Gregg Schlanger joined the Department of Art + Design at Central Washington University in 2011. Professor Schlanger is currently the Chair of the department. He received his BFA from Boise State University in 1987 and his MFA from Northern Illinois University in 1989.

Gregg’s work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally. This includes a public art project for North Thurston High School in Lacey, Washington, a community public art commission for the City of Memphis, Tennessee, a community project for the City of Providence, Rhode Island and a commission for the public library in Owensboro, Kentucky. Gregg has participated in exhibitions in New York, Illinois, Iowa, Nevada, California, North Carolina, Colorado, Arkansas, Idaho, Oregon, Tennessee, Virginia and Washington. His work has also been exhibited in Berlin, Erfurt, Potsdam and Jena, Germany. He has received many awards including Sponsorship by the New York Foundation for the Arts, Israel-Tennessee Visual Artist Exchange Project Fellowship, USIA Arts America Grant and New Forms Regional Initiative Grant from the NEA.

Gregg works primarily in installations and community public art. Aspects of community oriented art and educational components are important elements of Gregg's projects.