 | Randy Wray :: Biography
Selected Solo Exhibitions
| 2007 | "Chapter and Verse", Black & White Gallery (Chelsea), New York, NY |
| 2005 | "Heaven On High", Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2003 | Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
Greenville County Art Museum, Greenville, SC |
| 2002 | Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2000 | Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY |
| 1995 | Galeria Camargo Vilaca, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| 1993 | White Columns, New York, NY |
Two and Three Person Exhibitions
| 2002 "Lorenzo De Los Angeles and Randy Wray", Feature Inc., New York, NY |
| 1998 "Yun-Fei Ji, Andrea Dezso, Randy Wray", Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, NY | | 1994 "Huma Bhaba, Aleya Saad, Randy Wray", Lauren Wittles Gallery, New York, NY |
Selected Group Exhibitions
| 2008 |
"Art on Paper 2008", Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
"Waste Not Want Not", Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY
"New Prints 2008/Spring", International Print Center New York, NY
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| 2007 | "Delicatessen", Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
"NeoIntegrity", Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
"Written on the Wind: The Flag Project", Rubin Museum of Art, New York, NY
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| 2006 | "Ragged", Kate MacGarry Gallery, London
"Razzle Dazzle: Chandeliers by Contemporary Artist", Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
Summer Exhibition, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
Inaugural Exhibition, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
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| 2005 | "Greater New York", PS1 Center for Contemporary Art, Long Island City, NY
"Five05", Sandra Gering Gallery, New York, NY
"Working Artists in Brooklyn", Romo Gallery, Atlanta, GA
"Decipher: Hand Painted Digital", curated by Yasufumi Nakamori, Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
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| 2004 | "Slice and Dice", Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY
"Radial Gradient", Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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2003 |
"Fast Forward: Twenty Years of White Rooms", White Columns, New York, NY
"Bad Touch v5.", The Rose Art Museum, Waltham, MA
"The New Typography", Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
"Freehand", Red Dot (Goff+Rosenthall), New York, NY
"Small Scale sculptures and Anonymous Tantra Paintings", Feature Inc., New York, NY
"Abstract per se", curated by Max Henry, Red Dot (Goff+Rosenthall), New York, NY
"Decade", Schroeder Romero Gallery, Brooklyn, NY | | 2002 | "Post Digital-Painting", Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
"ARTNEW YORK", Kunstraeume auf Zeit, Linz, Austria
"Empire", Kagan Martos Gallery, New York, NY
"Landscape", Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY | | 2000 | "Painting Generation", Kagan Martos Gallery, NY
"Snapshot", Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD | | 1998 | "Message to Pretty", Thread Waxing Space, New York, NY
"Something to Bump Into", Kagan Martos Gallery, New York, NY
"PULSE: Painting Now", Rare Gallery, New York, NY
"Resident Artists Exhibition", Chester Springs Studio Gallery, Chester Springs, PA
"Southern Exposure", Ambrosino Gallery, Miami, FL | | 1997 | "Prosthetic Garden", Silverstein Gallery, New York, NY
"...Just What Do You Think You're Doing Dave?", curated by Bruce Pearson, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY
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1996 |
Momenta Art, Brooklyn, NY
"The Most Important Thing in the World - Oasis vs. Blur", curated by Bill Arning, 60 Bond Street, New York, NY | |
1995 | "Oy!", curated by Kenny Schacter, Greene Street, New York, NY
"Smells like Vinyl", organized by Sara Seager and Thaddeus Strode, Roger Merians Gallery, New York, NY
"Wheel of Fortune", Lombaird/Fried Gallery, New York, NY
"Way Cool", Exit Art, New York, NY
"Maricas; Un Communicado desde EE.UU.", curated by Bill Arning, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
"Fabrication: formal, found, and funky", Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman University, Orange, CA | | 1994 |
"Athena and Arachne", curated by Casey Kaplan, Apex Art, New York, NY
"Desire, Visionaire", Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY
"Update 94", White Columns, New York, NY
"Who Chooses Who", New Museum, New York, NY | | 1993 | "Trisexual", Tri Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
