Born 11/14/56 in Orange, New Jersey
B.F.A. in Design from The University of Massachusetts, North Dartmouth, MA. (1979-1983)

Before moving to Los Angeles, I worked at an advertising agency in Boston as a graphic designer specializing in logo design. After a couple of years I started getting the itch to create my own designs, control my artistic destiny, and do work that was 3 dimensional and permanent. In 1989 I moved to L.A. and investigated having my first design, (the Pyramid Table) fabricated, but it was very expensive, so I bought a welder and taught myself how to use it. This gave me the freedom to totally control the design of my work. I can be spontaneous, or modify works during construction. I no longer have any artistic limitations. I have let my imagination take over.
Style: I create sculptures and functional art in welded steel, stainless steel, brass, copper, and aluminum. The works vary considerably and include swirl grinded bare metal intersecting geometric shapes sculptures, rusty found object assemblages, colorfully painted wall sculptures, mobiles, suspended magnetic sculptures, and powder coated bright colored sculptural tables and chairs. My work is usually fun, colorful, visually stimulating, and often conveys my sense of humor. My found object works may be people, animals, insects, or dinosaurs, and are stylized, simplified, and given their own unique personalities.

I consider myself to be a visual scientist, relentlessly exploring as many forms of artistic expression as I can. Sculpture is not my career, its my life.

www.brucegray.com
Bgrayart@aol.com

Gallery of Functional Art (Santa Monica, CA)*
Museum of Contemporary Art Shop (Los Angeles, CA)
L.A. County Museum of Art Shop (Los Angeles, CA)
A Gallery (Palm Desert, CA)
Sherwood Gallery (Laguna Beach, CA)
One World Gallery (Las Vegas, NV)
Nemiroff Deutsch Fine Art (Los Angeles, CA)*
ICAAN Gallery (Manhattan Beach, CA)
Modern Art Interiors (Basalt, CO)
Tatewari Gallery (Sedona, AZ)*
L.A. Artcore (Los Angeles, CA)
The Frame Gallery (Agoura Hills, CA)
T. Heritage Gallery (Westwood Village, CA)
Andrew-Shire Gallery (Los Angeles, CA)*
Bova Gallery (Los Angeles, CA)
L.J. Singer (Rancho Mirage, CA)*
Bruce R. Lewin Gallery (New York, NY)*
*(Current Galleries)

