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Gregory Grenon    Images  |  Bio

Born: Detroit, MI, 1948

EDUCATION

Wolverine Trade School; welding 1972
Wayne State University; printmaking (lithography, etching) 1969-1971
Center for Creative Studies, Society of Arts and Crafts, Detroit, MI; printmaking (lithography) 1968-1970
Highland Park, Michigan, Junior College; Associate’s Degree in English Literature 1967-1968
Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI; Business, English Literature 1966-1967

AWARDS

The Espy Foundation, Artist in Residence, Oysterville, WA 2005
‘Hot Shop,” Artist-in-Residence, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA 2006
The Vivian and Gordon Gilkey Center for Graphic Art, Portland Art Museum, commission for print 1999
AirTouch Cellular, commission for print 1998
ArtFair Seattle, commission for limited edition print and poster 1996
Beaverton Showcase, Beaverton Arts Commission Award for Best of Show, Painting 1995
National Endowment for the Arts, Visual Arts Fellowship, Painting 1992
Oregon Arts Commission Individual Fellowship Award 1984-1985
All Oregon Art Annual, Oregon State Fair, Painting Prize 1982

ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS

“Coloring Temperament,” Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2008
“Unspeakable Hair,” Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2008
“The Art in the Governor’s Office Exhibition Series,” Salem, OR 2008
“Muse,” Friesen Gallery, Sun Valley, ID 2008
“Questioning Your Path,” William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA 2007
“Life is an Awkward Dance,” Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2007
“Love and Consequence,” Friesen Gallery, Sun VAllery, ID 2007
“Uncertainty of a Dream,” Habatat Galleries Chicago, Chicago, IL 2006
“Tell the Truth,” William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA 2006
"Appearance," The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2005
“Horses and Heroes,” Friesen Gallery, Ketchum, ID 2005
"Understand What Is Going On," William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA 2004
“Extreme Probity,” Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2004
“The Perfect Compromise,” Heller Gallery, New York, NY 2004
“Anything that Suits Me,” Friesen Gallery, Sun Valley, ID 2004
“Ball, Bat and Glove,” Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA 2003
"Baseball is Second Only to Death," The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2003
“Extreme Company,” William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA 2003
“Confidence,” The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2002
Heller Gallery, New York, NY 2002
“Looking Glass Writing,” William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA 2001
“Intentions/ Intrusions,” Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA 2001
“Character: Standing, Sitting, Prone,” The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2000
“Heads Up: Gregory Grenon,” Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA 2000
“New American Landscape,” The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 1999
“Other Americans,” William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA 1999
Drawings on Glass, The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 1998
“Translucence,” Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, Great Falls, MT 1998
“Learning to Fly,” Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum, ID 1998
“Memories and Regrets, Fits, Fears and Anguish, Nightmares, Angers, Neuroses,” William Traver Gallery,
Seattle, WA 1998
“Descriptive Mentality,” The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 1997
“Making Pictures,” Rena Haveson Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA 1996
