Scott Grieger (born 1946) is an American artist based in Los Angeles. He attended

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, California and received a B.F.A. from

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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 Otis College of Art and Design is a private art and design school in Los Angeles, California. Established in 1918, it was the city's first independent professional school of art. The main campus is located in the former IBM Aerospace headquarte ...

. 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." Among the artists working in Los Angeles during this period were:

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. Grieger sees his work as challenging conventional wisdom and revealing hidden assumptions in both art and culture.

Selected exhibitions

* "Scott Grieger: Unamerican Activities" at

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Gallery,

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, 2000. * "Scott Grieger: Let Freedumb Ring" at Patricia Faure Gallery, 1998. * "LA Current: The Canvas Is Paper" at UCLA Armand Hammer Museum and Cultural Center, Los Angeles, 1998. * "Scott Grieger: Impersonations and Combinations 1968-1973" at Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles. * "Recent Drawings" at

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, 1979 * "Scott Grieger: Paintings 1974-1977" at L.A. Louver Gallery in

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, California

Selected articles and reviews

* Drohojowska Philip, Hunter."This Time, the Joke Is on Us,"

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, Sunday Calendar, February 1, 1998. * 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,"

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, exhibition catalogue, 1979. * Clothier, Peter. "Magic of Possible:Five Los Angeles Painters,"

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, vol. 15, no. 8, April 1977, pp. 28–30.

Collections

Grieger’s work is in the permanent collections the following museums:

, New York;

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, New York,

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; and the

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Awards

In 2010,Grieger received a Distinguished Educator Award, Otis College and the LAX Coastal Area Chamber of Commerce. In 1984, he received a

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Mid-Career Artist Award.

Video interviews

* "Out of Thin Air @LAX Artist Talk with Scott Grieger!" * "The O-Files: Scott Grieger" The O-Files: Scott Grieger
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Grieger, Scott Living people 1946 births People from Biloxi, Mississippi Artists from Los Angeles California State University, Northridge alumni