Gregory Thielker uses painting and drawing to investigate the conception of site through observation and memory.  His hyper-realistic work connects to specific places and calls into question the way recognition and narrative can often sway understanding and perception.  He employs traditional materials, such as oil paints and graphite, which are often married with conceptual methods to bring the artist’s role into relief.

He has exhibited throughout the United States and abroad.  Recent exhibition venues include Project 4 Gallery, Carroll Square Gallery, both in Washington, DC, and the Southern Ohio Museum of Art.  He is the recipient of many grants and residencies including the Fulbright-Nehru Senior Research Award, Sanskriti-Kendra Residency in Delhi, Hybrid Art Projects Residency in El Salvador, and the American Scandinavian Foundation Artist Grant.  His work has been reviewed by the Boston Globe, the Independent, the Washington Post, La Repubblica, and New American Painting. 

Gregory Thielker was born in New Jersey and received a BA from Williams College and MFA from Washington University in St. Louis in Painting.