Ray E. George Born: 1933, Cedar Falls, Iowa; died 2005, Bloomington, Illinois Education: Univeristy of Northern Iowa Teaching: Professor of Art, Drawing and Printmaking, Center for the Visual Arts, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois Assistant Professor of Art, University of Nebraska Instructor & Critic Teacher, Indiana University Laboratory High School; University of Northern Iowa Lecturer in Art, Printmaking, Clarke College, Dubuque, IA Dubuque Senior High School, Dubugue, IA Awards and Grants: National Endowment for the Arts, Visual Artists Award, 1985-86; Grant in Aid--Tamarind Lighographic Institute, 1976 In additon, Ray George has participated in several Guest Artist/Workshops, a select list includes: University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN; University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; Hartford School of Art, Hartford, CT; State University of New York, Albany, NY; Artist in Residence, Munson-Williams-Proctor School of Art, Utica, NY, 1983-84; School of Art, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and Oklahoma Arts Institute, Summer Drawing Workshop, OK.

Exhibitions: a selected list of recent exhibitons includes: 23rd and 25th National Exhibition of Prints, Library of Congress/National collection of Fine Arts, Washington, DC; Philadelphia Print Club, Juried Members Exhibitions, Mid-America Exhibition, Owensboro Museum, Owensboro, KY, 81st Exhibiton, Chicago and Vicinty, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL; "Selections from the 50th Anniversary Exhibiton for the Society of American Graphic Artists" Traveling Exhibitions sponsored by the United States Information Agency; American Color Print Society, 34th National Print Exhibition, philadelphia Art Alliance; National Invitational Drawing Exhibition, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR; "Artists from Chicago and the Midwest", South Bend Art Center, South Bend, IN; Landfall Gallery, Chicago, IL; Universtiy of Nebraska at Omaha, NE; and Printworks Gallery, Chicago, IL.

Collections: Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City, OK; DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA; California Place of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA; Library of Congress, Washington, DC; New York Public Library, New York, NY; Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC; Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Museum of Art, Utica, NY; Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL; and University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK.

Selected Bibliography: listed in "Prize Winning Graphics", 1966; "Who's Who in the Midwest", Marquis; "Who's Who in America, International Biography", "Who's Who in American Art Outstanding Educators of America"; "Chicago Art Review", 1989; and article in "Tamarind Technical Papers", No. 6, January 1977, "Drawing with Graphite on Stone--A Conversation with Ray George"

(biographical information last updated on September 28, 1999)