Gregory Euclide
Encyclopedia
Gregory Euclide is an American contemporary art
ist and teacher
who currently lives and works outside of Minneapolis, Minnesota
. Born in Cedarburg, Wisconsin
, and raised there before moving to Minnesota
, his life was permeated with the outdoors, and created an interest in and connection to the environment that lasts to this day.
, Minnesota (2008), a B.F.A. (Bachelor of Fine Arts) in Studio Art from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
, Wisconsin
(University Scholar, 1997), and a B.A.E. (Bachelors of Arts in Education) in Secondary Art Education (K-12) from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Wisconsin (University Scholar, 1997).
s, and installations. His pieces are evocative, non-traditional mixed media
landscape paintings that explore ideas surrounding nature and the human experience, while void of the human figure. His sculptural paintings juxtapose natural occurring, organic matter with artificial, man-made materials. The artist collects found objects, interesting plant material and incorporates such materials into multi-dimensional objects made from crumpled paper, on which might be elaborate and detailed drawing
s or paintings. He then adds organic material like moss
, and inorganic items like weathered Styrofoam
. Euclide attempts to create an experience that requires the viewer to go into the flat spaces with their mind, but to also enter the 3-D spaces with their body and while doing so, reminds us that it is impossible to escape the human fingerprint
.
Euclide also creates installation-based work. For the exhibition Otherwordly: Artist Dioramas and Small Spectacles opening June 2011 at the Museum of Arts & Design in New York City
, Euclide has planned a room-sized installation; a consuming 7×5- foot landscape painting in a guilded gold frame with several diorama
s, working to pull the viewer into his world. In 2009, he did a large capture piece with a 55 gallon drum taken from Clear Creek Canyon, a nearby tourist destination
, and displayed it at the David B. Smith Gallery in Denver with a life-sized guardrail
representing a scenic pull-off. In 2010, Euclide created an installation for the inauguration of the Denver Biennial of the Americas. Other installations have been featured at the Foothills Art Center in Golden, Colorado
, the Pulse Art Fair in Miami, Florida
, The Joseph Gross Gallery at the University of Arizona
, Tucson
, and the Minneapolis College of Art and Design
.
(Mayfield Village, Ohio), Flint Institute of Arts
(Flint, Michigan
), Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, Washington
), United States Embassy in Sarajevo
, Wellington Management Company
(Boston, Massachusetts), Dex Media
(Denver, Colorado), Nordstrom
(Seattle, Washington
), and Health Partners (Minneapolis, Minnesota).
2010
2009
2008
2010
2009
2008
Contemporary art
Contemporary art can be defined variously as art produced at this present point in time or art produced since World War II. The definition of the word contemporary would support the first view, but museums of contemporary art commonly define their collections as consisting of art produced...
ist and teacher
Teacher
A teacher or schoolteacher is a person who provides education for pupils and students . The role of teacher is often formal and ongoing, carried out at a school or other place of formal education. In many countries, a person who wishes to become a teacher must first obtain specified professional...
who currently lives and works outside of Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minneapolis , nicknamed "City of Lakes" and the "Mill City," is the county seat of Hennepin County, the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota, and the 48th largest in the United States...
. Born in Cedarburg, Wisconsin
Cedarburg, Wisconsin
Cedarburg is a city in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, United States with Cedar Creek running through it. The city is bordered by the Village of Grafton to the east and the Town of Cedarburg elsewhere...
, and raised there before moving to Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
, his life was permeated with the outdoors, and created an interest in and connection to the environment that lasts to this day.
Education
Gregory Euclide holds an M.F.A. (Master of Fine Arts) in Studio Art from the Minneapolis College of Art and DesignMinneapolis College of Art and Design
Minneapolis College of Art and Design is a private, nonprofit four-year and postgraduate college specializing in the visual arts. Located in the Whittier neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, MCAD currently enrolls approximately 1,000 students offering curriculum that includes...
, Minnesota (2008), a B.F.A. (Bachelor of Fine Arts) in Studio Art from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh is a public university in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA. It is part of the University of Wisconsin System and offers both bachelor and master degrees...
, Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...
(University Scholar, 1997), and a B.A.E. (Bachelors of Arts in Education) in Secondary Art Education (K-12) from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Wisconsin (University Scholar, 1997).