| | 1992 | "Not Working in LA/Good Design", curated by Jorge Pardo and Pae White, Nomadic Site, Los Angeles, CA |
Bibliography
| 2007 |
Harris, Jane. Art Review, Time Out New York, May 24-30
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| 2006 |
Mayerson, Keith. Artists on Artists, BOMB magazine, March
Yun, Michelle. Greater New York Catalog essay, PS1 Museum
Kley, Elisabeth. Top 10 Trends: Just Bead It, Artnews, February
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| 2005 |
Baker. Randy Wray, The Village Voice, June-8-14, c75
Johnson, Ken. Art in Review, The New York Times, June 17
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| 2004 |
Robinson Walter. Weekend Update. Artnet, February 28
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| 2003 |
Johnson, Ken. Alumni Return, Juxtaposing Past and Present, The New York Times, November 28
Ross, Lauren. "Fast Forward: 20 Years of White Rooms", catalog essay, White Columns, New York, NY
Metz, Cade. North Carolinians in New York, Metromagazine, September
Hakanson Colby, Joy. "Post-Digital Painting" pumps new technology into an aging art form, The Detroit News, January 30
Tysh, George. Art 10101010,Metro Times, Detroit, January 29
Guten Cohen, Keri. Artists use technology in paintings, Detroit Free Press, January 5
Rubinstein, Raphael. A Quiet Crisis, Art In America, March
Platt, Ron. Randy Wray, exhibition essay,
Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC January
Hirsch, Faye. Randy Wray, Art In America, January
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| 2002 | Houston, Joe. Post Digital Painting, exhibition catalog essay, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI, December
Forde, J.A. Unframed, Artists Resond to AIDS, ACRIA, Powerhouse 2002
Mahoney, Robert. "Landscape", Time Out New York, Feb. 21-28, p51 | | 2000 | Johnson, Ken. "Art in Review", The New York Times, October 3
Henry, Max. "Noises", Gotham Dispatch, Artnet, November
Wray, Randy. "Off the Wall", artists project, Smock, November
Arning, Bill. "Optimal Allusion", Insider column, eartgroup.com, February | | 1999 | Gangitano, Lia. "Message to Pretty", exhibition catalog essay, Thread Waxing Space, New York, NY, December
Connelly, John. "Recipes" (Artist project), Zingmagazine, winter | | 1998 | Marshall, Robert. "American Homes & Travelers", Art Net, May
Rice, Robin. "Crafty, Very Crafty", Philadelphia City Paper, April 10 | |
1997 | Moody, Tom. "Randy Wray", Artforum, February
Rubinstein, Raphael. "Randy Wray", Art In America, March | |
1996 | Arning, Bill. "Art Review", Time Out, October 24-31, Issue 57
Rubinstein, Raphael and Yau, John. "Report from the Ruins of the Emerald City", Lingo, No. 5, Spring
Smith, Roberta. "Testing Limits at the Corcoran", New York Times, January 6
| | 1995 | Schacter, Kenny. "Artist's Project", Zingmagazine, fall
Hess, Elizabeth. "Never-Never Wasteland", VillageVoice, May 23
Ducan, Michael. "Fabrication: formal, found, and funky", exhibition essay,
Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman University, Orange, CA
Curtis, Cathy. "Weaving New Life into Everyday Objects", Los Angeles Times/ Orange County Edition, April 4
Smith, Roberta. "Art in Review", New York Times, January 6
Levin, Kim. "Choices", The Village Voice, January 3
| | 1994 | Wray, Randy. "Desire", Visionaire, No. 12 Fall
Berger, Maurice. "She is Silent When She Sews", exhibition catalog essay, Apex Art. New York, NY, December
Saltz, Jerry. "A Year in the Life: Tropic of Painting", Art in America, October
LaBelle, Charles. "Grunge Lite", Artweek, August
Rubinstein, Raphael. "The Inner Child", ART news, May 9
Gooch, Brad. "Ross Bleckner Revealed", Harper's Bazaar, May | | 1993 | Pagel, David. "Nature of Desire", Los Angeles Times, April 1
Levin, Kim. "Art in Brief", The Village Voice, June 29
Hoffman, Dristan. "Trisexual", Bang!, No. 5
Eaton, Halle. "Impressions of Trisexual", Picture, May
| | 1992 | Connelly, John. "The Art of Randy Wray", Essay |
Education
1990 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
1987 Maryland Institute, College of Art, B.F.A.
1987 Alliance of Independent Colleges of Art New York Studio Program
1983 University of North Carolina School of the Arts
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Awards
| 2002 John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship |
Selected Museum and Corporate Collections
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Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Greenville County Art Museum, Greenville, SC
Rubin Museum of Art, New York, NY
Museum of Sex, New York, NY
Glenstone Museum, Potomac, MD
JP Morgan, Chase Bank, New York, NY
Goldman Sachs, New York, NY
Newberger Berman, New York, NY
Progressive Corporation, Cleveland, OH
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