IAN GRIEVE

ARTIST STATEMENT

Ian Grieve is a visual artist who currently lives and works in Dallas, Texas. He received his MFA from Southern Methodist University (SMU) and his BFA from the same. Though primarily a figurative painter, he also works in collage, ceramics, and sculpture.

The artist's long-time residence in Los Angeles and his work there as a lighting and camera technician significantly influenced his visual art practice. He has carried his love of light from his photographic career into his current practice. Grieve's work explores chance, suggestion, and the absurdity of time's deterioration. He is currently working on a series of paintings depicting self-fabricated allegories and personal mythologies in an effort to reconcile the constancy of change with the slipperiness of time.

Grieve has exhibited his work in numerous shows in the Dallas/ Ft. Worth area, including Artspace 111 and the Turner House.