Christine Gray

EDUCATION

2007
MFA, University of California, Santa Barbara, California

2003
BFA, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas

1998
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2013
Project 4 Gallery, Washington D.C. (Date TBD)

2012
On Entry, RARE Gallery, New York, New York, January 2012

2011
Secret Place, Hiestand Galleries, Miami University, Oxford, OH, January 2011

2010
Closer and Closer,RARE, New York, New York, February 2010.
Into the Light, Okay Mountain, Austin, Texas, January 2010.

2009
GAZER, Cress Gallery of Art, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, Tennessee, October 2009.
Andrea Cohen and Christine Gray, Project 4 Gallery, Washington, D.C., August 2009.
Depth of Field: Christine Gray and Terri Weifenbach, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred University, Alfred, New York, January 2009.

2008
Spring Thaw, Project 4 Gallery, Washington, D.C., April 2008, essay by Kriston Capps.

2007
Mimeographic Spectrum, Okay Mountain, Austin, Texas, July 2007

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2013
In Case We Don't Die, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA, March 2013
Beyond Vision: Messages from the Holographic Universe, Salisbury University Art Galleries, Salisbury, MD, March 2013

2012
Conventional Wisdom, Delicious Spectacle, Washington, DC, October 2012
Internal Intricacies, Capitol One West Creek Town Center, Richmond, VA, March 2012

2011
In Season, Project 4 Gallery, Washington, DC, December 2011
Subject/Object, Ebers Moore Gallery, Chicago, IL, July 2011
The History of What, Silas Marder Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY June 2011
The Big Show, Silas Marder Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY, May 2011
Liminal Light, Project 4 Gallery, Washington, DC, April 2011
SCOPE, RARE Gallery Booth, New York, NY, March 2011

2010
Not in My Backyard, Den Contemporary
Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood, CA, June 2010
SCOPE, RARE Gallery Booth, New York, NY March 2010

2009
2010 Young Painters Competition: Finalist Exhibition, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, December 2009 (Juried by Rapheala Platow)
8x12, RARE, New York, New York, November 2009
Antler Necklace, Half Dozen Gallery, Portland, Oregon, November 2009 (Curated by Amber Vilas)
FEED, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, Virginia, June 2009 (Juried by Ashley Kistler and Mark Sloan)

2008
SCOPE Miami, RARE booth, Miami, Florida, December 2008.
Aqua Wynwood, Project 4 booth, Miami, Florida, December 2008.
Particularities and Abstractions, Center for the Arts Gallery, Towson University, Towson, Maryland.
Ultrasonic International III: Elementary, My Dear Watson, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, California. (catalog)
Almost Famous, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, Virginia.
Works on Paper, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, Virginia.
Small Claims, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, Virginia.
SCOPE NY, Project 4 Booth, Lincoln Center, New York, New York
2, Project 4 Gallery, Washington, D.C.
New Work, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, Virginia

2007
Aqua Art Fair, Project 4 Booth, Aqua Hotel, Miami, Florida, December 2007
True Métier: Call For Entries 2006-2007, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, California, September 2007, (catalog with essays by Frederick Janka and Elizabeth Lovero; Juried by Laurel Beckman (UCSB), Aimee Chang (OCMA), Rita Gonzales (LACMA), Dane Goodman (SBCC), and Clara Kim (REDCAT))
Compass 2007, Sweeney Art Gallery, UC Riverside, Riverside, California, July 2007 (catalog with essays by Tyler Stallings and Ciara Ennis)
High 5: Emerging Art in America, CW Network Headquarters, Burbank, California, June 2007 (curated by Regine Basha, Ben Haywood, Matthew Higgs, Kathryn Kanjo, and Kristan Kennedy with catalog essay by David Pagel)
Elemental Tangents, The University Art Museum, California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, California, February 2007

2006
Bright Young Things, The Arts Fund Gallery, Santa Barbara, California, August 2006

2005
2005 Texas Biennial, Bolm Studios, Austin, Texas, March 2005 (catalog with essay by Dana Friis-Hansen)

2004

Truffle Shuffle, Camp Fig, Austin, Texas
Retreat!, Supplemen+ at Chruch of the Friendly Ghost, Austin, Texas

PUBLICATIONS AND SELECT PRESS

2012

Book 8: Strange Daze, artist project pages, Beautiful/Decay Publications
TV Party: A Collection of Art, RVA Art Book, Inkwell Media/RVA Magazine, pp 16-17
Jonathan Beer, Artist Interview: Christine Gray, Art-Rated, blog interview and feature, June 13, 2012

2011

French, Eliza, "In Season" Features 10 Artists at Project 4 Gallery, Borderstan, Washington, DC, online review with photo, December 8, 2011
Maria Pithara, Gray's Table, Raiding the Larder, blog interview and feature, December 11, 2011

2010

Denise-Stewart Sanabria, Review: Johnston Foster+Christine Gray, Art Papers, Jan/Feb 2010

