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Scott Grieger

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Scott Grieger
Born1946 (age 77–78)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materCalifornia State University, Northridge
Known forPainting
AwardsNational Endowment for the Arts Mid-Career Grant (1984)

Scott Grieger (born 1946) is an American artist based in Los Angeles. He attended Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles, California and received a B.F.A. from California State University, Northridge in 1971. His work has been exhibited internationally for over 40 years. He is a Professor and Program Director of Painting in the Fine Arts program at Otis College of Art and Design.[1]

Grieger began his career during the 1970s in Los Angeles. As Suzanne Lacy writes, "There was a distinct advantage to living in Southern California’s non mainstream venues during the seventies, where an experimental art grew up outside of critical scrutiny and commercial interests."[2] Among the artists working in Los Angeles during this period were: Paul McCarthy, Chris Burden, Martha Rosler, Allan Sekula, Alexis Smith. Grieger sees his work as challenging conventional wisdom and revealing hidden assumptions in both art and culture.[3]

Selected exhibitions

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Selected articles and reviews

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  • Drohojowska Philip, Hunter."This Time, the Joke Is on Us," Los Angeles Times, Sunday Calendar, February 1, 1998.[4]
  • Frank, Peter."Art Picks of the Week," LA Weekly, February 27-March 5, 1998, p. 149.
  • Rubin, David S. "It's Only Rock'n Roll," exhibition catalogue, Prestel, Munich, New York, 1995.
  • "Art About Art," 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.

Collections

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Grieger’s work is in the permanent collections the following museums: Museum of Modern Art, New York; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Los Angeles County Museum of Art; and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

Awards

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In 2010, Grieger received a Distinguished Educator Award, Otis College and the LAX Coastal Area Chamber of Commerce. In 1984, he received a National Endowment for the Arts Mid-Career Artist Award.

Video interviews

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  • "Out of Thin Air @LAX Artist Talk with Scott Grieger!" [5]
  • "The O-Files: Scott Grieger" [6]

References

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  1. ^ Scott Grieger
  2. ^ Lacy, Suzanne. Leaving Art: Writings on Performance, Politics, and Publics, 1974–2007
  3. ^ Grieger Artist Statement
  4. ^ Hunter Drohojowska Philip, (February 1, 1998) This Time, the Joke Is on Us. Los Angeles Times Calendar Section, pp. 60-61.
  5. ^ OUT OF THIN AIR @LAX Artist Talk with Scott Grieger!
  6. ^ The O-Files: Scott Grieger