User:AchatesAVC/Ray King (artist)

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Ray King
Born July 4, 1950
Philadelphia, PA

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[edit] Bio

" Ray King was born in Philadelphia, PA, on July 4, 1950. In his early twenties, he apprenticed with a stained glass artist. In 1975, he received a Louis C. Tiffany Fellowship to travel to England and study with master stained glass artist, Patrick Reyntiens at the Burleighfield House Trust in Buckinghampshire.

When he returned, he became involved with the craft art movement of the mid-1970s. His modern glass creations were exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Crafts in New York, the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, the Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art in Sapporo, Japan, and other venues throughout America and Europe.

The scale and scope of his art has evolved dramatically over the years as King moved into the three-dimensional / public art realm. His repertoire of materials has expanded to include holographic and laser-etched, light-responsive laminate films, and he has mastered the use of advanced 3-D computer technology that allows him to design elaborately engineered sculptures. His unique tectonic, site-specific works are in demand by universities, municipal art commissions and corporations around the world." [1]

[edit] About His Work

"The play of light and color has been a major theme in my artwork. I use the natural phenomena of light as it interacts with glass and optics as an art medium. By creating dynamic interactions with the sun and refracting light into colors-- rainbow- like emanations that shift and change as the veiwer moves or as the light source changes-- my hope is to create a magical environment that apeals to veiwer's sense of wonderment and delight, and inspires them to feel a greater connection to the cosmos.

My artwork also uses mathematics and sacred geometry, scaled to the golden mean, to add a humanistic element and proportion to public art. Using advanced computer programs and mathematical formula, I design 3- dimensional shapes and patterns that are inspired by forms found in nature. These forms are astoundingly complex and yet simple and elegant, primative, yet futuristic." [2]

[edit] Major Works [3]

2003

  • Untitled, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
  • Untitled, Florida International University, Miami, FL
  • Northern Cascade, Brookdale library, Minneapolis, MN
  • Untitled, Northwest Recreation Center, St. Pertersburg, FL
  • Untitled, MicroBiology Building, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
  • Untitled, Almaden Community Center and Library, San Jose, CA

2002

  • L.A. Flame, Fire Station #5, Los Angeles, CA
  • Owens Rings, Owens Performing Arts Center, Toledo, OH
  • Cascading Eye, Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT
  • Luma Wave, Montgomery County Conference Center, Rockville, MD

2001

  • Untitled, Thomas Edison Stae College, Trenton, NJ
  • Jazz Walk, Montclair Train Station, Montclair, NJ
  • Northern Lens, Chugiak Highschool, Anchorage, AK
  • Luma Cloud, Sarasota City Hall, Sarasota, FL
  • Double Helix and The Pod, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ
  • Largo Lens, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, Washington DC

2000

  • Vertus, University of Wisconsin, Pharmacy Building, Madison, WI
  • ChromOculus, Third Millennium Award, Gruppo Terra Morretti, Brescia, Italy PA
  • Prismatic Pyramids, Performing Arts Center, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA England

1999

  • Aurora, Science Museum of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN PA
  • Synapse, the Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainsville, FL

1998

  • Light Cascade, AIG Regional Headquaters, Philadelphia, PA

[edit] Awards[4]

  • 2004 Sopertus Award Finalize, Chicago, Illonois
  • 2003 Bombay Sapphire Foundation, London, England
  • 2000 Third Mellennium Sculpture Award, Brescia, Italy

Dupont Benedictus Award, Innovative Use of Laminated Glass

  • 1988 Illuminating Engineering Society of North America, Edwin f. Guth Award, Lighting Design
  • 1987 Pennsylvania Craft Show, First Prize

[edit] Grants[4]

  • 1986 Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Artist's Fellowship
  • 1984 National Endowment for the arts, Artist Fellowship
  • 1982 National Endowment for the Arts, Emerging Artist's Fellowship
  • 1979 Pennsylvania Council for the Arts, Artist Fellowship
  • 1975 Louis C. Tiffany Foundation Fellowship
  • 1981- 88 Member of the Board of Directors, New York Experimental Glass Workshop
  • 1984 Panelist, National Endowment for the Atrs, Craft Fellowship Selection Panel

[edit] Links

[edit] Sources

  1. ^ Ray King Bio. Retrieved on 2006-06-29.
  2. ^ Ray King's Vision. Retrieved on 2006-06-29.
  3. ^ Ray King: Major Commissions. Retrieved on 2006-06-29.
  4. ^ a b Ray King: Grant's and Awards. Retrieved on 2006-06-29.

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