Alex grey biography

Alex Grey was born in Columbus, Ohio on November 29, , the middle child of a gentle middle-class couple.

Alex Grey is an American visual artist, author, teacher, and Vajrayana practitioner known for creating spiritual and psychedelic artwork such as his painting Sacred Mirrors series.

Young Alex would collect insects and dead animals from the suburban neighbourhood and bury them in the backyard. The themes of death and transcendence weave throughout his artworks, from the earliest drawings to later performances, paintings and sculpture. He went to the Columbus College of Art and Design for two years —73 , then dropped out and painted billboards in Ohio for a year — Grey then attended the Boston Museum School for one year, to study with the conceptual artist Jay Jaroslav.

It was here that he met his wife, Allyson Rymland Grey. Alex then spent five years at Harvard Medical School working in the anatomy department, studying the body and preparing cadavers for dissection. His work has been exhibited worldwide, including at Feature Inc. Grey has been a keynote speaker at conferences all over the world including Tokyo, Amsterdam, Basel, Barcelona and Manaus.

The international psychedelic community has embraced Grey as an important mapmaker and spokesman for the visionary realm. This is an article extract; read the full article in Raw Vision Sign up for a digital subscription and get a free copy of Raw Vision 's special th edition magazine. Item added to your cart. Check out Continue shopping.

Alex Grey: The Net of Being. First published: Summer Alex Grey was born in Columbus, Ohio on November 29, , the middle child of a gentle middle-class couple.