As Suzanne Lacy writes, "There was a distinct advantage to living in Southern California’s non mainstream venues during the seventies, where an experimental art grew up outside of critical scrutiny and commercial interests." Among the artists working in Los Angeles during this period were: Paul McCarthy, Chris Burden, Martha Rosler, Allan Sekula, Alexis Smith.
He attended Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles, California and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from California State University, Northridge in 1971.
His work has been exhibited internationally for over 40 years. He is a Professor and Program Director of Painting in the Fine Arts program at Otis College of Art and Design. Grieger began his career during the 1970s in Los Los Angeles
Grieger sees his work as challenging conventional wisdom and revealing hidden assumptions in both art and culture.
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"Out of Thin Air LAX Artist Talk with Scott Grieger!" "The O-Files: Scott Grieger".
"Scott Grieger: Unamerican Activities" at Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica, California, 2000. "Scott Grieger: Let Freedumb Ring" at Patricia Faure Gallery, 1998. "Los Angeles Current: The Canvas Is Paper" at University of California, Los Angeles Armand Hammer Museum and Cultural Center, Los Angeles, 1998. "Scott Grieger: Impersonations and Combinations 1968-1973" at Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Los Angeles "Recent Drawings" at Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, 1979 "Scott Grieger: Paintings 1974-1977" at Los Angeles Louver Gallery in Venice, California In 2010,Grieger received a Distinguished Educator Award, Otis College and the LAX Coastal Area Chamber of Commerce. In 1984, he received a National Endowment for the Arts Mid-Career Artist Award.
