Adrian Gray (sculptor)
Adrian Gray (born in Bristol in 1961) is a British sculptor. Gray started creating stone balancing sculptures in 2002.[1][2][3] His work is predominantly sculpture and photography based on the natural world of balance. He creates balancing sculptures using naturally weathered stone usually on location by the coast. As the sculptures are transitory he captures them on film as evidence of their existence.(see galleries on website). To show live examples of his work he performs stone balancing/ rock balancing demonstrations where he creates new sculptures on site. In the past 8 years his work has evolved to include new ideas and themes, but the predominant feature remains the beauty and seemingly impossible nature of balance. His sculptures for the garden and indoors are previously balanced compositions fixed permanently in position. The owners of the sculptures have a film of them being created/balanced to remind them of their once precarious state.
He is based in Devon and his work is in public and private spaces nationwide.[4]
Exhibitions and Events
- In November 2015 Gray completed his largest-ever stonebalancing sculpture, 'Trust in Nature'. Nearly five metres tall and made of two Bodmin granite boulders, it was first assembled on Bodmin Moor, where it stayed in place for a week. Gray then moved it to the RHS garden at Rosemoor in Devon for their winter sculpture exhibition (the two parts of the sculpture are fixed together for safety). Gray plans to exhibit the sculpture at the Chelsea Flower Show 2016. The balancing process on Bodmin was filmed for BBC1's The One Show and broadcast on 25 November.[5]
- In June 2015 Gray worked with photographer Mikael Buck to create a series of images for the Isle of Man Tourism Division. The photos show Gray's stonebalancing sculptures in a number of natural locations on the island, and were released on 14 July 2015.[6]
- Domaine de Chaumont international Garden Festival 2014 exhibiting with Hay Young Hwang
- Chelsea Flower Show 2014 Exhibiting in Patrick Collins's show garden, 'A Garden for First Touch at St George's'. The garden, which won a Silver Gilt medal, was a celebration of the work of the Neonatal Unit at St George's Hospital, Tooting, and its partnership with the charity First Touch. After Chelsea, the garden – including Adrian Gray's stonebalancing sculpture – was reassembled in the grounds of St George's Hospital.
- Henley Art Festival 2008 – Exhibiting sculptures and photographs
- River Cottage Fair 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 – a regular guest at this annual fair
- Artsfest 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010. 2011
- Dorset Arts Week 2010[7]
- Axevale Show 2010
- Mill Gallery Lyme Regis 2010, 2011
- Malt House Gallery 2010, 2011
- Fossil Festival 2009, 2010, 2011,2012
- Spring Tide Festival 2011
- Guerrilla Art Frieze 2006, 2007
- Glastonbury 2007 – A special invitation to demonstrate in the Avalon area
- Apostrophe 2011 – Artist in residence Baker St London.
- Quartz Sculpture Festival 2011 – Queens College
- Art Trove gallery, Singapore oct 2012
- Hartlepool town gallery, one man show sept 2012[8]
References
- ↑ "Putting a rock in a hard place: Sculptures that require an amazing balancing act". Daily Mail.
- ↑ "The weird art of stone balancing". Independent.co.uk. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
- ↑ "Stone me! Meet the man who's made balancing giant rocks an artform". Dailymail.co.uk. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
- ↑ "The incredible stone balancing artist". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
- ↑ "Excerpt from The One Show, BBC1, 25 November 2015". BBC. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
- ↑ "That's quite a balancing act! Artist who creates gravity-defying sculptures shows off his latest works with Isle of Man as a stunning backdrop". Daily Mail. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
- ↑ "Jurassic Coast artist – Meet Dorset's stone balancing wizard". Dorset Magazine. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
- ↑ "Adrian Gray- A boulder vision".