Meet the Artist
Greg Biolchini, Painter and Teacher
From an early age, Greg has worked to hone his craft, learning from past masters and inventing his own techniques and styles. In the process, he has built a body of work and list of awards that any painter would be proud to call his own.
With 30 solo and many juried group exhibitions (see below) to his credit, Greg Biolchini's list of shows is testament to his solid local and growing national reputation. After winning his third national award at the National Arts Club in New York City, Greg was awarded Master Pastelist status by the Pastel Society of America. This, combined with his growing list of national honors and awards has helped further his reputation.
Greg enjoys tremendous popularity as a teacher. His workshops and demonstrations are well attended and consistently rated by attendees as superb.
Greg lives and works in Southwest Florida, with studio and teaching space on the Caloosahatchee River in North Fort Myers. He holds ongoing workshops in pastel, oil, and portraiture in his teaching studio and for art groups throughout Florida and the US (see workshop schedule).
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Greg Biolchini -- Contemporary RealistMediums: Oil, pastel, and acrylic in a variety of styles. Usual Subjects: Portraits, figures, landscapes, nature. Education: Selected courses in oil painting, portraiture, printmaking, pastel painting, and sculpture at the Ringling School of Art and Design. Significant Awards and Honors: Voted Visual Artist of the Year by the Angels of the Arts for Southwest Florida (2006). Top 100 Pastels, 4th Place Portrait, “The Pastel Journal” (2005). Annual National Art Competition Finalist, “The Artist Magazine” (2002, 2003, and 2005). Award for Excellence, Arts for the Parks Top 100 Artists (2001, 2002, 2004). Grumbacher Gold Medallion, Degas Pastel Society (2002). Pastel Society of America Award (1981, 1983, 1988, 2002). Best of Show, Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission Competition (2001). Elected to Master Pastel status PSA (1988). Exhibitions: 30 Solo shows since 1975. Significant group exhibitions: Hermitage Museum, Norfolk, Virginia (1986, 1987). The Museum of Florida Art and Culture (2003, 2007). The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio (2003). The National Arts Club, New York, NY (1979—2006). Public Collections: The Virginia Museum of Animal Art, The Museum of Florida Art and Culture, Edison-Ford Winter Home Museum, Fort Myers Historical Museum, State of Florida Capitol Building, Embry-Riddel Aeronautical University. Books: Featured in The Art of Pastel Portraiture, Watson-Guptill Publications (1996), Guide to Materials, published by F&W (2002), The Best of Pastel, Northlight Books (2006), and Painting with Pastels, Northlight Books (2007). Significant Magazines Featured in: “The Artist’s Magazine,” March 2007; “The Pastel Journal,” September-October 2001; March-April 2005 and January-February 2007. Teaching: Workshops in portraiture, plein air, the figure, and still life sponsored through art centers since 1976 throughout Florida, and in the last few years, Hawaii, Washington, Oregon, Alabama, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, and Texas. Select Shows Juried by Greg Biolchini include the International Association of Pastel Societies 8th Biannual Exhibition (2007), Top 100 Competition published by “The Pastel Journal” (2006), the Pastel Society of North Florida (2004), Great Lakes Pastel Society (2003), Pastel Society of El Paso (2002), and Alabama Pastel Society (2001).81 West North Shore Avenue, North Fort Myers, FL 33903 |
