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Crystal Gregory
Textiles & Sculpture
Lives and works in Lexington, KY
Crystal Gregory's sculptures combine the permanence of concrete with the fluidity of hand-woven textiles. Gregory has exhibited her work at numerous museums and galleries in the United States, including The Hunterdon Art Museum, The Rockwell Museum of Art, UK Art Museum (Kentucky). Gregory's work has been reviewed by in Hyperallergic, Surface Design Journal, Art Critical, and Peripheral Vision.
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STATEMENT
If the nature of architecture is fixed and permanent then the opposite would be a textile, collapsible and movable. Further consideration would show more common links than difference. Both mediums define space, create shelter and allow privacy; a textile however, has the advantage of flexibility. It is a semi two dimensional plane that has the ability to fold, drape move and change to its surroundings. It is pliable.
My work uses cloth construction as a fundamental center, a place to start from and move back to. With a background in weaving, I see myself as a builder. I draw a clear connection between the lines of thread laid perpendicularly through a warp and the construction of architectural spaces.
Formally, my work takes shape through a pallet of building materials either paired with or mimicking handmade textiles. I found a wonderful tension between building materials like concrete, metal, drywall or glass and the structural patterns of cloth. By pairing these seemingly opposite worlds together I invert material stereotypes, using the âdelicateâ material to exhibit strength or exposing the âstructuralâ materialsâ instabilities. These gestures allow for a reinterpretation of material identities and the viewer is left to confront their understanding of these everyday utilities.
EDUCATION
2013, Master of Fine Arts, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2008, Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
2006, Jacquard Apprenticeship, Foundation Lisio, Florence, Italy
2005, Associates of Art, College of the Redwoods, Eureka, CA
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2017-Present, Assistant Professor, Art Studio, School of Art and Visual Studies, College of Fine Art, University of Kentucky
2014-2017, Adjunct Professor, Fiber and Material Studies Department, Tyler School of Art, Temple University
SOLOS EXHIBITIONS AND TWO PERSON SHOWS
2020, Fold Enfold Unfold, Crystal Gregoryâ, Momentum Gallery, Asheville, NC
2018, Crystal Gregoryâ, Rockwell Museum of Art- a Smithsonian Affiliate, Corning, NY
curator Kirsty Buchanan, March 2, 2018 - February 17, 2019
2017, Crossover; Alexa Williams & Crystal Gregoryâ, Black and White Project Space, Brooklyn, NY
2017, Crossover; Alexa Williams & Crystal Gregory,â Lorraine Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2016, Phases; Alexa Williams & Crystal Gregoryâ, Ground Floor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2016, Selvedge; Crystal Gregory & Maeve D'Arcyâ, Ille Art, Amagansett, NY
2015, Crystal Gregory Defining Lineâ, Lorraine Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2015, Always on Tuesdayâ, Wix Lounge, New York, NY
2015, Crystal Gregory & Lee Hunter, âR Jampol Projects, New York, NY
2015, Here Whether There; Crystal Gregory & Lee Hunter, âSolo(s) Project House, Newark, NJ
2014, Crystal Gregoryâ, Rietveld Glass Pavilion, Amsterdam, Holland, NL
2014, Crystal Gregory & Luke Ahernâ, Roy G Biv Gallery, âColumbus, OH
2014, The Space Between; Crystal Gregoryâ, TI Artist Space, Brooklyn, NY
2010, Crystal Gregoryâ, Fair Folks & A Goat Gallery, New York, NY
2009, Crystal Gregoryâ, Manhattan Theater Source, New York, NY
2009, On the Fenceâ, PS 122 Gallery, New York, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019, Interwoven,â UK Art Museum, Lexington KY
2019, Woven Walls,â Morgan Leehman Gallery, New York City, NY
2019, Soft Dedication, Lâ ocHal, Tilburg, Holland, NL
2019, KnowsNoBounds,Hâ eavenGallery,Chicago, IL
2019, Painted Thread,â Visual Art Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ
2019, Teach/Taught, Mâeramec Contemporary, St Louis, MO
