COLIN FRASER GRAY
Colin Gray departed England's shores for Santa Barbara 26 years ago, and since that time has exhibited in solo shows locally as well as in NewYork, San Francisco, and Los Angeles as well as places in between. Primarily working in sculpture and drawing, he has also completed three permanent public art projects, two in the Santa Barbara area and one in Los Angeles. His artwork has been described as being simultaneously horrific and ecstatic, monuments to the imagination, whimsical, wild, funny, scary, improvised but ancient, and more recently ‘trash’ by the 'art critic', Dr. Laura Schlessinger! * He has been awarded several grants, including the Santa Barbara County Individual Artists Award, as well as a Pollock/Krasner. He taught sculpture at the College of Creative Studies, UCSB, for nine years, and still teaches drawing at various places including Santa Barbara City College's Adult Education program, and to the homeless at Casa Esperanza, with the Peoples Institute.
*See my letter to the 'good' 'Dr.' under 'writings', in 'projects'.
RESUME
EDUCATION
1981-83 Studio Art Department, University of California, Santa Barbara (MFA Sculpture).
1972-75 Department of Fine Art, Leeds Polytechnic, Yorkshire, UK (BA Hons, Fine Art).
1970-72 South Devon School of Art, Torquay, Devon, UK (Foundation in Art and Design).
1968/69 Paignton School of Art, night school in Portraiture and life drawing, Paignton, Devon, UK.
TEACHING
2004/5/6/7/8/9/10 Peoples Institute, drawing Instructor, Casa Esperanza, Santa Barbara, CA.
2006/7/8/9/10 Drawing instructor, Santa Barbara City College, Adult Education.
2004 Lets Face It, Drawing workshop at the Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA.
2004 Streetsmart, Public art workshop for Santa Barbara County High School Students, CA.
2003/8 Visiting Artist, VADA program, Santa Barbara High School, Santa Barbara, CA.
2003 Drawing the Line, Drawing workshop with Raphael Perea de la Cabada at CAF, CA.
1999/00/01/10 Mentorship program, Santa Barbara Arts Fund, Santa Maria, CA.
1994 Drawing from the Imagination, Drawing workshop, Cuesta College, San Luis Obisbo, CA.
1993 Sculpture Workshop at the Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA.
1990 Volunteer drawing instructor, Los Prietos Boys Camp, Santa Barbara, CA.
1986-95 Lecturer in Art, College of Creative Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA.
Winter 1987 Visiting Artist, Illinois State University, Bloomington/Normal, IL.
1982 Win/Spr Teaching Assistant, Contemporary Art, and 3D fundamentals, Letters and Science, UCSB, CA.
1980/81 Art Teacher, South Normanton Community Center, Derbyshire UK.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008 Atkinson Gallery, Santa Barbara City College, CA.
1997 Big Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA.
1994 Cuesta College Art Gallery, San Luis Obisbo, CA.
1989 Obstacles, Collaberation with Julia Ford, Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA.
1988 Ruth Siegel Gallery, New York, NY.
1987 Shoshana/Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
1987 Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA.
1985 Art and Design Gallery, Kansas University, Lawrence, KS.
1984 Janet Steinberg Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
1980 Phoenix Art Gallery, Leicester, UK.
SELECTED COMMISSIONS
2007 La Marada Project, Santa Barbara County, Santa Barbara, CA
2003 Peace Monument, Perfect Park, Isla Vista , CA.
1999 Riddle Wheel, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Metro Rail, at Del Amo Station, Metro Blue Line, Dominguez Hills, CA.
1992 Decoy Ducts, Balboa Building Rooftop installation, Santa Barbara, CA.
SELECTED AWARDS GRANTS FELLOWSHIPS
1995 Pollock/Krasner Grant.
1985/95 Art Matters Incorporated, Fellowship.
1989 Santa Barbara County Arts Commission, Individual Artists Program, Visual Arts Award.
1983 University of California, Humanities research grant.
1982-3 University of California, Regents Fellowship.
1982 University of California, Patent Fund grant.
1978/79/81 Arts Council of Great Britain, East Midlands Arts, small projects grants.
PUBLIC TALKS
Kent State University, OH.
University of Kansas at Lawrence, KS.
University of Illinois at Bloomington/Normal, IL.
University of California at Berkeley, CA.
Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall Park, CA
Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara, CA
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
College of Creative Studies, UCSB, CA.
Ventura Potters Guild, Ventura, CA
Sculptors Guild, Santa Barbara. CA
Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA.
Santa Barbara Museum of Art Education Program, Santa Barbara, CA.
National Conference on Art and the Community, Manchester, UK.
South Devon School of Art, Devonshire, UK.