Gallery of Functional Art: Chair as Art Part 3 (1991), Part 4 (1992), Part 5 (1993), Part 6 (1995), Part 8 (1996),
G.F.A. - continued: Magnetism (1993), Sound Furniture (1995), Chandeliers (1996), and
G.F.A. - continued: Art & Function (1999).
Laguna Art Museum: The Shape of Things to Come, Group Show (November 1993)
Vitra Design Museum: Photos used in publications and exhibitions. (Weil Am Rhein, Germany)
Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (L.A.C.E.): Issue of Choice (July 1992)
L.A. Center for Living: Divine Design (September 1991)
Venice Art House: Group Show (1993,1994)
Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (L.A.C.E.): Studio Tour (1991,1992)
Toulouse Gallery (1991, 1992)Group shows
Brewery Artist Community: Annual Art Walk (1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998, 1999)
Brewery Artist Community: Spring Open Studios (April 1996, April 1997, April 1998, April 1999)
Venice Art Walk Silent Auction (May 1994, May 1995, May 1996, May 1997, May 1998, May 1999, May 2000)
Affaire in the Gardens (October 1994)
Nemiroff Deutsch Fine Art: Art group studio visits (1991,1993,1997, 1999)
Downtown Arts Development Association, Downtown Lives 94, Downtown Lives 96
Palm Springs Desert Museum: Womens Committee studio visit (February 1995)
Community Focus Gallery: Artists and the Chair (August 1995)
Downtown Arts Development Association: 1st Annual Los Angeles Arts Tour (October 1995)
Art Action Auction, Benefit Art Auction for the Rainforest Action Network: Founded event, helped organize, & recruited the artists: Laddie John Dills studio, Venice, CA. (November 1995)
Side Street Projects: 3rd Annual Miracle on 18th Street (November 1995)
Zone Subtropical Gallery: Constructions (November 1995)
Hollywood Digital: Holiday Show (November 1995 - February 1996)
L.A. Convention Center: DADA & CA. Gift Show. Art display with Gronk & Steven La Ponsie (January 1996)
Factory Place Gallery: Green, Curated by Mat Gleason, Publisher of Coagula Art Journal (March 1996)
L.A. Today: Studio Tours (March 1996)
L.A. Artcore Gallery: Art You Can Live With (May - June 1996)
L.A. Artcore Gallery, The Artbank: Tandem Solo show with Heather Lowe (May - June 1996)
Long Beach City College: The Art 8 Class, studio visit (May 1996)
L.A. Convention Center: DADA & CA. Gift Show. Art display with Jett Jackson & Richard Gerrish (July 1996)
Guardian Angel Awards, Mothers Against Sexual Abuse: Benefit Auction (September 1996)
Brentwood Autumn Art Fest (September 1996)
Oasis Group: studio visit (September 1996)
League of Women Voters (Pasadena): studio visit (October 1996)
Oasis Group #19/L.A. Artcore studio visit (October 1996)
T Heritage Gallery: In The Light Of The Earth Womb (November 1996)
Art Action Auction #2 Benefit Art Auction for the Rainforest Action Network: Auction Committee
-Chairperson. Founded event and recruited artists: Laddie John Dills studio, Venice, CA. (November 1996)
Unmasking the Cure, Benefit for Cystic Fibrosis, (November 1996)
A Gallery: Group Shows(1993-1998)
Big Sail Gallery: The XMAS Show (December 1996)
Brooklyn College Alumni /L.A. Artcore studio visit (January 1997)
L.A. Convention Center:CA. Gift Show. Art display with Stephen La Ponsie & Richard Gerrish (Jan. 1997)
William Turner Gallery: Art Auction Benefit for Tom Hayden (March 1997)
Site Gallery: eyeSite (April 1997)
L.A. Artcore Gallery: Art You Can Live With (May - June 1997)
El Nido Family Centers: Artists Studios Tour (June 1997)
Andrew-Shire Gallery: Chairs (July 1997)
Mobile Blessing of the Cars Gallery: Automotive Art, with Robert Williams & Ed Big Daddy Roth (July 1997)
L.A. Convention Center:CA. Gift Show. Art display with Stephen La Ponsie & Michael Salerno (July 1997)
Andrew-Shire Gallery: The Big Wave (September - October 1997)
Tustin Renaissance Gallery: Contemporary Furniture - A Group Show of Eighteen Furniture Artists (October - December 1997)
Artworks 97 Benefit for the Hollywood Los Feliz Jewish Community Center (November 1997)
L.J. Singer: The Collection, Presenting Five Artists to the Desert (January 1998)
Bova Gallery: Dont Bug Me! - Sculpture by Bruce Gray, Solo show (28 February - 28 March 1998)
Palm Springs Desert Museum: Artists Council 1998 National Juried Exhibition (24 February - 22 March 1998)
University of Judaism: Artist studio tours, with Roland Reiss, Dawn Arrowsmith (25 February 1998)
L.A. Breakfast Club: studio visit (April 1998)
L.A. Artcore Gallery: Art You Can Live With (May - June 1998)
Bruce R. Lewin Gallery: Group Show, (June - July 1998)
Craft and Folk Art Museum: GO- Group Show, (September - October 1998)
Brandeis University National Women's Committee: studio visit (November 1998)
Brandeis University Southern California Women's Committee: studio visit (December 1998)
Council of Friends of the L.A. Psychoanalytic Society and Institute: studio visit (April 1999)
I-Five Gallery: Ninth Street School Benefit Art Auction (April 1999)
Riverside Community College Art Gallery: Solo show (September - October 1999)
I-Five Gallery: Small Works Show (October - November 1999)
Barnsdall Art Center / Municipal Art Gallery Associates: studio visit (November 1999)
Andrew-Shire Gallery: The Big Wave 2 (December 1999 - January 2000)
The Feature Gallery / Edison International: Group Show, (February - April 2000)

