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New Works by Ray Donley

     
              
 

     

                     
       

Ray Donley

 

EDUCATION:    M.A., The University of Texas at Austin, 1983

      B.F.A., The University of Texas at Austin, summa cum laude, 1980

 

ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS:

2007                    The Marshall Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona

2007          Touchet Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland (3-person exhibition)

2007                    Blackheath Gallery, London, U.K.

2007                    Jack Meier Gallery, Houston, Texas

2007                    Sarah Bain Gallery, Los Angeles, California

 

2006                    Gallery Bienvenu, New Orleans, Louisiana

2006                    Blackheath Gallery, London, U.K.

2006                    Meyer Gallery, Park City, Utah (2-person exhibition)

2006                    Principle Gallery, Alexandria, Virginia

2006          The Russell Collection, Austin, Texas

 

2005                    Blackheath Gallery, London, U.K.

2005                    Trinity Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia

2005                    The Marshall Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona

2005                    Jack Meier Gallery, Houston, Texas

2005                    Sara Bain Gallery, Los Angeles, California

2005          f8 Fine Art, Austin, Texas

2004                    Blackheath Gallery, London, U.K.

2004                    Jack Meier Gallery, Houston, Texas

2004          Sarah Bain Gallery, Los Angeles, California

2003          Blackheath Gallery, London, U.K.

2003          San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas

2003          Sarah Bain Gallery, Los Angeles, California

2003          Galleria Il Canovaccio, Rome, Italy

2003          St. Edward’s University, University Gallery, Austin, Texas

      2002          Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, Louisiana

      2002          Jack Meier Gallery, Houston, Texas

      2002          f8 Fine Art Gallery, Austin, Texas

      2002          Beeville Museum of Art, Beeville, Texas

      2001          Wright Gallery, New York, New York (exhibition catalog)

      2000          Jack Meier Gallery, Houston, Texas                          

      1999          Jack Meier Gallery, Houston, Texas

      1995          Jack Meier Gallery, Houston, Texas

      1994          Dishman Gallery, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas

      1994          Hall-Barnett Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana

 

SELECT GROUP ExhibiTIONS:

 

2007          artKitchen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2007          Houston Grand Opera Ball, Houston, Texas

2007          Bal du Masque exhibition, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

 

2006          Concordia University, University Gallery, Austin, Texas

2006          Art Scottsdale, Scottsdale, Arizona

2006          Boston International Fine Art Show, Boston, Massachusetts

2006          The Russell Collection, Austin, Texas

2006          Sarah Bain Gallery, Los Angeles, California

2006          Parchman-Stremmel Gallery, San Antonio, Texas

2006          The Marshall Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona

 

2005          Meyer Gallery, Park City, Utah         

2005          f8 Fine Art Gallery, Austin, Texas

2005          Principle Gallery, Alexandria, Virginia

2005          The Marshall Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona

2005          Montana Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida

2005          Wright Gallery, Southampton, New York

 

2004          The Marshall Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona

2004          Jack Meier Gallery, Houston, Texas

2004          Sarah Bain Gallery, Los Angeles, California

2004          f8 Fine Arts Gallery, Austin, Texas

 

2003          Galería Estela Shapiro, Mexico City, MEXICO

2003          The University of Texas at Austin, Performing Arts Center, Austin, Texas

2003                    Sarah Bain Gallery, Los Angeles, California

2003          Blackheath Gallery, London, UK

2003                    Jack Meier Gallery, Houston, Texas

2003          f8 Fine Art Gallery, Austin, Texas

2003          Wright Gallery, New York, New York

2003          SXSW Film Festival, V.I.P. Room, Convention Center, Austin, TX

2003                    Adair Margo Gallery, El Paso, Texas

2003          Wright Gallery, Southampton, New York

 

2002          The Marshall Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona

2002          3° Concorso Biennale Internazionale di Pittura, San Remo, Italy (catalog)

2002          Art Miami, Miami, Florida

      2002          Parchman Stremmel Gallery, San Antonio, Texas

      2002          Blackheath Gallery, London, U.K.

      2002          ArtPalmbeach, Palm Beach, Florida

2002          Virginia Miller Gallery, Miami, Florida

2002          Wright Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida

2002          Hanson Gallery, San Francisco, California

      2002          Wright Gallery, New York, New York

2002                    Jack Meier Gallery, Houston, Texas

2002          f8 Fine Art Gallery, Austin, Texas                

 

