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Michael Ray Charles    (American, 1967)

 Michael Ray Charles - (Forever Free) A Greco Tragedy (Paintings) h: 84 x w: 60 in / h: 213.4 x w: 152.4 cm
Michael Ray Charles
(Forever Free) A Greco Tragedy 1999
 
 Michael Ray Charles - (Forever Free) Affirmative Fears, Affirmative Tears (Paintings) h: 60 x w: 36 in / h: 152.4 x w: 91.4 cm
Michael Ray Charles
(Forever Free) Affirmative Fears, Affirmative Tears 1997
 
 Michael Ray Charles - (Forever Free) After Black (Riding High), and Before Black (Riding High), a pair (Paintings) h: 60 x w: 37.5 in / h: 152.4 x w: 95.2 cm
Michael Ray Charles
(Forever Free) After Black (Riding High), and Before Black (Riding High), a pair 1997
 
 Michael Ray Charles - (Forever Free) After Black (Toy Soldiers), and Before Black (Toy Soldiers), a pair (Paintings) h: 60 x w: 44 in / h: 152.4 x w: 111.8 cm
Michael Ray Charles
(Forever Free) After Black (Toy Soldiers), and Before Black (Toy Soldiers), a pair 1997
 
 Michael Ray Charles - (Forever Free) Bang Bang (Prints) h: 46 x w: 31.8 in / h: 116.8 x w: 80.8 cm
Michael Ray Charles
(Forever Free) Bang Bang 1995
 
 Michael Ray Charles - (Forever Free) Believe It or Not (Paintings) h: 72 x w: 54 in / h: 182.9 x w: 137.2 cm
Michael Ray Charles
(Forever Free) Believe It or Not 1996
 
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Biography
Drawing Workshop Instructor Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, TX
Painting Workshop Instructor, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, TX
Art Instructor, 5th Ward Enrichment Program Houston, TX
Teaching Fellowship, Fundamentals of Drawing University of Houston, TX
Drawing Instructor, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, TX
Sculpture Workshop Instructor, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, TX
Intermediate Painting Instructor University of Houston, TX
Art Instructor, Mental Retardation Authority Houston, TX
Sculpture Workshop Instructor Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Born Lafayette, LA
MFA, University of Houston Houston, TX
BA, McNeese State University Lake Charles, LA

Exhibitions
2002 Standard 8, Cotthem Gallery, Brussels, Belgium (solo)
2002 Shiny Figures, Cotthem Gallery, Barcelona, Spain (solo)
2002 Looking Forward Looking Black, Baltimore Museum of Art, Balimore, MD
2001 Gallery Cotthem, Knokke, Belgium (solo)
2001 Galerie Enrico Navarra, Paris, France (solo)
2000 Bamboozled, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, NY (solo)
2000 Looking Forward Looking Black, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
1999 Tony Shafrazi Gallery, NY (solo)
1999 Michael Ray Charles/Joyce Scott, Florida Atlantic University
1999 Michael Ray Charles, Gallery Cotthem Knokke, Belgium (solo)
1998 Michael Ray Charles, Gallery Cotthem Barcelona, Spain (solo)
1998 Michael Ray Charles, Galerie Hans Mayer Dusseldorf, Germany (solo)
1998 Michael Ray Charles, Contemporary Art Center Cincinnati, OH (solo)
1998 Re-Righting History, Katonah Museum of Art Katonah, NY
1998 Looking Forward, Looking B(l)ack, Weatherspoon Gallery, University of North Carolina Greensboro, NC
1998 Concerning Truth, Gallery 400, University of Illinois Chicago, IL
1997 Michael Ray Charles, Tony Shafrazi Gallery New York, NY (solo)
1997 Michael Ray Charles, Moody Gallery Houston, TX (solo)
1997 Michael Ray Charles, Albright Knox Gallery Buffalo, NY (solo)
1995 Now is the Time, Tony Shafrazi Gallery New York, NY
1995 Galerie Hans Mayer Düsseldorf, Germany (solo)
1994 Tony Shafrazi Gallery New York, NY (solo)
1994 Barry Whistler Gallery Dallas, TX (solo)
1993 Outside/In: Outsider and Contemporary Artists in Texas, Laguna Gloria Art Museum Austin, TX
1993 Souvenirs, Lawndale Art & Performance Center Houston, TX
1993 Black & Whites Together, Barnes-Blackman Gallery Houston, TX
1993 Faculty Exhibition, University of Texas Austin, TX
1993 Texas Contemporary: Acquisitions of the 90's, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, TX
1993 Introductions '93, Moody Gallery Houston, TX
1993 The Phoenix Triennial, Phoenix Museum of Art Phoenix, AZ
1993 The M.F.A. Show, Blaffer Gallery Houston, TX
1993 The Garden of Eden, Lanning Gallery Houston, TX
1993 The Escape II, Diverse Works Artspace Houston, TX
1993 The Language of Drawing, Barnes-Blackman Galleries Houston, TX
1992 Group Exhibition, Barnes-Blackman Galleries Houston, TX
1992 Politics As Usual, Small Project Gallery Houston, TX
1992 Graduate Group Exhibit, ARA Gallery Houston, TX
1992 Fresh Visions/New Voices: Emerging African-American Artists in Texas, Traveled, Glassell School of Art Houston, TX
1992 Counter Colonial Lalismo, Diverse Works Artspace Houston, TX
1992 Student Exhibition, University of Houston Houston, TX
1992 The Case for Art, The Houston International Festival Lawndale Art and Performance Center, Houston, TX
1992 Small Works Exhibition, Small Project Gallery Houston, TX
1991 Forerunner and Newcomers Revisited, Dishman Galleries Beaumont, TX
1991 Diversity in African-American Art, North Harris Community College Houston, TX
1991 Student Exhibition, University of Houston Houston, TX
1991 Group Exhibition, Barnes-Blackman Galleries Houston, TX
1991 Barnes-Blackman Galleries Houston, TX (solo)

Literature
2002 Thon, Ute. 'Wilkommen in Klischee', Art Das Kunstmagazin, February
2002 Heartney, Eleanor. 'Speaking for Themselves', Art in America, February
2001 Art: 21 Art in the Twenty-First Century, Abrams, Harry N Inc., New York
2000 Vanesian, Kathleen. 'Spade & Neutered', New Times, Phoenix, AZ, January 13-19
1999 Myers, B.E. 'Thug Life', XXL, Volume 3 No.3, June
1998 Michael Ray Charles, Forever Free, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York
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