Derby Lonsdale College of Higher Education, Derby, UK.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009 Tools in Motiion, Neville Public Museum, Green Bay, WI
2007 Surrealism, Sullivan Goss Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA.
2007 Tools in Motiion, Plains Art Museum in Fargo, ND
2007 Tools in Motiion, Massillon Museum, Massillon, OH
2006 Off Axis, 8 Sculptors on State Street, Santa Barbara, CA.
2006 Tools in Motiion, Kresge Art Museum, East Lansing, MI
2006 Tools in Motiion, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art at Kansas State University, KS
2006 Studio 3 East, Santa Barbara, with Rafael Perea de la Cabada and Dug Ueysaka
2006 The Berkus Family Collection, Channing Peake Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
2006 Tools in Motiion, Alden B. Dow Museum of Science and Art
2005 Tools in Motiion, Museum of Texas Tech University, TX
2005 Tools in Motion, Lancaster Museum of Art, PA
2004 Drawings, Hunsaker/Schlesinger Fine Art, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA.
2004 Take 5, drawings from five California artists, Pucinelli Gallery, Gutenberg College, Eugene, OR
2003 Altering Space, Sculpture in the Public Eye, Channing Peake Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA.
2001 Out of Line, Drawings and Personal Notations, Channing Peake Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA.
1999 Sketches Pomona College, Pomona, CA.
1996 Drawn from LA; Drawings by LA Artists, Pasadena Armory Center for the Arts, CA.
1994 Allusions/Illusions, Museum of Art, Florida State University at Tallahasee, FL.
1994 Individual Artists Award exhibit, Museum Arts Center, Santa Maria, Channing Peake, SB, CA.
1994 Pen and Ink, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA.
1994 Faculty Show, UCSB Art Museum, Santa Barbara, CA.
1993 Intersections, The Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA.
1992 Works on Paper, Ro Snell Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA.
1991 Independent Visions, Channing Peake Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA.
1990-93 Seeing Without Eyes, Travelling Exhibition for the Blind, California, Montana.
1989 Tools as Art; The Hechinger Collection The National Building Museum, Washington D.C.
1989 Tools; Instruments; Implements; Utensils, San Francisco Airport, CA.
1989 The Metaphorical Chair, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA.
1988 The Magical Mystery Tour moves to Long Beach, Long Beach art Museum, Long Beach, CA.
1988 Group show Zenith Gallery, Washington DC.
1986 Artists Chairs, San Francisco Airport, CA.
1986 Fine Wood Euphrat Gallery, De Anza College, CA
1986 California Chairs Aspen Art Museum, and the University of Colorado at Boulder, CO.
1986 Group Show, Crescent Gallery, Dallas, TX.
1986 Tri-City, Three city art exchange, San Diego, Los Angeles, and Santa Barbara, CA.
1986 California State Fair, Sacramento, (Prizewinner), CA.
1986 Out of the Ordinary, with Bill Houck, 1078 Gallery, Chico, CA.
1986 Techno Bliss/Techno Fear, University of Santa Clara, CA.
1985 Works in Wood, Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, CA
1985 Faculty Exhibition, College of Creative Studies, UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA.
1985 Artwatch, Installations organized by the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA.
1985 Group Show, Long Beach Gallery, Long Beach, CA.
1985 Two Artists, Mendenhall Gallery, Whittier College, CA.
1985 Artquest 85, Travelling Video exhibition.
1984 Magical Mystery Tour, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles, CA.
1984 All Ears, Audible Art exhibit, Walnut Creek Civic Arts Center, CA.
1984 Art and the Familiar Object, Gallery of the Plaza, Security Pacific Bank, Los Angeles, CA.
1984 National Small Sculptures, Las Vegas Art Museum, Las Vegas NV.
1984 Visions of 1984, University Center Gallery, UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA.
1984 Competition, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA.
1983 Of this Time of That Place 17 Santa Barbara Artists, Victoria Gallery, BC, Canada.
1983 Group Show, Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
1983 Group Show, Functional Art, Los Angeles, CA.
1983 Group Show, University Art Museum, UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA.
1982 Two Person Show, with Pat Hall, Ucen Gallery UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA.
1982 The Chair Show, James Hanson Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA.
1980 Curiouser and Curiouser’ Midland Group Gallery, Nottingham, UK.
1980 What We Have, East Midlands Arts touring exhibition, UK.
1980 Midland View, West Midlands Arts touring exhibition, UK.
1979 Art into Landscape, Arts Council of Great Britain, Serpentine Gallery, London, UK.
1976 Yorkshire Art into Landscape, Northern Arts touring exhibition, UK.
1976 Artwork, Devonshire Artists, Torquay, Devon, UK.
1975 Multimedia Installation, with David Hill, Peter Gibson and Co. ICA, London, UK.
1979 Art into Landscape’ Serpentine Gallery, London, UK.
1975 Performance and Installation’ Institute of Contemporary Art, London, UK.
1975 Northern Young Contemporaries’ Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, UK.
1974 Installation, with Soft Soap Company, Oval House, London., UK.
1974 Art from the Mainland, Isle of Man, UK
SELECTED MULTI MEDIA INSTALLATION/PERFORMANCES
1973-76 (UK). Universities and Colleges, Oxford, Reading, Leeds, Loughborough, Cardiff, Crewe and Alsager, Kesteven, Northampton, Canterbury.
SELECTED CHARITY EXHIBITIONS
1986, 88, 90, 94 00, 03 Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, CA.
1990, 91 Santa Barbara Foundation, CA.
1991 Labour of Love, for the Cortright Family, Ridley Tree Center, CA.
1988 Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, Childcare unit, CA.
1988 Venice Artwalk, Venice, CA.
1985 KQED, Fuller Goldeen Gallery , San Francisco, CA.
2006/7 The Arts Fund of Santa Barbara
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