SCOTT GRIEGER -- ARTIST

 

Born: 1946, Biloxi, Mississippi
Resides: Venice, California
Education: Chouinard Art Institute, Los Angeles, California
B.F.A., California State University, Northridge, California, 1971

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

Scott Grieger; Unamerican Activities,
Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica, California

2000

Scott Grieger:Let Freedumb Ring,
Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica, California

1998

Scott Grieger:Impersonations and Combinations 1968-1973,
Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles

1994

 

Scott Grieger:Impersonations and Combinations 1968-1973,
Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery, University of Neveda, Las Vegas

1993

Scott Grieger,Crossroads School, Santa Monica, California

1993

Marc Richards Gallery, Los Angeles

1988

Vivid, Wilshire Boulevard Display Case, Otis Art Institute of Parsons School of Design, Los Angeles

1984
Karl Bornstein Gallery, Santa Monica, California 1984
Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles 1983
Burning Spine, Art Dock, Los Angeles 1982
Mizuno Gallery, Los Angeles 1980

Recent Drawings, Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

1979
Scott Grieger: Paintings 1974-1977, L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice,California 1977
Edward Thorp Gallery, New York 1975
Mizuno Gallery, Los Angeles 1975
Mizuno Gallery, Los Angeles 1974
Cusack Gallery, Houston 1974
Mizuno Gallery, Los Angeles 1973
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles 1971
Reese Palley Gallery, New York 1971
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
New Prints, International Print Center, New York
Sixth National Print Biennial, Los Angeles Printmaking Society, Los Angeles
2001
Drawings...Second Annual National Invitational, Meyerson & Nowinski, Seattle 1998
LA Current:The Canvas Is Paper, UCLA Armand Hammer Museum andCultural Center, Los Angeles
Recycling Art History, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh (catalogue) 1996
Bugs, Beasts, Birds and creatures of the water, Bobbie Greenfield Gallery, Santa Monica, California 1995

It's Only Rock and Roll
The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, 17 November 1995 - 14 January 1996;
Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences, Peoria, 17 February - 14 April 1996;
Virignia Beach Center for the Arts, 3May - 29 June 1996;
Tacoma Art Museum, Washington , 12 July - 8 September 1996;
Jacksonville Museum of Art, 26 September - 20 November1996;
Bedford Gallery at The Regional Center for the Arts,
Walnut Creek, California, 12 December - 1 February 1996;
The Phoenix Art Museum, 26March - 15 June 1997;
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, 17 September - 15 November 1997;
Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami,11 December 1997 - 8 February 1998;
Milwaukee Art Museum, 20 March -24 May 1998

25 Years:An Exhibition of Selected Works,
Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles Untitled (Reading Room), Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles
Go Figure, Patrica Faure Gallery, Santa Monica, California
Grieger, Preston, Wudl, Jerold Burchman Contemporary Art, Santa Barbara, California

