Nace en Brownsville, Texas, 1959.
Actualmente vive y trabaja en New York, NY, y Cuernavaca, México.
EXPOSICIONES INDIVIDUALES (Selección):
2009
Ray Smith: Unguernica,Galería Álvaro Alcazar, Madrid, España.*
Ray Smith,Ruiz-Healy Art, VOLTA NY Solo Projects, NYC. Curator: Graciela Katorfel
2008
Ray Smith: The Bad Dreams, Galería Sandunga, España.
Ray Smith: Artist in Residence, Lux Art Institut, Encinitas, San Diego, CA.*
Ray Smith: New Painting, Akira Ikeda Gallery, Taura, Japón.*
Ray Smith: The Ferraris Show, Project Rooms: IN AMERICA´S POST, MIART, Milán.*Curator: Omar-Pascual Castillo.
Ray Smith: Small Change, Costantini. Arte Contemporáneo. Milán, Italia.*Curator: Omar-Pascual Castillo.
RAYS MITH, Roebling Hall Gallery, Chelsea, New York.
RAYS MITH, Nickolas Robinson Gallery, Chelsea, New York.
Ray Smith: Nuevos Cadáveres Exquisitos y otros sueños, Galería Fernando Santos, Oporto-Lisboa, Portugal.*
2007
Ray Smith: El Orologista,GEGaleria, Monterrey, México.*Curator: Omar-Pascual Castillo.
RAY SMITH / DEUS-MACHINE,Centro Cultural Instituto Cabrera Pinto, La Laguna (Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Islas Canarias), España.* Curator: Omar-Pascual Castillo.
Ray Smith: CARICATURA (Delirium Tremens), Galería Joan Prats, Barcelona, España.*
Ray Smith,Ruiz-Healy Art, San Antonio, Texas.
Ray Smith: HECHIZO (Dibujos Germinales),Galería Manuel Ojeda, Las Palmas de Gran Canarias, España.
RAY SMITH / DEUS-MACHINE,Centro Cultural La Regenta (Las Palmas de Gran Canarias, Islas Canarias), España.* Curator: Omar-Pascual Castillo.
Ray Smith: Painting as territory, South TexasMuseum of Arts, Corpus Christi, Texas.* Curator: Omar-Pascual Castillo.
2006-2007
RAY SMITH / DEUS-MACHINE,Instituto de América/Centro Damián Bayón, Santa Fe, Granada, España.* Curator: Omar-Pascual Castillo.
Ray Smith: Smalls Texns Stories, Galería Sandunga, Granada, España.*
2006
Ray Smith,Recient Works,Akida Ikeda Gallery, Berlin, Alemania.*
Ray Smith: Painting as territory, Brownsville Museum of Fine Arts, Brownsville, Texas.* Curator: Omar-Pascual Castillo.
RAY SMITH / DEUS-MACHINE,Museo Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo (Badajoz), España.* Curator: Omar-Pascual Castillo.
Ray Smith,The Deep Homo,Silvana Faccini & Jacob Karpio Gallery, Miami, Fl.
2003-2004
Ray Smith: Wheels & Longarms,Galeria Ramis Barquet, Chelsea & New York, NY.*
2003
La Casa de Hielo,Galería Joan Prats, Barcelona, España.*
2002
Catahoula Cur, Ray Smith, Babilonia 1808,Berkeley, CA.
Ray Smith,The McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas.
Ray Smith,Galeria Ramis Barquet, New York, NY.
2001
Ray Smith,Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago.
Ray Smith, One Man Show, Galeria Ramis Barquet, Feria ARCO´01, Madrid, España.*
Persianas, Galeria Emma Molina, Monterrey, MX.
Ray Smith: Recent Paintings, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
2000
Ray Smith: Aquarellen, Rob Jurka Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Ray Smith: Dog´s Life,Roebling Hall Gallery, Brooklyn, New York.
Ray Smith,Galería Manuel Ojeda, Las Palmas, Gran Canarias, España.
1999
Time and Again,Galeria Ramis Barquet, New York.
Pop Vox, Galeria Ramis Barquet, Monterrey, México.*
Ray SmithGalería OMR, México DF.
