BIOGRAPHY
Gregg Louis (1983-) is a multidisciplinary artist who works in a myriad of mediums including, sculpture, painting, drawing, video, and installation. Louis was born in Saint Louis, Missouri and received his B.F.A from Missouri State University and his M.F.A from the School of Visual Arts in New York City. His work often focuses on the blurry edge between representation and abstraction and draws from several art historical movements such as surrealism, pop art, and conceptualism. In 2009, Louis was an artist-in-residence at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Solo exhibitions include Monaco, Saint Louis; NH Galería, Cartagena; Nohra Haime Gallery, New York; Hverfisgallerí, Reykjavik; Hotel Maria Kapel, Hoorn Netherlands (collaboration). Select group exhibitions include Frieze, London; Vienna Contemporary, Vienna; ARTBO, Bogata; Nohra Haime Gallery, New York; Postmaster Gallery, New York; Galerist, Istanbul; Here Art Center, New York; Interstate Projects, Brooklyn; and Los Caminos, Saint Louis. The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Sculpture Magazine, and several other prominent online publications and journals have covered his work.
Louis lives and works in Saint Louis, Missouri.
Gregg Louis in his studio in 2017
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Foundry Art Centre, Saint Charles, Missouri (Upcoming)
2023 Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, New York, No Open Sky (Upcoming)
2021 NH Galeria, Cartagena, Colombia, TRUST
2020 Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, New York, When the Fever Breaks
2018 Monaco, Saint Louis, Missouri, After Yesterday Before Tomorrow
Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, New York, Mirage
2017 NH Galeria, Cartagena, Colombia
2015 Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, New York, Likeness
HVERFISGALLERÍ, Reykjavik, Iceland, Blind Spot
2013 Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, New York, Psychic Menagerie
Hotel Maria Kapel, Hoorn Netherlands - collaboration with Avi Krispin & Erik Alkema
2011 Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, New York, Everyday UFOs
GROUP EXHIBITION
2022 Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, New York, 40 Anniversary Exhibition
NH Galeria, Cartagna, Colombia, Small Format
2019 Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, New York, SCULPT-URE
Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, New York, Reboot
2018 Monaco, Saint Louis, Missouri, Grand Prix
2017 Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, New York, New Place New Space
Skowhegan's New York Program Space, New York, New York, Personals
The World Chess Hall of Fame, Saint Louis, Missouri, Imagery of Chess
2016 Visual Arts Gallery, New York, New York, SKOWHEGAN x SVA
Vienna Contemporary, Postmasters Gallery, Vienna, Austria
Galerist, Istanbul, Turkey, This One is Smaller Than This One
Postmasters Gallery, New York, New York, This One is Smaller Than This One
2015 Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, New York, The Fifth Avenue Zoo
2014 ARTBO, Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, New York
Frieze London, Salon 94, London, England
Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, New York, Paper
Here Art Center, New York, New York, Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo
2013 Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, New York, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
Pulse New York, Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, New York
2012 Pulse Miami, Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, New York
The Willows, Brooklyn, New York, Home
The Shirey, Brooklyn, New York, Bushwick Blackout
2011 Los Caminos Gallery, Saint Louis, Missouri, Doing Easy
Vaudville Park, Brooklyn, New York, Urban Legend
Interstate Projects, Brooklyn, New York, Life In a Peaceful New World
2010 Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, New York, Objects of Desire
St. Cecilia’s Convent, Brooklyn, New York, I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER
De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam, Slave: Nuit Blanche - collaboration with Avi Krispin
Concertina Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, I’m OK, You’re OK
2009 55 Delancey Street, New York, New York, A New Currency, Curated by Dan Cameron
Visual Arts Gallery, New York, New York, Heterotopia, Curated by Why + Wherefore
2008 Westside Gallery, New York, New York, Personal Algorithms
Visual Arts Gallery, New York, New York Cenacle: Reverie Refurbishing Revelry and Vice Versa, Curated by Tommy
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Barrow + Juarez, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Works on Paper Show
AWARDS
2012 Shortlist, Emdash Award, Frieze Foundation, London, England
2011 VBS Fonds, Project Grant, Utrecht, Netherlands
2009 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Fellowship, Skowhegan, Maine
Alumni Scholarship Award, School of Visual Arts, New Yo
EDUCATION
2009 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine
2009 School of Visual Arts, New York, New York
Master of Fine Arts
2006 Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri
Bachelor of Fine Arts