Motion Pictures: Sleeping with the Enemy, Batman Forever, Color of Night, Starship Troopers, Austin Powers, Up Close and Personal, Forget Paris, Assassins, Mighty Ducks 2, Double Dragon, The Fan, Accidental Meeting, Shattered Image, The Setup, Night of the Running Man, Fantastic Four, Poisoned Well, I Love Trouble, Dr. Mordrid, The Truth About Cats and Dogs, Coneheads, A Thin Line Between Love and Hate, Mr. Wrong, Hologram Man, Pink Girl, Steel, Bean, Dangerous Ground, A Very Brady Sequel, Souler Opposites, How To Be A Player, Goosed, Good Burger, Don King: Only in America, Catch Me if you Can, Rush Hour, Indiscreet, Extra Marital, Liars Poker, Blast From The Past, 13th Floor, Vengence, Town and Country, Weapons of Mass Distraction, The Gift, Price of Glory, Gone in 60 Seconds, Kiss Tomorrow Good-bye, and Austin Powers-The Spy Who Shagged Me.

Coca Cola, Reebok, Chevrolet, Sony, Disney Channel, GTE, Diet Pepsi, AT&T, Jello, NBC, Sprint, Sci Fi Channel, Hallmark, Gucci, Ocean Spray, Kelloggs, Sebastian, General Motors, Doritos, NASDAQ, Gillette, Fila, Orville Redenbackers, Import Futures, Pontiac, Kinkos, M&Ms, Honeycombs, Antarctica Beer, L.A. Cellular, Novell, Nike, Service Merchandise, Barbie Dolls, Healtheon, Plumrose, Wachovia Bank, Raisin Bran, Tostitos, Office Depot, UPN: Channel 13, Mathemagics, Bloomingdales, Mercedes Benz, Western Digital, Demir Bank, St. Ives, Harley-Davidson, Ford, Sun Micro, Lawrys, Compaq, J. C. Penny, Airtouch Cellular, Johnny Walker, Korbel Champagne, Nextel, CBS, LA Times, Playboy, Lexus, Fidelity Federal, Honda, Susan Powter, Sears, IBM, Lotus, Showtime, GEDO, PHRMA, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Audi, Bud Lite, trailer for Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, Tool of North America, and Morgan Stanley Dean Witter.

Madonna, Donald Fagen, Tone Loc, Dr. Dre, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Johnny Gill, Green Jelly, Herbie Hancock, Catherine Wheel, Sponge, Walter and Scotty, La Toya Jackson, Karyn White, Bettie Serveert, Steve Winwood, Wu Tang Clan, and Thunder.

Roseanne, Friends, Home Improvement, Frasier, Murphy Brown, NYPD Blue, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space 9, Star Trek: Voyager, MacGyver, Sea Quest, Sinbad, Wheel of Fortune, Sisters, Lois and Clark, Beverly Hills 90210, Life Goes On, Party Machine, Raising Cains, Murder She Wrote, Bob, Private Sector, Patricia Shields on Art, Drew Carey, Days of our Lives, MTVs Dead at 21, Dark Justice, Black Sheep, The Resurrector, The Messenger, Tales of the City, Viper, Ellen, Martin, The Young and the Restless, L.A. Law, Me and the Boys, Secret World of Alex Mack, Double Rush, She TV, E Channels Academy Awards, Sliders, Clio Awards, Wise Guy, Minor Adjustments, Silk Stalkings, Space: Above and Beyond, Whats So Funny?, Kirk, Osiris Chronicle, Til There Was You, The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes, Fox NFL, Profiler, High Incident, Babylon 5, Men Behaving Badly, The Equalizer, Murray & Me, Ricky Rocket, South of Sunset, Rookies, Homeboys In Outer Space, Dangerous Minds, Party of Five, Step By Step, Billboard Music Video Awards, Jamie Foxx, Tracey Takes On..., Sunset Beach, Molony, Gregory Hines Show, Justice League, Mad About You, Nightman, George & Leo, Mike Hammer, USA High, Martian Law, Ally McBeal, Caroline In the City, Boy Meets World, Budy Faro, The Nanny, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of our Lives, CBS Summer LA, Hollywood Squares, The Practice, Oh Baby, Seinfeld, Entertainment Tonight, 13th Annual American Comedy Awards, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Roswell High, Grown Ups, Jazz Night, Women Chaser, Channel 4 NBC News, Channel 9 KCAL News, Time and Again, E Channel behind the scenes special of Austin Powers The Spy Who Shagged Me, Live with Regis and Kathie Lee, Good Day LA, The Man Show, The Late Show with David Letterman, Wild Horses, Its Like You Know, City Guys, Cousin Skeeter, Ocean Park, Oh Grow Up, 72nd Annual Academy Awards, and VIP.