Go Figure:New Paintings of the Human Image, Pasadena City College Art Gallery, Pasadena, California 1992
Addictions, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA 1991
Pasadena Armory Show, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, California 1989
20 Artists/Los Angeles, The City Gallery of Contemporary Art, Raleigh, North Carolina
Particular/Pecular(Modern Portraits), Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, California
Continuum, Art Store (Beverly Boulevard), Los Angeles 1988
Pasadena Collects, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena,California 1986
New Directions/California Painting 1985, Visual Art Center of Alaska, Anchorage; Fairbanks Art Association, Fairbanks, Alaska; Alaska State Museum, Juneau, Alaska 1985
Miniatures, Fine Arts Gallery, Long Beach City College, Long Beach, California
The Designer as Diner, Otis Art Institute of Parsons School of Design, Los Angeles
Founders Exhibition, Exile Gallery, Los Angeles 1982
Decade:Paintings of the Seventies, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California 1981
Portraits, Art Gallery, University of California, Irvine
Humor in Art, Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Art about Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York,traveled to Frederick S. Wright Gallery, University of California, Los Angeles 1978
Toys by Artists, Security Pacific Plaza, Plaza Gallery, Los Angeles 1977
L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, California. 1976
Los Angeles Artists, Bakersfield State College, Bakersfield, California 1975
Current Concerns:2, Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Stretching It, Pasadena Artists' Concern Gallery, Pasadena, California
Recent Work, Mount San Antonio College, Los Angeles 1974
Kurt Schwitters and After, La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art,La Jolla, California 1973
Market Street/Nine Artists, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art,San Francisco
New Prints, Brand Library Arts Center, Glendale, California
6 Major Pieces - 6 Young Sculptors, A Clean Well Lighted Place, 1972
Publications by Artists, Newport Harbor Museum, Newport Beach,California
Los Angeles '72, Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
National Drawing Competition, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale 1971
24 Young Los Angeles Artists, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
information, Museum of Modern Art, New York 1970
Nine L.A. Artists, University of California, Irvine
Six Attitudes, Montgomery Art Gallery, Pomona College, Claremont, California 1969
SELECTED ARTICLES AND REVIEWS
Drohojowska Philip, Hunter."This Time, the Joke Is on Us," Los Angeles Times, Sunday Calendar, February 1, 1998, pp. 60-1.
Frank, Peter."Art Picks of the Week," LA Weekly, February 27-March 5, 1998, p. 149.
Cherix, Christophe and Lionel Bouier."True, Older Generations: Scott Grieger Impersonations," Documents Sur L'art, #9, Summer 1996, pp. 124-5.
Rubin, David S."It's Only Rock'n Roll," exhibition catalogue, Prestel, Munich, New York, 1995, pp. 33-34, illus.
Barron, Todd.Art Scene, February 1993, vol. 12, no. 6, cover illustration, preview of exhibition p. 10, illus.
Knight, Christopher."Did Abstract Art Suddenly Get Boring?," November 28, 1982, illus.
"Art About Art," published by Watson Guptil, Museum of Modern Art, exhibition catalogue, 1979.
Clothier, Peter."Magic of Possible:Five Los Angeles Painters," Artforum, vol. 15, no. 8, April 1977, pp. 28-30, illus.
Burden, Barbara."Scott Grieger," Portrait Review, 1976.
McKesson, Kristine."Sweet, Wudl, Hill, Grieger," Artweek, vol. 7, no. 22, June 5, 1976, p. 8, illus.
Burden, Barbara and Jeffrey Gubbins, "Empty Sky," Choke, Fall 1976, pp. 15-17.
Labell, Ellen."Scott Grieger," Arts Magazine, vol. 50, no. 5, January 1976, p. 18, illus.
Marmer, Nancy."Los Angeles, Scott Grieger at Mizuno," Art in America, vol. 63, no. 2, March-April 1975, p. 105, ill.
Balatore, Sandy."Scott Grieger - Curious Coincidences," Artweek, vol. 5, no. 36, October 26, 1974, p. 3.
Plagens, Peter.Art Reviews, Artforum,1974, p. 85, illus.
Seldis, Henry.Art Reviews, The Los Angeles Times, October 18, 1974. vol. 61, no. 2, March- April 1973, pp. 50-51, illus.
Walker, Perry."Bengston, Grieger, Goode," Art in America, March/April 1973, pp. 50-51, illus.
Rosenberg, Harold."The Art World," The New Yorker, vol. 48, July 15, 1972, pp. 53-55.
Livingstone, Jane and Maurice Tauchman."Los Angeles '72," exhibition catalogue for Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, 1972.
Livingstone, Jane."Three Reconnoitering Artists," Art in America, May/June 1971, pp. 114-177, illus.
Hughes, Robert."View from the Coast," Time Magazine, February 1, 1971, p. 58, illus.
Tuchman, Maurice."Scott Grieger," exhibition catalogue, January 1971.
Wilson, William."Art Experience with Grieger," The Los Angeles Times, February 1971.
Sharp, Willoughby."New Directions in Southern California Sculpture," Arts Magazine, November 1970.

AWARDS National Endowment for the Arts, (mid-career grant) 1984
PUBLICATIONS
Art Issues, "Dyslexic Millennium," 1995-96, Summer 1998, No. 53, p.12.
Los Angeles Times, "United States of Anxiety," 1995, Sunday Calendar, January 18, 1998, p. 83.
Air Guitar, "Keith Richards Playing Don Judd Guitar," 1972, (frontispiece), Art issues. Press,copyright 1997.
"Impersonations," 1971, published by the artist.
"Mainstream Art," 1974, published by the artist.
"The Paintings That Went To New York," 1975, published by the artist.
"Easy Pour," 1980, published by the artist.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Whitney Museum of Art, New York
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art