Greg Chann

Works

I started this series of wall-mounted sculptures during the 2020 pandemic.

Because of the rapid and vast spread of COVID 19 it was obvious just how connected we all are in the world. This global situation guided meto construct a complex interwoven system of various physical elements in size, material and color joined in a multitude of points, metaphorically representing the dynamics of current life.

I take inspiration from the ancient Chinese Yin and Yang symbol whereby contrary forces may actually be complementary, interconnected and interdependent. I also delight in the Buddhist mandalas and their representation of focal energies and metaphysical wholeness. Akin to these powerful symbols I want the viewer to take a visual journey meandering in and out and around the sculpture. Building within the parameters of a rigid gridded composition much like the stepped Manhattan cityscape viewed outside my Brooklyn studio window, I'm focused on the sensitivity of proportion, weight and the necessity of balance (the sculptures hang by one central fixed point nail).

In keeping with the liveliness and complexity of form, my color palette (made up of indelible inks and paints) respectfully references the bold and vivid palette of the early 20th century Fauvist painters and even a homage to Bauhaus.

Greg Chann

Works

Education

/ MFA, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 1984

/ BA, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, 1981

/ Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME, 1978

Exhibitions

/ 2023 New Works, Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY

/ 2023 New Painting, SITE: Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY

/ 2023 Observations + Perspectives, Contemporary Art Chronicle, San Francisco, CA

/ 2023 Reflections, Royal Blue Gallery, UK

/ 2022 9 for 19, First Street Gallery, New York, NY

/ 2022 Art from the Boros IX, Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY

/ 2022 Cold Open, Cold Air Fine Art, New York, NY

/ 2022 Geometric and Color, Ubique Gallery, New York, NY

/ 2021 Mindfulness, Voss Gallery, San Francisco, CA

/ 2021 Between Spaces, MUE Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

/ 2019 Distance, Group Show, Dorsey Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

/ 2017-18 New Works, Gallery 92, Brooklyn, NY

/ 2016 Plaster Works, Littlefield, Brooklyn, NY

/ 2009 Plaster Works, FXFowle Gallery, NY, NY

/ 2006 Graphite Drawings, Pulliam-Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, OR 2000 New Drawings, Margaret Thatcher Projects, NY, NY

/ 1999 FineSilver Gallery, San Antonio, TX

/ 1999 Emerging, Generous Miracles Gallery, NY, NY

/ 1998 Drawing, Margaret Thatcher Projects, NY, NY, Fall Selections ‘98, The Drawing Center, NY, NY

/ 1998 Healing Art, The Space Sugar, Tokyo, Japan

/ Made in America, American Gallery, NY, NY

/ Gramercy Art Fair, Gerber-Seid Visual, Inc. Fine Arts, Gramercy Hotel, NY, NY

/ Inaugural Exhibition, American Gallery, NY, NY

/ 1997 Succotash, Metrotech Center, Brooklyn, NY

/ Self Portrait Alumni Exhibition, University of Louisville Art Gallery, Louisville, KY

/ 1996 Cross Sections Beyond Surface, BACA Downtown Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

/ Felissimo Award Exhibition, Felissimo, NY, NY

/ 1994-95 Cultural Diversity, Marine Midland Bank, Soho Branch, NY, NY

/ 1993 Deck The Walls, Barbara Schuller Gallery, Buffalo, NY

/ 1992 Void & Vision, The Right Bank, Brooklyn, NY Wood, Cold Fish, Brooklyn, NY

/ 1992 The 1.5 Show, TriBeCa 148 Gallery, NY, NY BWAC 13th Annual Exhibition, Brooklyn, NY

/ 1991 Spring Exhibition, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists, Brooklyn, NY

/ 1991 Small Works Show, Multi Media Arts Gallery, NY, NY

/ 1990 Reconcilable Differences, Multi Media Arts Gallery, NY, NY

/ 1990Windows at One Main, One Main Sculpture Space, Brooklyn, NY

/ 1989 Dimenseraction, Front Street Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

/ 1989 10th Anniversary Show, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists, Brooklyn, NY

/ 1988 Outdoor Sculpture, Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park, Brooklyn, NY

/ 1988 Vital Signs, One Main Sculpture Space, Brooklyn, NY

/ 1987 Art, Bridges, Space, Front Street Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

/ 1987 Jumbo Dumbo, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists, Brooklyn, NY

/ 1986 University of Louisville Art Gallery, Louisville, KY

/ 1986 Six Sculptors, 55 Mercer Gallery, NY, NY

/ On the Edge, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists, Brooklyn, NY

/ 1985 Microwave, Set design for dance performance by Toni Wisti, Merce Cunningham Studio, NY, NY

/ 1985Drawing 85: Invitational, Louisville Art Gallery, Louisville, KY

/ 1980 Actors Theatre of Louisville, Louisville, KY

Awards

/ 1999 NY Foundation for the Arts Fellowship

/ 1996 NY Foundation for the Arts/Felissimo Design award

Bibliography

/ The New Yorker, “Goings On About Town, Galleries Chelsea”, June 19 & 26, 2000, (review)

/ Johnson, Ken, ”Galleries: Chelsea”, The New York Times, Friday, June 16, 2000 (review)

/ Korotkin, Joyce B., ”Greg Chann @ Margaret Thatcher Gallery”, NY Arts, July/August 2000, Vol. 5, no. 7

/ Karlins, N.F., ”Drawing Notebook”, artnet.com, July 10, 2000

/ Everett, ”The Drawing Center”, NY Arts, October 1998,
pg. 55 (review)

/ Time Out New York, “The Drawing Center”, September 1998, pg. 96 (review)

/ ARTseenSOHO, ”Selections Fall ‘98 at The Drawing Center”, 1998

/ Johnson, Adrienne M., “Art Works”, Pride Magazine, June 1998

/ Cavanaugh, Tony, “Cultivating ‘Cultural Diversity’
at Marine Midland Bank”, ARTSPEAK, Summer 1991

/ DiSciascio, Joan, “Art Covers the Waterfront”, The Phoenix,
May 1992

/ Heilenman, Diane, “Louisville Art Gallery”, The Courier-Journal, February 1985

Selected Collections

/ Peter Arnell/AG Worldwide, NY, NY

/ Galleri Bo Bjerggaard, Copenhagen, Denmark

/ General Dynamics, Falls Church, VA

/ Georgia & Christopher Erck, San Antonio, TX

/ Arabella Kiesbauer Redaktion, Munich, Germany