Career
Euclide creates relief paintings, flat paintingPainting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
s, and installations. His pieces are evocative, non-traditional mixed media
Mixed media
Mixed media, in visual art, refers to an artwork in the making of which more than one medium has been employed.There is an important distinction between "mixed-media" artworks and "multimedia art". Mixed media tends to refer to a work of visual art that combines various traditionally distinct...
landscape paintings that explore ideas surrounding nature and the human experience, while void of the human figure. His sculptural paintings juxtapose natural occurring, organic matter with artificial, man-made materials. The artist collects found objects, interesting plant material and incorporates such materials into multi-dimensional objects made from crumpled paper, on which might be elaborate and detailed drawing
Drawing
Drawing is a form of visual art that makes use of any number of drawing instruments to mark a two-dimensional medium. Common instruments include graphite pencils, pen and ink, inked brushes, wax color pencils, crayons, charcoal, chalk, pastels, markers, styluses, and various metals .An artist who...
s or paintings. He then adds organic material like moss
Moss
Mosses are small, soft plants that are typically 1–10 cm tall, though some species are much larger. They commonly grow close together in clumps or mats in damp or shady locations. They do not have flowers or seeds, and their simple leaves cover the thin wiry stems...
, and inorganic items like weathered Styrofoam
Styrofoam
Styrofoam is a trademark of The Dow Chemical Company for closed-cell currently made for thermal insulation and craft applications. In 1941, researchers in Dow's Chemical Physics Lab found a way to make foamed polystyrene...
. Euclide attempts to create an experience that requires the viewer to go into the flat spaces with their mind, but to also enter the 3-D spaces with their body and while doing so, reminds us that it is impossible to escape the human fingerprint
Fingerprint
A fingerprint in its narrow sense is an impression left by the friction ridges of a human finger. In a wider use of the term, fingerprints are the traces of an impression from the friction ridges of any part of a human hand. A print from the foot can also leave an impression of friction ridges...
.
Euclide also creates installation-based work. For the exhibition Otherwordly: Artist Dioramas and Small Spectacles opening June 2011 at the Museum of Arts & Design in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
, Euclide has planned a room-sized installation; a consuming 7×5- foot landscape painting in a guilded gold frame with several diorama
Diorama
The word diorama can either refer to a nineteenth century mobile theatre device, or, in modern usage, a three-dimensional full-size or miniature model, sometimes enclosed in a glass showcase for a museum...
s, working to pull the viewer into his world. In 2009, he did a large capture piece with a 55 gallon drum taken from Clear Creek Canyon, a nearby tourist destination
Tourist destination
A tourist destination is a city, town, or other area that is dependent to a significant extent on the revenues accruing from tourism. It may contain one or more tourist attractions and possibly some "tourist traps."...
, and displayed it at the David B. Smith Gallery in Denver with a life-sized guardrail
Guardrail
Guardrail can refer to*Guard rails installed on road sides for automobile safety*RC-12 Guardrail, a U.S. Army intelligence-gathering aircraft based on the C-12 Huron*Roof edge protection, rails installed on roofs to protect construction and roofing workers...
representing a scenic pull-off. In 2010, Euclide created an installation for the inauguration of the Denver Biennial of the Americas. Other installations have been featured at the Foothills Art Center in Golden, Colorado
Golden, Colorado
The City of Golden is a home rule municipality that is the county seat of Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. Golden lies along Clear Creek at the edge of the foothills of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. Founded during the Pike's Peak Gold Rush on 16 June 1859, the mining camp was...
, the Pulse Art Fair in Miami, Florida
Miami, Florida
Miami is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States with a population of 2,500,625...
, The Joseph Gross Gallery at the University of Arizona
University of Arizona
The University of Arizona is a land-grant and space-grant public institution of higher education and research located in Tucson, Arizona, United States. The University of Arizona was the first university in the state of Arizona, founded in 1885...
, Tucson
Tucson, Arizona
Tucson is a city in and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States. The city is located 118 miles southeast of Phoenix and 60 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border. The 2010 United States Census puts the city's population at 520,116 with a metropolitan area population at 1,020,200...
, and the Minneapolis College of Art and Design
Minneapolis College of Art and Design
Minneapolis College of Art and Design is a private, nonprofit four-year and postgraduate college specializing in the visual arts. Located in the Whittier neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, MCAD currently enrolls approximately 1,000 students offering curriculum that includes...
.
Collections
Gregory Euclides work is featured in the collections of the Progressive CorporationProgressive Corporation
The Progressive Corporation , known as the Progressive Casualty Insurance Company through its subsidiaries, provides personal automobile insurance, and other specialty property-casualty insurance and related services in the United States....
(Mayfield Village, Ohio), Flint Institute of Arts
Flint Institute of Arts
The Flint Institute of Arts, also called FIA, is located in the Flint Cultural Center in downtown Flint, Michigan. It offers exhibitions, interpretive programs, film screenings, concerts, lectures, family events and educational outreach programs to people of various ages, serving over 120,000...