“Reflexions,” William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA 1996
“Two Words: Emotion. Beauty.,” Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum, ID 1996
“Disorder in the Dress (The Bad Girls Are Back),” The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 1996
“Planting the Seeds,” Guistina Gallery, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 1996
“dirtywhitegirls,” William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA 1995, 1996
“Small Works,” The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 1995
“We Are Not Here To Kill You,” Jamison/Thomas Gallery, Portland, OR 1994
“First Lessons in Life,” Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA 1994
“Everything Unknown is Grand,” Gasperi Gallery, New Orleans, LA 1994
“The Unidentified Woman,” William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA 1993
“Emotion Precedes Thought,” Jamison/Thomas Gallery, Portland, OR 1993
“Deep Dark Motives,” Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA 1992
“The Woman Club,” Jamison/Thomas Gallery, Portland, OR 1992
“As Far As It Goes,” Jamison/Thomas Gallery, New York, NY 1992
“About Relationships,” William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA 1992
“Line, Color, Emotion,” Jamison/Thomas Gallery, Portland, OR 1991
“Moments,” Gasperi Gallery, New Orleans, LA 1991
“It's Against the Rules,” Jamison/Thomas Gallery, New York, NY 1990
“Simple Views,” Esther Sacks Gallery, Chicago, IL 1990
“Women on Women in Women,” William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA 1990
“Women as a Second Language,” Jamison/Thomas Gallery, Portland, OR 1990
“Certain Things,” Jamison/Thomas Gallery, New York, NY 1989
“White Women,” Jamison/Thomas Gallery, Portland, OR 1988
“Recent Work,” Jamison/Thomas Gallery, New York, NY 1988
“Paintings and Screens,” Traver Sutton Gallery, Seattle, WA 1988
Jamison/Thomas Gallery, Portland, OR 1987
Jamison/Thomas Gallery, New York, NY 1987
“Traveling Show and Growing Up,” Jamison/Thomas Gallery, Portland, OR 1986
The Fountain Gallery of Art, Portland, OR 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986
Traver-Sutton Gallery, Seattle, WA 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986
“Documents Northwest: The PONCHO Series,” Seattle Art Museum, WA 1984
Donnally/Hayes Gallery, Seattle, WA 1984
Portland State University, Portland, OR 1979

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 1997, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008
“Art in Embassies Program,” American Embassy in Malta 2005-2008
Habatat Gallery, Chicago, IL 2007
Condon Biennial, Condon, OR 2007
“14 Years, 14 Artists: Mahaffey Fine Art,” Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR 2006-2007
“20th Anniversary Group Show,” The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2006
“2006 Sitka Art Invitational,” Sitka Center for Art & Ecology, World Forestry Center, Portland, OR 2006
“Partners: Considerations Rather Than Constraints,” Kirkland Art Center, Kirkland, WA 2005
"Second Annual World Glass Exhibition," William Traver Gallery, Tacoma, WA 2005
“Northwest Biennial: Buildingwise,” Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA 2004
“Medium Rare,” Friesen Gallery, Sun Valley, ID 2003
“fresh,” Heller Gallery, New York, NY 2003
William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA 1999, 2003
Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum, ID 1999, 2003
“ArtSlate,” Condon, OR 2003
“10 Years,” Mark Woolley Gallery, Portland, OR 2003
“Glass America, Red, White and Blue,” Heller Gallery, New York, NY 2002
“Northwest Notables,” Mirror Pond Gallery, Bend, OR 2002
“15th Anniversary Group Show,” The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2001
