His work has been exhibited throughout the world, including in a recent midcareer retrospective at the Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego, and are chronicled in three books: Sacred Mirrors: The Visionary Art of Alex Grey (Inner Traditions) the recently released monograph Transfigurations (Inner Traditions) and his philosophical text The Mission of Art (Shambhala). Grey’s paintings have appeared in venues as diverse as the album art of musical groups TOOL, the Beastie Boys and Nirvana covers for Newsweek magazine the Discovery Channel and recently in an article about his work and life in the New York Times. Invariably people tell him that his paintings remind them of their own transcendent experiences. After a life-changing experience of the “Universal Mind Lattice,” he decided that a vision of sacred interconnectedness was the most important subject of art. Although popularly known for his depictions of the human body in “X-ray form” (finely detailed anatomical studies interlaced with overlays of energy systems), his work is a rich amalgam that includes references to ancient Tibetan Buddhist sources. Artist Alex Grey has aroused the interest and imagination of many spiritual seekers and practitioners.
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