Plastic artist, professor at the University of São Paulo since 1972 and PhD in Visual Arts (USP, 1987), Carmela Gross has been carrying out works inserted in the urban space and which bring a critical look at architecture and urban history. Main publications: BELLUZZO, Ana Maria de Moraes. Carmela Gross. São Paulo: Cosac & Naify, 2000; GROSS, Carmela. a body of ideas. Exhibition catalogue. São Paulo: Pinacoteca do Estado, 2011; GROSS, Carmela. Stairs. Exhibition catalogue. Rio de Janeiro: Casa França-Brasil Foundation, 2013; GROSS, Carmela. Art by hand. Exhibition catalogue. São Paulo: City Art Museum – Chácara Lane, 2017; FREITAS, Douglas de (org.). Carmela Gross. Rio de Janeiro: Cobogó, 2017.