birth_place awards nationality field birth_date article_title name alma_mater
biloxi , mississippi national -rrb- endowment for the arts mid-career grant -lrb- 1984 american painting 1946 scott grieger
 scott grieger california state university , northridge
scott grieger

scott grieger -lrb- born 1946 -rrb- is an american artist based in los angeles .
he attended chouinard art institute in los angeles , california and received a b.f.a. from california state university , northridge in 1971 .
his work has been exhibited internationally for over 40 years .
he is a professor and program director of painting in the fine arts program at otis college of art and design .
grieger began his career during the 1970s in los angeles .
as suzanne lacy writes , `` there was a distinct advantage to living in southern california 's non mainstream venues during the seventies , where an experimental art grew up outside of critical scrutiny and commercial interests . ''
among the artists working in los angeles during this period were : paul mccarthy , chris burden , martha rosler , allan sekula , alexis smith .
grieger sees his work as challenging conventional wisdom and revealing hidden assumptions in both art and culture .
