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Alex Grey

1953 - Today

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Alex Grey (born November 29, 1953) is an American visual artist, author, teacher, and Vajrayana practitioner known for creating spiritual and psychedelic artwork such as his 21-painting Sacred Mirrors series. He works in multiple forms including performance art, process art, installation art, sculpture, visionary art, and painting. He is also on the board of advisors for the Center for Cognitive Liberty and Ethics, and is the Chair of Wisdom University's Sacred Art Department. He and his wife Allyson Grey are the co-founders of The Chapel of Sacred Mirrors (CoSM), a non-profit organization in Wappingers Falls, New York. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Alex Grey is the 106th most popular artist (down from 100th in 2024), the 11,937th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,152nd in 2019) and the 25th most popular American Artist.

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Among ARTISTS

Among artists, Alex Grey ranks 106 out of 125. Before him are John Butler Yeats, Vik Muniz, Joseph Smit, Pippa Bacca, Red Skelton, and Peter Sellars. After him are Bill Reid, Joan Mondale, Al Hirschfeld, Tyrus Wong, Shepard Fairey, and Tatsuki Fujimoto.

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Among people born in 1953, Alex Grey ranks 559. Before him are Georgy Poltavchenko, Paul Biyoghé Mba, Joanna Kerns, Reinhard Bütikofer, Jerzy Klempel, and Jeff Berlin. After him are Yuri Gavrilov, Tracy Scoggins, John Edwards, Luciana Lamorgese, Mahmoud Guendouz, and Stephen Warbeck.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alex Grey ranks 11,936 out of 20,380. Before him are Jeff Berlin (1953), Mike Bordin (1962), and Rosemarie DeWitt (1971). After him are Johnny Messner (1970), George Maharis (1928), James Branch Cabell (1879), Han Ye-seul (1981), Sam Hanks (1914), Aarthi Agarwal (1984), Samuel Brannan (1819), Leilani Sarelle (1966), and Capri Anderson (1988).

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Among ARTISTS In United States

Among artists born in United States, Alex Grey ranks 25. Before him are Carolee Schneemann (1939), Martha Rosler (1943), Art Babbitt (1907), Edward Kienholz (1927), Red Skelton (1913), and Peter Sellars (1957). After him are Joan Mondale (1930), Al Hirschfeld (1903), Shepard Fairey (1970), Larry Rivers (1923), Mariam Ghani (1978), and Dave Dave (1976).

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