Glenn Grubbs

Glenn Grubbs – Artist Biography
Glenn Grubbs is a visual artist whose work merges painting, poetry, and structural inquiry into a personal and philosophical exploration of memory, perception, and the residues of lived experience. Born in Washington, DC, Grubbs was shaped early by frequent visits to the city’s world-class museums, sparking a lifelong engagement with art as both reflection and inquiry.

He earned a Bachelor of Fine Art in Painting and a Masters in Architecture from Arizona State University, disciplines that converge in his distinctive approach—structurally aware, materially sensitive, and formally experimental. Over a career spanning more than 30 years, Grubbs has developed a visual language that draws on influences ranging from early exposure to modernism, time spent living in postwar West Germany as a soldier in the U.S. Army, and nearly two decades of public service—most recently as Deputy Public Works Officer for the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, California—where he applied his architectural creativity to real-world challenges of process, form, and function.

Grubbs’ paintings often incorporate bold, glyph-like forms and black linear frameworks that recall stained glass or ancient sym...

BFA (Painting) - Arizona State University

Master of Architecture - Arizona State University.

Licensed architect since 2002 with U.S. certification through NCARB. LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) accredited professional.

2025

'Still Moving' solo exhibition of paintings, Spaghetti Western, Morongo Valley, CA.

Duets Group Exhibit, Tensegrity Sculpture collaboration with Maria Bjorkdahl, Gallery 825, Los Angeles Art Association, Los Angeles, CA, USA

2021
Petite Works, Group Exhibit, Gallery 825, Los Angeles Art Association, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Fat City, Group Exhibit, Gallery 825, Los Angeles Art Association, Los Angeles, CA, USA

2020
Fleet Week, Group Exhibit, San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA, USA
Petite Works, Group Exhibit, Gallery 825, Los Angeles Art Association, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Gleaming Apollo, Group Exhibit, Gallery 825, Los Angeles Art Association, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Indistinct Chatter, Group Exhibit, Gallery 825, Los Angeles Art Association, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Field of Vision, Group Exhibit, Gallery 825, Los Angeles Art Association, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Habitual, Group Exhibit, Gallery 825, Los Angeles Art Association, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Exalted One, Group Exhibit, Gallery 825, Los Angeles Art Association, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Non-Sequitar, Group Exhibit, Gallery 825, Los Angeles Art Association, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Words on Printed Page, Group Exhibit, Gallery 825, Los Angeles Art Association, LA, CA, USA
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