Born 1952 Sydney
Academic and Professional Activities
2005 Lecturer in post-grad studies, National Art School, Sydney.
1998 - 2004 Lecturer in Painting, Drawing, and Art History and Theory, SA School of Art; AIT Adelaide Arts Centre; and Adelaide Central School of Art.
2002 PhD, South Australian School of Art, University of SA
2000 Study Tour of Spain and UK, including 1 month studio residency, Barcelona Institute of Art.
1994 - 1997 Bachelor of Visual Arts (Honours), SA School of Art.
1992 - 1993 Studied drawing, painting and printmaking, Canberra School of Art.
1977 - 1991 Self-employed commercial artist, Sydney and Canberra.
1970 - 1976 Diploma of Painting, National Art School, Sydney; Fine Arts, University of Sydney, (incomplete). Study Tour of Europe, Asia and North America.

The captivating works of Ian Greig are nature studies concentrating on the aesthetic exploration of water. In them, he pursues the ineffable ambiguities of the surface of a body of water via the processes of painting.

These almost opalescent oil paintings have a dream-like essence, with delicate hues, graceful forms and the simplest of graphic brush-marks. His works explore the effect of light and shadow on the natural environment, conveying a sense of silence and isolation. In his attempt to reconcile the horizontal with the vertical, the invisible with the visible, these paintings seek to negotiate that slippery space between culture and nature, construct and experience; a space between meanings where oppositions and reversals can occur and where fixed categories dissolve.

“My paintings are inspired by the reflective surface of water such as ponds, creeks and rivers. The contemplative nature of the surface of a pond is the result of three visual fields coming into play simultaneously – the bottom of the pool, the surface with its leaves and ripples, and the reflections of what exists above. All these combine to create the shifting visual ambiguity, which drives my work. This series is my latest adventure into the ephemeral and the ineffable via the process of painting; an ongoing project in which the outcomes, like the subject of its focus, are in a constant state of flux.”

Greig has held several successful exhibitions throughout Australia, and is represented in corporate and private collections in South Australia, New South Wales, Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory.

Artbank
Country Arts SA
Government House South Australia
University of South Australia
Corporate and private collections in Australia, UK, Spain and Canada.

Adam Dutkiewicz, ‘Revealing our urban identity’, The Advertiser, February 13, 1998.
Stateline, ABC TV, February 27, 1998.
Sarah Thomas, ‘Art incentive to see the world’, The Advertiser, February 28, 1998.
Brett Buttfield, ‘Various Artists’, dB Magazine, No. 165, March 1998.
John Neylon, ‘Value Adding’, Adelaide Review, No. 175, April 1998.
Tim Lloyd, ‘State brushes with fame’, The Advertiser, November 17, 1998.
Giles Auty, ‘Beyond Words’, The Weekend Australian, November 21, 1998.
Cath Kenneally, interview, Radio 5UV ‘Arts Breakfast’, September 18, 1999.
Louise Nunn, ‘Talent Reflected’, The Advertiser, September 22, 1999.
Adam Dutkiewicz, ‘Leading shift in concern’, The Advertiser, April 11, 2001.
Ian Greig, ‘Studio Secrets’, Australian Artist, Vol 18, No. 1, July 2001.
David O’Brien, ‘Contemporary Art Centre members show’, dB Magazine, No. 266, January 2002.
Adam Dutkiewicz, ‘Art of science’, The Advertiser, October 14, 2002.
Linda Marie Walker, ‘Unseen, all too visible’, Real Time, No. 59, February-March 2004.
Ewart Shaw, interview, Radio Adelaide, March 27, 2004.
Adam Dutkiewicz, ‘Breaking the abstract mold’, The Advertiser, July 17, 2004.
Chris Reid, ‘Ian Greig’, Australian Art Collector, No. 29, July-September 2004.