibliography

Border Crossings: Painting for a New Era, Robert C. Morgan, 2008, Exhibition essay
Towards a Perception of the Real, Robert C. Morgan, 2004, Catalogue essay
The Spokane, Spokesman Review, Julianne Crane, April 3, 2003, Spokane, Washington
Playbill, CSC gallery, November 1, 2002, New York City
Die Zeit, Konrad Heidkamp, March 29, 2001, Hamburg, Germany
Vogue, April 1, 2001, Hamburg, Germany
Stern, March 22, 2001, Hamburg, Germany
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Andreas Obst, March 11, 2001, Frankfurt, Germany
Die Welt, Ringo Frey, March 3, 2001, Berlin, Germany
The News, May 9, 2000, New Harmony, Indiana
Bellas Artes de Barcelona, Febrero de 1998, Barcelona, Spain
El Punto De Las Artes, 23 al 29 de enero de 1998, Madrid, Spain
El Periodico, Josep M. Cadena, Martes, 27 de enero de 1998, Barcelona, Spain
Crazy Like a Textile Designer, Frances Chapman, Waterfront Week, Volume 7.10, May 22, 1997
Getting Behind Euphemisms of War, Michael Fressola, Staten Island Advance, May 19,1991
Damage Assessment, Michael Fressola, Staten Island Advance, May 3, 1991

 

Teaching Positions

Visiting Artist/Guest Lecturer, Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington, 1999 & 2003
Associate Professor, Brookdale College, Lincroft, NJ
Visiting Artist, Marymount Manhattan College, NYC
Instructor of Fine Arts, Caldwell College, Caldwell, NJ
Adjunct Instructor, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY


Selected Lectures / Public-Speaking

Holistic Medicine for the Artist, Marymount Manhattan College, NYC, 2004
Is Seeing Believing? Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington, April 3, 2003
Williamsburg Salon, lecture and panel discussion, Central Arts, Nutmeg Television, Feb. 2003
Conversations, American Folk Art Museum, NYC, April 25, 2002
The Artist Responds, NYFA fellowship recipient lecture, Sotheby’s, NYC, June 22, 2001
Artist and Audiences Exchange, The Neighborhood School, NYC, June 14, 2001
German Cultural TV Programming, syndicated interview, Munich, Germany, March 8, 2001
Transmissions, public lecture, University of Southern Indiana, May 20, 2000
A Decade in New York, public lecture, Whitman College, Walla Walla, Wash., March 7, 1999
Onda Cero Radio, Formas y Angulos, radio interview, Barcelona, Spain, Jan. 27, 1998

Selected Collections

Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Rubin, Sydney, Australia
Pfizer Inc., New York City
Mr. Effendy Widjaja, Jakarta, Indonesia
Mr. Peter Ries, Wiesbaden, Germany
BMG Classics, Munich, Germany
Mr. Matt Blanc, New York City
Dr. Adam Glassman, New York City
Mr. & Mrs. Bruno Montalvo, Madrid, Spain
Beutel & Joyce, CPA, New York City
Tricon Films Inc., Toronto, Canada
Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Foster, New York City
Mr. Reinhard Besser, Frankfurt, Germany
Ms. Heidi Stamas, New York City
Mr. Jaoquim Ma Puyal, Barcelona, Spain
Ms. Susan Cook & Mr. Drew Fine, New York City
Mr. Cecilio Granada, Barcelona, Spain
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Nevad, Longbranch, New Jersey
Ms. Martha Luchsinger, Caracas, Venezuela
Mr. Heinz Henn, New York City
Mr. Manuel Baro Artigas, Barcelona, Spain
Ms. Jamie Nicholson & Mr. Lance Leener, New York City
Ms. Allison Tolman, New York City
Mr. John Lantow, Los Angeles, California
Mr. & Mrs. Carlos Martinez, Darien, Connecticut
Mr. & Mrs. Howard Chatzinoff, New York City
Mr. & Mrs. James Gorra, New York City
Mr. & Mrs. Ted Stamas, New York City
Mr. & Mrs. Jose Maria Serra, Barcelona, Spain
Mr. & Mrs. Jay Larkin, New York City
Mr. & Mrs. Javier Granada, Barcelona, Spain
Mr. & Mrs. Rafael Carrillo, Singapore
Ms. Clara Krivoy, Caracas, Venezuela
Mr. & Mrs. Andres Fernandez Estalayo, Barcelona, Spain
Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Silverman, New York City
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Andrews, New York City
Mr. Javier Escote, Barcelona, Spain
Mr. Michael Gebauer, London, England
Ms. Janice Smith, New York City
Mr. David Urman, Portland, Oregon
Mr. & Mrs. Juan Carlos Pinilla, Madrid, Spain
Mr. & Mrs. Sean Mahony, Newport, Rhode Island
Mr. Manuel Alvarez, Barcelona, Spain
Ms. Patricia Maloney, Los Angeles, California
Mr. & Mrs. Sherman Hu, New York City
Mr. & Mrs. Mario Zucchitello Coris, Girona, Spain
Ms. Julie Meridy & Mr. Richard Karz, New York City
Ms. Emily Heckman, New York City
Mr. & Mrs. Johnathan Fedorko, Hollywood California
Mr. & Mrs. Ed Reilly, Hoboken, New Jersey
Ms. Diane Rooney, New York City
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Hosking, New York City
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Johnson, Aspen Colorado
Mr. & Mrs. Hannes Krarup, New York City
Mr. & Mrs. Eric Derfner, New York City
Mr. & Mrs. Sam Morse, New York City
Ms. Alexandra Y. Baer, Washington, D.C.
Mrs. Elan Rockefeller, Oil City, Pennsylvania
Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Wolfe, Charlotte, North Carolina
Mr. William Demarco, Tallahassee, Florida
Mr. Steve Petrosky, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Mr. James Carter, Rochester, New York
Mr. & Mrs. John Proakis, Houston, Texas
Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas Cicci, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Ms. Marsha Pasko, Montclair, New Jersey
Ms. Erma Direnzo, Midland, Pennsylvania
Mr. Daniel Page, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Mr. & Mrs Richard Cairns, Charlotte, North Carolina
Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Granito, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Mr. Robert King, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mr. & Mrs. Blake Cook, Cleveland, Ohio
Mrs. Josephine Groscost, Midland Heights, Pennsylvania