Ray Katz, 144 Cesar E. Chavez, Pontiac, MI 48342 / 248-229-5617, sculptors@comcast.net, www.raykatzsculptor.com
EDUCATION
Wayne State University, M.F.A. 1965-68 (Sculpture)Eastern Michigan University, B.S., 1962-65 (Drawing, Ceramics, Sculpture) Detroit Society of Arts & Crafts, 1960-61 (Drawing, Painting)
ART ACHIEVEMENTS
Marshall M. Fredericks Regional Biennial Sculptured Exhibition 1st Place recipient, Saginaw, Michigan, 2021
Arts Achievement Award, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, College of Fine, Performing, and Communication Arts, 2014
PUBLIC SCULPTURE COMMISSIONS
Central Plaza Public Sculpture, Ferris State University, Big Rapids, Michigan, Celebration, 17.5'Hx16'Wx14'D, brushed aluminum, 2004
National Freight Co, Vineland, New Jersey, Metamorphosis, aluminum, 1998
SELECTED ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
Krasl Art Center, St Joseph, MI, “Genesis” Sculpture and Drawings - 20 Years, June –July 2016 Purchase Prize Award for “Wintergreen” placed into the permanent outdoor sculpture collection, 2015
Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, Michigan, RAY KATZ / METAL Sculpture and Drawings, April 27 - June 1, 2007
Krasl Art Center, St. Joseph, Michigan, Transformations 10 Small Steel Sculptures, March - May 2000
Janice Charach Epstein Gallery, Jewish Community Center, West Bloomfield, Michigan, Detroit / “New York, Sculpture and Drawings”, Oct /Nov 1995
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
DTE/ Detroit Edison, Compressor Station, Michigan Ave, Ypsilanti, Michigan, Spiral the Gate, 10'Hx4'Wx9'D, brushed aluminum, Purchased, January 2019
Public Sculpture Collection, Port Huron, Michigan Passage, 9'Hx14'Wx7'D, painted steel, Purchased 2016
Krasl Art Center, Krasl Art Center 10th Biennial Sculpture Invitational, St. Joseph, Michigan Wintergreen, 16’Hx10’Wx7’D, painted steel, June 2014,
Purchase Prize City of Skokie, Illinois Spring, 20’Hx10’Wx11’D, painted steel,
2012 Art in the City, Mount Vernon, Illinois Galaxy,18"Hx14"Wx16'D, painted steel, 2008
City Scape’s, III Exhibition, City of Sterling Heights, Michigan Burst, aluminum, 11'Hx10'Wx8'D, 2006
River Walk, Allied Arts, City of Chattanooga, Tennessee Square to the Gate, Painted steel, 8'Hx8'Wx14'D, 2006
Trust for Public Sculpture, Train Station /Tracks and Roadside Exhibition, Hamilton, New Jersey Grounds for Sculpture, Around the Gate, 14'H x 17'L x 9'6"D, painted steel, 2002,
SELECTED PUBLIC SCULPTURE EXHIBITIONS 2016-2021
Michigan City Public Art Committee, Galaxy, Michigan City, Indiana
Marshall Fredericks Regional Biennial Sculpture Exhibition, Infinity, 1st Place Recipient, Saginaw, Michigan
Tamarac, Florida, “Inspiration Way” Public Sculpture
Queen of Hearts, 13'Hx9'Wx6'D, painted steel, January, 2021-2022
Mantra, 16'Hx8'Wx6'D, painted steel, January, 2020-2021
Blue Geometric Construction, 5’H x 12’W x 5’D, painted steel, October, 2020-2021
Art in Public Places, Municipal Complex, Newport Beach, Orange County, California
Hurricane, 9’Hx16’Wx7’D, brushed aluminum, August 2019-2021
Odyssey, 22’Hx18’Wx22’D, painted steel, August 2015-2017
Yakno Sculpture Trail, University of MS. Oxford, MS
Sentinel, 14’Hx11’Wx40’D, painted steel, 2021-2023 Sited at The University Museum
Ring Walker, 11'Hx12'Dx5'W painted steel, 2019-2021 Sited at Lamar Park, Oxford, MS
Sculpture Fields, Montague Park, Chattanooga, TN. Odyssey, 22’Hx18’Wx22’D, painted steel, August 2017-2021
Chicago Sculpture Exhibit, Public Art, Chicago, Illinois
Transformation, 84Hx29Wx19D, welded, painted steel, August 2020-2021
Around the Gate, 10'Hx4'Wx7'D, painted steel, August 2020-2021
Square to the Gate, 8'Hx8'Wx14'D, painted steel, May 2019-2020
Skywalker, 16’Hx10’Wx7’D, painted steel, May 2018-2019
BlueTree,14'Hx3'Wx3'D, painted aluminum, May 2018-2019
Astral Projection Color,14.6'Hx12'Wx11'D, May, painted steel, 2017-2018
Mantra, 16'Hx8'Wx6'D, painted steel, May. 2016-2017
Chicago Sculpture International, Sculpture in the Parks, Chicago, Illinois
Astral Projection Color,14.6'Hx12'Wx11'D, painted steel, 2019-2020,Tuley Park
Red Green Construction, 16'Hx10'Wx7'D, painted steel, 2019-2020, Jackson Park
Public Art League, Champaign, Illinois
Stargazer, 5’Hx8.5’Wx6’D, brushed aluminum, 2019-2021
Kwami, 7'Hx4'Wx6'D, painted steel, October 2018-2020
Spiral the Gate,10'Hx4'Wx9'D, painted aluminum, July 2015-2018
