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Michael Ray Charles
(
American
, born 1967)
Michael Ray Charles
(Liberty Bros. Permanent Daily Circus) The Family of Seals,
1996
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Biography
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Exhibitions
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Timeline
1967
Born in Lafayette, LA
1989
BFA, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA
1993
MFA, University of Houston, Houston, TX
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
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Exhibitions
2002
Standard 8, Cotthem Gallery, Brussels, Belgium (solo)
Shiny Figures, Cotthem Gallery, Barcelona, Spain (solo)
Looking Forward Looking Black, Baltimore Museum of Art, Balimore, MD
2001
Gallery Cotthem, Knokke, Belgium (solo)
Galerie Enrico Navarra, Paris, France (solo)
2000
Bamboozled, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, NY (solo)
Looking Forward Looking Black, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
1999
Tony Shafrazi Gallery, NY (solo)
Michael Ray Charles/Joyce Scott, Florida Atlantic University
Michael Ray Charles, Gallery Cotthem Knokke, Belgium (solo)
Concerning Truth, Gallery 400, University of Illinois Chicago, IL
Looking Forward, Looking B(l)ack, Weatherspoon Gallery, University of North Carolina Greensboro, NC
Re-Righting History, Katonah Museum of Art Katonah, NY
Michael Ray Charles, Galerie Hans Mayer Dusseldorf, Germany (solo)
1998
Michael Ray Charles, Gallery Cotthem Barcelona, Spain (solo)
Michael Ray Charles, Contemporary Art Center Cincinnati, OH (solo)
1997
Michael Ray Charles, Tony Shafrazi Gallery New York, NY (solo)
Michael Ray Charles, Moody Gallery Houston, TX (solo)
Michael Ray Charles, Albright Knox Gallery Buffalo, NY (solo)
1995
Now is the Time, Tony Shafrazi Gallery New York, NY
Galerie Hans Mayer Düsseldorf, Germany (solo)
1994
Tony Shafrazi Gallery New York, NY (solo)
Barry Whistler Gallery Dallas, TX (solo)
The M.F.A. Show, Blaffer Gallery Houston, TX
The Language of Drawing, Barnes-Blackman Galleries Houston, TX
The Escape II, Diverse Works Artspace Houston, TX
The Garden of Eden, Lanning Gallery Houston, TX
The Phoenix Triennial, Phoenix Museum of Art Phoenix, AZ
1993
Outside/In: Outsider and Contemporary Artists in Texas, Laguna Gloria Art Museum Austin, TX
Texas Contemporary: Acquisitions of the 90's, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, TX
Faculty Exhibition, University of Texas Austin, TX
Black & Whites Together, Barnes-Blackman Gallery Houston, TX
Souvenirs, Lawndale Art & Performance Center Houston, TX
Introductions '93, Moody Gallery Houston, TX
Small Works Exhibition, Small Project Gallery Houston, TX
The Case for Art, The Houston International Festival Lawndale Art and Performance Center, Houston, TX
Student Exhibition, University of Houston Houston, TX
Counter Colonial Lalismo, Diverse Works Artspace Houston, TX
Fresh Visions/New Voices: Emerging African-American Artists in Texas, Traveled, Glassell School of Art Houston, TX
Politics As Usual, Small Project Gallery Houston, TX
1992
Group Exhibition, Barnes-Blackman Galleries Houston, TX
Graduate Group Exhibit, ARA Gallery Houston, TX
Group Exhibition, Barnes-Blackman Galleries Houston, TX
1991
Forerunner and Newcomers Revisited, Dishman Galleries Beaumont, TX
Diversity in African-American Art, North Harris Community College Houston, TX
Student Exhibition, University of Houston Houston, TX
Barnes-Blackman Galleries Houston, TX (solo)
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Literature
2002
Thon, Ute. 'Wilkommen in Klischee',
Art Das Kunstmagazin
, February
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