John Greig

Instructor in Sculpture & Sculpture Shop Manager
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jgreig@pafa.org
johngreigjr.com
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John Greig received his Certificate from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and has also studied at the University of Pennsylvania, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Minneapolis Technical College, and the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design. Born in Minnesota and raised in Wyoming, Greig now calls Philadelphia home. A dedicated artist and craftsman, he explores a wide range of techniques across sculpture, drawing, and printmaking.

In his role as manager of PAFA’s sculpture facilities, he works extensively with diverse materials and fabrication methods. Greig is the co-founder of Traction Company, a shared workshop that provides artists with access to tools, space, and equipment for making work. He exhibits regularly, with recent solo exhibitions at Automat (2019), Abington Art Center (2021) and Gross McCleaf Gallery (2023) More of his work can be found at johngreigjr.com and on Instagram @johngreigjr.

Artwork by John Greigg

A wedge-shaped concrete sculpture with a heavily textured, monochromatic gray surface featuring layered, geometric block patterns reminiscent of brutalist architecture.
Chillida
An axonometric architectural drawing depicts a geometric structure with an inverted pyramidal funnel at the top that connects down to underground shafts, a floating central cube, and large subterranean chambers.
Double Cistern
A complex, multi-tiered wooden scaffolding structure supports a large circular panel decorated with geometric designs and a large, dark, irregular rock resting against it.
Perseus & Mother
A modern sculptural artwork features a large, dark faux-stone rock and an oval mirror precariously balanced atop an intricate, geometric framework of crisscrossing light wooden dowels.
Perseus & Mother
An isometric architectural drawing depicts a blue rectangular carton intersected by a detailed topographical landscape plane, all enclosed within a transparent wireframe box.
Perseus & Mother
An isometric architectural drawing features overlapping, pill-shaped blue pools layered over fine pencil gridlines.
Perseus & Mother watercolor

 

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