(Flint, Michigan
Flint, Michigan
Flint is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and is located along the Flint River, northwest of Detroit. The U.S. Census Bureau reports the 2010 population to be placed at 102,434, making Flint the seventh largest city in Michigan. It is the county seat of Genesee County which lies in the...
), Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, Washington
Redmond, Washington
Redmond is a city in King County, Washington, United States, located east of Seattle. The population was 54,144 at the 2010 census,up from 45,256 in 2000....
), United States Embassy in Sarajevo
Sarajevo
Sarajevo |Bosnia]], surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of Southeastern Europe and the Balkans....
, Wellington Management Company
Wellington Management Company
Wellington Management Company is one of the largest private, independent investment management companies in the world. The firm has client assets under management totalling over US$634 billion, and serves as investment advisor for over 1,900 institutional clients in over 50 countries. Assets are...
(Boston, Massachusetts), Dex Media
Dex Media
Dex Media, Inc. was a print and interactive marketing company. It was acquired by R.H. Donnelley, which became Dex One Corporation in February 2010...
(Denver, Colorado), Nordstrom
Nordstrom
Nordstrom, Inc. is an upscale department store chain in the United States, founded by John W. Nordstrom and Carl F. Wallin. Initially a shoe retailer, the company today also sells clothing, accessories, handbags, jewelry, cosmetics, fragrances, and in some locations, home furnishings...
(Seattle, Washington
Seattle, Washington
Seattle is the county seat of King County, Washington. With 608,660 residents as of the 2010 Census, Seattle is the largest city in the Northwestern United States. The Seattle metropolitan area of about 3.4 million inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the country...
), and Health Partners (Minneapolis, Minnesota).
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2011- David B. Smith Gallery, Denver, CO
2010
- IMPULSE, PULSE Art Fair, Miami, FL
- Real, Natural, Unsustainable, The Joseph Gross Gallery, The University of Arizona – Tucson, Tucson, AZ
- What Was Still In the Pause of My Advance, Merry KarnowskyMerry KarnowskyMerry Akane Karnowsky is a Los Angeles art dealer and gallerist of Japanese and Polish-German ancestry.Merry Karnowsky was born in Eastern Washington State and educated at Pitzer College - Claremont, California...
Gallery, Los AngelesLos ÁngelesLos Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, CA - Making Paintings About Nature’s Making, Conkling Gallery, Mankato State University, Mankato, MNMankato, MinnesotaMankato is a city in Blue Earth, Nicollet, and Le Sueur counties in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The population was 39,309 at the 2010 census, making it the fourth largest city in Minnesota outside of the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area. The county seat of Blue Earth County, it is located...
2009
- David B. Smith Gallery, Denver, CO
2008
- Gage Family Art Gallery, Augsburg CollegeAugsburg CollegeAugsburg College is a selective liberal arts college of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Augsburg was named for the Augsburg Confession, the document of Lutheran belief. The school was founded in 1869 in Marshall, Wisconsin as Augsburg Seminary and moved...
, Minneapolis, MN - Limited Addiction Gallery, Denver, CO
Selected Group Exhibitions
2011- Otherworldly, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
- Middle States, Anderson Gallery, Drake UniversityDrake UniversityDrake University is a private, co-educational university located in Des Moines, Iowa, USA. The institution offers a number of undergraduate and graduate programs, as well as professional programs in law and pharmacy. Today, Drake is one of the twenty-five oldest law schools in the country....
, Des Moines, IADes Moines, IowaDes Moines is the capital and the most populous city in the US state of Iowa. It is also the county seat of Polk County. A small portion of the city extends into Warren County. It was incorporated on September 22, 1851, as Fort Des Moines which was shortened to "Des Moines" in 1857... - Pure Paper, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Habitat, Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO
- PULSE Art Fair, New York, NY
2010
- The Nature of Things, Biennial of the Americas, Denver, CO
- Refresh, Christina Ray, New York, NY
- SCOPE Art Fair New York, David B. Smith Gallery, New York, NY
- David B. Smith Group Exhibition, Part 1, David B. Smith, Denver, CO
- Who Killed The Music, Grammy Awards, Los Angeles, CA
2009
- Open Studios Midwestern Competition Vol. 83, New American Paintings
- Juror: Lynne Warren, Curator of the Museum of Contemporary Art, ChicagoMuseum of Contemporary Art, ChicagoThe Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago is a contemporary art museum near Water Tower Place in downtown Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The museum, which was established in 1967, is one of the world's largest contemporary art venues...
, IL- Studio Visit Magazine Vol. 5, The Open Studios Press
- Juror: Ian Berry, Associate Director for Curatorial Affairs and Curator at the Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore CollegeSkidmore CollegeSkidmore College is a private, independent, liberal arts college with an enrollment of approximately 2,500 students. The college is located in the town of Saratoga Springs, New York State....
