Bobby Grossman arrived in New York in 1976 after receiving a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) where he studied alongside friends Chris Frantz and David Byrne of Talking Heads. His first job was assisting Richard Bernstein, the artist responsible for the striking covers for Andy Warhol’s Interview magazine. Bernstein’s studio, located at the legendary Chelsea Hotel, is where Grossman found himself at ground zero in the early days of Punk and the downtown art scene.Bobby Grossman became a regular fixture at CBGB, the Mudd Club and other downtown haunts where he took photographs of friends and newfound acquaintances including David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Alex Chilton, Jackie Curtis, Claudia Summers, and the milieu around Andy Warhol’s Factory. Grossman also served as the official photographer for Glenn O’Brien’s TV Party, the uniquely original weekly public access television show that David Letterman described as “…the greatest TV show anywhere, ever!” TV Party ran from 1978-1982 and captured the countless artists and innovators on the scene including Chris Stein, Basquiat, Fab 5 Freddy, Kate Simon, Walter Steding, James Chance, Patti Astor, Nile Rogers, and Klaus Nomi. Bobby Grossman's work was included in the groundbreaking 1981 exhibition, “New York/New Wave” at P.S.1. alongside more than one hundred artists including Kenny Scharf, Robert Mapplethorpe, Keith Haring, Brian Eno, and Nan Goldin. Grossman’s work has appeared in numerous publications and documentaries