2019, Marking Time curated by âLisa Kriner, Rob Mertens, Pat Mink, LM Wood, and Miyuki Cookâ, James Madison University, Marshall University , Berea College, East Tennessee State University, and Elon University
2019, SOFA Art Fair, Momentum Gallery, Chicago, IL
2019, Patterning Resistance, âParachute Factory, Lexington, KY
2019, Family Reunionâ, Roy G Biv Gallery, Columbus, OH
2018, Aqua Art Fair, Kathy Imlay Gallery, Miami, FL
2018, SOFA Art Fair, Momentum Gallery, Chicago, IL
2018, Welcome Home, âThe Galleries at Georgetown University, Georgetown KY
2018, In Residenceâ, Haystack Center for Community Programs, Deer Isle, ME
2018, Beyond the Brush,â Black and White Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2017, Ideographs, Pâoint Green Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2017, The Art of Constructionâ, âHunterdon Art âMuseumâ, Clinton, âNJ
2017, Surface 4,â Curated by RenĂ©e Riccardo,â âBrooklyn, New York
2017, Luster and Rust,â New Haven, CT
2016 Warehouse Gallery,â Brooklyn, NY
2016, Serious Moonlight,â LongHouse Reserve Benefit, East Hampton, NY
2016, Devotion/Destruction: Craft Inheritanceâ, Dorsky Gallery, Long Island City, NY
2015, Integral Structureâ, âSchelfhaudt Gallery at The University of Bridgeport, CT
2015, Checkered Historyâ, Outpost Gallery, Ridgewood, Queens, NY
2015, The Shape it Takesâ, Ball and Socket, Cheshire, CT
2015, Working,â Kathryn Markel Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
2014, Repetition Rhythm and Pattern curated by Lindsey Landried; âSpace 4 Art San Diego, CA, Millsaps College Jackson, MS, TSA Gallery Brooklyn, NY, SPACE Gallery Pittsburgh, PA
2013, âFirst Street Gallery,â Chelsea, NY
2013, MFA Thesis Show,â Sullivan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2012, New Work,â Sullivan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2012, This House is Not a Homeâ, Southside Hub of Production, Chicago, IL
2011, Recogllioâ, Giacobetti Paul Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2010, Four Storiesâ, Giacobetti Paul Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2010, Art Connects New Yorkâ, Vida Guidance Center, Bronx, NY
2010, Verge Art Fairâ, Manhattan, NY
2010, Patternâ, Giacobetti Paul Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2010, Connective Threadâ, Sweet Lorraine Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS, RESIDENCIES & SCHOLARSHIPS
2019, Summer Research Fellowship, University of Kentucky, KY
2019, Albers Foundation Artist in Residence, Bethany, CT
2018, Guest Artist at the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
2017, Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Deer Isle, ME
2017, Wave Hill Winter Workspace Program, Bronx, NY
2016, Artist-in-Residence, âMaison des MĂ©tiers d'art de QuĂ©bec, QC
2015, Vermont Studio Center, Residency Full Fellowship, Johnson, VT
2015, Irvin Borowsky Prize in Glass, Nominee, Philadelphia, PA
2013, Leonore Annenberg Fellowship Fund for the Performing and Visual Arts Gerrit Rietveld Academie of Art, Artist in Residence, Amsterdam NL
2011, Full Merit Scholarship, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2010, âVirginia Center for the Creative Arts, Residency Fellowship, Amherst, VA
2010, NYC Department of Transportation, Public Art Grant, Brooklyn, NY
2010, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
PRESS
2019, The Sensory Tethers Youâll Find in Textilesâ, by Seph Rodney, Hyperallergic, July 15th 2019
2018, Antigravity,â Guest Artist Crystal Gregory Creates "Through the Thread"
2018, Peripheral Vision No. 8, interview by Lucy McGuigan
2017, Material Synthesis: The collaborative art of Crystal Gregory and Alexa Williamsâ, by Roman Kalinovski, Art Critical, August 9tâhâ, 2017
2016, Devotion/Destruction Review, âby Etta Sandry, textileartscenter.com
2014, Beyond the Surface, by Michael Milano, Surface Design Journal, Winter, 2014. (pp. 46-49)
2014, Crystal Gregoryâs The Space Between, by Marty Wood, resonantcity.net
2011 Art in Odd Places: Signâ by Ed Woodham, Erin Donnelly, and Radhika Subramaniam, New York Art in Odd Places, 2011. (pp. 93-94)
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