“COCA NW Annual,” Seattle, WA 2001
“Glass America,” Heller Gallery, New York, NY 2001
“Art Slate 2001,” Condon, OR; invitational, juror Henry Sayre 2001
“Perspective and Perception,” L&B Viewing Room, Portland, OR 2001
“The Glass Canvas,” Heller Gallery, New York, NY 2001
“Husbands and Wives,” Kittredge Gallery, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA 2001
“Celebrating Northwest Women,” Rogue River College, OR 2001
“Go Figure! The Human Form in Contemporary Art,” Bush Barn, Salem, OR 2001
“Whole/Hole,” L&B Viewing Room, Portland, OR 2000
“Open Walls,” Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland, OR 2000
Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA 1999
Bassett Auditorium, Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, NM 1999
ArtSpace-Lima, Lima, OH 1999
“Prints and Drawings,” The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 1998
“Return to Belltown,” William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA 1998
“People” Group Exhibition AirTouch Cellular Employee Development Center, Bellevue, WA 1997
“for/by/about women,” Morgan Mendelson contemporary glass gallery, Pittsburgh, PA 1997
“The Mane Event,” Ann Reed Gallery, Ketchum, ID 1996
“The Box,” Bonakeane Gallery, Portland, OR 1996
“Choice Picks,” Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA 1996
“The Tool Show,” Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, OR 1996
“One Year Later: Work by Washington Park Fences Project Artists, ”Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR 1996
Sandy Carson Gallery, Denver, CO 1996
“Husbands and Wives,” Raleigh Gallery, Boca Raton, FL 1996
Washington Park Fences Project, Tri-Met's Westside MAX and The Regional Arts &
Culture Council, Portland, OR (catalogue) (Collaboration with Mary Josephson) 1995-1996
“The Land,” Biennial Exhibition, Tacoma Art Museum, WA 1995
Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR 1995
“Dresses,” Jamison Thomas Gallery, Portland, OR 1995
“Women's Art Triennial,” Maude Kerns Center, Eugene, OR 1995
“Inaugural Exhibition in Our New Space,” Esther Sacks Gallery, Chicago, IL 1994
“1994 Pacific Northwest Annual,” Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA 1994
“Public Encounters,” Bush Barn Art Center, Salem, OR 1994
“Showcase '93,” Beaverton Arts Commission, Beaverton, OR 1993
“Art Cologne '92,” Cologne, Germany, courtesy of Lafayette-Parke Gallery, New York/San Francisco 1992
“The Human Condition,” Spokane Center Gallery, Eastern Washington State University, Spokane, WA 1992
“On a Small Scale,” Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA 1992
“Faces: Group Invitational Exhibit,” Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA 1992
Recent Works By Selected Gallery Artists, Esther Sacks Fine Art, LTD., Chicago, IL 1992
“Spirit of the West: A Celebration of the Arts,” West One Bank, traveling exhibition, (Oregon, Idaho,
Washington); Kristin Poole, Curator 1992
Oregon Biennial, Oregon Art Institute, Portland, OR 1991
“Sum of the Parts,” Jamison/Thomas Gallery, Portland, OR 1991
“The Art of the Print, Rembrandt to Warhol: Acquisitions from the Gordon Gilkey Curatorial Years,”
Portland Art Museum, OR 1991
“Outside Boston,” Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA 1991
“PDX-CVO,” Fairbanks Gallery, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 1991
“Contemporary West Coast Sculpture,” Jamison/Thomas Gallery, Portland, OR 1990
Artquake, Portland, OR, juried by Peter Plagens 1990
“Faces, Figures, Gestures, and Signs,” Oregon Art Institute, Portland, OR 1990
“Portraits of Women,” Gasperi Gallery, New Orleans, LA 1990
“The Art of the Contemporary Triptych,” Jamison/Thomas Gallery, New York, NY 1990
