Adrian Gray (artist)

Adrian Gray (born in Bristol in 1961) is a British artist. Gray began creating stone balancing sculptures in 2002.[1][2]

Adrian Gray beside a monumental sculpture

Gray's work is predominantly sculpture based on balancing natural elements. He creates sculptures mainly using naturally weathered stone, usually on location by the coast. As the sculptures are transitory, he films them as evidence of their existence. To show live examples of his work he performs demonstrations where he creates new sculptures on site. In 2010 his work began to evolve to include new ideas and themes, but the consistent 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. Since 2015 he has also been creating monumental sculptures weighing many tons, balancing them with large cranes. The owners of the sculptures have a film of their creation to remind them of their once precarious state.

In 2015 a book about Gray's work was published in the UK. "The Art of Stonebalancing" includes the story of his life and work, plus photographs by Gray himself and other photographers.[3]

Exhibitions
  • Gray exhibited at his own trade stand at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019.[4]
  • Delamore sculpture exhibition 2019
  • Borde Hill sculpture exhibition 2019
  • Landscape Show 2018
  • River Cottage Festival 2018
  • Harold Hillier Gardens exhibition 2018
  • St Miguel Rich List 2017 participant
  • RHS Rosemoor winter sculpture exhibition 2017
  • In 2016, Gray completed a commission for a stone balancing sculpture at an eco-tourism development on Sri Lanka's Yala coast. In spring 2017 he completed a similar piece for a private client in Ibiza.
  • In 2015 Gray completed a 14-tonne stonebalancing sculpture, "Trust in Nature". More than five metres tall and made of two Bodmin granite boulders, it was first assembled on Bodmin Moor, where it remained for a week. Gray then moved it to the RHS garden at Rosemoor in Devon for their winter sculpture exhibition and also took the piece to London for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2016. The balancing process on Bodmin was filmed for BBC1's The One Show and broadcast on 25 November.[5]
  • Gray worked with photographer Mikael Buck to create a series of images for the Isle of Man Tourism Division. The photos show Gray's stone balancing sculptures in natural locations on the island, and were released on 14 July 2015.[6]
  • Domaine de Chaumont international Garden Festival 2014 exhibiting with garden designer 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 on the hospital grounds.
  • Featured on Channel 4's 'Grand Designs'[7]
Gray's stonebalancing sculpture created for Channel 4's Grand Designs programme, 2014
  • Solo exhibition at [Gardens, Painswick]
  • On Form sculpture exhibition 2014
  • Henley Art Festival 2008 – exhibiting sculptures and photographs
  • River Cottage Fair 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 – a regular guest at this annual fair
  • Lyme Regis Artsfest 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010. 2011
  • Dorset Arts Week 2010[8]
  • Axevale Show 2010
  • Mill Gallery Lyme Regis 2010, 2011
  • Malt House Gallery 2010, 2011
  • Fossil Festival 2009, 2010, 2011,2012
  • Spring Tide Festival 2011
  • Frieze Art Fair, London, 2006, 2007 – guerrilla art
  • Glastonbury 2007 – A special invitation to demonstrate in the Avalon area
  • Apostrophe 2011 – Artist in residence Baker St London.
  • Quartz Sculpture Festival 2011 – Queen's College, Taunton
  • Art Trove and Leica galleries, Singapore October 2012
  • Hartlepool town gallery, solo show September 2012[9]

References
  1. "The weird art of stone balancing". Independent.co.uk. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  2. "The incredible stone balancing artist". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  3. "Lyme Regis stone balancer publishes new book of gravity-defying sculptures". Newsquest. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
  4. "RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2016: Joyful displays launch with twirling trees and royal blooms". Evening Standard. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
  5. "Excerpt from The One Show, BBC1, 25 November 2015". BBC. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  6. "Stone balancer Adrian Gray creates striking statues on the Isle of Man". The Independent. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  7. "Grand Designs, Channel 4, September 2014". Channel 4. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  8. "Jurassic Coast artist – Meet Dorset's stone balancing wizard". Dorset Magazine. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  9. "Adrian Gray- A boulder vision".
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