- Scope Art Fair New YorkScope art fairSCOPE Art Show is one of several global contemporary art fairs. The first fair featured 28 booths of galleries representing emerging artists. The art fairs are now held annually in New York, Miami, East Hampton, London, and Basel, each presenting between 60 and 100 exhibitors...
, David B. Smith Gallery, New York, NYNew York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and... - You, Me, and Everyone We Know, Alphonse Berber Gallery, Berkeley, CABerkeley, CaliforniaBerkeley is a city on the east shore of the San Francisco Bay in Northern California, United States. Its neighbors to the south are the cities of Oakland and Emeryville. To the north is the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington...
- New Landscapes, Groveland Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
- David B. Smith Group Exhibition, Part 1, David B. Smith, Denver, CO
- Selections from the International Drawing Annual, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
- Regime Change, Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CAOakland, CaliforniaOakland is a major West Coast port city on San Francisco Bay in the U.S. state of California. It is the eighth-largest city in the state with a 2010 population of 390,724...
- Scope Art Fair New York
2008
- 58th Arrowhead Biennial, Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, MNDuluth, MinnesotaDuluth is a port city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and is the county seat of Saint Louis County. The fourth largest city in Minnesota, Duluth had a total population of 86,265 in the 2010 census. Duluth is also the second largest city that is located on Lake Superior after Thunder Bay, Ontario,...
- Juror: Kris Douglas, Chief Curator at the Rochester Art Center
- Studio Visit Magazine Vol. 4, The Open Studios Press
- Juror: Michael KleinMichael Klein (art dealer)Michael Klein is an artist’s agent and freelance consultant and curator for individuals, institutions and arts organizations, writer, curator, and program director currently operating Michael Klein Arts in New York City....
, Former Director of the International Sculpture CenterInternational Sculpture CenterThe International Sculpture Center is a 5013 nonprofit organization founded in 1960. It is located on the old New Jersey Fairground in Hamilton, New Jersey...
and the Microsoft Collection- Studio Visit Magazine Vol. 3, The Open Studios Press
- Juror: Carl Belz, Director Emeritus, The Rose Art MuseumRose Art MuseumThe Rose Art Museum, founded in 1961, is a part of Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA. Named after benefactors Edward and Bertha Rose, it offers temporary exhibitions, and it displays and houses works of art from the Brandeis University art collections...
at Brandeis UniversityBrandeis UniversityBrandeis University is an American private research university with a liberal arts focus. It is located in the southwestern corner of Waltham, Massachusetts, nine miles west of Boston. The University has an enrollment of approximately 3,200 undergraduate and 2,100 graduate students. In 2011, it...
- North of the 45th, DeVos Art Museum, MI
- Juror: John Corbett, Corbett vs. Dempsey Gallery
- Open Door 4, Rosalux Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
- Juror: Yasmil Raymond, Assistant Curator, Walker Art Center
- Made at MCAD, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
- Juror: Yasmil Raymond, Assistant Curator, Walker Art CenterWalker Art CenterThe Walker Art Center is a contemporary art center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. The Walker is considered one of the nation's "big five" museums for modern art along with the Museum of Modern Art, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim Museum and the Hirshhorn...
- 37th Annual Americas 2008: Paperworks Exhibition, Northwest Art Center, Minot, NDMinot, North DakotaMinot is a city located in north central North Dakota in the United States. It is most widely known for the Air Force base located approximately 15 miles north of the city. With a population of 40,888 at the 2010 census, Minot is the fourth largest city in the state...
- 37th Annual Americas 2008: Paperworks Exhibition, Northwest Art Center, Minot, ND
- Juror: Elizabeth Dove, Associate Professor The Department of Art The University of Montana
- Badlands: New Horizons in Landscape, MASS MoCA, North Adams, MANorth Adams, MassachusettsNorth Adams is a city in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 13,708 as of the 2010 census, making it the least populous city in the state...
- The Woolworth Windows, Tacoma Contemporary, Tacoma, WATacoma, WashingtonTacoma is a mid-sized urban port city and the county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States. The city is on Washington's Puget Sound, southwest of Seattle, northeast of the state capital, Olympia, and northwest of Mount Rainier National Park. The population was 198,397, according to...
- Sublime Landscape, Project 4 Gallery, Washington DC
- Landscape, Nature and Space, Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- MFA Thesis Exhibition: MCAD, Soo Visual Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
- 365, 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Aqua Art Miami Wynwood, David B. Smith Gallery, Miami, FL
- Red Dot Fair New York, Limited Addiction Gallery, New York, NY
- Badlands: New Horizons in Landscape, MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA