Ray Chi
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Ray Chi (born 1974 in Okemos, Michigan; lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American architect, graphic designer, Web designer, cellist, composer, film and video editor, and furniture designer.
Before earning a Master's degree in architecture from the Southern California Institute of Architecture he studied at Harvard and the University of Michigan.
He collaborated with Sarah Price & Chris Smith on editing the award winning documentary American Movie. That project would lead to the collaborative creation of ZeroTV.com. Other film work includes Sarah Price's Caesar's Park, The Ice Cream Social, Studying the Lie, Neighboring Worlds, Milwaukee, and a documentary based on Chicago's Hubbard Street Dance Company.
He started playing cello at the age of six and is currently recording his second album.
Chi has shown all over the Midwest and New York and has a furniture line called FURNICHI, which is regarded as functional conceptual sculpture.
In 2006 he was named Artist of the Year by the city of Milwaukee.