1967- ) is an African American painter born in Lafayette, Louisiana.
He received his B.A. at McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana. In 1992, he receives a teaching fellowship at the University of Houston. The next year, 1993, sees him receiving his M.F.A. He is teaching at the university and the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. He also serves as an instructor at the Houston Mental Retardation Authority.
By 1994, he is a visiting artist at Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas. He serves on the board of directors of the Texas Fine Arts Association in Austin, Texas. By now, he is a U of H alumni.
Since 1997, he has lived and worked as an assistant professor at The University of Texas at Austin.
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Michael Ray Charles: Paintings
Selected Bibliography
By the Artist
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Interview
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.
On the Artist
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Articles
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),
Oct. 1994, p. 58.
Selected One-Artist Exhibitions
and Reviews
1993 Moody Gallery, Houston, Texas. Michael Ray Charles: Forever Free, July-Aug. 7, 1993.
Chadwick, Susan. "Artist Updates Black Images of Yesteryear."
The Houston Post (Texas),
July 1993, p. D1.
Johnson, Patricia. "Art as a Healing Force: Race, Death Questioned in Exhibits." Houston Chronicle (Texas), July 1993, pp. D1, D5.
Kalil, Susie. "Introducing...Snapshots from this Summer's 'Introductions' Shows." Houston Press (Texas),
Aug. 1993, pp. 42-43.
1994 Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, New York. Michael Ray Charles: Forever Free,
June 2-July 1, 1994.
1995 Galerie Hans Mayer, Dusseldorf, Germany. Michael Ray Charles,
June 7-July 31, 1995.
1995-
96 Moody Gallery, Houston, Texas. Michael Ray Charles: Liberty Bros. Permanent Daily Circus,
Dec. 9, 1995 - Jan. 6, 1996.
1996 Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, New York. Michael Ray Charles: New Paintings,
April 27 - May 25, 1996.
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.
1993-
94 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
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.
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.
1997 Austin Museum of Art, Texas. Fresh Ink: Austin Print Workshops, Jan. 18 - Apr. 13, 1997.
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.
Public Collections
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
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