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Michael Ray Charles: Paintings |
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Selected BibliographyBy the ArtistInterview |
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| 1994 | Irvine, Madeline. "A Conversation
with Michael Ray Charles, 1994 Collectors' Circle Artist." Texas Fine
Arts Association News (Austin), May-June-July 1994, p.2.
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| On the Artist
Articles |
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| 1994 | Chadwick, Susan. "Texas Artist Bursts
onto N.Y. Art Scene." The Houston Post (Texas),
June 14, 1994, pp. D1, D5. Lingemann, Susanne, "Michael Ray
Charles: Sambo soll ein Amerikaner werden." Art: Das Kunstmagazin
(Mainz, Germany),
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| Selected One-Artist Exhibitions
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| 1993 | Moody Gallery, Houston, Texas. Michael
Ray Charles: Forever Free, July-Aug. 7, 1993.
Chadwick, Susan. "Artist Updates Black Images of Yesteryear." |
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| 1994 | Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York,
New York. Michael Ray Charles: Forever Free,
June 2-July 1, 1994. |
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| 1995 | Galerie Hans Mayer, Dusseldorf,
Germany. Michael Ray Charles,
June 7-July 31, 1995. |
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| 1995-
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Moody Gallery, Houston, Texas. Michael
Ray Charles: Liberty Bros. Permanent Daily Circus,
Dec. 9, 1995 - Jan. 6, 1996. |
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| 1996 | Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York,
New York. Michael Ray Charles: New Paintings,
April 27 - May 25, 1996. |
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| Selected Group Exhibitions | ||
| 1992 | The Glassell School of Art, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas. Fresh Visions, New Voices: Emerging African-American Artists in Texas , Sept. 13 - Nov. 29, 1992. | |
| 1993 | Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston,
Texas. 1993 Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, May 8 - 23. 1993.
Phoenix Art Museum, Arizona. Contemporary Identities: 23 Artists - The 1993 Phoenix Triennial, Aug. 21 - Oct. 10, 1993. The Museum of Fine Arts. Houston, Texas. Texas Contemporary: Acquisitions of the '90s, Sept. 19 - Nov. 21, 1993. Lawndale Art & Performance Center, Houston, Texas. Souvenirs, Nov. 20 - Dec. 30, 1993. |
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Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, Texas. Outside/In: Outsider and Contemporary Artists in Texas, Dec. 18,1993 - Jan. 16, 1994. | |
| 1994 | The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,
Texas. Speaking of Artists: Words and Works from Houston, Jan. 11
- July 10, 1994.
Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, Texas. I Remember: Images of the Civil Rights Movement, 1963-1993, Jan. 22 - Mar. 27, 1994. Laguna Gloria Arts Museum, Austin, Texas. New Works: Featuringg Austin & Central Texas Artists:Michael Ray Charles, Mary Lee Edwards, Sandra Fiedorek, Mercedes Wangüemert-Peña, James Tisdale and Mark Todd, Sept. 10 - Oct. 9, 1994 |
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| 1995 | Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York,
New York. Now is the Time, Apr. 6 - 29, 1995.
Meredith Long & Company, Houston, Texas. Studio Art Faculty Exhibition from the University of Texas at Austin, Sept. 28 - Oct. 14, 1995. |
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| 1996 | The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,
Texas. The Texas Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: Texas
Modern and Post-Modern, Jan. 21 - Mar. 3, 1996.
Austin Musum of Art, Texas. Bucking the Texan Myth: Scouting the Third Frontier, July 6, - Aug. 18, 1996. |
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| 1997 | Austin Museum of Art, Texas. Fresh
Ink: Austin Print Workshops, Jan. 18 - Apr. 13, 1997.
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| Chronology | ||
| 1967 | Born in Lafayette, Louisiana. | |
| 1989 | Receives B.A., McNeese State College, Lake Charles, Louisiana. | |
| 1992 | Receives teaching fellowship at University of Houston, Texas. Also teaches at University Art Center and Blaffer Gallery. Instructor at Museum of Fine Arts and 5th Ward Enrichment Program. | |
| 1993 | Receives M.F.A.., University of Houston. While continuing to teach at the University and at the Museum of Fine Arts, serves also as art instructor at Houston Mental Retardation Authority. | |
| 1994 | Visiting artist, Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos. Serves on Board of Directors, Texas Fine Arts Association, Austin, and University of Houston Alumni. | |
| 1997 | Since 1994, Assistant Professor,
University of Texas, Austin. Lives and works in Austin.
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| Public Collections
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo,
New York
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Cover | Curator's Essay | Paintings | Bibliography & Biography