Profession: Sculptor 1989-Present 

Education:

  • University of Southern Maine Gorham 2006-2008 
  • Diamond Tool Training Tyrol Inc. Vicenzia, Italy 2003
  • Quarrying Techniques Blue Pearl Quarry, Larvik Norway 2001
  • Stone Finishing Training Granite Centre, Stanstead, Quebec 2000
  • Stone Carving Training Republic Granite Elberton, Georgia 1997
  • Established apprenticeship program through the United States and NH Department of Labor Recognized as a Master Stone Carver 1996
  • Completed Apprenticeship Desilets Granite Montpelier, Vermont 1990-1993
  • University of New Hampshire 1987-1989
  • Owner and Master Stone Carver of Union Marble and Granite Works LLC- a commercial stone fabrication studio, supervising up to six apprentices 1989-2005


Major Projects/Commissions/Collections:

2020

  • Hillsborough County FL, Public Art Collection
  • Deerfield Beach, FL Public Art Collection
  • Key West, Fl Public Art Collection


2019

  • Key West, FL Public Art Collection


2018

  • South San Francisco, CA Public Art Collection         


2017

  • Olathe, KS Public Art Collection
  • Woodstock, VA Public Art Collection


2016

  • University of Mississippi Oxford, Museum of Art
  • North Charleston, SC Public  Art Collection
  • Lakeland, FL Private Collection Mrs. Dena Webber
  • Wellington, FL Public Art Collection
  • Coral Springs, Fl Museum of Art Collection


2015

  • Key West, FL Public Art Collection
  • Key West, FL Private Collection of Ms. Fran Decker
  • Portsmouth, NH Pease Tradeport Collection
  • Bentonville, AR and Crystal Bridges Museum of Art Collection
  • Bonita Springs, FL Public Art Collection
  • Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, FL Art Collection


2014

  • Key West, FL Conch Republic Public Sculpture
  • Safety Harbor, FL Public Art Collection


2013

  • South Hiram, ME Public School exterior sculpture
  • Topsfield, MA Northeast Seafoods Corporate Collection
  • Coral Springs, FL Public Art Collection


2012

  • Key West, FL Studios of Key West Art Collection


2011

  • Portsmouth, VA Public Art Collection
  • Portland, ME University of New England Museum of Art Collection


2003

  • Dover, NH Wentworth Douglas Hospital Corporate Sculpture


2001

  • Augusta, ME Maine Veterans Cemetery Commission



Temporary Public Art Installations/ Exhibitions:

2021

  • Wilton Manors, FL Temporary exterior sculpture
  • Augusta, GA Temporary exterior sculpture
  • Springfield, MO Temporary exterior sculpture

2020

  • Coral Springs, FL Temporary exterior sculpture
  • Manchester, MO Temporary exterior sculpture
  • Lee’s Summit, MO Temporary exterior sculpture
  • Wilton Manors, FL Temporary exterior sculpture Solo
  • Fayetteville, NC Temporary exterior sculpture


2019

  • Peoria, IL Temporary exterior sculpture
  • Howard County, FL Temporary exterior sculpture
  • Springfield, MO Temporary exterior sculpture
  • Wauwatosa, WI Temporary exterior sculpture
  • Salina, KS Temporary exterior sculpture
  • Ames, Iowa Temporary exterior sculpture
  • Newport Beach, CA Temporary exterior sculpture
  • Kingsport, TN Temporary exterior sculpture


2018

  • Goldsboro, NC Temporary exterior sculpture
  • Urbana, IL Temporary exterior sculpture
  • Fayetteville, NC Temporary exterior sculpture
  • Decatur, GA Temporary exterior installation
  • Columbia, MD Johns Hopkins Medical Center Temporary exterior sculpture Solo
  • Sioux City, Iowa Temporary exterior sculpture
  • Roswell, GA Temporary exterior sculpture
  • Springfield, MO Temporary exterior sculpture
  • Greeley, CO Temporary exterior sculpture
  • Hutchinson, MN Temporary exterior sculpture
  • Lawrence, KS  Temporary exterior sculpture
  • Ellicott City, MD Temporary exterior sculpture


2017

  • Kalamazoo, MI Temporary exterior sculpture Solo
  • Deland, FL Temporary exterior sculpture
  • Mankato, MN Temporary exterior sculpture
  • Clive, Iowa Temporary exterior sculpture
  • Winter Haven, FL Temporary exterior sculpture
  • Rosemary Beach, FL Temporary exterior sculpture
  • Oak Park, IL Temporary exterior sculpture
  • Howard County, MD Temporary exterior sculpture
  • Wake Forest, NC Temporary exterior sculpture
  • Clayton, NC Temporary  exterior sculpture
  • Newport Beach, CA Temporary exterior sculpture
  • Jacksonville, FL Temporary exterior sculpture
  • Oathe, KS Temporary exterior sculpture


2016

  • Boynton Beach, FL International Kinetic Sculpture Exhibit
  • Hyattsville, MD Temporary exterior sculpture
  • Kissimmee, FL Temporary exterior sculpture
  • Jackson, WY Center for the Arts Exterior sculpture Solo 
  • Chicago, IL Chicago Sculpture Exhibit
  • Yountville, CA Temporary exterior sculpture
  • Johnson City, TN Temporary exterior sculpture
  • Ellicott City, MD Temporary exterior sculpture


