My work consists of a dual art form: sculpture and photography.

I first sculpt in the earth (red earth, rock, sandstone, clay, iron ore, charcoal, and/or sand), chiseling and molding the figures—which range in size from 4 ½ to 14 feet—to reveal the human condition.

I then photograph the sculptures over a period of time and their disintegration, capturing with the camera those tangible moments and phases in which the sculptures exist. The photographs are 20 x 30 in. Cibachrome prints. I print and exhibit a limited edition of five prints (5) per image.

When I sculpt, I challenge and endure nature’s elements to complete a sculpture, knowing it will ultimately return to where it came from—the earth.

In part, the dual art form represents a parallel between man and his existence from beginning to end. Therefore, what remains, is parallel to our life cycle: an image, a photograph, and the emotions. From dust to dust.

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Dyan Ditolla Grey is a Manhattan-based artist.

She has exhibited in museums and galleries in the United States, Europe, and Japan. New York exhibitions include the Parrish Art Museum Biennial (Southampton), the Elaine Benson Gallery (Bridgehampton), Nikon House (NYC), the Salmagundi Club (NYC), the Neikrug Photographica Gallery (NYC), the National Academy Museum (NYC), and the Alternative Museum (NYC).

For nine years Ms. Ditolla Grey’s work was represented and exhibited in Italy by the Il Diaframma-Kodak Cultura. Her show "Terra Viva" (Living Earth) has traveled throughout Italy (Milan, Turin, Bergamo, Ferrara, Como) as well as to France (Nice), Japan (Tokyo, Kyoto), Korea (Seoul), and Switzerland (Losanna).

Her work is exhibited in public, private, and corporate collections both nationally and internationally. She has completed permanent installations and commissions of her work in New Mexico.

Ms. Ditolla Grey recently completed a new project in Lipari (one of the Aeolian Ilands) in Sicily, Italy.