Arran Gregory (b. 1987, UK)
is a British Sri-Lankan land artist based in London
working across sculpture, film and performance.
His work asks: what is a beginning, and what is an end?
It seeks to understand the self as nature, rather than nature as outside of the self.
Working with raw clay and natural materials gathered directly from the land, he creates his Earth Body works: un-fired, site-responsive interventions shaped through time, weather and touch, in collaboration with local landscapes, sites and communities.
His works explore ephemerality, ancestral and material memory, and the body as a site of perception. Through sculpture, photography, film and performance, as well as journalling, Gregory extends these encounters into forms that carry the work’s life beyond their place of origin and question our understanding of permanence. His practice is a means of grounding, a way of working with earth not just as material, but as teacher.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBTIONS
2026 The Land is a Giant Eardrum, OmVed Gardens, London, UK
2025 Techno Clay, Crypt Gallery, London, UK
2023 Geoglyphs, Salts and Pepper Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2015 Hunt, Truman Brewery, London, UK
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 Village Meeting, Hackney Downs Studios, London, UK
2025 On Reciprocity, Borneo Laboratory, Think and Tink, Kuching, Borneo
ARTIST RESIDENCY
2025 Erra Art Farm, Türkiye, 6 weeks
2025 Techno Clay, Crypt Gallery
2025 Bidayuh Indigenous community Artist residency, Bengoh Range jungle, Sarawak, Borneo, 1 month
2024 Tian Taru Artist in Residence, Bali, Indonesia, 1 month
2024 Arteles Back To Basics, Haukijarvi, Finland, 1 month
PERFORMANCE
2026 Sensing Earth Space [A meditation in clay] sound meditation with Joe Dalziel, Omved Gardens, London
2025 Sensing Earth Space [A Perceptual Study] Live Performance with Ben Khan and Joe Townshend
2025 Sensing Earth Space I, with Ben Khan and Ayu Ananda, Titik Dua, Bali, Indonesia
PUBLIC TALKS
2026 Growing Together - Ecosystems for curiosity and creative research, Design Museum, London
2026 Touch Earth, Zara Hadid Foundation, Thing Studio / The Architecture Foundation
2026 Permanence/ Impermanence: Collecting and archiving contemporary clay practices,
Ceramics Research Centre-UK, CREAM, University of Westminster, and the Victoria and Albert Museum
WORKSHOP
2026 Rammed Earth- group Biosculpture workshop, OmVed Gardens, London
EDUCATION
2009 BA (Hons) Graphic Design for Communication, Chelsea College of Art, London, UK