Artist Nancy Grossman (b. 1940, New York City) works primarily in sculpture, drawing, and collage. She is known for exquisite craftsmanship and her tenacious exploration of the nature of violence and power. At age 10, Grossman moved with her family to a farm in Oneonta, New York. Her experiences on the farm and working in the garment industry would influence her choice of materials as an artist, which includes collage, sculpture, drawing, and assemblage.

Grossman earned a BFA from the Pratt Institute in 1962, with funding from a New York State Regents Scholarship. In addition to her solo exhibition at the Tang Teaching Museum, her work has been shown at prestigious museums such as the Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York; the Metropolitan Museum of Art - Met Breuer, New York; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, and numerous others.

Her awards include an Ida C. Haskell Award for Foreign Travel; a fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation; a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship; a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship; a Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant; and a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant. Her work is represented in the permanent collections of museums worldwide.