Statement
© Lisa Silvestri
Dave Greber creates vibrant, revelatory video installations inspired by socio-cosmic phenomena.
Bio
Dave Greber was born in Philadelphia in 1982. He studied media production at Middle Bucks Institute for Technology, Temple University, and Universiteit van Amsterdam. In 2005, he moved to New Orleans where he produced documentaries for non-profits and musical acts, regional advertisements, and independent films. In 2009, he started calling himself "an artist" and started creating site-specific video installations for museums, galleries, and media festivals. He is a member of the Front, an artist-run collective, where he is both a curator and exhibitor.
Contact
email: davegreber@gmail.comyoutube: youtube.com/davegreber
gallery: nolafront.org
blog: dismuse.com
CV
Solo Exhibitions
TBD, Untitled Artprojects, Los Angeles, CA Jan. 2012 Peekaboo, The Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA Oct. 2011 Stilllives, The Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA, April, 2011 Open Arms, The Front, New Orleans, LA, March, 2011 Primer, The Front, New Orleans, LA May, 2010
Selected Group Exhibitions
Parallel Play, T-Lot, New Orleans, LA, 2011 Double Crescent, C24 Gallery, New York, NY 2011 September Competition, Alexandria Museum of Art, 2011 Love, The Front, The Front, New Orleans, LA 2011 Drop City, Lump Gallery, Raleigh NC, 2011 Southern Open, Acadiana Center for the Arts, 2011 My Mom Says my Work has Really Improved, Antenna, New Orleans, 2011 Brain Massage, Parse Gallery, New Orleans, 2011 Prospect 1.5, Just Off the Turnip Truck, Louisiana State Museum, New Orleans, LA 2010- 2011 Black Gold, The Front, New Orleans, LA, Dec. 2010 EMERGE, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA, 2010 Standing Heat, The Front, New Orleans, LA, 2010 Alternative Party 2010, Helsinki, Finland, 2010 Nervous Energy, Acadiana Center for the Arts, Lafayette, LA, 2010 Arts After Dark, ArtEgg Studios, New Orleans, LA, 2010 Sports, The Front, New Orleans, LA, 2010 Baltimore vs. The World, Current Gallery, Baltimore MD, 2010 Heat/Humidity, 930 Toulouse, New Orleans, LA, 2010 ArtVentures, Louisiana ArtWorks, New Orleans, LA, 2010 Sovereign Screens, Indie Grits Film Festival, Columbia, SC, 2010 Refresh, The Front, New Orleans, LA, 2010
Selected Screenings/Tours
B.Y.O.B. (Bring your own Beamer), The Good Children Gallery, N.O., July 2011 Open House Music presents The Throwdown, Studio 3 New Orleans, LA Dec. 2010 International Streaming Festival, The Hague, the Netherlands & Milan, Italy Dec. 2010 Catapult, T-Lot, New Orleans, LA, Nov. 2010 48 Hour Film Festival in New Orleans, 2010 IXFF, San Francisco, CA, 2009 IXFF, Boston, MA, 2009 Indie Grits Film Festival, Columbia, SC, 2009 Baltimore vs. The World, Current Gallery, Baltimore, MD, 2009 Peepshow Series, Big Top Gallery, New Orleans, LA, 2009 48 Hour Film Festival in New Orleans, 2009 Short Circuit Traveling Film Festival, the Southern Arts Federation, 2008-09 Southern Circuit Tour of Filmmakers, 2008 Bucks Fever Film Festival, Doylestown, PA, 2008 Peepshow Series, featured film at Big Top gallery, New Orleans, LA, 2008 Atlanta Underground Film Festival, 2008 Indie Grits Film Festival, Columbia, SC, 2008 UNO Film Festival, New Orleans, LA, 2008 Philadelphia Independent Film Festival, Philadelphia, PA, 2008 New Orleans Film Festival, New Orleans, LA, 2008 Timecode: NOLA episode 410, COX Digital Cable, 2008 48 Hour Film Festival in New Orleans, 2008 Diamond Screen Festival, Philadelphia, PA, 2003 Bibliography
ArtInfo.com, 9/20/11 “Turkish Entrepreneurs Create Buzz With C24, a New Emerging Art Gallery on Chelsea's Toniest Block” http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/38624/turkish-entrepreneurs-create-buzz-with-c24-a-new-emerging-art-gallery-on-chelseas-toniest-block/?page=2 Art in America International Review, 7/12/11.”Young Turks take Chelsea” http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/news-opinion/news/2011-07-12/c24-gallery-new-york/ Hyperallergic, 7/14/11 “From Louisiana with Love” http://hyperallergic.com/29525/from-louisiana-with-love-the-2011-southern-open-part-2/ Hyperallergic, 7/7/11 “Videos by Dave Greber: Life, the Universe and Everything” http://hyperallergic.com/28789/videos-by-dave-greber-life-the-universe-and-everything/ Art in America International Review, Mar. 2011 “Roving Eye: Tale of Two Cities” http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/news-opinion/finer-things/2011-03-18/roving-eye-marfa-new-orleans/ Art in America International Review, Jan. 2011.”New Orleans Prospects” http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/news-opinion/editors-homepage/2011-01-04/homepage-new-orleans-prospects/ Baltimore City Paper September, 2010. http://citypaper.com/arts/visualart/place-evaders-1.1034569 The Gambit, November 2, 2010. http://www.bestofneworleans.com/gambit/book-of-rocks-flowers-and-birds-and-precious-horshes/Content?oid=1393688 The Examiner.com, February 12, 2010. http://www.examiner.com/performing-arts-in-new-orleans/greber-s-pumpkin-pencil-pushes-the-limit?render=print The Free Times, April 9, 2009. http://www.free-times.com/index.php?cat=121304064644348&z_Issue_ID=11750904082710413&ShowArchiveArticle_ID=11750904083327110
Awards/Residencies
Member of the Front artist collective, New Orleans, LA Feb. 2010- Artist in Residence at the Louisiana ArtWorks June 2009-June 2010 Best Graphics, Best Sound Design, Best Movie (group a), and Audience Award at the 48 Hour Film Festival in New Orleans, 2009 Best Emerging Experimental Film, Bucks Fever Film Festival, Doylestown, 2008 Audience Award at the 48 Hour Film Festival in New Orleans, 2008 Diamond Screen Festival Best Graphics Award, Philadelphia, PA, 2003
Blight, The Front, New Orleans, LA Oct., 2011 Open Arms, The Front, New Orleans, LA, March, 2011 Precious Horshes, The Front, New Orleans, LA, November 2010 Sports, The Front, New Orleans, LA, July 2010 Primer, The Front, New Orleans, LA May, 2010
Education
Tulane University (upcoming) - MFA, Digital Art, 2013 Temple University — B.A., Film and Media Arts, 2005 Universiteit van Amsterdam - Semester at the International School of Social Sciences 2004 Middle Bucks Institute of Technology - NOCTI Certified Video Production, 2001
Collections
Jim Mounger The Saratoga Collection Charles Whited Steve and Paige Lewis
Curated Shows