[1] Mimi Gross's work spans from painting and drawing, films, mail art, book design, costume and set design, indoor and out of door installations, diorama and sculpture.
She began exhibiting in Provincetown, MA, an artist colony where she spent her summers with her family, in 1957, including a three-woman show at the Sun Gallery in 1958.
She became well known for large 3-D constructions she made with her husband,[2] including City of Chicago (1967–68), Discount Store (1970–71), Astronauts on the Moon (1972) and Ruckus Manhattan (1975–76).
She has collaborated with Douglas Dunn, beginning with Foot Rules in 1978 and most recently tanks under trees (2008) with text by Anne Waldman and Cassations (2012).
[3] Gross serves on the faculty of MICA, Maryland Institute College of Art, and was the 2010/11 McMillan/Stewart Chair in Painting.