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ABOUT
THE ARTIST
Greg Ragland
For the past two decades, Greg has explored a range of media and styles, resulting in a unique, exciting and contemporary body of work. His portfolio includes painting, sculpture and mixed-media pieces, all of which incorporate the human form, movement and innovative expression. The artist’s most recent pieces (a collection of paintings, digital images and sculptures) are on display at the Phoenix gallery, located in Park City, Utah.
Greg grew up in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He studied architecture at Arizona State University, received his BFA from Art Center College of Design and his MFA from the University of Utah. Prior to settling in Park City, Utah in 1990, Greg worked as an artist and designer in Los Angeles and New York City
ARTIST STATEMENT
My work is figurative. It is intended to reveal both physical space and mental places. It deals with the complexities of thoughts, ideas, feelings, and emotions that get compartmentalized. The images I create use lines and shapes to symbolize containers our bodies are placed in, from conception to eternity. There is a hint at the landscape to ground the figure in a picture plane. My paintings are mixed media, using embedded paper, drawings, and acrylic paint. The sculptures are resin and bronze with the originals created in wax or clay. My work has a symbiotic relationship; the paintings influence the sculptures as the sculptures direct the paintings.
BIOGRAPHY
Born
1958 Augusta, GA
Education
2003 MFA, University of Utah
1982 BFA Art Center College of Design
1979 Arizona State University, Architecture Major
Gallery Exhibitions
2003-2006 Phoenix Gallery, Park City, UT
2001-2002 Fables Fine Art Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
2001-1999 Old Town Fine Art Gallery, Park City, UT
Selected Shows
2005 Bountiful Art Center
2004 Solo Show “My Other Place” Finch Lane Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
2003 "Simulations of Input" Kimball Art Center, Park City, UT-Solo Show
“Art Against Amendment 3” Karrick Building, SLC, UT
“Investigation of Self” Alvin Gittins Gallery, SLC, UT
“Investigation of Self” University of the West of England, Bristol, UK
“Investigation of Self” Camberwell College of Art, the London Institute, UK
“Utah 2002 Painting Sculpture Exhibition” Kimball Art Center, Park City UT.
Master of Fine Art Thesis Preview Exhibition, Alvin Gittins Gallery, SLC, UT
Gittins Gallery, University Of Utah
“Celebrating The Human Form” Fables Fine Art Gallery, UT
2000 Hahn Ross Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1999 “Secret Society of Dog Art” Random Gallery, Los Angles, CA.
Other
2005 Projection Director for "Hedwig and The Angry Inch" Plan-B Theatre Company, UT
2003 Projection Director for "Hedwig and The Angry Inch" Plan-B Theatre Company, UT
"Moose On The Loose” Public art project Park City, UT
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