Ja’Rie Gray
Born: Los Angeles, CA 1982
[email protected]
562 753 4368
Selected Exhibitions
2017 Long Beach Open 2017, Hellada Gallery, Long Beach, CA.
Art at the President's Home Exhibition, Miller House, Long Beach, CA.
2016 Who are you?, Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA.
Juried Open, Susan Schomburg Juror, Topanga Canyon Gallery, Topanga, CA
My Complexion, Max L. Gatov Gallery, CSULB MFA Show, Long Beach, CA
Long Beach Open 2016, Hellada Gallery, Long Beach, CA
CSU Call and Response, CSUN West Gallery, Northridge, CA
Insights 2016, CSULB University Art Museum, Long Beach, CA
SoCal MFA Juried, Millard Sheets Art Center, Pomona, CA
Juried 2016 OC Fair, OC Fair Visual Arts Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA
2016 California Open, Kent Twitchell Juror, Tag Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2015 Student Art at the President's Home Exhibition, Miller House, Long Beach, CA.
Juried MFA Student Exhibition, Michelle Joan Papillion Juror, CSULB,
Long Beach, CA.
2014 Pardon My Condition, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA.
Insight Show, CSULB University Museum, Long Beach, CA.
2013 Portraits of Fallen Memorial, USC Hillel Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
2012 Group Show, City Hall of Laguna Beach, Laguna Beach, CA.
Fine Art Senior Exhibition, Seven-Degrees, Laguna Beach, CA.
Group show, Laguna Beach Playhouse Theater, Laguna Beach, CA.
2011 LCAD Faculty and Student Show, Chemers Gallery, Tustin, CA.
2009-2011 Best of the Best Juried, Laguna college of Art and Design, Laguna Beach, CA.
2010 Group Show, Peter &Masha Plotkin Memorial Foundation, Los Angeles, CA.
2007 Group Show, Long Beach Community College, Long Beach, CA.
Commissions
Oil on Canvas, Long Beach, CA. Sponsored by Louis Santos, 2010.
Oil on Canvas, Long Beach, CA. Sponsored by Camille Hughes, 2014.
Private Collections
Patty Grau, Lon Beach, CA
Edward Lane, Los Angeles, CA.
Louis Santos, Long Beach, CA.
Mark Murray, Laguna Beach, CA.
Wes Christensen, Los Angeles, CA.
Bob and Carole Urie, Laguna Beach, CA.
Vicki Gumm, Laguna Beach, CA.
Camille Hughes, Los Angeles, CA.
LCAD/Japan Relief, Long Beach, CA.
Public Collections
Portraits of Fallen Memorial Foundation, Los Angeles, CA.
Long Beach Community College, Long Beach, CA.
Bibliography
Tag Gallery, California Open 2016 Catalogue, Santa Monica, CA, 2016
Sherry Moore, Portraits of the Fallen Memorial Volume 1 Catalog, POTFM, Los Angeles, CA, 2013
Honors and Awards
Award of Excellence, SoCal MFA Juror Steve Comba, Pomona, CA, 2016
Honorable Mention, 2016 California Open, Juror Kent Twitchell, Santa Monica, CA, 2016
Honorable Mention, OC Fair Visual Arts Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA, 2016
Distinguished Achievement in Creative Activity Award, CSULB, Long Beach, CA, 2016
Third Place Award, Topanga Canyon Gallery, CA, 2016
Merit Award, California State University Long Beach, CA, 2014
President’s List, Laguna College of Art and Design, Laguna Beach, CA, 2010, 2011.
Award of Excellence, Peter &Masha Plotkin Foundation, Los Angeles, CA, 2010.
Academic Scholarship, Laguna College of Art and Design, Laguna Beach, CA, 2008-2012.
Education
M.F.A, California State Long Beach, Long Beach, CA, 2016.
B.F.A, Laguna College of Art and Design, Laguna Beach, CA, 2012.
Drawing with the Masters Workshop, LCAD, Laguna Beach, CA, 2010.
Long Beach Community College, Long Beach, CA, 2006-2009.
A.A, Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandise, LA, CA, 2002.