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Rex Ray    (American/German, 1956)

 Rex Ray - Lasalia (Paintings) h: 76 x w: 76 in / h: 193 x w: 193 cm
Rex Ray
Lasalia 2007
 
  

Biography
1988 B.F.A. San Francisco Art Institute
Rex Ray is a San Francisco based fine artist, whose collages, paintings and design work have been exhibited at galleries and museums, including the The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, University Art Museum in Berkeley, San Jose Museum of Modern Art, The Crocker Museum in Sacramento, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, Michael Martin Galleries, Gallery 16, New Langton Arts, and Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions.
He is also a celebrated graphic designer. He has created work for Apple, Dreamworks, Sony Music, Warner Brothers, City Lights Publishers, Matador Records, Serpent's Tail, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, Rizzoli, Powerhouse, Mute Records and Crown Books. His package designs for David Bowie, as well as for Joe Satriani, Diamanda Galás, Matmos, and Deee-Lite, have earned him an international reputation for his innovation in type and with original photographs, drawings, and collage. He has designed over 100 historic Bill Graham Presents rock and roll tour posters, including ones for The Rolling Stones, Patti Smith, REM, Bjork, U2, and Radiohead.

Exhibitions
2009 Turner Carroll Gallery Santa Fe, NM (solo)
2009 Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, CO (solo)
2007 Bank of America, San Francisco, CA
2006 Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX (solo)
2006 Michael Martin Galleries, San Francisco, CA (solo)
2005 Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA (solo)
2005 Gensler & Associates, San Francisco, CA (solo)
2005 Recent California Abstraction, Monterey Museum of Modern Art Monterey, CA
2005 Neo Mod, Crocker Museum Sacramento, CA
2005 Blobjects, San Jose Museum of Modern Art San Jose, CA
2005 Belles Letters, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art San Francisco, CA
2004 Conduit Gallery Dallas, Texas
2004 AD2004, The Lab San Francisco, CA
2004 Rule Gallery, Denver, CO (solo)
2003 Michael Martin Galleries, San Francisco, CA (solo)
2003 Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA
2002 ModernBook/Gallery494, Palo Alto, CA (solo)
2002 Fascination: The Bowie Show, Gallery 16 San Francisco, CA
2002 Skulls, Academy of Arts & Sciences San Francisco, CA
2002 Home, Rena Bransten Gallery San Francisco, CA
2001 I-5 Resurfacing: Four Decades of California Art, San Diego Museum of Art San Diego, CA
2001 Velocity Seattle, WA
2001 West Coasting, Gotham London, UK
2001 Michael Martin Galleries, San Francisco, CA (solo)
2000 Peterson Hall Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ (solo)
2000 Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA (solo)
2000 Peterson Hall Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ (solo)
2000 Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA (solo)
2000 Pierogi Traveling Exhibit, Yerba Buena Center For The Arts San Francisco, CA
2000 Michael Martin Gallery London, UK
2000 Abstraction: Raucous to Refined, Bedford Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA
2000 Alone, New Langton Arts San Francisco, CA
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