Gregory Graham grew up in Watervliet, New York. He received his BA and MA from the State University of New York at Albany, and his MFA from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Graham has been the recipient of numerous awards, including grants from the Jerome Foundation and the Minnesota State Arts Board. His most recent show was Person. Place. Thing., a three person exhibition in 2016-17 at St. Cloud State University. He lives and works in Saint Paul. Artist Statement: La Nuit Américaine is......French for American Night. ...the name given to the early Hollywood practice of filming night scenes with darkening filters during daylight....a film by François Truffaut that, among other things, reflects upon the artificiality of cinema, and questions whether art is more important than life to those who make it.The paintings in this series respond to the multiple connotations of this expression.