Greg Stimac

Greg Stimac
Born 1976 (age 39–40)
Euclid, Ohio
Nationality American
Education Stanford University, Columbia College Chicago
Known for Artist, Photography, Video, Sculpture

Greg Stimac (born 1976) is an American artist who lives and works in California.

Education and background

Greg Stimac was born a first generation Croatian-American in Euclid, OH. His interest in photography matured in Linda, CA, while attending Yuba Community College (1997-2002) where he practiced traditional darkroom processes. In 2002, his work was included in the Crocker-Kingsley: California’s Biennial at the Crocker Art Museum, (Sacramento, CA) juried by artist Gladys Nilsson. He relocated to Chicago to finish his undergraduate education at Columbia College (2003-2005) and found employment at both the Museum of Contemporary Photography and the Croatian Ethnic Institute.[1][2] [3] From 2011-2013 Stimac attended graduate school at Stanford University.

Artistic practice

80" x 38.5", 2011, Archival Inkjet Print (Gas Station Photograph I) [4]

Stimac first gained attention for his serial photographic series titled “Recoil” (2005), a project made in collaboration with gun enthusiasts at unregulated shooting ranges in California and Missouri. Other subjects from this period include; lawn mowing, unattended campfires, urine-filled bottles at the roadside, and cars peeling out.[5][6] [7] [8]

In 2009 Stimac collected ephemera on plexiglass plates attached to the grill of his car between destinations, then scanned them at road-side with a flatbed scanner. This work became a series loosely referred as “Driving Photographs” and served as a departure from his traditional photographic practice. Each individual image bears the point and destination as its title.[9] [10]

Chicago to Atlanta, 2009, Archival Inkjet Print, 24"x30"
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, 2009, Archival Inkjet Print, 24"x30"
Empire, 2011, Digital Video Loop

In recent work, Stimac continues to investigate myth and reality of American identity through its landscape, cultural traditions, folk heroes, and histories, with subject matter such as the Golden Spike, Old Faithful, the Flag of the United States,[11] and America’s Independence Day (the 4th of July). Stimac’s work has been collected and exhibited by institutions such as the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS, the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA, the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL, the Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, and the Yale School of Architecture, New Haven, CT.

Exhibitions

Group exhibitions

Publications

Collections

References

  1. ↑ Croatian Ethnic Institute http://www.croatianfranciscans.org/eng/activ7.htm
  2. ↑ Public Culture, Home is Where We Take It http://publicculture.dukejournals.org/content/25/3_71/453.abstract
  3. ↑ Daylight, Invites 2, Greg Stimac http://daylightbooks.org/blog/2009/2/9/292
  4. ↑ Lifeblood on the Road, by George Philip LeBourdais http://www.academia.edu/3638336/Lifeblood_on_the_Road/
  5. ↑ Walker Art Center, Artist, Greg Stimac http://design.walkerart.org/worldsaway/Artist/GregStimac
  6. ↑ Foto Fest 2010 Beinnial, Road to Nowhere http://www.2010biennial.fotofest.org/exhibitions/roadtonowhere/greg_stimac.aspx
  7. ↑ Le Monde 2, Les armes, ce passe-temps américain, par Greg Stimac http://www.lemonde.fr/a-la-une/portfolio/2009/06/11/le-monde-2-les-armes-ce-passe-temps-americain-par-greg-stimac_1205576_3208.html
  8. ↑ Museum of Contemporary Photography, This Land is Your Land http://www.mocp.org/exhibitions/2008/02/this-land-is-your-land.php
  9. ↑ White Flag Projects, Artist Bio, Greg Stimac http://www.whiteflagprojects.org/docs/checklist_46.pdf
  10. ↑ Art in America, Review, Greg Stimac http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/reviews/greg-stimac/
  11. ↑ Stimac's Vimeo page Flag/Flag is a Target http://vimeo.com/76786663

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