Oregon Biennial, Oregon Art Institute, Portland, OR 1989
Artquake, Portland, OR, juried by Mary Beebe 1989
“Face to Face,” Esther Sacks Gallery, Chicago, IL 1989
“Sum of the Parts,” Jamison/Thomas Gallery, New York, NY 1988, 1989
“Small Works,” Esther Sacks Gallery, Chicago, IL 1988
Artquake, Portland, OR, juried by Patterson Sims 1988
“Northwest Expressionism,” Museum of Art, Washington State University, Pullman, WA;
Schneider Museum, Ashland, OR, and Portland Art Museum, OR 1987-1988
“Northwest '87,” Seattle Art Museum, WA 1987
“Oregon, Washington Juried Exhibition of Art,” Maryhill Museum of Art, Goldendale, WA 1987
“Tenth Annual Small Works,” New York University, NY 1986
“The Small Works Show,” B. A. C. A., juried by Geno Rodriguez, Brooklyn, NY 1986
“Ninth Annual Exhibition,” University of California, Los Angeles Printmaking Society,
Greenwald Center for the Graphic Arts, Wright Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1986
“Portland Painting Now,” Marylhurst College, Portland, OR 1985
“Figuration; New Image,” The Fountain Gallery, Portland, OR 1985
Oregon Biennial, Portland Art Museum, OR 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985
“The City as Collector,” Seattle Art Museum, WA 1984
“Sapporo–Portland Goodwill Print Exhibition,” Portland State University, OR & Sapporo, Japan 1984
“Erotica '84,” Northwest Artists Workshop, Portland, OR 1984
“Coast Show,” Public Image, New York, NY 1984
Artquake, juried show, Portland, OR 1981, 1983, 1984
“Small Works National ‘83,” Zaner Gallery, Rochester, NY 1983
“Selected Works of Contemporary Art from the Permanent Collection,” Portland Art Museum, OR 1983
“Art Since Century Twenty-One,” Bumbershoot Festival, Seattle, WA 1983
“Los Angeles Print Society Invitational,” El Camino College, Torrance, CA 1983
“Big as Life,” Marylhurst Education Center, Marylhurst, OR 1983
“Artworks: Seattle,” Bumbershoot Festival, Seattle Center, WA 1982
The Fountain Fine Arts, Seattle, WA 1982
Northwest Prints '82, Portland Art Museum, OR 1982
Printmaker's Annual, Mt. Hood Community College, Gresham, OR 1982
“Works on Paper,” Wentz Gallery, Portland, OR 1980, 1982
Summer Invitational: 10 Pacific Northwest Artists, Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR 1981
20th Anniversary Group Show, The Fountain Gallery of Art, Portland, OR 1981
“The Forsythe Saga,” Forsythe Building, Detroit, MI 1973

COLLECTIONS

Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID
Boly/Welch, Portland, OR
Claremont Hotel, Oakland, CA
Food in Bloom, Portland, OR
Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Willamette University, Salem, OR
Harsch Investments, Portland, OR
Hotel Lucia, Portland, OR
Hotel Max, Seattle, WA
Lannan Foundation, Palm Beach, FL
Merriwether Building East, Gerding / Edlen Development, Portland, OR
Metropolitan Arts Commission, Portland, OR
Microsoft, Redmond, WA
Oregon Arts Commission
Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR
New York Public Library, New York, NY
Perkins Coie, Portland, OR
Phias, Schmidt, Westerdahl. Portland, OR
Philbrook Museum, Tulsa, OK
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Safeco Corporation, Seattle, WA
Schnitzer Investment Corp., Portland, OR
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Seattle Arts Commission, Seattle, WA
Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
Washington State Arts Commission, Olympia, WA
Westin Portland Hotel, Portland, OR
PUBLICATIONS

art ltd. full color advertisement, September 2008, p. 31
Row, D.K. “Summer’s Here! Head out to the galleries, party people,” The Oregonian, July 3, 2008, pp. E1, E3
“Gregory Grenon: Laura Russo Gallery,” Red Dot Art Fair listing with color illustration, art ltd. West Coast Art +
Design, November 2007, p. 90