2009

Michael Crumb, Devotion: The Art of Play, The Pulse, Vol. 6, Issue 44, Oct 29, 2009
Andy Kozlowski, Review: Feed Biennial, Art Papers, October/November 2009
Ann Nicols, Sticky Situation/Gazer: Two bodies of work by Virginia Artists open at UTC Tuesday, Chattanooga Times Free Press, Oct 11, 2009

2008

Bird Cox, "Spiritual Geometry: Christine Gray Sifts Through Layers of America," Brick Weekly, September 4-10, 2008
Heather Silva, "Ultrasonic International III: Elementary My Dear Watson," Flavorpill, Issue 288, September 2, 2008
Emily Lyons, Celebrating Art, Washington Spaces Magazine, Washington, DC, article with photos, Summer 2008
J.W. Mahoney, "To a different drum: in the 50 years since the Color School drew international notice, D. C.'s artists have mostly worked at a slight remove from the contemporary art world at large," Art in America, May 2008
Kriston Capps, "Spring Thaw," exhibition essay, Project 4 Gallery Jessica Dawson, "Christine Gray's Household Helpers," The Washington Post, April 25, 2008
Rachel Sitkin, "Spring Thaw Review," B-more Art, April 29, 2008
Maura Judkis, "Spring Thaw," Washington City Paper, April 30, 2008

2007

Tim Bowring, "Interview with Christine Gray," Zero Hour, WRIR, Richmond, Virginia, November 20, 2007
Melissa Seley, "CAF Celebrates Tri-County Artists with True Métier," Santa Barbara Independent, September 20, 2007
Josef Woodard, "Call for a Calling," Santa Barbara News Press, September 14-20, 2007
"Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum: An Artist's True Métier," CASA Magazine, September 7, 2007
Salvador Castillo, "Christine Gray: Mimeographic Spectrum," Austin Chronicle, July 20, 2007
Josef Woodard, "Becoming Part of Art: UCSB grad students' work reflects a more interactive reality," Santa Barbara News Press, May 4, 2007
Colin Gardner, "The Mirror Crack'd: On the Uses and Abuses of Formalism for Life," catalog essay from MFA Thesis Exhibition David Pagel, High Five: Emerging Art in America, catalog essay Ciara Ennis and Tyler Stallings, Compass 2007: New Art from the University of California's MFA Programs, catalog essay Frederick Janka and Elizabeth Lovero, True Métier: Call For Entries 2006-2007, catalog essay

2006

Josef Woodard, "Hidden in Plain Sight," Santa Barbara News Press, September 1-7, 2006

2005

Rebecca S. Cohen, "Texas Biennial 2005," Artlies, Spring 2005, No. 46
J R Compton, "The 2005 Texas Biennial: The Illusive 3rd Dimension," Dallas Arts Revue, March, 2005
Austin Chronicle, Volume 24, No. 30, March 25, 2005
Elaine Wolff, "Digital-induced angst and sensory overload," San Antonio Current, March, 10, 2005

2004

New American Paintings, Number 54, 2004 (back cover image)

AWARDS

2011
Dean's Faculty Research Grant, Virginia Commonwealth University

2009
Winner, 2010 Miami University Young Painters Competition for the William and Dorothy Yeck Award.
Jentel Foundation Resident Fellow
Bemis Center for Contemporary Art Residency Fellowship
Golden Foundation Fellowship
7 Below Arts Initiative Residency Fellowship
Faculty Research Reassignment, School of the Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University

2008
Dean’s Faculty Research Grant Recipient, Virginia Commonwealth University

2007
Dean’s Faculty Research Grant Recipient, Virginia Commonwealth University
Levitan Fellowship, University of California Santa Barbara

2005
Chancellor's Fellowship, University of California Santa Barbara.
Juror's Choice Award, 2005 Texas Biennial

Professional Experience

2011

Visiting Artist, Maryland Institute of Contemporary Art, Baltimore, MD
Visiting Artist, Miami University, Oxford, OH
Visiting Artist, San Diego State University
Gallery Lecture, Liminal Light, Project 4 Gallery, Washington, DC

2010

Artist Board Member, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA (Chair Education and Outreach Committee '10-'11)

2010

Resident Artist Lecture, Sheridan Public Library, Sheridan, WY
Study Abroad Program Faculty, VCU at Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, UK

2009

Visiting Artist, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, Fall 2009
Visiting Artist, University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE, November 2009
Visiting Artist, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, TN, October 2009
Gallery Lecture, Depth of Field, Project 4 Gallery, September 2009
Resident Artist Lecture, ArtTalk, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE, September 2009
Resident Artist Lecture, Burlington City Arts, Firehouse Gallery, Burlington, Vermont, July 2009
Visiting Artist Lecture, Alfred University, Alfred, New York, January 2009

2008

Artist Lecture, Summer Studio Program, VCU School of the Arts

2006

Panelist, 5 Artists, 5 Perspectives, The Women's Center, University of California, Santa Barbara