Art House Productions will present The Ethereal Realms of Mythology: Past & Present by Cheryl Gross from November 1 to November 30, 2025, at the Art House Gallery in Jersey City. The exhibition will open with a reception on November 1 from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM, and visitors can view the work on weekends from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM. Artwork will also be available through the Art House Online Gallery.
- The Ethereal Realms of Mythology: Past & Present by Cheryl Gross will be on view at the Art House Gallery in Jersey City from November 1–30, 2025, with weekend hours and an opening reception on November 1.
- The exhibition uses accordion-style books to connect ancient myths with new, imagined creatures, exploring themes such as survival, adaptation, pollution, superstition, and environmental change.
- Cheryl Gross, a multidisciplinary artist and Pratt Institute professor, has her work featured in film, TV, print, and international collections, and continues to build a strong exhibition history in the U.S. and abroad.
How the Exhibition Uses Myth to Explore Today’s World
The Ethereal Realms of Mythology: Past & Present looks at how myth can help people think about their connection to animals and the natural world in new ways. The show centers on a series of accordion-style books, where Cheryl Gross blends elements from various cultural myths with her own invented worlds and mixed-species figures. Using this approach, she highlights ideas of survival, change, and the need to adjust as today’s environmental and social conditions shift.
The pieces also address issues such as pollution, superstition, and fear, setting these concerns next to the larger question of how people try to understand the world by drawing from both the past and the present. Gross explains that the creatures she designs sit between evolution and extinction, expressing her belief that adaptation, whether emotional or ecological, can be viewed as something both mythical and true.
Gallery Director Andrea McKenna describes Gross as a highly productive artist whose work contains deep intention and symbolic detail, pointing to the artist’s interest in animal preservation and the role myth and memory play in how people relate to the animal world.
An added program, an Artist Talk on November 22 from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM, will give visitors another way to experience the ideas behind the exhibition.
About the Artist Behind the Exhibition
Cheryl Gross, who is based in the Jersey City area, works across illustration, painting, writing, and motion graphics, teaches at Pratt Institute, and has had her art appear in films, television, and print, with many of her pieces held in museum and corporate collections in the United States and abroad.
Over the years, she has taken part in a variety of artist residencies and exhibitions in the United States and Europe. This includes work in Germany, long-term residencies in Jersey City, and involvement in different regional art fairs and group shows. In 2025, her artwork was also included in a major exhibition at Mana Contemporary.
