Jamey Gray

Jamey Gray (b. 1977) uses the term artistic participation to describe his practice of sourcing existing datasets (number, text, image) and transforming them into new works using visualization and diagramming. As a child of post-minimalism and op and sibling of post-internet artists, his paintings and digital prints have a controlled execution and grid structure coupled with colors he calculates from sets of images mined from social media. Mathematics, art history, and popular culture are central themes in his work. Jamey believes that meaning is created from the interplay between the viewer and the work once it’s shared openly and the artist cannot be a part of that interaction. He largely removes his presence as artist from the work to facilitate that process.

Pratt Institute, BFA in Painting, 2000

2017
-Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA, AbstrAction (group)
-The Loft at the Sechrest, High Point University, High Point, NC, Abax Visions (solo)

2016
-Greenhill Center for NC Art, Greensboro, NC, Winter Show (group)
-Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA, Fall National Show (group)
-Kiser Gallery, Arts on Main, Gastonia, NC, Irrational Aesthetics (solo)
-Steuben Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, Abstract Everything (group)
-Mint Museum Uptown, Charlotte, NC, 80x80, An Art Show (group/catalogue)
-NEXT Gallery, Denver, CO, NEXT Up (group)
-Gallery 110, Seattle, WA, Beam Me Up (group)
-Gallery 114, Portland, OR, Winter Show (group)

2015
-The Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, CO, Annual Contemporary Art Survey (group)
-Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences, Loveladies, NJ, Works on Paper (group)
-Elder Gallery, Charlotte, NC, Carolina's Got Art (group)