100 Heads on Paper,Esso Gallery, New York.
Argonáutica, Galeria Joan Prats, Barcelona, España.*
Argonáutica,Timothy Taylor Gallery, London.*
1998
Ray Smith: Recent Paintings,Galeria Ramis Barquet, New York, NY.
Ray Smith,Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris.
1997
Galerie Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden.
Milleventi, Turin, Italy.
1996
Ray Smith, One Man Show, Galeria Ramis Barquet, Feria ARCO '96, Madrid, España.*
Ray Smith, The Battle of the Tailors,Mario Diacono, Boston, MA.
1995
Ray Smith: Portraits of American Writers,Sperone Westwater, New York.
Galerie Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden.
Ray Smith: Recent Paintings,The Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago.*
Ray Smith, 1995,Galerie Barbara Farber, Amsterdam.
1994
Ray Smith,One Man Show, Galeria Ramis Barquet, Feria ARCO '94, Madrid, España.*
Ray Smith,Ruth Bloom Gallery, Santa Mónica, CA.
Ray Smith,Gian Enzo Sperone, Roma, Italia.
1994-93
Art at the Edge: Ray Smith,High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia.
Encounters 4: Ray Smith,Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas.
1993
Ray Smith,Sculptures,Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris.
Ray Smith '93 Obra Reciente,Ex-convento de Santa Teresa La Antigua, Mexico, DF.
1992-1993
Ray Smith (1988-1992),Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, The Netherlands, Museo MARCO, Monterrey, México.*
1992
Ray Smith, Sperone Westwater, New York, NY.
Ray Smith, New Paintings, Galerie Barbara Farber, Amsterdam.
1991
Ray Smith New Paintings,Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris.
Ray Smith,Sculpture,Sperone Westwater, New York, NY.*
Paraiso, Deleites Terrestres, Infierno,Permanent Installation at Crazy Eights, San
Francisco (commissioned by Dr Winlde), CA.
Ray Smith,Mario Diacono Gallery, Boston.
1990
Ray Smith,Galerie Folker Skulima, Berlin.
Ray Smith, Sperone Westwater, New York, NY.*
Ray Smith,Gian Enzo Sperone, Roma.
Ray Smith: Wind Instruments,Editions Julie Sylvester, New York, NY.
Ray Smith, New Paintings,Akira Ikeda Gallery, Nagoya, Japón.*
1989
Currents: Ray Smith,The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston.
Ray Smith,New Drawings,Akira Ikeda Gallery, Tokyo, Japón.*
Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich, Switzerland.
Sperone Westwater, Chicago International Art Exposition, Chicago.
New Prints,AC&T Corporation, Tokyo, Japón.
Ray Smith,Galería Fernando Alcolea, Barcelona, España.*
Lino Silverstein Gallery, Barcelona, España.
Galleri Lars Bohman, Estocolmo, Suiza.
Ray Smith:Galeria de Arte Contemporaneo, México, DF.
1988
Mario Diacono, Boston.
Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York, NY.
New Paintings,Akira Ikeda Gallery, Tokyo, Japón.
Gian Enzo Sperone, Roma, Italia.
1987
Recent Paintings,Gagosian Gallery, LA.
Ray Smith Yturria: Paintings/Drawings/Sculpture,@Portico, Philadelphia, PA.
1984
Ray Smith Yturria: Obras Recientes,Eduardo Hageman Gallery, México, DF.*
Ray Smith: Drawings,Tower Gallery, New York, NY.*
Ray Smith Yturria: Acrílicos,Galería del Instituto Mexicano Norteamericano de
Relaciones Culturales, A.C., México, DF.
1983
Ray Smith Yturria: Paisajes 1980-82,Galería Lourdes Chumacera, México, DF.
1978
Ray Smith Yturria. Acrílicos,Instituto Mexicano-Norteamericano de Relaciones Culturales, México, DF.
EXPOSICIONES COLECTIVAS (Selección):
2009
Art Lille Fair, Stand Costantini Arte Contemporanea, Lille, Francia.
