Adrian Gray is a British sculptor. Gray started creating stone balancingsculptures in 2002. Gray's work is predominantly sculpture and photography based on balancing natural elements. He creates sculptures using naturally weathered stone, usually on location by the coast. As the sculptures are transitory, he films them as evidence of their existence. To show live examples of his work he performs demonstrations where he creates new sculptures on site. In 2010 his work began to evolve to include new ideas and themes, but the predominant feature remains the beauty and seemingly impossible nature of balance. His sculptures for the garden and indoors are previously balanced compositions fixed permanently in position. The owners of the sculptures have a film of their creation to remind them of their once precarious state.
Exhibitions
In 2016, Gray completed a commission for a stone balancing sculpture at an eco-tourism development on Sri Lanka's Yala coast. In spring 2017 he completed a similar piece for a private client in Ibiza.
In 2015 Gray completed his largest-ever stonebalancing sculpture, "Trust in Nature". Nearly five metres tall and made of two Bodmin granite boulders, it was first assembled on Bodmin Moor, where it remained for a week. Gray then moved it to the RHS garden at Rosemoor in Devon for their winter sculpture exhibition, and also took the piece to London for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2016. The balancing process on Bodmin was filmed for BBC1's The One Show and broadcast on 25 November.
Gray worked with photographer Mikael Buck to create a series of images for the Isle of Man Tourism Division. The photos show Gray's stone balancing sculptures in natural locations on the island, and were released on 14 July 2015.
Chelsea Flower Show 2014 Exhibiting in Patrick Collins's show garden, "A Garden for First Touch at St George's". The garden, which won a Silver Gilt medal, was a celebration of the work of the Neonatal Unit at St George's Hospital, Tooting, and its partnership with the charity First Touch. After Chelsea, the garden – including Adrian Gray's stonebalancing sculpture – was reassembled on the hospital grounds.
Henley Art Festival 2008 – Exhibiting sculptures and photographs
River Cottage Fair 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 – a regular guest at this annual fair