Artist interview and studio featured on City Spy on the Chinese Television Network, Oct 1997.
Artist interview and studio featured on International GTV Channel 35 Japanese 60 Minutes segment.
Artist interview and studio featured in film Loft Artists.
Artist interview and studio featured on Awesome Interiors on the Home and Garden Network, Oct 1998.
Artist interview and studio featured in Artforms LA, documentary film on art in LA by Aaron Harney.
Artist interview and studio featured on Eye on LA, KABC Channel 7, Oct 24, 1998.
Artist interview and studio featured on Hollywood 26, on French, Italian, and other International TV channels, Mar 99.
Artist and studio featured in Honda TV commercial.
Artist and studio used for production of Oldsmobile TV commercial 1999, Orbit Productions.
Artist interview during solo show at Riverside Community College Art Gallery by Inland Valley News.
Artist interview for University of California student film, Oct 1999.

CHCG Architects, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, A&M Records, Rye Films, WordTec Inc., Integrix Incorporated, Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Onsite, Inc., Minobe Designs, Inc., Cruz - Kravetz: Ideas, Barton Phelps & Associates , Digital Film Works, Entertainment Productions, James Suelflow Design, VCV Communications, California Pizza Kitchen, Warner Hollywood Studios, Fullman Kinetics, New Line Cinema, Serve Rite, Dimensional Fund Advisors, Magnetic Component Engineering Co, Print Dogs, and Edison International.

Wolfgang Puck & Barbara Lazaroff, Tom Patchett, Brad Howe, Stanley Weksler Casselman, Charlie Minor, Michael Salerno, Alice Moriera, Warren Salyer, Bruce & Gail Bockman, Jack & Leslie Charney, Lou & Joy Cook,Sheldon & Linda Mehr, Scott Bremner & Chantell Haskins, David & Indira Crum, Eric & Sene Gray, Alex & Sue Gray, Bernard Shine, Dr. Joseph Carberry, Dr. Harry Zegel, Sean Callery & Debbie Dao, Kim & Cher Charney, Dr. Lanny Taub, Joel Gilman, Paul & Stephanie Bolger, Eleanor Gorman, Bill Levine, Suzanne Biegel, Mort & Shelby Jacobs, Dan & Brynne Fellman, Leroy & Roberta Clark, Dr. Lawrence Sherwin, Dr. Chesley Houske, Gary & Chris Marks, Elizabeth Hightower, Rodney Ross, Dr. & Mrs. David Rish, Gary & Claudia Finkel, Victor Sands, Linda Sullivan, John & Betty Harrison, Dr. & Mrs. Michael Ciano, Leon & Nancy Chalnick, Dr. & Mrs. Anthony Verity, Connie Humberger, Richard & Myra Abrams, Andre Miripolsky, Barbara Platt, Joanne McGrath, Howard & Barbara Gilbert, Bruce Brinson, Alexandra Rand, Aristotle & Pamela Gavras, Mumsey Nemiroff, Jillian Coldiron, Chuck Conner, William & Francine Baker, Dr. Kenneth Narahara, Fred & Ila Rothenberg, David Agnew, John Rofe, David & Donna Gottlieb, Andrew Wolf, Derek Bremner & Elizabeth Ottinger, Paul & Diana Gutman, Ian Bremner, Steve & Sarah Murphy, Lois Madison, Mark Wong, William Quigley, Stanley & Ilene Gold, Maury Ornest, Derek & Betty Bremner, Robert & Sara Cannon, Donna MacMillan, Shawn O Neill, Ed & Gloria Crum, and Chia Brat.