Identidades Post-Utópicas (Nuevas Narrativas en la Pintura Iberoamericana),Galería Costantini Arte Contemporanea, Balelatina, Basel, Suiza. Comisario: Omar-Pascual Castillo
MIART Art Now!,Costantini Arte Contemporáneo, MIART Fine Art, Milán, Italia.*
2008
Art Lille Fair, Stand Costantini Arte Contemporanea, Lille, Francia.
Arte Salamanca´08, Stand Galería Sandunga, Recinto Ferial Salamanca, Salamanca, España.
ArtePadua Fair´08,Stand Costantini Arte Contemporanea, Padua, Italia.*
XX Aniversario, Galería Lyle O.Reitzel, Santo Domingo, Rep. Dominicana.*
SCOPE Fair Art London, Stand Galería Sandunga, Lord's Cricket Ground, Londres, RU.*
St-Art, Feria de Arte Contemporáneo de Strasbourg , Stand Galería Costantini, Recinto Ferial Strasbourg, Francia.*
Third Beijing International Art Biennale,Pabellón de México, Beijing, China.*
Pegamento Aglutinante,Costantini Arte Contemporáneo, MIART, Milán, Italia.*Curator: Omar-Pascual Castillo.
La vida privada. Colección Josep Civit, Fundación Beulas, Huesca, España.
2007
The Chalkboard Chronicles, Fundaiser, New York, NY
Collection Contemporary Art,Foundation Max Mara, Regio Emilia, Italia.*
Lisboart, Galería Fernando Santos, Lisboa, Portugal.*
Valencia.Art,Stand Galería Sandunga, Valencia, España.*
Principio de Incertidumbre, Forum de las Culturas Monterrey´2007, Centro de las Artes de Nuevo León, Monterrey, México.*
Art Basel,Stand Roebling Hall Gallery, Basilea, Suiza.
ArtChicago,07,Stand Roebling Hall Gallery, Chicago.
MACO,Stand AMT Gallery, México, D.F.
Secuencias (1976-2006) Las Colecciones de Arte Público en Extremadura, MEIAC, Badajoz, España.* Curator: Antonio Franco & Miguel Fernández-Cid.
Others Places: Colective Show, Jonathan Shorr Gallery, NY.
SCOPE: New York´07, Stand Galerie Volker Diehl,New York, NY.
ARCO´07, Stand Galería Sandunga, Madrid, España.*
2006
Radicales Libres, GEGalería, Monterrey, México.* Curator: Omar-Pascual Castillo.
sin miramiento alguno, paralelo a la 9 Bienal de La Habana, La Habana, Cuba. Curators: Alexis Esquivel y Omar-Pascual Castillo.
ENLASFRONTERAS / INBORDERLINES (Arte de las Américas de la Colección del MEIAC),Instituto Cervantes de Viena, Viena, Museo d´ Arte Contemporanea de la Villa Groce, Génova.*
2005
Barrocos y Neobarrocos. El Infierno de lo Bello, DA2 (Domus Artium 2002) y Palacio de Abrantes de la Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, España.* Curators: Paco Barragán, Javier Panera y Omar-Pascual Castillo.
Here comes the Boggie-Man (Alter Los Caprichos No.3, que viene el coco,Chelsea Art Museum, Chealse, NY.Curator: Elga Wimmer.
81 st Exhibition of Artista Members, The Art Club of Chicago, Chicago, Il.
ENLASFRONTERAS / INBORDERLINES (Arte de las Américas de la Colección del MEIAC),Instituto Cervantes de Praga, Praga, Instituto Cervantes de Berlín, Berlín.* Curators: Antonio Franco y Omar-Pascual Castillo.
De la esperanza cierta, Galería Pablo Goebel Fine Arts, México, DF.
Catharsis (Arte Iberoamericano Actual), Espacio Anexo, Colección Jauregia, San Sebastián, España.* Curator: Omar-Pascual Castillo.
Co-Conspirators: Artist & Collector, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New York, NY.
Espejos/Mirrors,Instituto Cultural de México en Washington, DC, EUA.* Curator: Santiago Espinosa de los Monteros.
Works on Paper,MC Gallery, New York, NY.
Contemporary Paintings of Latin America,Northen Michigan University, Michigan, EUA.
Modern & Contemporary Masters, Gary Nader Collection, Wynwood Art District, Miami, EUA.