“Gregory Grenon: Question Your Path,” catalogue, William Traver Gallery, 2007
Row, D.K., “Art scene in full bloom,” The Oregonian, April 5. 2007, pp. E1. E3
“Exhibition Calendar: Laura Russo Gallery,” April 2007. Vol. 38, Issue 3. p. 11
“Watching You Grow Up ~ Friesen Gallery,” The Wood River Journal, February 14, 2007, pp. G5, G8
Row, D.K. “On display: a passion for prints,” The Sunday Oregonian, December 24, 2006, p. O3
Dixon, Annette, Fourteen Artists / Fourteen Years: Mahaffey Fine Art, Exhibition Brochure and Essay, Portland
Art Museum, Vivian and Gordon Gilkey Center for Graphic Arts, 2006
Chandler, John, “20 Good Years,” Portland Monthly, October 2006, Volume 4, Issue 10, p. 189
Bordonaro, Molly, “Art in Embassies Program,” Catalog of artwork at US Embassy in Malta, April 2006,pp.8-9
Kangas, Matthew, “Through a Glass Darkly,”Glass Quarterly, Number 103: Summer 2006, pp. 28-32
Wagonfeld, Judy, “William Traver Exhibits show two strong but different faces of glass art,” Seattle Post
Intelligencer, March 24, 2006, www.seattlepi.nwsorce.com/visualart/264108_visual24.html
Raymond, Camella. “Rustic Redux, “ Portland Monthly, January 2006, p. 147
Norris, Molly, “Let’s Face the Easel & Dance,” ArtAccess, Volume 14, November 2005, No. 9, pp. 4-5
“Gregory Grenon: Appearance,” catalogue, Laura Russo Gallery,2005, essay by Judy Wagonfeld
Speer, Richard, “City Focus: Portland, Pacific Edge,” ArtNews, Volume 103, Number 9, October 2004. pp. 120-126
Wagonfeld, Judy, "Paintings on Glass Create Robust Characters," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Seattle, WA
September 24, 2004
Clayton, Alec, “Northwest Biennial: Buildingwise,” Art Access, Vol. 13 No. 6, July/August 2004, pp.10-11
Krajewski, Sara, "'Northwest Biennial: Buildingwise' at the Tacoma Art Museum," Artweek,
July/August 2004, p. 32
Row, D.K. "ArtsWeek's Radar, Visual Arts: Gregory Grenon," The Oregonian, April 11, 2004, p. E
Row, D.K. "Shows of Note: Gregory Grenon," The Oregonian, April 2, 2004, p. 27
McQuaid, Cate, “Over the Fence,” The Boston Globe, October 17, 2003 (review)
Jahn, Jeff, “Something to Prove,” Modern Painters, Spring 2003, pp. 44-46
Ramos, Nestor, “The Frame Game,” The Oregonian, October 27, 2002, p. D10
Row, D.K., “Critic’s Pick,” The Oregonian, October 3, 2002, p. E1
Portland Institute for Contemporary Art,” The Oregonian, September 15, 2002
McQuaid, Cate, “Grenon Puts Thorns, Roses of Femininity on Glass,” The Boston Globe, May 10, 2001, p. D5
Cowan, Ron, “Exposing the Human Form Through the Artists’ Influences, Statesman Journal,
Salem, OR, May 20, 2001
Hackett, Regina “Warehouse if Going Out with Artistic Flair,” Seattle Post-Intelligencer, May 25, 2001, p. 22
Hall, Christopher, “Portland’s New Space for Art of the Northwest,” The New York Times,” Oct. 8, 2000, p. 3
Row, D.K., “Keeping it Real,” The Oregonian, April 30, 1999, p. 70
Bonansinga, Kate, “On the Subject of Women,” Willamette Week, April 28,1999, p. 64
Failing, Patricia, “Necessity is the Mother of Reinvention,” ARTnews, December, 1997, pp. 62, 63
Roth, Robin, “Grenon’s Gaze,” The Oregonian, October, 1997
Thomas, Mary, “Arts & Entertainment,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, PA, November, 1996
Shearing, Graham, “Glass Painter Avoids Breaking Point,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA, November 2,1996
Oles, Brian Thomas, “Behind the Gaze,” AORTA, October/November, 1996, pp. 18, 19
“Arts, Entertainment & Recreation,” Express, Sun Valley, ID, May 22, 1996
“Intense Portland Artist to Speak at Library,” Express, Sun Valley, ID, May 22, 1996
Gragg, Randy, “Constructing Women from a Male Perspective,” The Oregonian, April 12, 1996, pp. 16, 17
“The Bad Girls are Back,” The Oregonian, April, 1996
