Artist Biography
Greg Bailey makes work that functions for him as his most direct and honest response possible to the world around him. Bailey’s use of metaphor relates his work both personally and universally. His work combines narratives and contemporary theory; it engages in political, social and cultural awareness and commentary, utilizing elements of wit, humor, irony, and visual aesthetic. A unifying theme in Bailey’s work is the interconnectedness of the environment and the self. A Californian native, he now lives in Connecticut, where he makes art and teaches as an associate professor of sculpture at Connecticut College.
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Education
1998 Master of Fine Arts in Sculpture, University of Hartford, Hartford Art School, West Hartford, CT
1992 Bachelor of Arts with Distinction, Ceramic Sculpture, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA
Teaching
2010- Associate Professor of Art, Connecticut College, Department of Art, Sculpture, New London, CT
05-10 Assistant Professor of Art
02-05 Visiting Assistant Professor of Art
2004 Visiting Assistant Professor of Sculpture, Trinity College, Department of Fine Arts, Studio Art,
Trinity College, Hartford, CT
97-05 Adjunct Professor, University of Hartford, The Hartford Art School, West Hartford, CT
Selected Solo / 2 person Exhibitions and Installations
2014 Towards a New Reality: Gregory Bailey and Timothy McDowell, Cummings Arts Center Galleries, Connecticut College, New London, CT
12/13 Cognitive Dissonance: By Degree of Measure, Three Rivers Gallery, Norwich, CT
2011 Cognitive Dissonance 3/1, sculptural installation, The Carroll House Gallery, Keene State College, Keene, NH
2010 Cognitive Dissonance, sculptural installation, Faculty Exhibition, Gallery 66, Cummings Arts Center, Connecticut College, New London, CT
2010 PERSPECTIVES IN BRONZE: Works by Greg Bailey & Michael Warrick (2 person), Gallery B, West Wing, Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
2009 Degree of Manifest, sculptural installation, Faculty Exhibition, Gallery 66, Cummings Arts Center, Connecticut College, New London, CT
2009 Ciphering, The Office Space Gallery, University of Lethbridge, CANADA
2008 Dead Reckoning-Recent Sculptures, The Rebecca Lawrence Gallery and the E.N. Wennberg Gallery, AVA Gallery, Lebanon, NH
2007 Sculptures and Paintings, Broad Street Gallery, Hartford, CT
2005 Diffusion of the Poles, sculptural installation, Arts + Literature Laboratory Gallery, New Haven, CT
2004 The Territory of Love and Fear, sculptural installation, Widener Gallery, Trinity College, Hartford, CT
03/04 Geological Time (2 person), sculptural installation, Chase Freedman Gallery, Jewish Community Center, West Hartford, CT
2003 In Contention of What is Real, sculptural installation, Broad Street Gallery, Hartford, CT
2002 The Sound It Takes To Stop, sculptural installation, Broad Street Gallery, Hartford, CT
2000 Survive Now Man, sculptural window display, Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT
1999 Today, installation, Fine Arts Gallery, Springfield Technical Community College, MA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2015 Transmissions, The Lyman Allyn Art Museum, New London, CT
2014 Exposed, Helen Day Art Center, Stowe VT
2011 Pursuant Pharaohs, Collar Works Gallery, Troy, NY (Self-portrait As Food, fiberglass and mixed media, 2011)
10-11 The 15th Annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas (Dead Reckoning, laminated resin, fiberglass, 2008)
2010 The Fourth Beijing International Art Biennale (BIAB) – The Environment and Human Existence, Ecology and Homeland, National Art Museum of China, Chaoyang District, Beijing, CHINA (Exponential Growth, bronze, 2008)
09/10 SculptureFest 2009 – Annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit, Woodstock, VT (HELP, environmental, site-specific installation)
2009 work it! measure it! mark it!, Hartford Art School Alumni Show, Silpe Gallery, University of Hartford, CT (Rain, bronze, 2007)
2009 The 11th Annual Fields Project: Bringing Art and Agriculture Together, Mix Park, Oregon, Illinois (Deluge, bronze, 2008)
08/09 Kingsport Sculpture Walk 2008/9, City of Kingsport Cultural Arts Division, Kingsport, TN
2008 SculptureFest 2008 – Annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit, Woodstock, VT
2008 Go Green, The Main Street Gallery, Groton, NY (HELP, digital print of stone-carved sculpture)
2007 Faculty Exhibition, Connecticut College (20/20, sculptural installation)
2007 No•mad II, 1429 Park Street Building, Parksville, Hartford, CT
2005 Faculty Exhibition, Connecticut College (Kilimanjaro, sculptural installation)
2006 Hartford Art School Alumni Small Works, Joseloff Gallery, University of Hartford, CT
2004 Objects, Arts + Literature Laboratory Gallery, New Haven, CT
2001 Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, MA
2001 Faculty Exhibition, Trinity College, Hartford, CT
2000 Revelation for Revolution, The Revolving Museum, Boston, MA
Projects and Curatorial Work
2011 Academy of Uncommon Gardens, guest artist: Lynn Richardson, New London, CT
2009 350, private commissioned wall sculpture for the headquarters of 350.org, an environmental organization, based in Washington, DC
2009 HELP, digital image of sculpture, Art on the Land, Heart K Ranch/Feather River Land Trust, Genesee Valley, CA
2007 3 artists: Rie Hachiyanagi, Brian Burnett, Soo Sunny Park, New London, CT
2007 Juror for Recycling the Art of our Community, Essex Art Association Gallery. Essex, CT
Guest Artist Lectures/Presentations
2015 forthcoming Gallery Talk, The Lyman Allyn Art Museum, New London, CT
2011 Time in Contest with Truth, The Flora Humphrey Bentley Gallery, New Britain Museum of American Art, CT
2011 Cognitive Dissonance 3/1, Public artist lecture, Keene State College, Keene, NH
2010 Guest Artist in Collaboration with Exhibition: PERSPECTIVES IN BRONZE
2010 The Ivory Tower, Winklemann Gallery, New York, NY
2009 Dead Reckoning and the Intuitive Process of Making Sculpture, Faculty@Work presentation
2009 Degree of Manifest, Dead Reckoning, and Recent Sculptures
2008 Dead Reckoning, public lecture in conjunction with SculptureFest 2008, Woodstock, VT
08/09 Northwest Passage III, on location interview and artist talk, Kingsport Sculpture Walk, TN
2007 Sculptures and Installations on the Perils of a Changing Planet, Dartmouth College, VT
2004 Visiting Artist Talk, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
2004 The Territory of Love and Fear, public artist lecture in conjunction with exhibition, Hartford, CT