Tom Gregg’s paintings are formal explorations of light, shadow, and geometry. Elegant and restrained in their color palette, the compositions at first glance seem simple. But further inspection reveals the absurd and occasionally ominous relationships between objects: a grenade nestled next to a delicate teacup, apples and unlit cigarettes in clean ashtrays, a turnip cheekily joining elegant citrus fruit. Gregg is a master of understated compositions that benefit from careful inspection.
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EDUCATION
1987 MFA in Painting/Printmaking, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT
1981 BFA in Printmaking, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 Billis Williams Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (upcoming)
2019 FACTS, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2016 New Paintings, George Billis Gallery, NY
2014 New Paintings, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2013 Unsold: Grenades, Cute Animals, and Bad Apples, Dykes Library Gallery, Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
2012 New Paintings, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2011 Recent Paintings, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2009 Life/Like, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2006 Knots and Unknowns, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2003 New Paintings, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2001 New Paintings, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
1999 Apples And Oranges, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
1996 Him, Her, and Other Paintings, The Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 San Francisco Art Fair with Billis Williams Gallery, Seattle, WA
2023 Seattle Art Fair with Billis Williams Gallery, Seattle, WA
2022 Seattle Art Fair with Billis Williams Gallery, Seattle, WA
2022 OBJECTS: Tom Gregg, Randall W.L. Mooers, and Richard Parker, Billis Williams Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2022 Seattle Art Fair with Billis Williams Gallery, Seattle, WA
2017 A Surrender Against Reality, University of Missouri Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
2017 Still Life Winter Collective, Weinberger Fine Art, Kansas City, MO
2017 International Contemporary Furniture Fair, Jacob Javits Center, NY, NY
2016 Chlorine, All is Fair Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2015 Summer Group Exhibition, George Billis NY
2015 Red Dot Art Fair, Miami
2013 Indelible Impressions: The Politics of the Social in Contemporary Art, Fort Wayne Museum of Fine Art, Fort Wayne, Indiana
2013 Colorful Antics, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2012 21st Century Still Life: The Painted Image, Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, Maryland
2012 Color Country: 3 Artists, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, Missouri
2011 Sosabeol International Art Expo, Flame Show 2011, Seoul, South Korea
2011 The Dining Room Project, Kansas City Jewish Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
2010 The Things Themselves, Pelham Art Center, New York, NY
2006 The Peninsula Show, Carl Schlosberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Go Figure 2005, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2005 Winter Group Exhibition, George Billis Gallery LA, Los Angeles, CA
2004 The Peninsula Show 2004, Carl Schlosberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
2004 Inaugural Group Exhibition, George Billis Gallery LA, Los Angeles, CA
2003 The Peninsula Show 2003, Carl Schlosberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
2002 Out of the Nursery, Byron Cohen Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2002 Invitational Group Exhibition, D’Lan Contemporary ArtSpace, Brisbane, Australia
2001 Post Realism, The Dirt Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2000 Charlotte Street Fund Exhibition, Kansas City Artists Coalition, Kansas City, MO
2000 Dealer’s Choice, Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI
1999 Works by Tom Gregg, Art and Design Gallery, Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, MO
1998 Summer Group Exhibition, Katarina Rich Perlow Gallery, New York, NY
1998 The Art Exchange Show, 2 Broadway, New York, NY
1997 National Juried Exhibition, First Street Gallery, New York, NY
1997 Group Exhibition, The Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO
1996 Summer Painting Exhibition, Dorry Gates Gallery, Kansas City, MO
1995 The Chautauqua National Exhibition of American Art, Chautauqua Art Association, Chautauqua, NY
1995 The Halpert Biennial National Exhibition, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
AWARDS
2000 Year 2000 Grant, Charlotte Street Fund, Kansas City, MO
1994 M-AAA/NEA Visual Arts Fellowship Award, In Recognition of Outstanding Artistic Achievement in Painting
1992 Summer Faculty Fellowship, Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, MO
1992 Residency at The Yaddo Colony, Saratoga Springs, NY
1987 The Elizabeth Canfield Hicks Award, Yale University, New Haven, CT
1984 Residency at The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH
WORKS IN COLLECTIONS
American Century Companies, Kansas City, MO
BlueCross BlueShield, Kansas City, MO
Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum, LaGrange, GA
Evansville Museum of Arts & Science, Evansville, IN
Federal Reserve Bank, Kansas City, MO
Hallmark Fine Arts Collection, Kansas City, MO
Harvard University, Boston, MA
H&R Block Corporate Collection, Kansas City, MO
Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS
Pfizer Corporation, New York, NY
Sasktel Corporation, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Sprint Corporate Collection, Overland Park, KS
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1996-2002 Drawing and Painting, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
1989-1994 Assistant Professor, Drawing, Painting, Intaglio Printmaking and 2-Dimensional Design, Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, MO
1988-1989 Drawing Resource Instructor, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
1987 Drawing Instructor, B.F.A. Foundation Program, Portland School of Art, Portland, ME
RELATED EXPERIENCE
2003 Curated 2 Group Exhibitions, The Bank Gallery/Urban Culture Project, Kansas City, MO
1998-2001 Curated 12 Group Exhibitions, Old Post Office Space, Kansas City, MO
1990, 1993 Manuscript Reviewer, Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, Inc.