2015

  • Woodstock, VA Temporary exterior sculpture Solo
  • Kissimmee, FL Temporary exterior sculpture
  • Clearwater, FL Sculpture 360 exterior sculpture
  • Boynton Beach, FL Temporary exterior sculpture
  • Oxford, MS University of Mississippi Museum of Art Exterior Sculpture Solo
  • Lakeland, FL Temporary exterior sculpture
  • Wellington, FL Temporary exterior sculpture Solo
  • Bonita Springs, FL Temporary exterior sculpture Solo
  • Coral Springs, FL Coral Springs Museum of Art Exterior Sculpture Solo 


2014

  • Key West, FL Custom House and Museum of Art Exterior Sculpture Solo
  • Sebring, FL Temporary exterior sculpture
  • West Palm Beach, FL Armory Cultural Center Exterior Sculpture Solo  
  • Kissimmee, FL Temporary exterior sculpture
  • Bentonville, AR Temporary exterior sculpture
  • Boynton Beach, FL Temporary exterior sculpture
  • Johnson City, TN Temporary exterior sculpture
  • North Charleston, Sc Temporary exterior sculpture
  • Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, FL  Temporary exterior sculpture Solo
  • Key West, FL Botanical Garden Temporary exterior sculpture
  • Niceville, FL Mattie Kelly Arts Center College of Northwest Florida Exhibit Solo


2013

  • Key West,FL Temporary exterior sculpture
  • Kissimmee, FL Two temporary exterior sculpture
  • Deland, FL Deland Museum of Art Temporary exterior sculpture
  • Scarborough Beach, ME Maine State Parks Temporary exterior sculpture Solo
  • Safety Harbor, FL Temporary  exterior sculpture Solo
  • Boynton Beach, FL Temporary exterior sculpture
  • Winter Haven, FL Temporary exterior sculpture
  • Coral Springs, FL Temporary exterior sculpture


2012

  • Boston, MA Temporary exterior sculpture
  • Winter Haven, FL Temporary exterior sculpture
  • Pittsfield, MA  Artscape temporary exterior sculpture program


2011

  • Portsmouth, VA Portsmouth Museum of Art Exterior Sculpture
  • North Charleston, SC Temporary exterior sculpture
  • Key West, FL Studios of Key West Galleries Exterior sculpture Solo
  • Portland, ME University of New England Art Museum Exterior sculpture


2010

  • Portsmouth, NH Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery Invitational 
  • Cambridge, MA Cambridge Art Association Gallery New Member Show
  • Provincetown, MA Provincetown Museum of Art Spring Show
  • Boston, MA Copley Place Sculpture Show Invitational


2009

  • Portsmouth, NH Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery Fall Invitational
  • Portland, ME Constellation Gallery Fall New Members Show

Recognition/Award/Residencies

  • 2019 Honored Sculptor Award  Exhibit Ames, Iowa
  • 2018 People’s Choice Sculpture Exhibit Award Hutchinson, MN
  • 2017 Project Grant Florida Keys Council for the Arts, Monroe County, FL
  • 2016 Special Project Grant, Florida Keys Council for the Arts, Monroe County, FL
  • 2015 Anne McKee Artist Grant, Key West, FL
  • 2014 Honored Sculpture Award Exhibit North Charleston, SC 
  • 2014  Art Reach Grant Florida Keys Council for the Arts, Monroe County, FL
  • 2013 The Studios of Key West Residency Award, Key West, FL
  • 2010 Honored Sculpture Award ,City of Rockland, ME
  • 2006 Cumberland County Sheriff’s Award, Portland, ME
  • 2004 United States Department of Defense Leadership Award
  • 1987 Virginia Paul Dee Scholarship University of New Hampshire

Lectures/ Instructional Classes/ Interviews


2020 Orange County Arts Orange Slices

2019 South Florida Public TV WPBT “Artloft Feature”
2018 Artist Presentation City of Urbana, IL
2016 Artist Presentation Center for the Arts, Jackson, WY
        Artist Presentation Yountville, CA
2015 Artist Presentation Woodstock, VA
        Artist Presentation Oxford Museum of Art, University of Mississippi
2014 Artist Interview Northwest Florida State College Niceville, FL
2013 The Studios of Key West instruction of Stone Carving Feb
        Artist Lecture Children’s Museum of Boynton Beach, FL
        Artist Lecture and Demonstration Safety Harbor, FL
        The Studios of Key West  instruction of Stone Carving Nov
        Marc House Key West, FL Adults with Disabilities Sculpture Class
        Artist Interview Deland, FL
2012 Artist Lecture Hiram, ME Historical Society
2011 Artist Lecture University of Southern Maine Sculpture Class
        Artist Lecture Demonstration The Studios of Key West

 Curriculum Vitae

Professional Associations Memberships


  • Key West, FL Chamber of Commerce Since 2020
  • Key West Community Gallery and Art Center since 2018
  • Key West,FL AIDS Help Auction Committee 2014
  • The Studios of Key West- Artist Center member since 2012
  • Anne McKee Artist Fund Donor since 2014


CR Gray, Sculptor

Creator and Carver

Key West, Florida USA