Lindberg, Ted, “Gregory Grenon: Paintings and Prints,” Preview, February/March, 1996, p. cover, 43
Burry-Trice, Pamela, “Art: Bringing People Together,” Ourtown, January 1, 1996, p. 13
Ross, Terry, “Doing Penance with the Palette,” The Oregonian, October 18, 1995, pp. 19, 20
Johnson, Barry, “Goodbye to the Great, Good Gallery,” The Oregonian, July 16, 1995, p. D1
Ross, Terry, “Take a Trip to Seattle to See Some Favorite Artists,” The Oregonian, March 15, 1995, p. E4
Hackett, Regina, Exhibits by Three Northwest Painters Offer No Surprises,” Seattle Post-Intelligencer,
March, 1995
Edmunds, Kristy, Fences, Wyatt Group, 1995
McTaggart, Tom, “Manmade Women,” Seattle Weekly, March, 1995
Foyston, John, “Abstract Constructionists,” The Oregonian, 1995
Allan, Lois, Contemporary Art in the Northwest, University of Toronto Press, Buffalo, NY, 1995
Wilmer, Lucy, “Pacific Northwest Annual: Walking the Line,” Reflex Magazine, October/November 1994
Gragg, Randy, “Lesser-Known Artists Have at Least One Claim to Fame,” The Oregonian, August, 1994, p. C8
Johnson, Holly, “Entertainment,” The Oregonian, August 31, 1994
Hughes, Linda, “Exhibitions of Note,” Willamette Week, August 29, 1994, p. 22
Hackett, Regina, “A Solid Show of Lesser-Known Northwest Artists,” Seattle Post-Intelligencer, July 29, 1994
Kangas, Matthew, “A Showcase of Pacific NW Artists’ Work, “ Seattle Times, August 3, 1994
Waddington, Chris, “A Master of Finesse, a Connoisseur of Expression,” Lagniappe, New Orleans, LA,
January 21, 1994
Calas, Terrington “Gregory Grenon,” The New Orleans Art Review, Jan./Feb., 1994, pp. 20, 21
Brookhardt, D. Eric, “Some Alarming Women,” New Orleans Weekly Gambit, January 25, 1994
Guenther, Bruce, “Documents Northwest: The PONCHO Series,” Seattle Art Museum,
March 15-April 15, 1994
Hackett, Regina, “Artist’s Dissolute Women Are Larger Than Life,” The Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Hicks, Bob, “Painter X-Rays Female Affliction,” The Oregonian, September, 1994
Kapitanoff, Nancy, “A Brighter Outlook,” The Los Angeles Times, March 26, 1993
Tripp, Julie, “On the Wall Investments,” The Oregonian, October 26, 1992, p. B10
Bourdon, David, “Critic’s Diary, Seeing It All, or Six Weeks in Manhattan Galleries,” Art in America,
September 1992, p. 52
Gragg, Randy, “Grenon Returns to Roots for Print Show,” The Oregonian, August, 1992
Berger,David, “From Any Angle, New Traver Gallery Is A Spiffy Showcase,” The Seattle Times, Mar. 5, 1992
“Face Lift: Traveling Show and Growing Up,” Willamette Week, Dec. 11, 1991
Gragg, Randy, “Greatness & Gregory Grenon,” The Oregonian, Oct. 20, 1991
Art Papers, New Orleans, LA, 1991
Carlssen, Jae, “Emotion and American Painting,” Reflex Magazine, May/June 1990, p. 18
NW Gallery Magazine, March/April 1990, p. 45
“Best Bets,” The Oregonian, February 25, 1990, A&E p. C1
“Calendar,” West Linn Tidings, February 22, 1990, IN 5
Beardon, Renardo, “Voyeurs At the Margin,” Willamette Week, Mar. 8, 1990
Jellum, Keith, “Dancing Through the Glass: An Unrefracted View of Gregory Grenon,” Clinton St. Quarterly,
Spring, 1990
Holbert, Ginny, “Simple Views Peer into Artist's Integrity,” Chicago Sun-Times, Oct. 26, 1990
Gragg, Randy, “Different Look at the Female Form,” The Oregonian, Mar. 2, 1990
Mathieson, Karen, Gregory Grenon Works Within A Strikingly Different Format,” Seattle Times, Sept. 21,
1990
Hackett, Regina, “Grenon’s Women of 'Welfare Rococo’ Are In Full Control,” The Seattle Post-Intelligencer,
Sept. 12, 1990
Michaels, Donna, “LA Art Fair Comes of Age,” Art-Talk, December 1989
Mississippi Mud, No. 31, p. 14
Carlson, Jae, “Gregory Grenon,” Art Forum, Mar. 1989
Johnson, Barry, “Shapes Geometric and Female,” The Oregonian, Nov. 18, 1988