Channel 11- Fox News feature, NBC, HBO, Cine Films, Modern Props, Art O Rama, Playboy Video, Ambrosiart, IXIZ, The Broadway catalogs, Double Dragon video game, Wing Commander 4 video game, O Pictures, Tri Star Pictures, Big Bug Pictures, 20th Century Fox, Warner Brothers, Samsung Video, VCA Video, Tony Kaye Films, Infokus Corp., Julie Strain, Milagro Films, Harmony Pictures, Miracle Films, Modern Postcard, Omega Sector, La Agencia de Orci & Associates, National Football League, Universal Studios, Mardene Davis, Sander Moses Productions,Associated Press interview and photography session at Bruces studio, Purcilly Productions, Sculpture on Entertainment Tonights feature on Murder She Wrote, Men In Black event, Dream Dresser Fetish Paradise Video.

HOME Magazine, March 1991 / LA Weekly, May 11, 1990 / LA Times Calendar, Jan 5, 1991 / US Magazine / LA Times Magazine, Aug 18, 1991 / Product Design 5, PBC International, Publishers / Non Traditional Design, PBC International, Publishers / International Look, Summer 92 / L.A. Downtown News, Oct 31, 1994 / Strobe Magazine, June/July 1995 / LA Times, Metro Oct 20, 1995 / Vision, July, 1996 / Brainchild #6, Dec, 1995 / Rainforest Action Network, Action Alert #116, Jan. 1996 / Playboy Magazine (several appearances) / Hustler Magazine (several appearances/ National Directory of Whos Who In Executives and Professionals, 1996-1997 edition. / Dream Dresser catalogs and posters/ LA Times Calendar, Oct 6, 1995 / Book on the rock band Iceman / Furniture Style Magazine, Mar. 1997 / Furniture Style Magazine, April 1997 / L.A. Times, June, 1997../ LA 411 1997 Edition / Coagula #18 / Daily Bulletin, Nov. 5, 1997 / San Francisco Chronicle, Nov. 4, 1997 / LA Weekly, Feb. 20, 1998 / Sunset Magazine, April 1998 / Daily Breeze, April 17, 1998 / LA Times, April 26, 1998 (Metro) / Detour Magazine, July 1998 / Surface Magazine, Prodigies, Issue #14, July 1998 / Listing in Art in America Magazine Annual for several years / Associated Press articles featuring Bruce and his art appeared in various newspaper across the country during 1997-1998 / Los Angeles Magazine, November 1998 / National Directory of Whos Who In Executives and Professionals, 2000 edition / Brewery 13th Annual Artwalk Invitation / Brewery Spring 1999 Artwalk Invitaion / LA Times, Southern California Living, May 6, 1999 / Marquis Magazine #16, June 1999 / Shuz Magazine, Fall 1999 / Marquis Magazine #18, Dec. 1999 / Palm Springs Life Magazine, April, 2000. Several more articles will be coming out in the next few months.

David Smith, Frank Stella, Alexander Calder, Roy Lichtenstein, Joan Miro, Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali, Wassily Kandinsky, Keith Haring, Jean Tinguely, and Claes Oldenburg.

International Sculpture Center (Washington, D.C.) American Society of Furniture Artists (Houston, TX) Museum of Contemporary Art (L.A. CA) Downtown Arts Development Association (L.A. CA) Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions L.A.C.E. (L.A. CA) Palm Springs Desert Museum, SITE, Rainforest Action Network, EarthTrust, Greenpeace, The Wilderness Society, The Cousteau Society, Save the Whales, The Orca Club, World Wildlife Fund, The Nature Conservancy, The Dolphin Adoption Program, The Rainforest Action Network Southern California Advisory Committee. Downtown Arts Development Association, DADA Board of Directors (1996-1997), and I was the director of the biannual Art Walks at the Brewery, The Worlds Largest Art Community for 3 years.