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Paintings & Performances: Gregg Chadwick's Summer Showcase

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  This summer, Gregg Chadwick's artwork will be exhibited across five Southern California settings, demonstrating how fine art can dynamically engage with diverse fields—including clinical psychiatry, literary history, democratic gallery models, and the concept of America as a country of immigrants.   Gregg Chadwick's Art featured in a third group exhibition at Band of Vices   Dear Artists… Los Angeles - Streets, Structures & Stories  June 27 – July 25, 2026 Band of Vices in partnership with the Helms Design District ·     Location 1: Band of Vices – DTLA      Address: 1700 S. Santa Fe Avenue, Suite 371, Los Angeles, CA 90021 (Historic Downtown LA Arts District) Opening & Artists Reception: Saturday, June 27, 2026, from 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. ·     Location 2: Helms Design District 8745 Washington Blvd, Culver City, CA 90232 (Historic Helms Bakery Campus) Opening & Artists Reception: Sunday, June 28, 2026, from 2:00 p.m....

Artist Talk Tonight at OCCCA!

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  OC Folks! You are invited to an artist talk at the marvelous group exhibition "Love Is All You Need" at the Orange County Center for Contemporary Art on Saturday, March 7, 2026 at 6:00 pm. I will be chatting about my painting "Pirates" Gallery open until 10:00 pm. Curator William Moreno Gregg Chadwick Pirates 24"x18" oil on paper 2025 Notes on “Pirates” In my oil on blue prepared paper painting "Pirates", it is April in Paris. At a café in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, a couple lock eyes in a knowing glance like pirates preparing a raid. Co-conspirators in the game of love. In "Pirates" I have created a surface where "ghosts of earlier ideas" remain which invites the viewer into a non-linear experience of time. In the wake of the 2025 fires, "Pirates" offers a narrative of resilience, community, and the enduring power of love—agape, familiar, and platonic—reminding the viewer that "art is a beautiful and necessary ...