2001          Wright Gallery, New York, New York

2001                    Hanson Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana

      2001          Jack Meier Gallery, Houston, Texas

       

2000          Wright Gallery, New York, New York

      2000          Carmen Llewellyn Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana

 

      1999          Carmen Llewellyn Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana

      1999          Jack Meier Gallery, Houston, Texas

 

      1998          Jack Meier Gallery, Houston, Texas

 

      1997          Jack Meier Gallery, Houston, Texas

 

      1996          Jack Meier Gallery, Houston, Texas

 

      1995          Warwick Galleries, Warwick, New York

      1995          Jack Meier Gallery, Houston, Texas

 

      1994          “Texas International,” The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas

      1994          Dishman Gallery, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas

 

      1993          Hall-Barnett Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana

 

      1992          Hall-Barnett Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana

 

      1991          Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas

      1991          Transco Gallery, Houston, Texas

            1991          Franklin Plaza Gallery, Austin, Texas

      1991          Hall-Barnett Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana

 

      1990          New Mexico Junior College, Hobbs, New Mexico

      1990          Midland College Art Gallery, Midland, Texas

      1990          Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, Texas

 

      1989          The Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, Texas

      1989          Berkeley Arts Center, Berkeley, California

      1989          Clary-Miner Gallery, Buffalo, New York

      1989          Trammell Crow Gallery, Dallas, Texas

      1989          Lubbock Fine Arts Center, Lubbock, Texas

      1989          Graham Horstman Gallery, Denton, Texas

 

      1988          Dougherty Arts Center, Austin, Texas

 

      1987          Union Gallery, The University of Texas at Austin

 

      1986          Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, Texas

 

      1980          Huntington Art Gallery, The University of Texas at Austin

 

 

FILM:

     

      2003          The Life of David Gale, an Alan Parker film starring Kevin Spacey. Five paintings used in the set design; received closing credit.

 

 

TELEVISION:

 

      2002          Interview with Artist Ray Donley, Austin Music Network, Channel 15, September 25, 2002.

      2002          NBC affiliate KALB, Channel 5, Alexandria, Louisiana, Interview, May 30, 2002.

2002                    Interview with Artist Ray Donley, Austin Music Network, Channel 15, April 25, 2002.

 

INTERNET:

 

                        STILETTO Magazine, online interview published August 2002.

 

HONORS/AWARDS:

 

·         3° Concorso Biennale Internazionale di Pittura, San Remo, Italy, First Prize, 2002

 

·         Departmental Scholarship in Painting, The University of Texas at Austin, 1980

 

·         Departmental Scholarship in Art History, The University of Texas at Austin, 1982

 

·         Texas Visual Arts Association 16th National Open, Honorable Mention Award, 1989

 

·         Clary-Miner Gallery National Juried Exhibition, Honorable Mention Award, 1989

 

·         Touring Exhibit, Lubbock Fine Arts Center, Lubbock, Texas, 1989

 

 

PUBLICATIONS:

 

“Ray Donley: Paintings:” Work reproduced inside and featured on the cover of The New Delta Review, a literary journal published at Louisiana State University, April 2007.

 

 “Ray Donley:  New Paintings/Old Obsessions,” D. Eric Bookhardt, Gambit Weekly, New Orleans, LA, March 23, 2006.

 

“The Fourth Season:  Works by Ray Donley and Rosanne Olson,” Austin Chronicle, December 2, 2005.

 

“In the Art of Texas,” Art & Antiques, November 2005.

 

“Ten Artists,” Tribeza, March 2005.

 

      “A Piece of Work:  A Painting by Ray Donley,” Molly Beth Brenner, Austin Chronicle, June 18, 2004.

 

 “Laguna, La Jolla, & Beyond,” Daniella Walsh, ARTnews, Summer 2004.

 

“Moderno ‘tenebroso’ al Canovaccio,” Luigi Tallarico, Secolo d’Italia, Rome, Italy, November 30, 2003.

