NEWS
November 26, 2023
A.I.M. BIENNIAL returns during Miami Art Week 2023
I am honored to be included among a group of talented artists for the A.I.M. Biennial 2023. Click the link below for more information.
September 14, 2023
Artadia Announces André Leon Gray as the 2023 21c Research Triangle Artadia Awardee
21c Museum Hotels, a multi-venue contemporary art museum and award-winning hospitality company, and Artadia, a non-profit grantmaker and nationwide community of visual artists, curators, and patrons, are thrilled to announce André Leon Gray has been selected as the 2023 21c Research Triangle Artadia Awardee.
Launched in Louisville, KY in 2021, the 21c Artadia Award marked the beginning of a long-term partnership, which will annually provide unrestricted funds to one artist living and working in the unique creative communities where 21c Museum Hotels are located. The 21c Artadia Award is designed to provide essential funding and recognition to artists at pivotal points in their careers, strengthen arts communities, and spur new levels of career achievement.
This year's Round 1 and 2 jurors were Dr. Ashley James, Associate Curator of Contemporary Art, Guggenheim and Hallie Ringle, Daniel and Brett Sundheim Chief Curator, ICA Philadelphia.
Ringle remarked, “André Leon Gray, with his long-standing practice working with found materials in the service of uncovering larger historical and contemporary truths, deserves larger recognition.” James added “Gray repurposes found objects to investigate power structures and social hierarchies with such rigor and imagination. I'm keen to follow Gray's work and excited to be supporting his rich trajectory on the occasion of this Award.”
For more information: https://artadia.org/news/announcing-the-2023-21c-research-triangle-artadia-awardee/
December 21, 2021
McColl Center Announces Winter/Spring 2022 Artists-in-Residence
We are excited to announce that Rachel Eng, Irisol González, André Leon Gray, and Ọmọlará Williams McCallister are the Winter/Spring 2022 Artists-in-Residence from January 17 – April 19, 2022!
Their work explores collective action, environment and landscape as open systems, cultural perceptions, and social behavior patterns.
Since opening in 1999, McColl Center has hosted over 450 artists from around the world, offering large-scale, private studios, access to communal labs with state-of-the-art equipment, exhibition space, and curatorial and professional support.
November 19, 2021
Gregg Museum of Art & Design at NC State University acquires artwork to its permanent collection
André Leon Gray’s early artwork, jimCROWNasium (1998), found a home at the Gregg Museum, which focuses on outstanding examples of art, craft, and design.
According to the museum's mission, it “utilizes cross disciplinary collaborations and its extensive collection to foster critical thinking and expanded worldviews. The Gregg serves its diverse campus community and the greater Triangle region in a welcoming, accessible, and inclusive environment.”
Image: jimCROWNasium, 1998. Acrylic, oil stick, spray paint, marker, found basketball, cowrie shells and nails on found gymnasium floor panel.
June 4, 2021
Common Practice: Basketball & Contemporary Art Book Release
Common Practice: Basketball & Contemporary Art, published by Skira Editore is the first, comprehensive, illustrated publication to explore the relationship between basketball and contemporary art. André Leon Gray is honored to be included among more than 250 artists, including David Hammons, Lorna Simpson, Emma Amos, Ai Weiwei, James Van Der Zee, Robert Rauschenberg and Elizabeth Catlett, who have used basketball iconography within their work. Edited by Carlos Rolon, Dan Peterson and John Dennis, with text from Michelle Grabner, Titus Kaphar and RaMell Ross.
For more information: https://commonpractice.online/shop-publications/ols/products/common-practice-project-backboard-edition-cmm-prc-prj-bck3
