Born in Wales,  

Bray moved to Australia as a teenager, where he went to art college and was awarded a number of prizes. After returning to the UK, he studied at Falmouth School of Art (1998 to 2000) and subsequently made Cornwall his home. 

Ivan Bray appears to be one of a number of Cornish artists who is able to benefit from the disconnection from mainstream culture that is possible, or certainly easier, in Cornwall. This was alluded to in the title of a previous show of his at Goldfish which was called 'Outsider'.