Abby Gregg

Interdisciplinary Artist and Art Educator

 www.abbygregg.com  agregg@alumni.sfai.edu @abbygregg  678-491-0228 

Education:

  • MFA in Studio Art from the San Francisco Art Institute (2018)

  • BFA in Painting from the University of Georgia (2016)

  • BFA in Art Education from the University of Georgia (2016)

Awards:

  • Received Outstanding Graduate Student Award, San Francisco Art Institute, 2018

  • Received Renowned Edwin Anthony & Adalaine Boudraux Cadogan Scholarship award, San Francisco, CA, 2017

  • First Alternate for Graduate Fellowship Award, Headlands Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA, 2018

  • Finalist for Tournesol award, Headlands Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA, 2018

Exhibitions: 

  • Invisible Monument / Secret Memorial 

    • Group exhibition in San Francisco, CA July 2022

  • Collective Nouns 

    • MSU Denver faculty exhibition Center for Visual Art, Denver, CO, June 2022

  • Decorator Crab, Solo Exhibition 

    • Pirate Contemporary Art, May 2022

  • Solo Exhibition at Matchbox, Denver CO February 2022

  • SHARP GRIEF / SOFT BLOOM  

    • 2 person show at Pirate Contemporary Art, with Alishya Swenning. Curated by Abby Gregg, May 2021

  • Hotel commission for NineDotArts, 15 large scale paintings installed May 2021

  • Connective Tissue, Solo Exhibition 

    •  Pirate Contemporary Art, August 2020, Denver CO, 2020

  • I Cannot Heave My Heart Into My Mouth

    • CU Denver faculty and staff exhibition at the Emmanuel Gallery, Denver CO. January 2020

  • Amoebic Currents, Solo Exhibition

    •  Pirate Contemporary Art, Denver. June 2019

  • TheArtProject pop-up exhibition, Denver CO, June 2019

  • REACH Gala, Denver CO, May 2019

  • ArtSpeak collaborative poetry and painting exhibition, Boulder, CO, April 2019

  • Solo Exhibition of small works at Pirate Contemporary Art, Denver, CO, January 2019

  • Open Book Show V, Root Division Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2018, Fall 2018

  • Fantastical group show at 40 West Gallery, Denver, CO, Fall 2018

  • Solo exhibition of works at Lowdown Brewery, Denver, CO, Fall 2018

  • SFAI MFA Exhibition, Fort Mason, San Francisco, Spring 2018

  • Anxious/Sublime courtyard exhibition at the San Francisco Art Institute, Spring 2018

  • Animations projected on stage for Of Montreal’s National tours, 2017 & 2018

  • Created a music video for Portland-based band, Reptaliens, 2018

  • Open Book Show IV Pop Up at Fort Mason Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA, Fall 2017

  • Open Book Show III at the Bryant Street Studios, San Francisco, CA, Fall 2017

  • Open Book Show II at the Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Fall 2017

  • SFAI TWR radio show: Live radio music performance, Fall 2017

  • Material Translations group exhibition at the Diego Rivera Gallery

  • Murphy Cadogan Award Show, SOMArts, San Francisco, CA, 2017

  • Solo Show at Southern Pacific Brewery, San Francisco, CA 2017

  • Portals Group Show at the Swell Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2017

  • SFAI Gala Courtyard Exhibition, San Francisco, CA, 2017

  • SFAI Gala sound Performance in The Original Disruptor Art Bar, San Francisco, CA, 2017

  • On Blue at Swell Gallery, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA, 2017

  • Future Conscious, at the Laundry Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2017

  • 10 Second Works Show at the Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2016

  • The Open Book Show at the Swell Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2016

  • Young at Art exhibition at Ferrari Fine Art, Atlanta, GA, 2016

  • Chain Reaction Group Exhibition at Hotel Indigo. Athens, GA, January, 2016 

  • Solo Exhibition at Health Science Campus, University of Georgia, January 2016 

  • Group Exhibition at Lumpkin Street Station, November, 2015 

  • Group Exhibition at Creature Comforts Brewery, November, 2015 

  • University of Georgia BFA group exit show, October, 2015 

  • Rowdy Dowdy Exhibition, Athens, GA, December, 2014 

  • La Mostra group exhibition: Cortona, Italy, 2014 

  • Brock Gordon's Car Show/ Art Show, group show, Spring, 2013 

  • Spotlight on the Arts at the UGA school of art, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 

