Metal-I-Genics Studio

I express the inherent aesthetics of science. My extensive travels in France and Asia bring additional influences. My art blends the organic nature of plants and animals with non-objective shapes and forms using found and new components. The pieces integrate the various key structural components of today’s society and pair the materials with unlikely opposites. My artistic mission introduces the public to information in a nontraditional context so they seek additional knowledge. The concepts emanate from multidisciplinary biomedical and artistic training. Each piece is designed to bring the artistic aspects of science into the realm of each person to awaken the inner scientist. Recent works depict aspects of genographic migration, genetic structure, and/or antibody action. What do the sex chromosomes really look like? I am a multidisciplinary artist working primarily in steel, stainless steel and bronze; I also create 2D works that incorporate metal components. My large-scale public sculptures are in permanent collections of sculpture parks and a Chicago public school and I have had long-term exhibits in the Koehnline Museum of Art, Lincoln Park, the Chicago campus of DePaul University and the Johnson, Vermont Sculpture Park. A recent installation includes multiple works in a CTA subway station. Gray earned a doctorate in biomedicine and is a full time practicing artist.