Art In Public Places, Knoxville, Tennessee
Mirage, 97''Hx10'Wx88''D brushed Aluminum 2020-2021
Geometric Construction, 5’H x 12’W x 5’D, painted steel, 2017-2018
Burst, 11'Hx10'Wx8'D, brushed aluminum, 2016-2017
Mantra, 16'Hx8'Wx6'D, painted steel, 2015-16
Red Green Construction, 16'Hx10'Wx7'D, painted steel, 2014-2015
Wintermoon, 11'Hx10Wx6'D, brushed aluminum
Kokomo, IN. Sculpture Walk. Economic Development Alliance
Excelerator, 9’Hx6’Wx6’D, painted steel, 2021-2023
Ring Walker, 11'Hx12'Dx5'W painted steel, 2019-2021
Astral Projection Yellow, 14.6'Hx12'Wx11'D painted steel, 2019-2021
Hanover Insurance Group, Wooster MA., Big Bang,8.5'Hx13'Wx7'D, brushed aluminum, 2019-2021
Huntsville, AL, Public Art,” Spaces” Sculpture Trail
Red Green Construction,16'Hx10'Wx7'D, painted steel, 2019-2021
Astral Projection Yellow, 14.6'Hx12'Wx11'D, painted Steel, 2019-2021
Auburn University, Auburn Alabama, “Out of the Box”
Floral, 9'Hx9'Wx5'8''D, stainless steel, 2019-2020
Combustion, 96Hx56Wx86D, painted steel, 2019-2020
Rosemary Beach, Florida Red Green Construction, 16'Hx10'Wx7'D, painted steel, 2019-2020
Liberty, MO. Sculpture 2019, Excelerator, 9’Hx6’Wx6’D, painted steel, 2019-2020
Art on the Atlanta Beltline, Atlanta Georgia
Hurricane, 9’Hx16’Wx7’D, brushed aluminum, August 2018-2019
Telos, 12’H10’Wx7’D, painted steel, August 2017-2018
Big Bang, 8’Hx13’Wx7’D, brushed aluminum, and Stargazer, 5’Hx8.5’Wx6’D, brushed aluminum, August 2015-2016
Chattanooga Riverwalk, Mid-South Sculpture Competition, Juror, Albert Paley, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Big Bang, 8Hx13Wx7D, brushed aluminum, 2017-2019
White River State Park, Indianapolis, Indiana Transcendent, 22'Hx13.5'Dx12'W, painted steel, 2011-20
Howard County Arts Council, Columbia, Maryland Wintermoon, 11’Hx10’Wx6’D, brushed aluminum, July 2016-2017
Johns Creek Beautification, “Art Spot”, Johns Creek, GA. Gemini, 80”xHx100”Wx48”D, painted steel, January 2016-2017
Sculpture in the Landscape, Goldsboro, North Carolina Skywalker, 16’Hx4’Wx4’D, painted steel, October 2016-2017
Salisbury Sculpture Show, Salisbury, North Carolina
Red Green Construction, 16'Hx10'Wx7'D, painted steel, March 2015-January 2016
Gottlieb,16’H x 4’W x 4’D, painted steel, 2016-2017
Hattiesburg Alliance for Public Art, Annual Outdoor Sculpture Competition and Exhibition, Hattiesburg, Mississippi Star-Gazer, 5’Hx8.5’Wx6’D, brushed aluminum, 2016-2017
Astral Projection Yellow, 14.6'Hx12'Wx11'D painted steel, 2015-2016
PNC 18th Odyssey Contemporary Sculpture Exhibit, Purdue University, Westville Indiana
Sentinel, 14’Hx11’Wx40’D, painted steel, 2013-2015
Ascension, painted steel, 2015-2017
Chapel Hill Public Art, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Astral Projection Yellow, 14.6'Hx12'Wx11'D, painted steel, 2015-2018
Bedrock Management, Detroit Michigan, A Dan Gilbert Company
Blast, 9'Hx11'Wx11'D, brushed aluminum, 2015-2016
Burst, 11'Hx10'Wx8'D, brushed aluminum, 2015-2016
Detroit Riverfront Conservatory, Detroit, Michigan
Spiral Roll, 5'Hx4'Wx7'W, steel with patina, 2015-2021
Sphere, 4.5'Hx4.5'Wx4.5'D, steel with patina, 2015-2021
North Charleston, South Carolina Tenth Annual National Outdoor Sculpture Competition and Exhibition, Excelerator, 9’Hx6’Wx6’D, painted steel, 2015-2016
Dubuque, Iowa Art on the River, Wintermoon, 11’Hx10’Wx6’D, brushed aluminum, 2015-2016
Winter-Haven, Florida Polk Museum of Art, FLOSC, Florida Outdoor Sculpture Competition
Big Bang, 8Hx13Wx7D, brushed aluminum, March 2015-January 2016
Stargazer, 5’Hx8.5’Wx6’D, brushed aluminum, March 2015-January 2016
Around the Gate, 10'Hx4'Wx7'D, painted steel, March 2015-January 2016
Ring Walker, 11'Hx12'Dx5'W, painted steel, March 2012-January 2013
Gottlieb, 16’H x 4’W x 4’D, painted steel, February 2015- March 2016 Salisbury Outdoor Sculpture Competition,
Salisbury, North Carolina Red Green Construction, 16'Hx10'Wx7'D, March 2015- January 2016
Cary Outdoor Sculpture Competition and Exhibition, Cary, North Carolina
Gemini, 80”Hx100”Wx48”D, painted steel, 2017-2019
Excelerator, 9’Hx6’Wx6’D, painted steel, July 2016-2017
Malevich, 12'Hx4'Wx4'D, painted steel, July 2015-2016
Johnson City Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Johnson City, Tennessee Red Green Construction, 16'Hx10'Wx7'D, painted steel, May 2015- May 2017
