Info

Lives in Delhi and Washington, DC
Email: gregorythielker@gmail.com

Education

Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri MFA in Painting 2005
Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts BA in Art History with Honors 2002

Selected Exhibitions

Instability, Wilson Chapel, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York 2012
Washington Realism, Carroll Square Gallery, Washington, DC 2012
Wet Paint, Southern Ohio Museum of Art, Portsmouth, Ohio 2011
On the road, Arlington Art Center, Arlington, Virginia 2011
Drive by, Project 4 Gallery, Washington, DC 2011
Spring Solos, Arlington Art Center, Arlington, Virginia 2010
The roads they traveled, Arthuna Temple Site, Arthuna, Rajasthan, India 2010
Seven Perspectives, Peter Stremmel Gallery, Reno, Nevada 2009
Introductions, Hidell Brooks Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina 2009
Bridge Art Fair, Kidder Smith Gallery, Miami, Florida 2008
On the street, Kingston Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts 2008
Arthouse, Lowell, Massachusetts 2008
Holyoke Center Exhibitions, Harvard University, Cambridge Massachusetts 2007
Susan Eley Fine Art, New York, New York 2007
Particular Places, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, Connecticut 2006
Andrea Meislin Gallery, New York, New York 2005
Red, University Place Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts 2005
Constructing the Metrolink, Des Lee Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri 2005
Elysium at Seven, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 2005
Reauchambeau, Moreau Art Gallery, St. Mary's College, Notre Dame, Indiana 2004
Your Name on a Grain of Rice, Des Lee Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri 2004
From Conception to Completion, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 2004
Mabee Art Gallery, Culver-Stockton College, Canton, Missouri 2003

Awards, Fellowships, and Residencies

Hybrid Art Projects Residency, El Zonte, El Salvador 2011
Fulbright-Nehru Senior Research Award, Council for the International Exchange of Scholars 2010
Sanskriti Kendra Residency Fellowship, Delhi, India 2010
American Scandinavian Foundation Artist Grant 2010
Royal Norwegian Embassy Artist Grant, Washington, DC 2010
Sandarbh International Residency, Partapur, Rajasthan, India 2010
Neerja Modi International Art Camp Fellowship, Jaipur, India 2009
Saint Botolph Club Foundation Emerging Artist Award 2009
Stonehouse Residency for the Contemporary Arts, Miramonte, California 2004

Bibliography

Abdul-Alim, Jamaal. "Diverse in India: Fulbright Scholar Sketches Scenes along Superhighway Between Delhi, Kolkata.," Diverse Issue in Higher      Education, September 9, 2011.
Jenkins, Mark. "Gallery Opening: Drive by," The Washington Post, February 4, 2011.
Wideman, John Edgar. "Always raining somewhere, said Jim Johnson," p. 65, Harper's Magazine, February, 2011 (illustration).
Pisa, Pierluigi. "I paesaggi vivono nei finestrini dell'auto,"” La Repubblica, Italy. October 19, 2010.
Read, Max. "These are not photographs,"” Gawker.com, October 15, 2010.
"Weekly art websites: Paintings so real-looking you won't believe they weren't taken with a camera,"” The Independent, UK, June 29, 2010.
New American Paintings, South Edition, Issue 88, 2010.
Singh, Abhilasha. "When water is a theme,"” India Daily News and Analysis, India, December 27, 2009.
Berner, Megan. "Magnificent Seven," Reno News & Review, November 26, 2009.
Studio Visit Magazine, Vol. 3, Open Studio Press, 2009.
McQuaid, Cate. "Seeing Red," The Boston Globe, January 11, 2006.

Guest Lectures

University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 2012
Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York 2012
College of Art, Delhi University, New Delhi, India 2010
Tajasvini Mahila College, Partapur, Rajasthan, India 2010
Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Massachusetts (critic) 2009
Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine 2009
Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington 2007
Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts 2006
Culver-Stockton College, Canton, Missouri 2004, 2005

Professional Experience

Adjunct Studio Art Professor, Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts 2006 –- 2009
Painting Instructor, Belvoir Terrace, Lenox, Massachusetts 2005 - 2006
Art Instructor, Essex Art Center, Lawrence, Massachusetts 2006