Kevin Francis Gray
Kevin Francis Gray was born in Northern Ireland in 1972. He currently lives and works between London and Pietrasanta.
Kevin Francis Gray has generated bodies of work which address the complex relationship between abstraction and figuration. At the core of the artist’s practice is an interrogation of the intersection of traditional sculptural techniques and contemporary life. Rather than working towards ideals of beauty or memorial, Gray attends to the psychological effects, often relying on textural surfaces rather than facial or bodily expressions. Furthering Gray’s decade of working with marble, his new work pushes the possibilities of the artist’s sculptural practice into new territories of physical and psychological expression.
He received his BA from the National College of Art & Design in Dublin (1995) and the School of Art Institute in Chicago (1996), and then went on to earn an MA in Fine Art from the Goldsmiths College in London. He works closely with the Giannoni marble studio in Pietrasanta, renowned for its use of sculpting techniques that date back to Canova and Michelangelo. His works have been included in exhibitions at the Royal Academy, London, UK; Sudeley Castle, Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, UK; Museum of Contemporary Art of the Val de-Marne, Paris, France; Nieuw Dakota, Amsterdam; Palazzo Arti Napoli, Naples, Italy; Musee d’art Moderne, Saint-Etienne, France; ARTIUM, Centro-Museo Vasco de Arte Contemporáneo, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain; Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel; and Art Space, New York, USA.
Kevin Francis Gray was born in Northern Ireland in 1972. He currently lives and works between London and Pietrasanta.
Kevin Francis Gray has generated bodies of work which address the complex relationship between abstraction and figuration. At the core of the artist’s practice is an interrogation of the intersection of traditional sculptural techniques and contemporary life. Rather than working towards ideals of beauty or memorial, Gray attends to the psychological effects, often relying on textural surfaces rather than facial or bodily expressions. Furthering Gray’s decade of working with marble, his new work pushes the possibilities of the artist’s sculptural practice into new territories of physical and psychological expression.
He received his BA from the National College of Art & Design in Dublin (1995) and the School of Art Institute in Chicago (1996), and then went on to earn an MA in Fine Art from the Goldsmiths College in London. He works closely with the Giannoni marble studio in Pietrasanta, renowned for its use of sculpting techniques that date back to Canova and Michelangelo. His works have been included in exhibitions at the Royal Academy, London, UK; Sudeley Castle, Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, UK; Museum of Contemporary Art of the Val de-Marne, Paris, France; Nieuw Dakota, Amsterdam; Palazzo Arti Napoli, Naples, Italy; Musee d’art Moderne, Saint-Etienne, France; ARTIUM, Centro-Museo Vasco de Arte Contemporáneo, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain; Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel; and Art Space, New York, USA.
Kevin Francis Gray, Marble Panel VIII, 2019Carrara marble in sapele wood frame
105 x 91 x 6 cm
41 3/8 x 35 7/8 x 2 3/8 in
Kevin Francis Gray, Young Janus, 2020Statuario marble & bronze on elm burl
232 x 95 x 56 cm
91 3/8 x 37 3/8 x 22 1/8 in
Kevin Francis Gray, An Ceann Buí, 2021Giallo Siena on wood base
Total Dimensions: 200 x 67 x 67 cm
78 3/4 x 26 3/8 x 26 3/8 in
Base: 100 x 25 x 25 cm
39 3/8 x 9 7/8 x 9 7/8 in
Marble: 100 x 42 x 42 cm
39 3/8 x 16 1/2 x 16 1/2 in
Kevin Francis Gray, Ceridwen Rising, 2022Carrara marble
overall: 170 x 86.5 x 76.5 cm / 67 x 34 x 30 ⅛ in
sculpture figure: 70 x 73.5 x 62.5 cm / 27 ½ x 29 x 24 ⅝ in
sculpture base: 100 x 86.5 x 76.5 cm / 39 x 34 x 30 ⅛ in
Kevin Francis Gray, Ceridwen Rising (Maquette), 2021breccia di Stazzema marble, steel
overall: 146 x 41.4 x 38.5 cm / 57 ½ x 16 ¼ x 15 ⅛ in
sculpture: 40.5 x 41 x 38.5 cm / 16 x 16 ⅛ x 15 ⅛ in
marble base: 5.5 x 41 x 38.5 cm / 2 ⅛ x 16 ⅛ x 15 ⅛ in
base: 104.7 x 41.4 x 38.5 cm / 41 ¼ x 16 ¼ x 15 ⅛ in
Kevin Francis Gray, Bust of Aoife’s Son, 2022Port Lauren marble
overall: TBC
sculpture: 38 x 29.5 x 26.5 cm / 15 x 11 ⅝ x 10 ⅜ in
base: TBC
Kevin Francis Gray, Ulster Boy (Maquette), 2022Statuario marble on wood base
overall: TBC
sculpture: 60 x 25 x 26 cm / 23 ⅝ x 9 ⅞ x 10 ¼ in (height to change)
base: TBC
Kevin Francis Gray, Marble Panel XXI, 2021Carrara marble, Sapele wood
frame size: 57 x 48 x 4.5 cm / 22 ½ x 18 ⅞ x 1 ¾ in
site size: 49 x 41 x 5 cm / 19 ¼ x 16 ⅛ x 2
- Kevin Francis Gray
