Maurice Gray CV

BORN

1947

  • Wichita Falls, TX

EDUCATION

1970

  • B.F.A., Wichita State University, Wichita, KS
  • M.A., University of Dallas, Irving, TX

1974

  • M.F.A., University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

1974-75

  • Edinboro State College, PA

1975-08

  • California State, Fullerton

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2009

  • Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, CA

2008

  • Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, CA
  • “Meet The Artists VIII” Pacific Art Foundation, Newport Beach, CA
  • “Palette To Palate,” Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA

2007

  • “Future with a View”, Turner Carroll Gallery, Sante Fe, NM
  • “New Work ”, Gail Harvey Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
  • “Curators Choice”, Turner Carroll Gallery, Sante Fe, NM

2005

  • “Introspection”, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA
  • “Half a Show is Better than None”, Gail Harvey Gallery
  • “Members Only”, Museum of Neon Art

2004

  • “More Like I Am Now Than I Ever Was,” Gail Harvey Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
  • “Curators Choice,” Lewallen Gallery, Sante Fe, NM
  • “Visual Poetry,” Brandstater Gallery at La Sierra University, Riverside, CA

2002

  • “This is Where I Get Off”, Gail Harvey Gallery

2001

  • “Outside/In”, Gail Harvey Gallery
  • “Fiction/Nonfiction”, Grey McGear Modern, Santa Monica, CA

2000

  • “Collage Works”, Gail Harvey Gallery

1999

  • “Group Abstract Show,” Gail Harvey Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
  • “When Drawing Becomes Painting,” Golden West College, Huntington Beach, CA
  • “If Walls Could Talk,” Gail Harvey Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

1998

  • “Recollections”, Gail Harvey Gallery
  • “Humanchine”, Museum of Neon Art, Los Angeles
  • “Enlightened”, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA
  • “7th International Drawing Biennial”, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan
  • “Theatre of Light & Motion”, Brea Gallery, Brea, CA

1997

  • “Group Show”, Museum of Neon Art, Los Angeles

1995

  • “EnLightened,” Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA
  • “7th International Drawing Biennial,” Taipei Fine Arts Musuem, Taipei, Taiwan
  • “Theatre of Light & Motion,” City of Brea Gallery Brea, CA

PUBLICATIONS & MEDIA

2009

  • ArtLTD, March/April. “Pulse: Maurice Gray at SGFA” by George Melrod

2008

  • OC Weekly, November 19. “It’s Alive! Weird Science at SGFA” by Greg Stacy

2004

  • LA Weekly, May. “Art Pick of the Week” by Peter Frank

2002

  • Brentwood Magazine, August. “The Craft of Painting” by Norman Sklarewitz

2001

  • Brentwood Magazine, Apri. Local Art Scene,

2000

  • Los Angeles Magazine, February. “Street Smart”

1999

  • Sculpture Magazine, December .“Humanizing the Machine” by Jim Jenkins
  • LA Weekly, “Art Pick of the Week” by Peter Frank
  • Art in America Annua Edition, “California Dealers and Museums”

1992

  • Printmaking: a Primary Form of Expression, E.C. Cunningham

1991

  • Review, Art Scene, January
  • Interview on Financial News Network, Cablevision
  • Art Pick of the Week, LA Weekly, by Peter Frank, January

1990

  • Liquid Fire by Michael Webb
  • Review of Contemporary Neon, Gazette Journal, Reno, NV
  • Los Angeles Times, Sunday Arts, February
  • Sculpture Magazine, September/October

1989

  • Review of “Under Wraps” Orange County Register, January

1980

  • The Complete Collagraph, John Ross & Clare Romano

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, AZ
Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles Museum of Neon Art, Los Angeles, CA
Huntington Beach Library, Huntington Beach, CA
Riverhorse Investments, Los Angeles, CA
San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
Dulin Gallery of Art, Knoxville, TN, California Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA
Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
State University of Potsdam, New York, NY
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
David Tunkl Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
Andrew Dierken Modern & Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Cindy & Paul Levy, Hawaii