 

“Ray Donley Dipinti,” Romac ‘e, Rome, Italy, November 26, 2003.

 

“Inspired by Greats, Donley is Still Unique,” Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, October 26, 2003.

 

“Exhibit: Paintings Evoke Dark Side,” Jared Schroeder, San Angelo Standard-Times, January 31, 2003.

 

The Guide, London, U.K., February 2003.

 

“Artswatch,” Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, January 12, 2003.

 

“Glasstire Recommends,” Glasstire: Texas Visual Art Online, http://glasstire.com/recommends_southtx.htm, December 2002.

 

“Concorso Filippo Salesi: Vince un pittore texano,” La Riviera, Settimanale d’informazione della Riviera del Fiori e Costa Azzura, San Remo, Italy, September 20, 2002.

 

 “Quando Sanremo coglie i fiori dell’arte,” Corriere dell’Arte, Torino, Italy, October 12, 2002.

 

3°  Concorso Biennale Internazionale di Pittura,” exhibition catalog, San Remo, Italy, September 2002.

 

“Il Premio ‘Filippo Salesi’ sorride all’ America,” L’Eco della Riviera, San Remo, Italy, October 2002.

 

“A Master Collection: Beeville Shows Exhibit Old Master Works, ‘New Old Masterism,’” Jeremy Brown, Corpus Christie Caller-Times, November 14, 2002.

 

“Noteworthy,” Tribeza Magazine, November 2002.

 

“Donley’s darkness coincides with Old Masters exhibit,” Beeville Bee-Picayune, November 9, 2002.

 

“Un Americano vince il premio ‘Filippo Salesi,’” La Stampa, Milan, Italy, September 19, 2002.

 

“Fictionalized Portraits Grace Gallery of AMoA,” Alice B. Story, The Town Talk, Alexandria, Louisiana, June 6, 2002.

 

“Best Bets,” Austin American-Statesman, June 6, 2002.

 

Cenla Focus, Alexandria, Louisiana, May/June 2002.

 

“Artswatch,” Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, May 26, 2002.

 

“Artswatch,” Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, March 31, 2002.

 

 “Traversing the Mind on Canvas: Profile on Ray Donley, Oil Painter,” Austin Monthly Magazine, April 2002.

 

“Collected Works from the Great Velázquez Controversy: New Paintings by Ray Donley,” Art Gallery: The Official Newsletter for the Houston Arts, March-April 2002.

 

Art Notes, The Department of Art and Art History, The University of Texas at Austin, Spring 2002.

 

“Seeking Inquiry: The Art of Ray Donley,” Tribeza Magazine, February 2002.

 

2002 Artist’s and Graphic Designers Market, Mary Cox (editor), 2002.

 

“Last Word on the Arts,” by Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, October 11, 2001.

 

Ray Donley: The Lost Paintings, exhibition catalog with essay by Donald Kuspit, Wright Gallery, New York, 2001.

 

“Last Word on the Arts,” by Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, August 30, 2001.

 

Austin Chronicle, December 1, 2000.

 

“Artists at Play with Light and Shadow,” by Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, November 27, 2000.

 

Houston Chronicle, November 4-6, 2000. Website feature.

                                       

Architectural Digest, November 1999.

 

New American Paintings, The Open Studios Press, 1998.

 

“Gallery features figurative work,” The Beaumont Enterprise, September 2, 1994.

 

“Donley Opens Solo Show at Dishman,” by Laura Scott, University Press, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas, September 14, 1994.

 

“Art for Art’s Sake ‘93,” New Orleans Weekly, September 28, 1993.

 

“The Focus is on Women,” by Chris Waddington, The New Orleans Times-Picayune, April 2, 1993.

 

“Special Women,” by D. Eric Bookhardt, New Orleans Weekly, April 13, 1993.

 

“New Orleans Art and Antiques,” Southern Accents Magazine, May-June 1993.

 

“‘Chained Reaction’ show links artists,” by Pete Szilagyi, The Austin American-Statesman.  March 9, 1991.

 

“Young artists put work on ‘stand’ in ‘Exhibit A,’” by Francine Carraro, The Austin American-Statesman, June 16, 1988.