GREGORY PRESTEGORD
Studio: 1904 Spruce St.
Philadelphia, PA 19103
215-380-6485;
Born 1983, Philadelphia Pennsylvania
Education
2005 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts,Certificate
1997-2001 High School for Creative and Performing Arts, Philadelphia
Solo Exhibitions
2005-2016 F.A.N. Gallery, 221 Arch St. Philadelphia
2013-2017Sloane Merrill Gallery, 75 Charles St. Boston
2015 Morpeth Contemporary, Hopewell, New Jersey
2015 St. Botolph’s Club, 199 Commonwealth Ave., Boston
Group Exhibitions
2017 “Summer Invitational,” Stanek Gallery, Philadelphia
2012 “Streets,” Principle Gallery, Alexandria, Virginia
2005 -2010 US Artists, represented by F.A.N. Gallery, Philadelphia
2011 “Promises of Greatness: Young Philadelphia Artists.”
Philadelphia SketchClub.
2010 “One of A Kind’” Chicago, Illinois
2010 “The Six.” JSF Contemporary in association with McNeil Art Group, New York, NY
2010 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Gallery(Juried Exhibition)
2005-2004Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Annual Student Exhibition
2003 Ellen Powel Tiberino Museum of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia
Awards
2005 Lambert and Emma Wallace Cadwalader First Prize for Landscape
Painting, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
Bibliography
“Arts & Culture,” Tribeca Citizen, September 30, 2010.
“City Life,”American Art Collector Magazine, June 2017
Donahue, Victoria. “True Grit,”The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 8, 2011.
“Gregory Prestegord’s Philadelphia Paintings at F.A.N. Gallery,” Broad Street Review,April 7, 2009.
Heidenry, Rachel. “Gregory Prestegord at F.A.N. Gallery,” publicwalls.wordpress.com, April 17. 2013
“Italian Market.” Painting by Gregory Prestegord, inHow Do You Know, starring Jack Nicholson and Reese Witherspoon, December 2010.
“’New Philadelphia School’ Exhibit to Open in New York City,”Phillyist,September 30, 2010.
Otterbein, Holly.“Last Chance to Catch It or Regret It,”Philadelphia City Paper,April 21, 2009.
Mangravite, Andrew. “All that Urban Jazz,”Broad Street Review, April 4, 2008.
Princeton Symphony Orchestra Honors Executive Director with Prestegord Painting, Princeton, New Jersey, June 3, 2015.
Sims, Carol. “US Artists American Fine Art Show & Sale Comes Home to PAFA,”Antiques and Arts Online, October 19, 2010.
Strauss, R.B. “April is here for all to revere First Friday,”Weekly PressandUniversity City Review,April 4, 2008.
Experience
2010 Teacher, Philadelphia Arts in Education Partnership Summer Program
2011 Teacher, Summer Arts Leadership Camp, Art Sanctuary, Philadelphia
1996-2009Muralist and Assistant Muralist, Mural Arts Program, Philadelphia