Gregory Euclide

Gregory Euclide (born 1974) is an American contemporary artist and teacher who lives and works outside of Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Early life and education Born in Cedarburg, Wisconsin, (1974) and raised there before moving to Minnesota, his natural surroundings informed an interest in the environment. Gregory Euclide holds a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in studio art from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 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. (Bachelor of Arts in Education) in Secondary Art Education (K-12) from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Wisconsin (University Scholar, 1997).

Career Gregory Euclide creates sculptural relief works, paintings, and installations. His works consist of non-traditional mixed media assemblages which resemble landscape paintings, often in unfamiliar style. While Euclide's works explore ideas surrounding nature and the human experience, they remain void of the human figure. Euclide juxtaposes in his work naturally occurring organic matter with artificial, man-made materials, some of which are found objects, and through the use of bent and shaped paper introduces three-dimensional topographical elements. thumb Gregory Euclide, Untitled (Bon Iver, Bon Iver cover art), 2011, acrylic, buckthorn root, dirt, found foam, geranium, moss, mylar, paper, pencil, photo transfer, pine cone, sedum, snow, sponge, 35 x 35 × 6 inches Through his exploration of the landscape tradition, within both his self-contained works and largescale installations, by incorporating architectural elements Euclide reminds the viewer that though many people associate charming imagery such as barns and farm fields with nature, these structures and spaces are engineered, and even when looking at a remote pastoral scene, it is impossible to escape the human fingerprint. For the exhibition Otherworldly: Artist Dioramas and Small Spectacles, which opened June 2011 at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City, Euclide created a room-sized installation, a consuming 7×5-foot landscape painting in a gilded gold frame with several dioramas extending across the floor of the gallery.

In 2009, Euclide did a large "capture" work with a 55-gallon drum taken from Clear Creek Canyon, a tourist destination near Denver, and displayed it at the David B. Smith Gallery with a life-sized guardrail representing a scenic pull-off.

Collections Gregory Euclide's work is featured in the collections of the Progressive Corporation (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).

Exhibitions

Selected solo exhibitions 2012 Gregory Euclide: Nature Out There, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV 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 Karnowsky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Making Paintings About Nature’s Making, Conkling Gallery, Minnesota State University, Mankato, Mankato, MN 2009 David B. Smith Gallery, Denver, CO 2008 Gage Family Art Gallery, Augsburg College, 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 University, Des Moines, IA 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 Show 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, Chicago, 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 College Scope Art Fair New York, David B. Smith Gallery, New York, NY You, Me, and Everyone We Know, Alphonse Berber Gallery, Berkeley, CA 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, CA 2008 58th Arrowhead Biennial, Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, MN Juror: Kris Douglas, Chief Curator at the Rochester Art Center Studio Visit Magazine Vol. 4, The Open Studios Press Juror: Michael Klein, Former Director of the International Sculpture Center and the Microsoft Collection Studio Visit Magazine Vol. 3, The Open Studios Press Juror: Carl Belz, Director Emeritus, The Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University 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 Center 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, MA The Woolworth Windows, Tacoma Contemporary, Tacoma, WA 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