Paralympic Athlete —
Olympic Artist
Gregory Burns & The Olympic Games
Three Olympic Commissions.
2020 — Tokyo Olympic Agora.Commissioned as Official Artist in Residence at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Six large-scale Noren screens, each 53×128 inches, created for the Olympic Agora.
2022 — IOC Live Painting, Tokyo.Invited by the IOC to paint live at the National Stadium’s Goodbye Tokyo ceremony. The resulting canvas, Athlete’s Journey Tokyo, entered the permanent collection of the IOC Museum in Lausanne.
2025 — LA28 Olympic Partners Event, Hollywood.Commissioned to paint live at the LA28 Organizing Committee’s Partner Event. A 4×12ft mural completed in three hours in front of 240 guests, now retained by LA28.
LA28 Partners Event · Hollywood, CA · Feb 2025
4×12ft live mural · 240 guests · 3 hours
In Museum & Institutional Collections
Lausanne · Switzerland
IOC Museum · International Olympic Committee
Athlete’s Journey Tokyo (60×60in, 2022) acquired following Gregory’s commission as Official Artist in Residence at the Tokyo 2020 Games. Permanent collection.
Daphne, Alabama · United States
United States Sports Academy
Named 2016 Sports Artist of the Year. Works held in permanent collection at the nation’s leading sports education institution.
The Olympic Agora — Six Noren Screens
Tokyo 2020 — Official Commission.Commissioned as Official Artist in Residence at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic & Paralympic Games. Six large-scale digital paintings converted to Noren screens — each 53×128 inches — representing the core values of the Games.
Noren Screens · Digital Painting · 53×128″ each
Sport in Motion
Tokyo 2020 — Sport in Motion.Ten individual sport studies created for the Tokyo 2020 Games. All available as Giclée Prints on fine art paper or canvas — multiple sizes. Available by inquiry.
All Sports Art Works Available as Prints
Every work is available as a Giclée Print on fine art paper or canvas — multiple sizes. Shipped worldwide.
The Art of Athletic Achievement
2016 — United States Sports Academy.Gregory was named Sports Artist of the Year by the United States Sports Academy in 2016. He paints sport from the inside out — swimming in three Paralympic Games, painting professionally for four decades. Gestural, physical, decisive: the same full-body commitment on canvas as in competition.
2016 Sports Artist of the Year · United States Sports Academy