Rex Ray | |
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| Born | Michael Patterson
[1] September 11, 1956 near Landstuhl, Germany |
| Died | February 9, 2015 (aged 58) San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | San Francisco Art Institute |
| Known for | graphic design, collage, fine art |
| Website | http://www.rexraystudio.com/ |
Rex Ray (September 11, 1956 – February 9, 2015) [1] was an American graphic designer and collage artist, based in San Francisco. [1]
Biography
Born as Michael Patterson on September 11, 1956, on a United States Army base near Landstuhl, Germany, and he was raised in Colorado Springs, Colorado. [2] He moved to San Francisco in 1981, to attend San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI) where he graduated. [2] Early in his career he worked as a digital graphic designer for nightclubs and for music shows. [2] He designed and performed with The Residents, as well as designed for David Bowie, among others. [3]
He changed his name to Rex Ray in order to start anew and be free of his past. [4]
By the early 1990s he started a professional fine art practice. [2] Ray had been one of the first artists to use Mac computer-based technology to create his art. [5] He had two units in the Allied Box Factory in the Mission District in San Francisco, one was his living space and the other was his art studio. [1] [6] He referred to his artwork "paintings" even though they were often collage-based and lacked any traditional painting techniques. [7]
He died February 9, 2015, after a five year battle with lymphoma and was remembered by SFGate as a "versatile graphic designer who created book covers, tour posters and album art in San Francisco for 35 years." [1]
His work is in museums including the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the San Jose Museum of Art, and the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. [1]
Publications
- Ewert, Marcus (2008). 10,000 Dresses. illustrated by Rex Ray. New York City, New York: Seven Stories Press. ISBN 978-1-58322-850-0.
- Ray, Rex (2007). Rex Ray: Art + Design. foreword by Douglas Coupland. San Francisco, California: Chronicle Books. ISBN 978-0-8118-5975-2.
References
- ^ a b c d e f Whiting, Sam (February 10, 2015). Collage artist and designer Rex Ray dies. SFGate. Accessed January 2020.
- ^ a b c d Tray, Liz (2015-02-23). "Rex Ray obituary". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
- ^ "RIP San Francisco Artist and Cultural Icon Rex Ray". Medium. The Bold Italic. 2016-04-13. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
- ^ Curiel, Jonathan (2017-06-01). "Light of Ray". SF Weekly. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
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^ Erwert, Anna Marie (2019-08-14).
"Tour $1.6M live/work studio of celebrated San Francisco artist".
SFGate. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
Rex Ray, who died in 2015, was one of the first artists to use Mac-based technology in his art.
- ^ Keeling, Brock (2019-08-07). "Late artist Rex Ray's Allied Box Factory loft lists for $1.599M". Curbed SF. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
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"CPT12 Presents: How to Make a Rex Ray". PBS (Video). Joshua Hassel. Colorado Public Television. 2018. approx. 2:00. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
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External links
- Video: 75 Reasons to Live: Rex Ray on Andy Warhol’s Self-Portrait (2010) from San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMoMA)
- Video: How to Make a Rex Ray (2010, aired 2018) from Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
| International | |
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| National | |
| Artists | |
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- 1956 births
- 2015 deaths
- 20th-century American male artists
- 20th-century American painters
- 21st-century American male artists
- 21st-century American painters
- American male painters
- American poster artists
- Artists from San Francisco
- Deaths from cancer in California
- Mission District, San Francisco
- People from Colorado Springs, Colorado
- San Francisco Art Institute alumni
- American graphic artists
- American graphic designers