About the Artist

Channing Gray is a studio artist that makes paintings, illustrated books and hanging mobiles. She lives in Orlando, FL and works as a Lead Preparator at the Orlando Museum of Art.

Channing Gray (b. 1994 in Sacramento, CA) received her MFA in Studio Art at the Florida State University in 2020 and a BA in Fine Art from University of Central Florida in 2017. Her work has been shown at the FSU Museum of Fine Arts, Orlando Science Center, Art Fields and 621 Gallery at Railroad Square Art Park. Virtual spaces include Bean Collective, We Found Space, Social Distance Gallery (COVID-19), Lacuna Festivals, and Polemical Zine. She was part of two virtual artist residencies in 2020: CRISIS Residency: Creativity In-Place and SPUR.WORLD Residency. In 2022, she became a finalist in the Pathways: The Carlos Malamud Prize where her work was displayed at the Rollins Museum of Art and the UCF Art Gallery.  In 2025, her solo show Into Neverland was displayed at the Carrollton Center for the Arts as well as the Ormond Memorial Art Museum. She is currently an Artist in Action Resident at the Art & History Museums in Maitland, FL.