Fred Cray

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]

His ongoing Unique Photographs project begun in 2008 has led to over 26,000 one–off photographs being placed around the world for people to find, sometimes furtively and often in the open. Some of these placements can be seen on the Instagram feed. Several books relating to the Unique Photographs project have been published including Unique Photographs, Changing The Guard, Conversations, and Cray Cray. Additional Unique Photographs are made for the 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
  • Cray, Fred; Grundberg, Andy & Cooley, Martha (Contributors) (1999). Fred Cray: Self-portraits: The Tremaine Gallery Exhibition Catalog (First ed.). Tremaine Gallery of Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, Connecticut.
  • Fred Cray: May 3 - June 18, Tremaine Gallery, The Hotchkiss School. Hotchkiss School and Janet Borden, Incorporated. 1999.
  • Cray, Fred (2009). Self. [New York?]: Sixty-four Books.
  • Cray, Fred (2009). Uniforms. 64 Books.
  • Cray, Fred (2009). Words. 64 Books. ISBN 978-0-9842387-0-5.
  • Cray, Fred (2010). Berlin. 64 Books. ISBN 978-0-9842387-5-0.
  • Cray, Fred (2010). Movies. 64 Books. ISBN 978-0-9842387-3-6.
  • Cray, Fred (2010). Red. 64 Books.
  • Cray, Fred (2011). Devices. 64 Books. ISBN 978-0-9842387-9-8.
  • Cray, Fred (2011). Porn. 64 Books. ISBN 978-0-9842387-6-7.
  • Cray, Fred (2011). Rome. 64 Books. ISBN 978-0-9842387-7-4.
  • Cray, Fred (2013). Unique photographs. ISBN 978-1-61704-201-0.
  • Cray, Fred (2014). Changing the guard. ISBN 978-1-61704-202-7.
  • Cray, Fred (2014). Conversations. ISBN 978-1-61704-203-4.
  • Cray, Fred (2015). Cray Cray. ISBN 978-1-61704-210-2.
  • Cray, Fred (2015). Cray Cray (1st ed.). 64. ISBN 978-1-61704-210-2.
  • Cray, Fred (2016). Silhouettes. 64 Books. ISBN 978-1-61704-209-6.

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


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