Rex Ray

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Rex Ray is a San Francisco based fine artist, whose paintings and drawings have been exhibited in numerous galleries and museums, including The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, University Art Museum in Berkeley, Crocker Museum in Sacramento, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, Michael Martin Galleries, Gallery 16, New Langton Arts, and Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions.

He is also a celebrated graphic designer. He has created work for Apple, Dreamworks, Sony Music, Warner Brothers, City Lights Publishers, Serpent's Tail, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, Rizzoli, Powerhouse, and Crown Books. His package designs for David Bowie, Joe Satriani, Diamanda Galas, Matmos, among others, have earned him an international reputation for his innovation in type and with original photographs, drawings, and collage. He has designed over 100 historic Bill Graham Presents rock and roll tour posters, including ones or The Rolling Stones, Patti Smith, R.E.M., Björk, U2, and Beck.