As dianod says, Gandalf doesn't do this anywhere in the books. It's an interesting question though whether he would be able to. We know that at least one Ring of Power - the One Ring - does have the ability to grant invisibility, at least to Hobbits. So the questions are, would the Ring that Gandalf carries, Narya, be capable of granting that power too: and, could it grant that to Gandalf or is invisibility something specific to Hobbits?
For the second question, we have the counter-example of Isildur, who was invisible until the Ring slipped off his finger after the Pelennor Fields. I've previously speculated that invisibility comes naturally to Hobbits as an extension of their natural stealth, but it's clearly not exclusive to them and we can imagine that someone as powerful as Gandalf would be able to access that power, if possible.
Which brings us back to the first question. Is Narya capable of bestowing invisibility? We don't know explicitly. It is described as having the power to inspire others to resist tyranny, but nothing about overt powers. But on the other hand, it does seem likely that invisibility was a standard power of Great Rings: Gandalf was able to identify Bilbo's ring as one simply on the basis of that, even before he knew it was the One.
So, in summary, I think Gandalf Ring would have given him the power to turn invisible, if he had wanted.
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