2004
Democracy was Fun, White Box, New York. Curator: Carla Stellweg& Juan Puntes.
MUESTRA´04, Stand Galería Ramis Barquet, Recinto Ferial de México, DF.*
Arte Latinoamericano de Hoy, Sala de Armas de la Ciudadela, Pamplona, España.* Curator: Fernando Francés.
Feria ARCO '04,Galería Ramis Barquet, Madrid, España.*
Tapices Contemporáneos, Galería Ramis Barquet, New York.
Portraits, Esso Gallery, New York.
Auction Momenta Art’ 04, Momenta Art, New York
ArtBaselMiami´04,Galería Ramis Barquet, Coconut Groove Convention Center, Miami, Fl.
ARTEAMÉRICAS´04,Feria de Arte Latinoamericano en Miami, Galería Ramis Barquet, Fl.
2003
Mexico Iluminado, Freedman Gallery/Albright College, Center for the Arts, Reading, PA.
Paper, Galeria Ramis Barquet, New York.
White Box 2nd Annual Benefit Auction,White Box, New York.
2002
Madison Avenue BID,Where Fashion Meets Art, Fratelli Rosetti, New York, NY.
Los excesos de la mente,Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, Sevilla, España.* Curator: Victoria Combalia.
Plotting,Carrie Secrist Gallery, CFhicago, Ill.
2001
Figuraciones. Las imágenes que nos leen el mundo, Galería Manuel Ojeda, Las Palmas de Gran Canarias, España.
Self-Made Men: Male Self-Portraits,DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY.
Ray Smith/Tom McKinley, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Amused, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, IL.
2000
BLUER, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, Ill.
Art from Guadalajara Workshops (Papestries & Ceramic pieces bay artists Mexico and The Unide States)Gallery of the Mexica Cultural Institute of New Yok, NY.
1999
Today and Everyday,Galeria Ramis Barquet, New York.
The Eye of the Millenium: Art of the Americas,Washington,D.C. tour to Centro
Cultural Recoleta, Bs.As., Argentina.
Tour Latins from Manhattan,MacIlroy Gallery, Florida.
Art of the Eighties, The Menil Collection, Houston, TX.
1998
Mexico Reconfigured,Associated American Artists, New York.
Artistes Latino-Americains,Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France.
The Chalkboard Chronicles,TZ Art & Co., New York.
Sin fronteras: Arte Latinoamericano Actual,Museo Alejandro Otero, Caracas,Venezuela.*
1997
ARCO´97, Feria de Arte Contemporáneo, Galería Ramis Barquet, Galería Polígrafa, Madrid, España.*
Artistas Latinoamericanos,Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, Francia.
1996
Nuevas Ediciones, Galerías Polígrafa, Barcelona, España.*
Narcissism: Artists Reflect Themselves,California Center for the Arts Museum, Escondido, CA.
Fantasies of Fate: The New Latin American Magic Realism,Galeria Ramis Barquet-Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY.*
1995
Personal Heroes (part two),Galerie De la Tour, Amsterdam.
1995-94
Thirtieth Annual Exhibition of Art on Paper,Weatherspoon Art Gallery, The
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC.
1994
Let's Face It,Galerie Barbara Farber, Amsterdam.
Contemporary Loans,Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX.
American Art Today: Heads Only, The Art Museum at Florida International University, Miami, Fl.
Drawings: Reaffirming the Media,University of Missouri-Kansas City Gallery, Missouri.
5 Artistas de las Américas, Sandra Azcarraga, México, DF.
Sperone Westwater, New York, NY.
American Painting Now, Eva Menzio, Turin, Italia.
La Frontera/The Border: Art About the Mexico/United States Border Experience,Centro Cultural de la Raza and Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, Centro Cultural Tijuana, Tijuana, México.
Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington.
Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Scottsdale, Arizona.
Neuberger Museum, State University of New York, Purchase San Jose Museum
of Art, San Jose, CA.
1993
Recent Acquisitions,Edward Tyler Nahem Fine Art, New York, NY.
The Spirit of Drawing,Sperone Westwater, New York, NY.*
Drawing the Line Against AIDS,Biennale di Venezia at Amfar International, Venice, Italy.