Burgess, Michael, “Gregory Grenon: When He's Not 'Making Pictures' He's Out Riding His Harley,”
The Downtowner, May 4, 1987
Johnson, Barry, “The Angry Young Man As Artist,” The Oregonian Sunday Magazine, May 3, 1987
Willamette Week, March, 1987
Art In America, September 1986, p.73
Best Bets,Arts and Crafts, “Northlight Editions,” The Oregonian, June 6, 1986, p. G1
“Small Art on View,” The New York Times, January 31, 1986, p. 31
Illustration for “The Body Surfer,” The Clinton Street Quarterly, Winter 1985, p. 28
Hayakawa, Alan, “Part 1 of ‘Portland Painting Now’ Is Collection of Mannerisms, Tricks,” The Oregonian,
September 30, 1985
Schmidt, Anne, “What’s Wrong with Portland Painting Now?” Willamette Week, August 2–September 4, 1985
Johnson, Barry, “Portland Painting Now,” The Oregonian, August 2, 1985, A&E p. C1
Berger, David, “Traver/Sutton Gallery Now Has Room for Three-or Four,” Seattle Times Tempo, May 3, 1985
“Around Town: Painter Gregory Grenon,” The Oregonian, August 1985
Dunn, Katherine, “The Slice,” Willamette Week, May 30-June 5, 1985
Print Collector’s Newsletter, Vol. XVI No.1, March/April 1985
Kibble, Paul, “Art Throbs,” This Week, April 1985, p. 20
“Portland Painting Now,” catalogue, Marylhurst College, 1985, essay by Paul Sutinen
Hayakawa, Alan, “Oregon Biennial 1985 Opens Friday,” Visual Arts, The Oregonian, March 21, 1985
Parker, Lucinda, “Art Is Not Beauty,” letter to the editor, The Oregonian, March 7, 1985
Cowan, Ron, “Artist puts his all into portraiture,” Statesman-Journal, Salem, OR, January 18, 1985
Hayakawa, Alan, “Portland Art Association’s Choice of Dan Monroe Seen Hopeful Sight,” The Oregonian,
December 30, 1984, p. 12
Sapporo Print Exhibition, exhibition brochure, November 17-December 3, 1984
Willamette Week, October 8-14, 1984, p. 17
Fox, Howard N. The City as Collector: Selections from Seattle’s Public Art Collection, exhibition brochure
1984
Hackett, Regina, “Oils on Plexiglas Pull Viewers into a Special World,” Seattle Post-Intelligencer,
March 20, 1984, p. D5
Hackett, Regina, “Stained glass purity& color are reflected in artist’s work,” Seattle Post-Intelligencer,
April 1984
Guenther, Bruce, Documents Northwest: The PONCHO Series, exhibition brochure, Seattle Art Museum,
March 15-April 15, 1984
“Human Emotion Comes to a Head At Art Pavilion,” Queen Anne News, March, 7,1984
Tripp, Julie, “Experts Assess Collectible Artists,” The Oregonian, 1984
Hayakawa, Alan, “‘Erotica ’84:’ ‘Nudes’ Show State of Sexuality,” The Oregonian, February 26, 1984, p. 8
Hackett, Regina, "Artist's Dissolute Women Are Larger Than Life," The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, n.d.
Weber, John S., “Critical Opinions, Greg Grenon at the Fountain Gallery,” Art Stars, November 1984 p.3
McMorran, Megan, “Grenon’s Works Seethe,” The Business Journal Magazine, October 22, 1984, p.1
Butterworth, Beverly, “Gregory Grenon’s Work at the Fountain Gallery: In One Ear,” The Oregonian,
October 21,1984, Living pp. 1-3
Ullmann, Sabrina, “Oregon Biennial,” Willamette Week, April 19-25, 1983, p. 13
New Art Examiner, Chicago, IL, October 1983
McGee, Daisy, “Oregon Art Showcased,” Pioneer Log, Lewis and Clark College, 1983
“Root Bob Doot Shoot,” Clinton Street Quarterly,”1983, p.29
Hayakawa, Alan, “Panel Considers Art Purchases,” The Oregonian, October 11, 1983, p. C4
“Fresh Weekly,” Willamette Week, March 31- April 6, 1982, p. 21
Nicholas, Jonathan, “Rising Stars,” Oregon Magazine, January 1982, p36
“Eclectic Art for a Party of Ten,” Willamette Week, Fresh Weekly, August 18-24,1981
“Artist depicts urban intensity in paintings,” Portland State Vanguard, November 1979
“Craft KO’s Art,” New Art Examiner, Chicago, IL, 1974
“Greg Grenon,” Detroit News, March 5, 1963


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