Crystal Gregory
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Crystal Gregory's work is deeply informed by her background in textile structure, beginning with the soft, flexible foundation of woven cloth. She then challenges traditional material distinctions by incorporating rigid elements such as concrete, metal, and glass, creating an interplay between the pliable and the unyielding. Through this inversion of material expectations, Gregory questions the separation between the collapsible state of textiles and the permanence of architectural forms, suggesting that these opposites are more intertwined than typically perceived.
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Crystal Gregory is a sculptor whose work investigates the intersections between textile and architecture. Gregory received her BFA from the University of Oregon and her MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago from the Fiber and Material Studies Department. In 2013 she was awarded The Leonore Annenberg Fellowship for the Performing and Visual Arts. With this grant, she moved to Amsterdam NL where she took a role as Guest Artist at The Gerrit Rietveld Academie of Art. Her work has been exhibited in museums and galleries nationally including Through the Thread at the Rockwell Museum of Art, Devotion/Destruction: Craft Inheritance at Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Projects, Load Barring: The Art of Construction at The Hunterdon Art Museum and Crossover at Black and White Project Space and has been reviewed in publications such as Hyperallergic, Surface Design Journal, Art Critical, and Peripheral Vision Press. Gregory is an Assistant Professor within the School of Arts and Visual Studies at the University of Kentucky and currently shows with Tappan Collective in Los Angeles, CA as well as Momentum Gallery, NC.
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