Greg Lindquist
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Greg Lindquist is an American artist (painting, sculpture, installation), living and working in New York City
.
, graduated from Emsley A. Laney High School
in 1997, studied art and English at North Carolina State University
and attended graduate school in New York at Pratt Institute
, earning a MFA in painting and masters in art history. During graduate school, Lindquist was a research intern at the Museum of Modern Art
. He also worked as an assistant for the artist Ryan McGinness
. Lindquist's work primarily addresses landscape as a memorial, presently documenting parts of former industrial Brooklyn as they are developed into luxury condos in Williamsburg
and Red Hook
. Recently, his work has encompassed the entropic in architecture, traveling to Tbilisi
, Georgia to research decay from the Soviet Union era. He is represented by the Elizabeth Harris Gallery in NY, NY.
"Nonpasts," Elizabeth Harris Gallery, NY, NY
2009
"Brooklyn Industry," Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY
2008
"Remembrance of Things Present," NC State University, College of Design, Raleigh, NC. Travels to Bethel University, St.Paul, MN.
"Industry," Elizabeth Harris Gallery, NY, NY.
2007
"To Brooklyn," McCaig-Welles Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
2009
2008
2007
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
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Biography
Greg Lindquist was born in Wilmington, North CarolinaWilmington, North Carolina
Wilmington is a port city in and is the county seat of New Hanover County, North Carolina, United States. The population is 106,476 according to the 2010 Census, making it the eighth most populous city in the state of North Carolina...
, graduated from Emsley A. Laney High School
Emsley A. Laney High School
Emsley A. Laney High School is a high school in Wilmington, North Carolina, named in honor of a distinguished local businessman who served on the New Hanover County Board of Education 1941-1973....
in 1997, studied art and English at North Carolina State University
North Carolina State University
North Carolina State University at Raleigh is a public, coeducational, extensive research university located in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Commonly known as NC State, the university is part of the University of North Carolina system and is a land, sea, and space grant institution...
and attended graduate school in New York at Pratt Institute
Pratt Institute
Pratt Institute is a private art college in New York City located in Brooklyn, New York, with satellite campuses in Manhattan and Utica. Pratt is one of the leading undergraduate art schools in the United States and offers programs in Architecture, Graphic Design, History of Art and Design,...
, earning a MFA in painting and masters in art history. During graduate school, Lindquist was a research intern at the Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Modern Art
The Museum of Modern Art is an art museum in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, on 53rd Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It has been important in developing and collecting modernist art, and is often identified as the most influential museum of modern art in the world...
. He also worked as an assistant for the artist Ryan McGinness
Ryan McGinness
Ryan McGinness is an American artist, living and working in Manhattan, New York. He grew up in the surf and skate culture of Virginia Beach, Virginia, and then studied at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as an...
. Lindquist's work primarily addresses landscape as a memorial, presently documenting parts of former industrial Brooklyn as they are developed into luxury condos in Williamsburg
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Williamsburg is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, bordering Greenpoint to the north, Bedford-Stuyvesant to the south, Bushwick to the east and the East River to the west. The neighborhood is part of Brooklyn Community Board 1. The neighborhood is served by the NYPD's 90th ...
and Red Hook
Red Hook, Brooklyn
Red Hook is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, USA. The neighborhood is part of Brooklyn Community Board 6. It is also the location where the transatlantic liner, the , docks in New York City.- History :...
. Recently, his work has encompassed the entropic in architecture, traveling to Tbilisi
Tbilisi
Tbilisi is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Mt'k'vari River. The name is derived from an early Georgian form T'pilisi and it was officially known as Tiflis until 1936...
, Georgia to research decay from the Soviet Union era. He is represented by the Elizabeth Harris Gallery in NY, NY.
