BIOGRAPHY:
Greg is an interdisciplinary artist who has been working since 2009. He received his MFA from Tufts University in conjunction with the School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston in 2014. Originally from California he works in Boston and the New England area while exhibiting his work around the world.Artist Statement:
I am an interdisciplinary artist working primarily in video, sculpture and performance. My work revolves around the incongruities of the physical and the metaphysical. Like Kierkegaard, I am interested in the absurdity of faith and faith based actions. I explore the vast depth of faith beyond just religious faith into what I consider realms of faith that are taken for granted; for example faith that mud on a canvas can depict something other than mud on a canvas.
I use a variety of materials in a process that can only be described as tinkering. I make very intuitive decisions in the studio that explore the limitations of materials while seeking a new voice in them. Like the man in Annie Dillard’s essay, I try to teach stones to talk.
The work is often ephemeral or process driven which allows me to rely on documentation in order that the work is given a context. I think of the documentation as a method of adding to a performance so that it becomes integral to the work. I use documentation as a way to elicit meaning from a performance or relic by giving the viewer a context or framework from which to view the work.
I seek to lead a vocational life as an artist doing whatever it takes to continue engaging in the art world and making art. I also hope to pass on my skills and knowledge through becoming an educator.