Exhibitions as a part of Resolana Artist Collective:

  • The Emergency Has Been Everyday, Untitled Art Fair, San Francisco, CA. January 2019

  • OJALÁ group exhibition, Carlsbad Museum and Art Center, Carlsbad, New Mexico. 2018

  • The Emergency Has Been Everyday, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA. 2018




Public Art Works: 

  • Facilitated a collaborative mural project for high school students through CU Denver Lynx Camp, Installed at Urban Peak, Denver. Summer 2021

  • Facilitated a collaborative mural project for high school students through CU Denver Lynx Camp, Installed at Denver Public Libraries.  Summer 2020

  • Painted a permanent mural at Pirate Contemporary Art, Summer 2019

  • Painted a collaborative mural at San Francisco Art Institute, 2017

  • Created a collaborative clay tile mural permanently installed in University of Georgia ceramics building, 2015

  • Facilitated a collaborative clay tile mural of children's art permanently installed in front of elementary school in Cortona, Italy, 2014

Work Highlighted in Publications: 

  • Everyday Apocalypse Zine, Volume 1, 2021

  • Actual Favorite Meadow, Volume 1, digital mixtape 2021

  • Strike While the Ink is Hot Zine, Volume I & II, 2020

  • Work published in Fall issue of InterimPoetics literary magazine, including cover art. 2018

  • Work highlighted in an article about SFAI Fort Mason’s residency program, 2018

  • Artbusiness online publication, Write-up about Murphy Cadogan Awards Show. 2017

  • Emergent Art Space online publication, Write-up about Murphy Cadogan Awards show. 2017 

  • Stillpoint Literary Magazine: Article written about my work. 2016 

  • The Red and Black student newspaper: Article about UGA collaborative public clay mural. 2014

  • Infusion Multicultural Magazine: Created eight illustrations. 2014 & 2015 

Teaching Experience/ Community Arts Education Work:

  • Adjunct Painting Professor at CU Denver (Ongoing since 2019)

  • Adjunct faculty in 2D foundations, MSU Denver (Ongoing since 2020)

  • Facilitated Community Mural Project for Urban Peak, shelter for youth experiencing homelessness (Volunteer)

Fall 2022

  • Summer 2022 Artist in Residence at Children’s Museum of Denver, Marsico Campus

  • Lynx Camp “Mural Creations” Instructor

CU Denver, Summer 2020, Summer 2021, Summer 2022

  • Clay Technician at the Denver Children’s Museum, Marsico Campus, August 2018-August 2019

  • Teaching Assistant for Ceramics/ Fabrication 1, San Francisco Art Institute, 2018

  • Teaching Assistant for Drawing 2, San Francisco Art Institute, 2017

  • Teacher. Art classes for 3 to 12-year-olds at Treehouse Kid and Craft, Athens, GA. April 2014 to August 2016.

  • Student-Teacher. Oglethorpe Middle School, 2016

  • Student-Teacher. Oglethorpe High School, 2016

  • Student-Teacher. Chase Street Elementary School, 2016

  • Teacher. Painting class at my home for the Athens Free School, Athens, GA. Fall 2015.

  • Teacher. Painting classes to adults at Uptown Art, Athens, GA, August 2014- May 2015

  • Volunteer Art teacher. Georgia Museum of Art, 2014

  • Volunteer Teacher. Planned and taught Art classes to an Italian-speaking 1st grade class, Cortona, Italy. Spring 2014. 

  • Volunteer Assistant Teacher. Ian Philpot's elementary Art class at Zurich International School, Zurich, Switzerland. May 2013.

  • Volunteer Assistant Teacher. After-school art program at Chase Street Elementary School, Athens, GA. Fall 2012. 

  • Volunteer Assistant Teacher. Lyndon House Arts Center, Athens, GA.

  • Assistant Teacher. Jordan Perry's art class at Clarke Middle School, Athens, GA. Spring 2012.

  • Assistant Teacher. Children's art classes at the Lyndon House Arts Center, Athens, GA, Summer 2012.