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Native Artist - Carl Ray
Member of the Indian Group of Seven
Native artist, Carl Ray, was a founding member of the Indian Group of Seven. He was born on the Sandy Lake Reserve in Ontario in 1943 into a family of traditional healers.
A self-taught painter and printmaker he began his artistic career by illustrating Cree legends and spiritual rituals. Carl Ray was introduced to what would be soon be recognized as the Woodland Style of native artwork when he helped Norval Morrisseau create the mural commissioned for the Indians of Canada Pavilion at Expo '67 in Montreal.
Carl Ray received many commissions and grants from federal government departments and the Canada Council before his death in 1978.
Selected Exhibitions
1997 Water, Earth and Air Thunder Bay Art Gallery
1994 Moose Season Thunder Bay Art Gallery
1993 The Art of the Anishnabe Works from the Permanent Collection Thunder Bay Art Gallery
Selected Collections
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Qc
Fort Francis Public Library, Fort Francis, On
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Ottawa, On
Manitoba Centennial Corporation, Winnipeg, Mb
McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, On
New College, University of Toronto, Toronto, On
Queen's Park, Toronto, Ontario
Red Lake Fellowship Centre, Red Lake, Ontario
Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario
Sioux Lookout Public Library, Sioux Lookout, Ontario
Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, Ontario
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
