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