BACK to: artist preview list / art icons Open Studios 2002 Artist: Gregg Renfrow Painting 1060 Jackson St Benicia, CA 707-746-0224

Gregg Renfrow was born in SF where he received his BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1972. He received a scholarship - Purchase Award from Skowhegen School of Painting and sculpture in 1972.

His work has been shown at: Biennial, Whitney Museum, NY; 35th Biennial, Corcoran Museum, Washington, DC; "California Painting and Sculpture: The Modern Era", SF MOMA & The Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC 1976-77; "Six California Artists", Oostende, Belgium; Nohra Haime Gallery, NY; "Art in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1945-1980", The Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, CA; "Illuminations," Regional Center for the Arts, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek; and "Process Art: West Coast, 70's, 80's, 90's" California State University, Bakersfield, Bakersfield.

Collections Include: San Francisco Modern Museum of Art; Norton Museum of Art, Palm Beach, Florida; Oakland Museum of California; Chase Manhattan Bank, NY; Faberge, Inc., Los Angeles, CA; Western Electric Corporation, Chicago, Illinois; Hewlett -Packard Corporation, Palo Alto, CA; HBO, San Francisco, CA; San Francisco International Airport, SF,CA; Apple computer, San Jose, CA; Rational Software, Milpitas, CA; Alza Corporation, Mountainview, CA SAP, San Francisco, CA

Gregg juxtaposes actual and painted light into his pieces. He brings spiritual images to life with his creative use of color.