Kevin Francis Gray (born 1972) is an Irish artist living and working in Canterbury and Pietrasanta, Italy.Shiny bronzes with a hint of Darkness Wall Street Journal Hedi Slimane and Howard Bilton are both collectors of his work.Kevin Francis Gray: Cruel Story Of Youth September 2012 by Fan Zhong W
Gray was born in Armagh, Northern Ireland. He studied at the National College Of Art and Design, Dublin (1995), the School of Art Institute, Chicago (1996), and he completed his MA in Fine Art at Goldsmiths, London (1999).
Gray is a figurative sculptor, who works predominantly with bronze and marble. His work has been shown in London, São Paulo, New York, Berlin, and Rome. He is currently represented by Pace Gallery, London.
Solo exhibitions 2017 Pace Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2013 Pace Gallery. London, UK
2012 Haunch of Venison, New York, NY, USA
2011 Mendes Wood Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil
2010 Changing Role/Move Over Gallery, Rome, Italy
2009 Personal, curated by Martina Cavallarin; Changing Role/Move Over Gallery at Palazzo San Pasquale, Venice, Italy
2007 Goff+Rosenthal, Berlin, Germany
2006 Ringsend, Changing Role/Move Over Gallery, Naples, Italy
2005 Roebling Hall, New York, NY, USA One in the Other, London, UK
2003 Changing Role/Move Over Gallery, Naples, Italy
2002 One in the Other, London, UK Osterwalders Art Office, Hamburg, Germany
Selected group exhibitions
2013
Contemporary Silence, LisaBird Gallery, Austria
2011
Roundabout – Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel Boundaries Obscured, Haunch of Venison, New York, NY, USA Apocalypse Now, Nieuw Dakota, Amsterdam
2010
The Franks-Suss Collection – Phillips de Company at The Saatchi Gallery, London, England FRAGILE : Terres d’empathie, Daejeon Museum of Art, Korea Emporte-moi / Sweep Me Off My Feet, Museum of Contemporary Art of the Val-de-Marne, Paris, France
2009
Emporte-moi / Sweep Me Off My Feet – The Musée National des *Beaux-Arts de Québec, Canada and Museum of Contemporary Art of the Val-de-Marne, Paris, France Essential Experiences – Palazzo Riso, Museo d’art contemporanea della Sicillia, Palermo The Figure and Dr Freud – Haunch of Venison, New York, NY, USA Fragile – Musee d’Art Modern de Saint-Etienne, France
2008
Grotto – Museum 52, London, UK Et pendant ce temps – Nettie Horn Gallery, London, UK Micro-narratives – Musée d'Art moderne de Saint- Etienne, Saint-Etienne, France Gravity – Colección Ernesto Esposito, ARTIUM Centro-Museo Vasco de Arte Contemporáneo, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain Reconstruction – Sudeley Castle, Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, UK
2007
Out of Art, Centre PasquArt, Kunsthaus Centre D'art, Biel, Switzerland Micro–Narratives, Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade, Serbia
2006
Inaugural Exhibition, Goff+Rosenthal, Berlin, Germany iPod Killed the Radio Star, MAMA Showroom for Video and Media Art, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
2005
Lorand Hegye, P.A.N. Museum, Naples, Italy The Future Lasts a Long Time, Le Consortium, Dijon, France Can't You Hear Me Knocking, Roebling Hall, New York
2004
Group Show, Cell Projects, London, UK
2003
Bag Lady, Cell Projects, London, UK A Pillow For Dreaming, Rossana Chisilie, Turin, Milan, Berlin From a Bag of Shit to Karma Kola, Osterwalder's Art Office, Hamburg, Germany Matchine Matchine, 27 Spital Square, London, UK
2002
The Galleries Show, Royal Academy, London, UK May it Return in Spades, Bart Wells Institute, London, UK Summer in the city, Osterwalders Art Office, Hamburg, Germany Guardaroba, Via Venezia, Bari, Italy
2001
The Poster Show, Hoxton Distillery, London, UK Record Collection, VTO, London, UK
2000
Art Lab, Mobile Home, London, UK New Video, Caltech, Los Angeles, CA Behind the Beginners, Harvard Gallery, Boston, MA Heterogeneous Loves, CCA, Adelaide, Australia Harry Pie's Great British Art Show, Stark Gallery, London, UK It Might be Rubbish but its British Rubbish, Glass Box, Paris, France Photo15, Art Space NY, NY, New York Exit, Chisenhale Gallery, London, UK
References
External links http://www.kevinfrancisgray.com http://www.instagram.com/kevinfrancisgraystudio/ http://www.pacegallery.com/artists/551/kevin-francis-gray