Biography
Born: 1946, Biloxi, Mississippi
Resides: Venice, California
Education: Chouinard Art Institute, Los Angeles, California
B.F.A., California State University, Northridge, California, 1971
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2007
Scott Grieger, Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2000
Scott Grieger; Unamerican Activities, Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica, California
1998
Scott Grieger:Let Freedumb Ring, Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica, California
1994
Scott Grieger:Impersonations and Combinations 1968-1973, Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles
1993
Scott Grieger:Impersonations and Combinations 1968-1973, Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery, UNLV
Scott Grieger,Crossroads School, Santa Monica, California
1988
Marc Richards Gallery, Los Angeles
1984
Vivid, Wilshire Boulevard Display Case, Otis Art Institute of Parsons School of Design, Los Angeles
Karl Bornstein Gallery, Santa Monica, California
1983
Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
1982
Burning Spine, Art Dock, Los Angeles
1980
Mizuno Gallery, Los Angeles
1979
Recent Drawings, Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
1977
Scott Grieger: Paintings 1974-1977, L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice,California
1975
Edward Thorp Gallery, New York
Mizuno Gallery, Los Angeles
1974
Mizuno Gallery, Los Angeles
Cusack Gallery, Houston
1973
Mizuno Gallery, Los Angeles
1971
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
Reese Palley Gallery, New York
Selected Group Exhibitions
2005
Pink, Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2001
New Prints, International Print Center, New York
Sixth National Print Biennial, Los Angeles Printmaking Society, Los Angeles
1998
Drawings...Second Annual National Invitational, Meyerson & Nowinski, Seattle
LA Current:The Canvas Is Paper, UCLA Armand Hammer Museum andCultural Center, Los Angeles
1996
Recycling Art History, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh (catalogue)
Bugs, Beasts, Birds and Creatures of the Water, Bobbie Greenfield Gallery, Santa Monica, California
It's Only Rock and Roll, The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, 17 November 1995 - 14 January
Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences, Peoria, 17 February - 14 April
Virignia Beach Center for the Arts, 3May - 29 June
Tacoma Art Museum, Washington , 12 July - 8 September
Jacksonville Museum of Art, 26 September - 20 November
Bedford Gallery at The Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, California, 12 Dec. - 1 Feb
The Phoenix Art Museum, 26March - 15 June
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, 17 September - 15 November
Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami,11 December 1997 - 8 February
Milwaukee Art Museum, 20 March -24 May
25 Years:An Exhibition of Selected Works, Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles
Untitled (Reading Room), Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles
1992
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
1991
Addictions, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
1989
Pasadena Armory Show, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, California
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
1988
Continuum, Art Store (Beverly Boulevard), Los Angeles
1986
Pasadena Collects, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena,California
1985
New Directions/California Painting 1985, Visual Art Center of Alaska, Anchorage; Fairbanks Art Association,
Fairbanks, Alaska; Alaska State Museum, Juneau, Alaska
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
1982
Founders Exhibition, Exile Gallery, Los Angeles
1981
Decade:Paintings of the Seventies, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California
Portraits, Art Gallery, University of California, Irvine
Humor in Art, Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
1978
Art about Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, NY, traveled to Frederick S. Wright Gallery, UCLA
1977
Toys by Artists, Security Pacific Plaza, Plaza Gallery, Los Angeles
1976
L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, California.
1975
Los Angeles Artists, Bakersfield State College, California
Current Concerns:2, Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Stretching It, Pasadena Artists' Concern Gallery, California
1974
Recent Work, Mount San Antonio College, Los Angeles
1973
Kurt Schwitters and After, La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art,La Jolla, California
Market Street/Nine Artists, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art,San Francisco
New Prints, Brand Library Arts Center, Glendale, California
1972
6 Major Pieces - 6 Young Sculptors, A Clean Well Lighted Place,
Publications by Artists, Newport Harbor Museum, Newport Beach,California
Los Angeles '72, Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
1971
National Drawing Competition, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
24 Young Los Angeles Artists, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
1970
information, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Nine L.A. Artists, University of California, Irvine
1969
Six Attitudes, Montgomery Art Gallery, Pomona College, Claremont, California
Articles and Reviews
1998
Drohojowska Philip, Hunter."This Time, the Joke Is on Us," L.A. Times, Sunday Calendar, February 1
Frank, Peter."Art Picks of the Week," LA Weekly, February 27-March 5
1996
Cherix, Christophe and Lionel Bouier."True, Older Generations: Scott Grieger Impersonations," Documents
Sur L'art, #9, Summer, pp. 124-5.
1995
Rubin, David S."It's Only Rock'n Roll," exhibition catalogue, Prestel, Munich, N.Y, pp. 33-34, illus.
1993
Barron, Todd.Art Scene, February vol. 12, no. 6, cover illustration, preview of exhibition p. 10, illus.
1992
Knight, Christopher."Did Abstract Art Suddenly Get Boring?," November 28, illus.
1979
"Art About Art," published by Watson Guptil, Museum of Modern Art, exhibition catalogue
1977
Clothier, Peter."Magic of Possible:Five Los Angeles Painters," Artforum, vol. 15, no. 8, Apr. pp. 28-30, illus.
1976
Burden, Barbara."Scott Grieger," Portrait Review
McKesson, Kristine."Sweet, Wudl, Hill, Grieger," Artweek, vol. 7, no. 22, June 5, p. 8, illus.
Burden, Barbara and Jeffrey Gubbins, "Empty Sky," Choke, Fall pp. 15-17.
Labell, Ellen."Scott Grieger," Arts Magazine, vol. 50, no. 5, January p. 18, illus.
1975
Marmer, Nancy."Los Angeles, Scott Grieger at Mizuno," Art in America, vol. 63, no. 2, Mar.-Apr. p.105, ill.
1974
Balatore, Sandy."Scott Grieger - Curious Coincidences," Artweek, vol. 5, no. 36, October 26, p. 3.
Plagens, Peter.Art Reviews, Artforum, p. 85, illus.
1973
Seldis, Henry.Art Reviews, The Los Angeles Times, October 18, vol. 61, no. 2, March- April pp. 50-51, illus.
Walker, Perry."Bengston, Grieger, Goode," Art in America, March/April, pp. 50-51, illus.
1972
Rosenberg, Harold."The Art World," The New Yorker, vol. 48, July 15, pp. 53-55.
Livingstone, Jane and Maurice Tauchman."Los Angeles '72," exhibition cat. for Sidney Janis Gallery, N.Y.
1971
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.
1970
Sharp, Willoughby."New Directions in Southern California Sculpture," Arts Magazine, November 1970.
Awards
1984 National Endowment for the Arts, (mid-career grant)
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