The Return of the Cadavre Exquis,The Drawing Center, New York, NY.*
1992
Latin American Artists of the Twentieth Century,Estación Plaza de Armas, Sevilla, España.Musee National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou and Hotel des Arts, Fondation Nationale des Arts, Paris, Kunstalle Cologne, Cologne The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY.*
Drawn in the '90s,Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, New York, NY.
Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Alberta College of Art, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, Alabama.
Through the Path of Echoes: Contemporary Art in Mexico,University Gallery,
Fine Arts Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
1991
Paris 1991,Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris.
Group Sculpture Show,Sperone Westwater, New York, NY.
Tema 1492,Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, Mexico.
A Passion for Art, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, NY.
Altrove, Fra Immagine e Identita`, Fra Identita` e Tradizione,Museo d'Arte
Contemporanea Prato, Italia.
Drawings,Annina Nosei Gallery, New York , NY.
Selection Oeuvres de la Collection,FAE Musee d'Art Contemporain, Pully/Lausanne, Switzerland.
A Dialogue of Images,Galerie Ptefferle, Munich.
Mito y Magia en América: Los Ochenta, MARCO,Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey A.C., Monterrey, México. Curator: Miguel Cervantes
Displacements: Reconfiguring the Relationship of Image to Identity and Identity to Tradition,The Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas, Islas Canarias, España.* Curator: Octavio Zaya.
Reclaiming the Spirit,Vrej Baghoomian Gallery, New York , NY.
Personal Portraits,Annina Nosei Gallery, New York , NY.
Modern and Contemporary Mexican Masters: Works on Paper,Carla Stellweg Gallery, New York, NY.
1990
Spellbound,Mark Richards Gallery, LA.
ARCO '90 Feria de Arte Contemporáneo,Stand Sperone Westwater Gallery, Madrid, España.
With the Grain: Contemporary Panel Painting,Whitney Museum of American
Art, Fairfield County, New York, NY.
With the Grain: Contemporary Panel Painting,Whitney Museum of American
Art at Philip Morris, New York, NY.*
Salon de Los 16,Museo Español De Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, España.
Group Exhibition,Galerie Enrico Navarra, Paris.
Pharmakon '90,Nippon Convention Centre, Makuhari Messe, Chiba, Japan
Group Exhibition,Sperone Westwater, New York, NY.
The Library, A/D Gallery, New York, NY.
1989
New Acquisitions, Centro Cultural de Arte Contemporánea, México, DF.
Biennial Exhibition,Whitney Museum of American Art, New York , NY.*
First Triennial of Drawings,Fundacio Joan Miro, Barcelona, España.*
Group Exhibition, Sperone Westwater, New York , NY.
1979-1989 American, Italian, Mexican Art: From the Collection of Francesco Pellizzi,
Hofstra University, Hempsted, New York , NY.
Lehigh University Art Galleries,Museum Operations, Ralph Wilson Gallery,
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
1987
3 x 4,Galería Fúcares, Madrid, España.
1981
Primer Encuentro Nacional de Arte Joven,Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes,
México, DF.
XIV Concurso Nacional para Estudiantes de Artes Pláticas,Museo de Aguascalientes Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, México, DF.
COLECCIONES (Selección):
Centro Cultural de Arte Contemporáneo, México DF
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid
Museo Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte de Arte Contemporáneo, Badajoz, España
Cemex, Monterrey, México
Colección Ramis Barquet, Monterrey-New York
Akira Ikeda Gallery, Japón
Gian Enzo Sperone Collection, New York-Roma
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, México
San Antonio Museum of Art, Texas
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia
Miami Art Museum, Florida
Colección Grupo Reforma, Monterrey, México
Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Tranchet Family Collection, Palencia/Las Palmas de Gran Canarias, España
Colección Jauregia, Navarra - San Sebastián, España
Diana y Moisés Berezdivin, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Metropolitan Museum of American Art, New York
Colección Familia de Muga, Barcelona.
Houston Museum of Contemporary Art, Texas
Eli Broad Foundation, Santa Monica, CA
Wurth Museum, Kunzelman, Germany
Paine Webber Collection, New York
Max Mara Collection, New York
Merit Capital, Bruselas
Menil Collection, Houston
South Texan Museum of Art, Corpus Christi