Ray lives and works in Western Massachusetts. He is married to actress Sandra Blaney. They have two amazing school age boys.

Ray studied Painting at Boston University (BFA 2000) and Southern Methodist University (MFA 2006).

He works as a Visual Arts educator in Springfield, MA.


UPCOMING AND RECENT EXHIBITIONS:

Information Overload, Alumni Exhbition at Boston University 808 Gallery, September 2025, Boston, MA

M.A.E.A. Art Educators Exhibit, The Gallery at Villageworks, March/April 2024, West Acton, MA

New Works, Majestic Theater, April 2024, West Springfield, MA

Microworks!, A.P.E. Available Potential Enterprises, Ltd., December 2023, Northampton, MA

Berkshire Museum, Art of the Hills, Visual Evidence, June 2022, Pittsfield, MA

Paintings, Grubbs Gallery, November 2021, Easthampton, MA

Five Who Paint Outside, A.P.E. Available Potential Enterprises, Ltd., March 2021, Northampton, MA

Around the Horn, Amherst College, Robert Frost Library, Mezzanine Gallery, Summer 2020, Amherst, MA

New Works, Amherst Hall, Amherst Town Hall, September/October 2020, Amherst, MA

Object(ive), Brookline Arts Center, March 2019, Brookline, MA

RECENT GRANT:

2022 Blanche Colman Award, Recipient

2024 RESIDENCY:

Artist-In-Residence at Trail Wood, July 2024, Connecticut Audubon Society, Hampton, CT