Greg Piazza - Biography

Greg Piazza started his exploration into painting after a car accident took his brother’s life in 2004. Seeking to find an escape and a sense of calm, he created minimalist works using oil on canvas as the medium. In 2007, Greg became interested in how our environments shape our thoughts and emotions and set out to photograph these scenes to later reflect upon in his paintings. Greg then leapt into the national art scene where his work received much attention and earning him gallery exhibitions in Dallas, New York, and Scottsdale. He would later go on to include artworks in museum and solo exhibitions. Greg’s early works are recognized by his use of the circle, representing life, and later works by their simple organic or geometric forms.

In addition to using his natural instinct for photography composition, Greg has completed online and in-person workshops with Alan Ross. Alan is an internationally respected master photographer and educator who worked side-by-side with Ansel Adams as his photographic assistant. He knows Adams’ approach and technique perhaps better than any other photographer today. He also continues to be the exclusive printer of the Yosemite Special Edition negatives, an assignment Adams selected him for personally in 1975.

Displaying his works in both public and private locations and exhibitions, Piazza has earned a notable list of collectors and awards around the globe.

Awards:

Neutral Density Photography Awards - 2021 - Honorable Mention for Long Exposure Project
Forty Under Forty - 2017 - Juror - Maggie Adler, Curator, Amon Carter Museum

Exhibitions/Contributions:

Western Gallery - New Western Talent - Jurors - Cindy Atkins, notable collector and Taos board member. Ed Roberson, conservationist and host of Mountain and Prairie podcast. Emily Wilson, curator at the Briscoe Western Art Museum in San Antonio - 2021
Naples Art: Camera 2020 Jurors - Susan Spiritus, David Albers, and Leigh Gleason - 2021
Ann Arbor Art Center - Art Now: Photography. Juror - Eleanor Oakes - 2020
Fort Worth Community Art Center - Spring Gallery Night Curated by William Campbell - 2019
Color Exhibition Curated by Jennifer Klos, Art Consultant and former Curator, Oklahoma City Museum of Art
Mattatuck Museum - Convergence, Meditations on American Landscape - 2018/2019
Fort Wayne Museum of Art - The National: Best of Contemporary Photography 2018 - 2018
ART214 - Dallas, TX - 2018
DCAC Art for Advocacy and NorthPark Preview Show - 2017, 2018
Gallery 7 NINE - Subjective Juncture Exhibition - 2017
Fort Works Art - 40 Under 40 Exhibition curated by Amon Carter Museum's Associate Curator, Maggie Adler - 2017
Unique by Nature Juried Competition and Exhibition - 2017
WALL Gallery - 2017 Solo Exhibition "Painted Lens"
Art: Raw Project - NYC - 2009
North Texas Business for Culture and the Arts' "2008 OBELISK AWARDS GALA" at FIG - 2008
North Texas Business for Culture and the Arts Show - First Place in Enhanced Photography and Paintings on Canvas - 2007 and 2008