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Bruce Gray

Los Angeles, CA, United States

Bruce Gray served as an electronics technician for 4 years in the Coast Guard right after high schoo...

About the artist

Bruce Gray

Joined In 2014

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About the artist

Bruce Gray

Joined In 2014

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(75 Followers)

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EDUCATION
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Bruce Gray served as an electronics technician for 4 years in the Coast Guard right after high school. He then went to the University of Massachusetts on the GI Bill where he received a BFA in Design in 1983. He then worked as a photographer and then as a designer and graphic artist at an advertising agency in Boston. Bruce kept wanting to do his own work in the fine arts, so he moved to Los Angeles in 1989 and started making his sculptures full time. He works in a wide range of styles and mediums which include abstract painting, functional art, giant objects, abstract and figurative sculptures, found object assemblages, and various forms of kinetic art including mobiles, rolling ball machines, suspended magnet sculptures, stabiles, and more.

Bruce's work has been exhibited worldwide, has appeared in over 45 books and countless times on television, in movies, and in the press. Some of his public art sculptures include permanent projects for The Rolling Ball Museum (Seoul, Korea), The Kentucky Museum, Children's Hospital Boston, Edwards Air Force Base, Little Rock National Airport, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Vanderbilt University, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Embassy Suites (Ontario, CA), Doubletr...

BFA in Design from The University of Massachusetts 1983

Exhibitions include:
Everhart Museum of Natural History, Science & Art - Sharks!
Palm Springs Art Museum: High Tea and Visonnage
Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art: SHARKS.
Instruments of American Excellence Collection: The Kentucky Museum
Los Angeles County Museum of Art: Special Projects.

Los Angeles County Museum of Art: Art + Architecture Tour. 

Zimmer Children's Museum: Show & Tell: The Art of Harmony. 

The Berkshire Museum: (Group show on insect art)
Berkshire Museum: "The Enchanted Museum - Exploring the Science of Art."
Santa Barbara Museum of Art: Group visit to studio (Twice)

Los Angeles County Museum of Art: (LACMA) Muse Group visit to studio.
San Jose Museum of Art and Design Response: Cool Stuff: Art + Design.
Palm Springs Desert Museum: Artists Council 1998 National Juried Exhibition.
Craft and Folk Art Museum: GO- Group Show.
Laguna Art Museum: The Shape of Things to Come, Group Show.
Automobile Driving Museum: After Hours at the ADM. A Vehicle to Art.

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