Education

M.F.A., Ceramic/Sculp, Summa Cum Laude, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Tx 1978 B.S., Art Major, East Texas State University, Commerce, Tx 1965
Studied with Octavio Medellin, Medellin School of Sculpture, Dallas, Tx 1968-73

Selected Awards/Honors

2020 Station Artist – Orange Line, *Carpenter Ranch Station, Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) Las Colinas, Irving, Tx *Station scheduled to open December

2017 Piper Professor Award, North Lake College, Irving, Texas
2007 Mad Potter’s Award, Best of Show, Ohr-Okeefe Museum of Art, Biloxi, Mississippi

2006 Art Wall Mural Award, Catholic Foundation Plaza, Dallas Arts District

1998 Professor of the Year, Dallas County Community College District
1997 Piper Professor Award, North Lake College, Irving, Texas

1966 Innovator of the Year, Dallas County Community College District

(Established the Computer Graphics Program at North Lake College)
1991 1st Place, Educational Video, Glaze, International A.E.C.T. Expo, Anaheim, Calif

Selected Publications

2022 Exhibition Catalog, Marty & Richard Ray, Pottery & Paintings,
published by Dept of Art, Texas A&M University, Commerce, Texas

2018 Editor/Publisher, A Walk on the Moon by R. Ray, 85 pages of art, stories & poetry

2014 The Complete Guide to Mid-Range Glazes, Lark Books, Sterling Publishing

2010 500 Vases, Larks Books, Sterling Publishing Co., Asheville, NC

2003 "Marty Ray", Electric Kiln Ceramics, editor, Sumi von Dassow

2002 "Marty Ray" by Marla Ziegler, February, Ceramics Monthly,

1991 Author/producer, Glaze, educational video, Irving, Texas

Teaching career

1978-2017 Ceramics/Sculpture Professor, 3D Art Coordinator, North Lake College,

DCCCD, Irving, Tx

1974-78   Sculpture instructor, Octavio Medellin School of Sculpture, Dallas, Tx
1968-76   DISD, Byran Adams HS, Carey Jr. High, Dallas, Tx
1967-68   Department of Defense, Art teacher/ yearbook advisor, Narimasu High School,

Tokyo, Japan

1965-67 Dallas Public Schools, Spruce High School, Atwell Jr. High, Dallas, Tx

Art Community Leadership

White Rock Lake Artists' Studio Tour - Co-Founder and Coordinator 1992-present

Goldmark Cultural Center, Resident Artist, Gallery Comm, Dallas, Tx 2018-present

Marty & Richard Ray Art Scholarship Award, endowed fund, DCCCD Foundation

Guest Artist/Teacher, Senior Living Center, The Tradition, Dallas, Tx – 2017-2020

Emergency Artists Support League (EASL) - Founding Member 1992/ Advisory Board

Art Heist 2006 Chair, Art Heist 2010 Chair, Grants Coordinator & Treasurer

Guest Artist/Workshop, University of Houston, Ceramic Conference, NCECA – 2013

Dallas Visual Art Center - Board of Directors, 1992–97, Exhibition Chairman, 1995–97

Selected Commissioned Works

Nasher-Haemisegger Collection - Pottery titled “NorthPark” gift for Nancy Nasher

Business Council for the Arts - Obelisk Awards for Lifetime Achievement

Individualized clay vessels to honor Brian Shivers (2014) Quin Mathews (2012) Addison City Manager (2011)

Meadows Foundation, gift to honor architect
National Art Pottery Association, Maine, U.S.A.
Business Council for the Arts – Gifts for retiring Board members

Dallas County Community College District - gift for the Maroi Indian Museum, New Zealand
Dallas Visual Art Center Legend Award to honor Margaret McDermott/Eugene McDermott Foundation Dallas Visual Art Center Two Commissions: to honor Patricia B. Meadows & Sharon Martin’
North Lake College Ceramic vessel created for retiring college President, Dr. Jim Horton

Selected Art Exhibitions

2022 Marty & Richard Ray, Pottery & Paintings, Univ Gallery, Texas A&M Commerce

2019 Pottery & Paintings – Marty & Richard Ray, Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, Tx

Exchange, Texas/Nigerian Ceramic Artists, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Interchange, Texas/Nigerian Ceramic Artists, So Dallas Cultural Center, Dallas

2018 Marty & Richard Ray Pottery & Paintings, Goldmark Cultural Center, Dallas, Tx

Art 214 Juried Exhibition, Latino Cultural Center, Dallas, Tx

Second Seating, Invitational, BathHouse Cultural Center, Dallas, Tx
2016 Octavio Medellin Legacy & 3 Former Students – Latino Cultural Center, Dallas, Tx

2013 Texas Eight, NCECA Ceramic Conference, Winter St. Studios, Houston Tx
2012 Juror's Choice Exhibition, JRB Art at The Elms Gallery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Die Brucke: Common Bond, Arts Gallery, Collin College, Plano, Tx
2011 6 x 6 x 30, Invitational Clay Tile exhibition, Sul Ross University, Alpine, Tx

Tile Invitational, Coop Gallery, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Tx

Best of Texas Clay, invited artist, Ft.Worth Art Center, Ft. Worth, Tx
2010 Intersections: Art & Art History, Arts Gallery, Collin College, Plano, Tx
2009 Stimulate, group exhibition, Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, Tx
2008 Straight Clay from Texas Women, Ice House Art Center, Dallas, Tx
2007 Diggin’ It, Ohr-Okeefe Museum of Art, lst Place - Mad Potter's Award, Biloxi, Mississippi

2006 Marty Ray New Work, Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, Tx

Teaching Clay in Texas:-Ceramic Educators, Meadows Gallery of Art, Tyler, Tx 7 Women Clay Artists, Sul Ross State University Gallery,

Alpine, Tx

2005 Electrified, St. Edward's University Fine Arts Gallery, Austin, Tx
2004 San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Tx

Ceramic & Print, Invitational Exhibit, 2520 Fairmount, Dallas, Tx
2003 Attachments, Texas Ceramics, Distinguished Merit Award, Irving Arts Center,

Marty Ray, Recent Works, Cidnee Patrick Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2002 Texas Mud: Ceramics by Texas Artists, Dallas Center for Contemporary Art

2001 Ceramica, Juried Regional Exhibit, The Arts Gallery, CCCCD, Plano, Texas

2000 New Work Marty Ray & Pamela Nelson, Edith Baker Gallery, Dallas, Tx

13th National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum, San Angelo, Tx

1999 Critic's Choice, juror James Surls, African American Museum, Dallas, Tx Masquerade, group invitational, Edith Baker Gallery, Dallas, Texas