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Critical Reception
- Wonderfully, Lindquist seems to be captivated by the possibilities and presences of painting as much as he is by any ideological drive, and he achieves a tense ambiguity as beauty and rue vie for control of his panoramic canvases. --Art in America
- Lindquist conveys the weird beauty of mounds of debris, weed-choked pavements, and walls covered in graffiti, over which cranes often loom like sci-fi apparitions. --ARTnews
- Greg Lindquist['s] cityscapes bring a Morandi-esque blur to subjects that recall Rackstraw Downes. -- artinfo.com
- Lindquist makes spooky paintings of industrial Brooklyn that capture the raw charm of the borough without the syrupy sentimentalism that so many have for spaces like the Williamsburg waterfront or desolate stretches of Red Hook. -- New York Press
Influenced by
- Frederic Jameson
- Donald JuddDonald JuddDonald Clarence Judd was an American artist associated with minimalism . In his work, Judd sought autonomy and clarity for the constructed object and the space created by it, ultimately achieving a rigorously democratic presentation without compositional hierarchy...
- Anselm KieferAnselm KieferAnselm Kiefer is a German painter and sculptor. He studied with Joseph Beuys and Peter Dreher during the 1970s. His works incorporate materials such as straw, ash, clay, lead, and shellac...
- Yves KleinYves KleinYves Klein was a French artist considered an important figure in post-war European art. He is the leading member of the French artistic movement of Nouveau réalisme founded in 1960 by the art critic Pierre Restany...
- Robert SmithsonRobert SmithsonRobert Smithson was an American artist famous for his land art.-Background and education:Smithson was born in Passaic, New Jersey and studied painting and drawing in New York City at the Art Students League of New York....
- Gordon Matta-ClarkGordon Matta-ClarkGordon Matta-Clark was an American artist best known for his site-specific artworks he made in the 1970s. He is famous for his "building cuts," a series of works in abandoned buildings in which he variously removed sections of floors, ceilings, and walls.-Life and work:Both of Gordon Matta-Clark's...
- Giorgio MorandiGiorgio MorandiGiorgio Morandi was an Italian painter and printmaker who specialized in still life. His paintings are noted for their tonal subtlety in depicting apparently simple subjects, which were limited mainly to vases, bottles, bowls, flowers, and landscapes.-Biography:Giorgio Morandi was born in Bologna...
- Fairfield PorterFairfield PorterFairfield Porter was an American painter and art critic. He was the brother of photographer Eliot Porter and the brother-in-law of federal Reclamation Commissioner Michael W. Straus....
- Luc TuymansLuc TuymansLuc Tuymans is a contemporary artist who lives and works in Antwerp, Belgium. Tuymans is considered one of the most influential painters working today. His signature figurative paintings transform mediated film, television, and print sources into examinations of history and memory.-Life:Tuymans...
One-person Exhibitions
2010"Nonpasts," Elizabeth Harris Gallery, NY, NY
2009
"Brooklyn Industry," Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY
2008
"Remembrance of Things Present," NC State University, College of Design, Raleigh, NC. Travels to Bethel University, St.Paul, MN.
"Industry," Elizabeth Harris Gallery, NY, NY.
2007
"To Brooklyn," McCaig-Welles Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
Awards and Residencies
- Milton & Sally Avery Foundations Grant (2009)
- 2008-09 Pollock-Krasner FoundationPollock-Krasner FoundationThe Pollock-Krasner Foundation was established in 1985 for the purpose of providing financial assistance to individual working artists of established ability. It was established at the bequest of Lee Krasner, who was an American abstract expressionist painter and the widow of fellow painter Jackson...
Grantee (2009) - Art Omi International Artists' Residency Participant, (2009)
Group exhibitions
2010- "Planet of Slums," curated by Omar Lopez-Chahoud and La Toya Frazier, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ (2010); traveled to Third Streaming, NY, NY (2011)
- "Frozen Moments: Architecture Speaks Back," Ministry of Transportation Project, organized by Laura Palmer Foundation (Poland), Tbilisi, Georgia
- "New Paintings," curated by Renne Bonvenzi, Stanley Wise Gallery, NY, NY
2009
- "Materia," collaborative, Co-organized by Suzanne Stroebe and Matthew Wilson, Cabinet Magazine
- „Varketili 3.4mr 425,“ Tbilisi, Georgia
- "Party at Chris's House," curated by Phong Bui, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2008
- "Urban Landscapes," Elizabeth Harris Gallery
2007
- "Site Matters: Brooklyn Represents" curated by Julie McKim and Lauren Dickens, BAC Gallery