Greg Colson is an American artist whose work is marked by a jarringly direct commingling of material and conceptual elements. In his constructions, precisely rendered systems are disrupted and contradicted by the contexts they are placed in. By drawing out the poetry and humor in our social patterns, Colson seems to suggest there are limits to – and hazards inherent in – our obsession with efficiency, data, and analysis of every kind. Raised in Bakersfield, California, Colson lives and works in Los Angeles.
Colson’s art has been the subject of over 40 solo exhibitions internationally, including Sperone Westwater (New York, USA), Craig Krull Gallery (Los Angeles, USA), Konrad Fischer Gallery (Dusseldorf, Germany), Cardi Gallery (Milan, Italy), Gian Enzo Sperone (Rome, Italy), Sprovieri (London, England), Thomas Park Gallery (Seoul, South Korea), Baldwin Gallery (Aspen, CO., USA), William Griffin Gallery (Los Angeles, USA), Kunsthalle Lophem (Bruges, Belgium), Krannert Art Museum (Urbana-Champaign, IL., USA), and the Lannan Museum (Lake Worth, FL., USA). Colson’s work is in collections throughout the United States and Europe, including the Whitney Museum of American Art (New York), Museum of Modern Art (New York), Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (Washington, D.C.), Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles), Getty Research Institute (Los Angeles), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Panza Collection (Varese, Italy), Sammlung Rosenkranz (Berlin, Germany), and Moderna Museet (Stockholm, Sweden).
Born 1956, Seattle, WA.
EDUCATION
BA, California State University, Bakersfield, CA
MFA, Claremont Graduate School, CA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Thomas Park Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
National Arts Club, New York, N.Y.
2019 Galerie Norbert Arns, Cologne, Germany
Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.
2018 Galerie Norbert Arns, Cologne, Germany
2017 Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.
2016 Thomas Park Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2014 Binder Gallery, Marfa, TX.
2013 Patrick Painter Inc., Santa Monica, CA.
2012 Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, CO.
Patrick Painter Inc., Santa Monica, CA.
2010 William Griffin Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.
2008 Griffin, Santa Monica, CA.
2007 Griffin, Santa Monica, CA.
2006 Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, CO.
2005 Griffin Contemporary, Santa Monica, CA.
2004 Griffin Contemporary, Santa Monica, CA.
2002 Sprovieri, London, England
Art Affairs, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, CO.
2001 Sperone Westwater, New York, N.Y.
Cardi Gallery, Milan, Italy
Griffin Contemporary, Venice, CA.
1999 John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Gian Enzo Sperone, Rome, Italy
Griffin Contemporary, Venice, CA.
1998 Milleventi, Milan, Italy
Griffin Contemporary, Venice, CA.
1997 Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.
1996 Krannert Art Museum, Urbana-Champaign, IL.
Jill Thayer Gallery, Bakersfield, CA.
1995 Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.
1994 Kunsthalle Lophem, Bruges, Belgium
Sperone Westwater, New York, N.Y.
1993 Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.
1992 Gian Enzo Sperone, Rome, Italy
1991 Konrad Fischer, Dusseldorf, Germany
Sperone Westwater, New York, N.Y.
1990 Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.
Sperone Westwater, New York, N.Y.
1988 Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.
Lannan Museum, Lake Worth, FL.
1987 Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.