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Bio

 

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Gregory spent the majority of his commercial career based in Chicago working with architects, interior designers, and corporate art consulting firms, creating art for public and commercial spaces. Gregory also ran an 8 year long interactive mural program for Blue Moon Brewing Co., where he brought art to the masses, traveling throughout the U.S. creating murals at music, culinary, and craft beer festivals in major cities and beyond. 

 

Throughout his career as a commercial artist and muralist, Gregory has always experimented with his fine art mostly behind the scenes, occasionally taking part in group exhibitions, auctions and commissions. He has always considered his fine art an integral aspect of his life. Having reached a place of clarity in his painting, along with a drive to create purely from within himself,  his primary focus now lies within that realm.

 

Gregory earned a BFA from The Columbus College of Art & Design. He currently resides in Austin Texas.

Portrait of Greg Gove

Statement

 

"I have a preoccupation with the field of energy that connects us, and all of the universe. My process is largely an attempt to interact with, and translate higher frequencies of being, visually, from my unique perspective.

 

I wrestle with the balance between states of anxiety and of meditative bliss, but with the hope of achieving a sort of rhythmic dance between the two in my work. My process, as I see it, is a sort of meditation and catharsis, and is as much the point of the work as the end product. A goal of mine is for viewers to feel a sense of balance and movement, inspiration and peace.

 

Allowing time and space for each painting to unfold organically, I rely mostly on my instinct and memories of forms from natural and man-made environments. Every added mark or shape informs the next. This process can manifest quickly, but more commonly will take many hours.

I wait and watch for signs, often staring until the way forward reveals itself.  As a “way in” sometimes I’ll force the issue, by introducing a field of color, texture or shape just to have something to play off of.

 

From that place, a dialogue begins, and I never know the outcome until it reaches a satisfactory resolution, but rarely, if ever, a conclusion.”

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

 

2022                      

Round Rock Pop Up Art Show, Prete Plaza

 

2014

Pop-Up Art Gallery, King Art Collective, Chicago, IL

Art on the Move

 

2008

Milk Gallery, New York, NY 

Design Trust For Public Space Benefit Art Auction

 

Renaissance Gallery, Dover, OH

EARTH, A SofIA Show

 

2007

Milk Gallery, New York, NY

Design Trust For Public Space Benefit Art Auction

 

AWOL Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

Square Foot Group Show

 

Soho Myriad Gallery, Atlanta, GA

Susan Komen Foundation PINK Group Show

 

2006

Rafael Viñoly Studio, New York, NY

Design Trust For Public Space Benefit Art Auction

 

Zhou B. Art Center, Chicago, IL

9th Annual Chicago Art Open: The Nature Of Plastic

Selected Curator’s Choice

 

2005

River North, Chicago, IL

Gold Coast Art Fair

Edition published and sold by Ai Gallery

PUBLICATIONS (PARTIAL LISTING)

 

Chicago Magazine

Chicago Sun Times

Chicago Tribune

Minnesota Monthly

Restaurants & Institutions

St. Louis Homes & Lifestyles

St. Louis Post-Dispatch 

Studio Visit Magazine-Summer 2010

The Onion-A.V. Club, Chicago 

COMMERCIAL ART COMMISSIONS / PUBLIC & PRIVATE COLLECTIONS (PARTIAL LISTING)
 

General Motors

Elvis Presley Enterprises

Hilton Hotels – Multiple Locations

Whirlpool Corporation

Blue Moon Brewing Co., MillerCoors Brewing Co. 

Denver RTD, Yale Station T-Rex Light Rail Line

Optiver Americas Corporate Headquarters, Chicago, IL

Desert Door, Texas Sotol

Alliant Food Service, Inc.

Michael Jordan’s Restaurant, - Chicago, Il.

University of Chicago Children’s Hospital

Shriner’s Hospitals

La Rabida Children’s Hospital - Chicago, Il.

Evanston Hospital, Il.

Glenview Hospital, Il.

Robert Morris University

Hinsdale Hospital

Downer’s Grove Public Library, Il.

Addison Public library

Mount Prospect Library

Vernon Area Public Library

Krones North American Corporate Headquarters, Franklin, WI

BTI Americas

Krones North American Corporate Headquarters, Franklin, WI

Bronzeville Community Center - Chicago, Il.

Comer Children’s Hospital, Chicago, IL

Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steakhouse, Las Vegas, NV

Dominick’s Grocery Stores – Multiple Locations

The Chase Park Plaza Hotel, St. Louis, MO

Sheraton Hotels & Resorts – Multiple Locations

Signature Room, Chicago, IL

The Drake Hotel, Chicago, IL

The Fitzpatrick Hotel Group

Hotel Cass, Chicago, IL

Marriott Hotels & Resorts – Multiple Locations

Holiday Inn Hotels – Multiple Locations

Embassy Suites Hotels – Multiple Locations

Fairmont Hotels & Resorts – Multiple Locations

Giant Eagle Supermarkets

Max & Ermas Restaurants – Multiple Locations

Michael Jordan’s Restaurant, Chicago, IL

Morton’s Steak House, NYC 

Ozzie Smith/St. Louis Cardinals - Residence

Phil Stephani Restaurant Group - Chicago, IL

Radisson Hotels – Multiple Locations

Rain Communications

Stanford Shopping Center, Palo Alto, CA

Stir Crazy Restaurants – Multiple Locations

Sullivan’s Steakhouses – Multiple Locations

The Club House, Atlanta, GA

University Place Conference Center & Hotel, Indianapolis, IN

Weber Shandwick, Chicago, IL

Yorktown Center, Lombard IL

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