Kelly LloydFebruary 10, 2022Chicago, USA, United States of America, SAIC, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Episode 2: Gregory Bae

Kelly LloydFebruary 10, 2022Chicago, USA, United States of America, SAIC, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Vertical patterned image of orange fruit with 1 green leaf and 1 brown stem. The top and bottom sections have a smaller pattern, the centre has a larger pattern with a white box in the centre that reads "just dumb shit to nothing," in black. — Fiona Reilly, 2021

EPISODE TRANSCRIPT

Gregory Bae (1986-2021) was a multi-disciplinary artist based in Chicago. He received his BFA from RISD in 2007 and his MFA from School of the Art Institute of Chicago (S.A.I.C.) in 2012. He exhibited in Chicago, Cleveland, Milwaukee, New York City, Milan, Busan and Seoul. He won awards from the Chicago Artists Coalition, the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, The City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, and the Foundation for Contemporary Arts. He attended residencies in Miami, Cheongju, Seoul and Spartanburg. He was the co-founder and director of Chicago API Artists United (CAAU), the Asian and Pacific Islander Artist Collective, and the co-director for Bills Auto, an exhibition space in Chicago. He was a Lecturer in the Painting and Drawing and Contemporary Practices Departments at S.A.I.C., and an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Art Department at the University of Illinois - Chicago.