Michelle Gregor

Considered a leading figure in the second generation of Bay Area Figuration, Gregor is a multifaceted artist who works in clay, bronze, paint and drawing media, handling each with a process-oriented and intuitive approach. She has a masterful, intuitive sense of color that unifies her work and endows it with a painterly vigor that reflects her Bay Area roots and her deep understanding of Abstract Expressionism. Gregor’s sculptures have remarkably nuanced surfaces as a result of each piece going through as many as seven or eight firings at high temperature. Gregor applies color in pools, patches and slashes, letting gravity have its way with the wet pigments. The artist’s additive/subtractive approach to coloration is one of the signature elements of her style, endowing her works with a suggestion of age and patina.

Michelle Gregor received her BA in Studio Art from the University of California, Santa Cruz (Chancellor’s Grant) in 1983 and her MFA from San Francisco State University in 1994 (Outstanding M.F.A. Candidate, Art Department). Gregor has work in many prestigious collections, both private and public. Her 2024 solo-exhibition at the Triton Museum in Santa Clara CA was a great success and she has been featured in many publication. Gregor is a tenured professor who has traveled the world as a visiting artist and lecturer.