Biography
Grayson Cox is an artist, educator, and curator based in New York and the Hudson Valley. His interdisciplinary practice moves between sculpture, printmaking, installation, and participatory work, often exploring systems of exchange, behavioral design, social architecture, and the relationship between objects and human interaction. Through tactile materials and immersive environments, Cox creates works that function as both images and interfaces—spaces for reflection, participation, and collective experience.
Cox has exhibited nationally and internationally, including projects with the New Museum, SculptureCenter, Storefront for Art and Architecture, and exhibitions in Warsaw, Tel Aviv, and Maihar, India. He is the recipient of awards including the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation Artistic Innovation and Collaboration Grant, the National Society of Arts & Letters Career Award, and a NYFA Emergency Grant.
In addition to his studio practice, Cox has taught for more than fifteen years at institutions including Pratt Institute, Columbia University, Yale University, and SUNY Purchase. He is also the co-founder of The Clearing, an artist-run exhibition and educational platform in Cragsmoor, New York
Curatorial Projects
2026 The Clearing is an ongoing non profit project in my woods in the Shawangunk mountains of Upstate, New York
2025 Nepo Maybe, Peep Space, Tarrytown, NY
2025 Ether ^ Object,Cheymore Gallery, Tuxedo, NY
2025 Meet Me In The Trees, Good Naked Gallery, The Clearing, Cragsmoor, NY
2024 Lawn Monuments, Good Naked Gallery, The Clearing, Cragsmoor, NY
2022 SVA Undergraduate Thesis Show, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2016 “MDF Blog”, Planthouse Gallery, New York, New York
2014 “MWOW”, Knockdown Center, Queens, New York
2013 Personal Propaganda, Organized by Grayson Cox, This Red Door at Kunsthalle Galapagos, Brooklyn, NY
2009 “For You”, Artists: Paul Branca, Daniel Bozhkov, Birgit Rathsman, John Walker and Jesse Weiss, Curated by Grayson Cox, Neiman Gallery, Columbia University,
Links
Review: Brooklyn Rail
Maake Magazine Interview: https://www.maakemagazine.com/goodnaked
Schneider Museum of Art: FACETIME: Creative Industries Artist and Resident Teaching Artist
PS1 Radio Interview:https://clocktower.org/show/grayson-cox
Interview: The Water's Fine at Tanja Grunert Gallery in New York
Berlin Art Link
Christopher Stackhouse essay for “SELF Check Out”, 2015
Jon Kessler and Fia Backstrom interview/ The Water’s Fine / Gasser Grunert, 2012
The Water’s Fine Press Release for the 2012 Show at Gasser Grunert Gallery in Chelsea
The Water’s Fine, Gasser Grunert Gallery, Pidgin Magazine Publication, Architecture School, Princeton University
Interview with Michael Rush for Clocktower Radio, 2011
NUDGE, NUDGE ME DO/////– by Alison Guidry and Robert Rhee, 2011
Press 2026
2026
Whitehot Magazine, “SPLIT LEVEL ART FAIR Returns: The Best House Party in NYC is an Art Fair,” September 2026. Pyre (2026), collaboration with Bradford Devins, specifically discussed. Whitehot Magazine Whitehot Magazine article
Bureau, “SPLIT LEVEL and Rethinking the Art Fair,” September 14, 2026. Pyre by Grayson Cox and Bradford Devins reproduced as a featured image and credited. Bureau Bureau article
Artforum / Artguide, “Group Exhibition: 260 Madison,” September 2026. Cox listed among participating artists in the exhibition curated by DemonLovers Inc. and Shaina Tabak. Artguide Artforum Artguide listing
BroadwayWorld, “260 MADISON Exhibition to Bring More Than 50 Artists to Midtown Manhattan,” September 18, 2026. Cox listed among participating artists. BroadwayWorld BroadwayWorld article
The Art Newspaper, “New York’s Split Level art fair returns to Madison Avenue design showroom for second edition,” September 30, 2026. Coverage of SPLIT LEVEL, where Cox is presented by Good Naked. Art Newspaper The Art Newspaper article
Observer, “Artist Jaqueline Cedar’s SPLIT LEVEL Fair Returns to New York,” September 2026. Coverage of SPLIT LEVEL and Good Naked’s presentation. Observer Observer article