Caroline Gray
Overview
Caroline Gray's sculptural vessels and installations are born out of a fascination with human interaction and psychological landscapes, creating spatial conversations through colour, shadow and form. The altered pattern or template is central to her process. Using a free-hand slab-building technique she alters, splices and rejoins the clay pieces, creating unexpected curves and angles which render each form unique. Her soft colours and subtle surfaces are achieved through the use of terra sigillata, a superfine slip which she makes to a recipe first used in Ancient Roman pottery, prior to the invention of glaze.
Caroline arrived at clay via a journey through design, an MA in Fine Art and as a playwright.
In 2018 clay became her medium and she has developed her practice apace. Most recently she has been selected as one of 25 leading emerging artists in FRESH 2023 at the British Ceramics Biennial, the highlight of the UK ceramic arts calendar. Caroline was one of four FRESH artists selected to receive a prize of £2500 and a four week residency at Grymsdyke Farm, a centre of research into materials and innovation based in Buckinghamshire, UK.
In 2018 clay became her medium and she has developed her practice apace. Most recently she has been selected as one of 25 leading emerging artists in FRESH 2023 at the British Ceramics Biennial, the highlight of the UK ceramic arts calendar. Caroline was one of four FRESH artists selected to receive a prize of £2500 and a four week residency at Grymsdyke Farm, a centre of research into materials and innovation based in Buckinghamshire, UK.
Works
Exhibitions
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20 Years of Cavaliero Finn
Stockwell Studio, 1 Lorn Court, London, SW9 0AB 11 - 18 May 2024Cavaliero Finn returns to its South London roots to celebrate its 20th birthday at Stockwell Studio with an exhibition featuring over 60 artists. The exhibition will feature work from a wide range of artists who have shown with the gallery over the last 20 years and include an installation by textile artist Isabelle Fletcher and new work by Lise Herud Braten, the most recent additions to the Cavaliero Finn portfolio. Starting on the 11th of May and finishing on May 18th, 20 years of Cavaliero Finn is part of both the Dulwich Festival 2024, (which was the original launch platform for Cavaliero Finn back in 2004) and London Craft Week 2024.Read more -
Winter - The weakening eye of day
Gallery 12, Cromwell Place, South Kensington, London SW7 2JE - 22nd-26th November, 11am - 7pm Wed-Sat 11am-4pm Sun 22 - 26 Nov 2023In November 2023, Cavaliero Finn presented a selection of artworks at Cromwell Place chosen to evoke winter in different ways, whether it’s capturing the essence of it through light and colour, the sense of decay through texture and material, or the sense of beauty hope and renewal through composition and context. The Winter exhibition was dedicated to artist Judith Tucker who died suddenly on Monday November 13th 2023.Read more
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