Cynthia Greig
Artist Bio Artist Work
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In the series entitled Representations, Cynthia Greig toys with the “concept of photographic truth and its correspondence to perceived reality.” To construct an image, the artist selects an object and “whitewashes” it with paint—occasionally leaving remnants of its natural color—and then draws an outline onto it. Finally, she photographs the muted subject in color. Greig calls these creations “photographic documents of three-dimensional drawings.”
Greig is concerned with the coexistence of contradictions and marking the moment when apparent realities collide. Greig’s photographs explore the exchange of influence between perception and experience, and the camera’s role in negotiating what is considered reality.
Using properties inherent in the camera’s lens and photographic file rather than digital manipulation, the artist creates images that investigate how information can infiltrate the consciousness, occupy memory and affect the understanding of the world that we live in. Greig’s photography ultimately questions the perceptual assumptions that define and limit experience.
Cynthia Greig lives and works in metropolitan Detroit. Her photographs, installations and videos have been exhibited in museums and galleries both in the US and abroad including the Alternative Museum in New York, Boston Center for the Arts, San Francisco Camerawork, Houston Center for Photography, SPACES Gallery in Cleveland, Gallery 44, Centre for Contemporary Photography in Toronto, Art Gallery of Windsor in Canada, Focal Point Gallery in England, Centro Cultural Recoleta in Buenos Aires, Foto Arte Brasilia and Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin.
Her work is held in the public collections of the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, George Eastman House, Museum of Contemporary Photograpy, Chicago, Light Work, Samuel Dorsky Museum in New Paltz NY, Seattle Arts Commission, as well as numerous private collections throughout North and South America and Europe. She is the recipient of several awards, most recently having been selected as one of four runners up for the 2007 Aperture Portfolio Prize. Prior awards include the Santa Fe Center for Photography’s Assignment Earth Award (2004), the Houston Center for Photography Fellowship (2003), and an artist residency at Light Work (2001).
Selected Solo and Two-person Exhibitions
2010
Witzenhausen Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Clark Gallery, Linclon, MA
DNJ Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008
UNO Art Space, Stuttgart GERMANY
Wall Space Gallery, Seattle WA
Clark Gallery, Staged, Lincoln, MA
2007
Museo de la Fotografia, Santa Fe, ARGENTINA
Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
FOTO ARTE, Brasilia, BRAZIL
Nicole Fiacco Gallery, Hudson NY
Casa de la Cultura, Salta ARGENTINA
2006
Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA
Cabildo de la Ciudad, NIU Festival, Córdoba, ARGENTINA
2005
San Francisco Camerawork, San Francisco
2003
Focal Point Gallery, Southend-on-Sea ENGLAND
Margaret Harvey Gallery, St. Albans ENGLAND
Weitman Gallery of Photographic Arts, St. Louis, MO
Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario CANADA
2002
Moreau Art Galleries, St. Mary’s College, Notre Dame, IN
Museum of Art, SUNY-Potsdam, NY
2001
Gallery 44, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Toronto CANADA
Urban Institute for Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI
Selected Group Exhibitions
2009
The Butcher’s Daughter, Ferndale, MI The Trace of Archive and Memory
Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, COMPLICITY: Contemporary Photography and the Matter of Sculpture (with Ginny Cook, Igor Eskinja, Daniel Gordon, Cynthia Greig, Chris Jones and Vik Muniz)
Esther M. Klein Art Gallery, University Science Center, Philadellphia PA The Vitreous: Of Eyes and Optics
Eastern Michigan University Art Gallery, Ypsilanti, MI The Elements of Photography
Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA Works on Paper
2008
Museum of New Art, Pontiac MI Early in the 21st Century
Clark Gallery, Lincoln MA Staged
Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington DE Philadelphia Collects Works on Paper
John Jellico Gallery, Denver CO Elements of Photography
2007
Forest City Gallery, London Ontario CANADA, Stranger than Fiction - The Delicate Art of Faking History
Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL Relative Closeness: Portraits of Family & Friends
Wall Space Gallery, Seattle, WA In a New Direction
Catalyst Arts, Belfast IRELAND Trauma Interrupted: The Felt Experience Project
Tower Fine Arts Gallery, SUNY Brockport, NY, Not Right: Artists Alter Natural Schemes
2006
The Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI Humor and Art
Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA After
OPENSOURCE ART, Champaign, IL, Spectacles of the Real
2005
South Bend Regional Art Museum, South Bend, IN. Biennial 23
The Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY Reality Show
2004
Harvestworks, NY, NY Whiz Bang: Videos by Emerging Artists
RedCat Theater, Disney Hall, Los Angeles, CA, LA Freewaves How Can You Resist? Inheritance
Grande Halle de la Villette, Paris FRANCE, Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin
Gallery 44, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Toronto Of Kith and Kin
Houston Center for Photography, Houston TX Truth Matters: The Meaning of Objects
2003
International Center for Photography, New York, NY Only Skin Deep: Changing Visions of the American Self ONLINE EXHIBITION
Center for Photography, Woodstock, NY Managing Eden
Warren Robbins Gallery, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor The Playground Show
SPACES, Cleveland, OH Selections: John Benevuto, Peter Dudek, Cynthia Greig, Cathy Smith, Lorraine Tady
2002
Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, OH The Photographic Edge
Buckham Gallery, Flint, MI Black or White
Museum of New Art, Detroit, MI Ground Zero
Institute of Contemporary Art, London, ENGLAND After Dolly: Art, Science and Ethics
ORGANIZED BY THE COMPASSION FOR WORLD FARMING TRUST AND LITTORAL ARTS
2001
University Art Gallery, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI The Truth of Appearances: Cynthia Greig,
Michael Hernandez de Luna & Peter Patchen
Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, AZ ArtCultureNature
Penelec Gallery, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA Apocalypse Noir
2000
Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI Bounded Intervals: Michele Brody, Cynthia Greig, Sheila Moss & John Roloff
Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, IL Curator's Choice