Fred Cray Explained

Fred Cray
Birth Place:Evanston, Illinois, U.S.
Education:Hotchkiss School
Middlebury College (BA)
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
Yale School of Art
Occupation:Artist

Fred Cray (born 1957) is an American multimedia artist[1] based in Brooklyn, New York whose first solo show, in 2000, of his photographs were described by The New York Times as "lush, gaudy and ethereal Technicolor spirit photographs",[2] and whose works are now contained in the collections of many major art institutions, including the Brooklyn Museum,[3] the Center for Photography at Woodstock,[4] New York Public Library,[5] and the George Eastman Museum.[6]

Life, art, accomplishments

Cray was born in Evanston, Illinois and is a graduate of The Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, Connecticut.[7] He earned a B.A. degree from Middlebury College in 1979, attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, and did graduate studies in painting at the Yale School of Art.[8]

In 2003 he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship[9] and shortly thereafter received a Pollock–Krasner award. In 2008 he was awarded a Peter S. Reed Foundation grant.

Cray's "two-minute portraits" are large-scale self-portraits, inquiring into the persistence of the photographic image. His series of unique collage prints, "travel diaries", are narrative/impressionist tours of the world and his mind.[10]

Since starting his ongoing Unique Photographs project in 2008, he has scattered more than 26,000 one-of-a-kind photographs across various locations worldwide, often placed discreetly yet sometimes in plain sight for people to discover. Many of these placements are documented on the Instagram feed associated with the project. Several books have been published in connection with the Unique Photographs project, such as Unique Photographs, Changing The Guard, Conversations, and Cray Cray. Furthermore, additional unique photographs are created specifically for these book projects and exhibitions.

Since 2008, Cray has left or hidden over 26,000 unique photographs in New York, the United States and different parts of the world including Europe, Asia, Australia and South Africa.[11] [12] review Fred Cray-Unique Photographs/Photobookstore Magazine 1 November 2013

Cray is represented by Janet Borden Inc.[13]

Publications

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Shaer . Matthew . March 13, 2009 . Artists in survival mode as market crumbles . The Christian Science Monitor. United States. May 9, 2006.
  2. News: Smith . Roberta . February 25, 2000 . ART IN REVIEW; Fred Cray . . . May 9, 2006.
  3. Web site: Missing Persons #37 by Fred Cray. Brooklyn Museum.
  4. Web site: "Untitled" from the series "Travel Diaries" by Fred Cray. Center for Photography at Woodstock.
  5. Web site: Silhouettes by Fred Cray. New York Public Library.
  6. Web site: "Untitled" by Fred Cray. George Eastman Museum.
  7. Book: Cray. Fred. Grundberg. Andy. Cooley. Martha. Fred Cray: Self-Portraits. 1999. Tremaine Gallery. Lakeville, CT.
  8. Web site: Fred Cray: CV. Fred Cray. 19 October 2016.
  9. Web site: Fred Cray. Fellows. John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. 9 May 2016.
  10. Web site: Short film: Fred Cray. Revel In New York.
  11. News: Jassan . Alejandro . April 29, 2014 . A Photographic Treasure Hunt With Fred Cray . The Wild Magazine. United States. May 9, 2006.
  12. Web site: Fred Cray, Unique Photographs @Janet Borden - Collector Daily. Knoblauch. Loring. 2014-01-21. Collector Daily. en-US. 2016-05-09.
  13. Web site: Janet Borden, Inc.. janetbordeninc.com. May 9, 2016.

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