Alex Grey

Alex Grey is an artist I cannot look at casually. His Sacred Mirrors series, with bodies rendered down to nerves and glowing energy, feels less like decoration and more like anatomical maps of the soul. I admire the range too, sculpture, writing, performance, all anchored by his Vajrayana practice. The words psychedelic and spiritual can sound suspect, but in his hands they cohere into a genuine cosmology. Born in Columbus in 1953 and still painting his own universe, he carries a singular obsessiveness that I find rare and deeply earned. Few visionary artists commit this completely.

Name (English)

Alex Grey

Name (Japanese)

アレックス・グレイ

Reading

あれっくす・ぐれい

Born

November 29, 1953 (age 72)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Snake

Origin

Columbus, Ohio, United States

Occupation

performance artist / sculptor / painter / draftsperson / writer

High school

Whetstone High School

University

Columbus College of Art and Design

• Official sitehttps://www.alexgrey.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/alexgreycosm/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex%20Grey
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q725199

Tags

• Ohio
• performance artist
• sculptor
• painter

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.