Caroline Gray
Overview
Winter Light, after Paul Nash, 2023
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
Revisit Cavaliero Finn's landmark 20th anniversary exhibition at Stockwell Studio 8 May - 1 Aug 2024In 2004, Juliana Cavaliero and Debra Finn curated their first exhibition as Cavaliero Finn in a home in South London and they haven't looked back since.Read more
For this exhibition, Cavaliero Finn returned to its South London roots to celebrate its 20th birthday at Stockwell Studio. The exhibition featured a wide range of artists who have shown with the gallery over the last 20 years including work by our current portfolio of artists and work from some of our earlier artists, like painters Holly Frean, Daisy Cook and Caroline Popham, paper artist Thurle Wright, designer makers Sam Edkins and Deborah Bowness, and sculptors Tom Stogdon, Danuta Solowiej, Merete Rasmussen and Patricia Volk who returned to the gallery as guest artists for this show. The exhibition also included an installation by textile artist Isabelle Fletcher and new work by Lise Herud Braten, the most recent additions to the Cavaliero Finn portfolio.
Revisit this exhibition online now.
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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 -
Curated collections for the festive season ahead
If you've been to any one of Cavaliero Finn's shows over the last twenty years, you'll know that we select only the best work from our artists to present to...Read more
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Curated collections for the festive season ahead
If you've been to any one of Cavaliero Finn's shows over the last twenty years, you'll know that we select only the best work from...Read more -
20 Years of Cavaliero Finn
Revisit Cavaliero Finn's landmark 20th anniversary exhibition at Stockwell Studio 8 May - 1 Aug 2024In 2004, Juliana Cavaliero and Debra Finn curated their first exhibition as Cavaliero Finn in a home in South London and they haven't looked back since. For this exhibition, Cavaliero Finn returned to its South London roots to celebrate its 20th birthday at Stockwell Studio. The exhibition featured a wide range of artists who have shown with the gallery over the last 20 years including work by our current portfolio of artists and work from some of our earlier artists, like painters Holly Frean, Daisy Cook and Caroline Popham, paper artist Thurle Wright, designer makers Sam Edkins and Deborah Bowness, and sculptors Tom Stogdon, Danuta Solowiej, Merete Rasmussen and Patricia Volk who returned to the gallery as guest artists for this show. The exhibition also included an installation by textile artist Isabelle Fletcher and new work by Lise Herud Braten, the most recent additions to the Cavaliero Finn portfolio. Revisit this exhibition online now.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