* Artist * Composer * Drummer * Synthesist * Teacher *
The multidisciplinary artist Gregory Scheckler lives in the Berkshires of Massachusetts. His artworks focuses on nature- and science-inspired themes, often using drawing, painting, digital media and sound. These have been in over a hundred exhibits, including with the One West Art Center, the Bennington Museum, the Berkshire Museum, the Center for the Visual Arts Gallery at Illinois State University, and the National Science Foundation. He earned degrees from the University of Notre Dame, Washington University in St. Louis, and Utah State University. In addition, he graduated from writing workshops through the Ad Astra SF Institute, as well as the Clarion West Writer’s Workshop.
Today, he teaches at the at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, providing creativity and critical thinking through visual art, often taking students on nature excursions. He envisions the arts as survival strategies, playgrounds, vivid storytelling, rich ways of thinking, and core functions of our humanity. When he’s not working, he hikes the Berkshires and hangs out with his wife the artist Laura Christensen. He enjoys playing drums and synthesizers, and tending their solar-powered home. He is currently working on a series of new multidisciplinary artworks that combine art, music, and inspirations from the many sciences
Nature Studies…
Another kind of education happens in nature. Requiring no degrees or organized curricula, nature studies came to life in his youth in Wisconsin, and in adulthood in the mountains of Western Massachusetts and nearby Vermont.
Supporting the Environment
As a contributing artist with Earth/Percent ( https://www.earthpercent.org/ ) I donate five percent of my net income from my art and music projects to environmental and science-oriented needs, to help offset the environmental costs of making music and art. Co-founded by Adam Callan, Hiroki Shirasuka, and Brian Eno, and advised by world-leading experts in science, academia and policy, Earth/Percent funds grants for effective organizations addressing climate and biodiversity emergencies. The goal of Earth/Percent is to create a healthy, equitable and livable planet for generations to come.
Contact
For art-related inquiries Gregory Scheckler may be contacted at studioDOTgregoryATgmail.com
Exhibit History
Where have Gregory Scheckler’s artworks been exhibited? Click here for a listing of selected exhibits.
Publication History
Where has Gregory Scheckler’s writing and art been published? Click here for a listing of selected publications.
Reviews
Friendly words about artworks by Gregory Scheckler
“Gregory can paint, but more than that he couples traditional (and beautifully realized) techniques – glazes, sfumato, deft brushwork – with fresh ideas about representation, narrative, and symbol.”
— Joe Thompson, director emeritus, MASSMOCA
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