avery gregory lives and works in the western united states.

her work contrasts the relative permanency of material with the transience of structure and presentation, most often taking the form of meticulously curated assemblages of found stones.

drawing dual inspiration from the quiet expansive wildness of the west and the organization and boundaries necessitated by a decade lived in new york city, gregory’s practice illustrates a need for both methodical structure and infinite, undomesticated material variance. mental clarity and spiritual quietness are born of laborious material collection and intensive curation, and are central to her practice.

says gregory of her practice: “i pick up the same stones in different iterations over and over and over again. the natural world is inherently entropic and that is deeply comforting to me: that the planet unconsciously creates these little polished bits of itself with no care as to how they look or where they end up or any knowledge that they exist. enviable detachment.”