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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alex Grey has received more than 1,259,569 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Alex Grey is the 100th most popular artist (down from 79th in 2019), the 10,151st most popular biography from United States (down from 8,610th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular American Artist.

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Among ARTISTS

Among artists, Alex Grey ranks 100 out of 125Before him are Red Skelton, Genco Gulan, James Rivière, Pippa Bacca, Renzo Eusebi, and Art Babbitt. After him are Joseph Smit, William Wallace Denslow, Borka Pavićević, Peter Sellars, Tyrus Wong, and Bill Reid.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Alex Grey ranks 485Before him are Kevin Nealon, Néjib Ghommidh, Ljupčo Jordanovski, Tracy Scoggins, Krystyna Bochenek, and Ignacio Flores. After him are Peter Lord, Raad Hammoudi, Philippe Douste-Blazy, Anthony Carmona, Anna Komorowska, and Curtis Armstrong.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alex Grey ranks 10,151 out of 20,380Before him are Jerry Bock (1928), Robert Byrne (1928), Peter Orlovsky (1933), Bob Gibson (1935), Charles Sands (1865), and Eubie Blake (2). After him are Scott Baio (1960), Annabeth Gish (1971), Ailee (1989), Elizabeth Dole (1936), John Miller (1903), and June Anderson (1952).

Among ARTISTS In United States

Among artists born in United States, Alex Grey ranks 23Before him are Carolee Schneemann (1939), Martha Rosler (1943), Maud Wagner (1877), Edward Kienholz (1927), Red Skelton (1913), and Art Babbitt (1907). After him are William Wallace Denslow (1856), Peter Sellars (1957), Al Hirschfeld (1903), Larry Rivers (1923), Shepard Fairey (1970), and Joan Mondale (1930).