Gray Wielebinski (b. 1991, Dallas) is an artist based between London and Los Angeles. In Wielebinski's expansive practice, incorporating video, performance, collage, installation, sculpture, and more, he explores the intersections of mythology, identity, gender, nationhood, and memory. Reconfiguring and transforming iconography and visual codes, his work seeks to navigate and question society's frameworks and belief systems. Wielebinski deftly confronts realities in order to imagine and propose alternatives.
Mythology weaves a strong thread throughout Wielebinski's works, he draws on both ancient and contemporary myths that exist in our daily lives. His interest in myth making stemmed from an upbringing in Dallas, Texas, which created a deep fascination with Americana, particularly the narratives that surround cowboys and sports. Wielebinski notes that Texas has a potent mythologizing of itself and a specific history and culture. He then moved to Los Angeles, California which has its own relationship to fantasy and myth making via Hollywood.
Wielebinski received a BA in Studio Art from (Pomona College, Claremont) followed by an MFA from the Slade School of Fine Art (2018).
Solo exhibitions include ‘The Red Sun is High, the Blue Low’, ICA, London (2023); ‘Fratricide’, Anat Egbi, Los Angeles (2023); ‘Love and Theft’, 12.26 West, Los Angeles (2023); ‘Oil and Water’, Hales Gallery, London (2021); ‘Corpse Reviver’ (duo with Motoko Ishibashi), Quench Gallery, Margate (2021). His work has been featured in group exhibitions at Hauser & Wirth, Somerset (2024); Gió Marconi Gallery, Milan (2023); Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery, Leeds (2023); Francois Ghebaly, Los Angeles (2023); San Mei Gallery, London (2022); Hannah Barry Gallery, London (2022); Public Gallery, London (2022); Bold Tendencies, London (2022); OTP Copenhagen, Copenhagen (2022); Goldsmiths CCA (2022); V.O Curations, London (2021).
Wielebinski's work is in the collections of Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA, USA and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Library & Archives, CA, USA. His first publication, One Hundred Baseball Cards, was published by Baron Books in 2022.
Gray Wielebinski is represented by Hales Gallery.