Ray Caesar
(b.1958 in London, UK). At an early age, his family moved to Toronto, Canada, where he currently resides. Caesar’s vision resonates with the changing psyche of his figures, reflecting memories of his childhood and experiences in working at the Hospital For Sick Children. Celebrated as the grandfather of digital art. Collected by the Hearst Family; Riccardo Tisci of Givenchy; Madonna; the Bristol Museum, UK & selected by the Board of Trustees of the Museum of Modern Art, New York & Guggenheim, New York through affiliated auctions. Caesar is also inspired from such masters that include François Boucher, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Antoine Watteau. His haunting imagery is created digitally using 3D modeling software called Maya, mastered while working in digital animation for television and film industries from 1998—2001. BORN Born 1958, London England Current Residence, Toronto Canada EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE 1977 to 1980 The Ontario College of Art 1980 to 1996 The Hospital for Sick Children, Department of Visual Education, Medical Artist 1998 to 2001 GVFX Toronto, Senior Animator PROFESSIONAL CREDITS 1999 – Primetime Emmy Nomination for Special Effects (Total Recall 2070) 1999 – Gemini Nomination for Special Effects 1999 – Monitor Award for Special Effects in a series EXHIBITIONS 2016 Spacejunk Center, St. Sebastian, SPAIN (group) San Sebastian will be the European cultural capital Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art (Museum Tour for 2yrs) 2015 January – Art Stage Singapore with Gallery House (fair) Ongoing permanent exhibition at all AFA Gallery – New York, Las Vegas, New Orleans and France location. November – Gallery House Solo Show, Toronto Canada (solo) May – Belgium Castle with Kochxbos Gallery (group) with Erwin Olaf or Wim Delvoye, Jaime Hayon, Philippe-Starck, Jean Paul Gaultier, Yamamoto. June – Affordable Art Fair in Hampstead, London England with Richard Goodall Gallery (fair) July – Hamptons Art Market – Damien Roman Fine Art(fair) July – Monaco Art Fair – Dorothy Circus Gallery(fair) November – Solo Show, Gallery House Toronto Canada(solo) Winter – Pandora’s Box with AFA Gallery New York (group) 2014 February –Two Header Show Dorothy Circus Gallery, Rome Italy CIRCA Gallery, Culver City LA, US (solo) Affordable Art Fair New York with Richard Goodall Gallery, US (fair) Kunstai Art Fair with Kochxbos Gallery, Netherland (fair) Affordable Art Fair at Hampstead, London UK (fair) Art on the Edge, Vered Gallery Hamptons New York, US (group) Hamptons Art Market, Vered Gallery Hamptons New York, US (fair) Texas Art Market, Damien Roman Gallery Hamptons New York, US (fair) AFA Gallery, New York US & Las Vegas (group) Miami Art Fair, US (fair) Evergrande – Gallery House, Toronto Canada (group) Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto Canada (fair) 2013 Feb – Special Project with Spacejunk in Germany Feb – RAW Art Fair Rotterdam with KochxBos Gallery (fair) March – Affordable Art Fair with Richard Goodall Gallery Battersea, London (fair) March 21- April 7, 2013 – The Pop Surrealism Show, Opera Gallery New York (group). April – Gallery House Group Exhibition Featuring Catherine Howe and Ray Caesar, Anita Kunz, Joe Fenton, Toronto, Canada (Group) April 4-7 – Affordable Art Fair with Richard Goodall Gallery New York US (fair) April 5-27 – Above Ground, Hong Kong China (group) April 5-27 – “Pretty Girls”, Above Second, Hong Kong, China (group) April 13 – Corey Helford Gallery Retrospective Show, Culver City LA US (solo) June 13-16 – Affordable Art Fair with Richard Goodall Gallery Hampstead, London (fair) July 13-August 5 – Vered Gallery Group Show, East Hamptons New York (group) July – Vered Gallery, Art Market Hamptons New York US (fair) Oct 3 – “Truth, Light & Matter”, Annual Exhibition at Gallery House, Toronto Canada (group) Dec – Corey Helford Gallery, Miami Art Fair US (fair) Opera Gallery, Miami Art Fair US (fair) Marseille, France – Celebration of European Cultural Capital for 2013 (group) Bordeaux, France – From Pixel to Numeric Painting (Spacejunk Gallery)(group) Vichy, France – Celebrating pop surrealism exhibition (Spacejunk Gallery)(group) 2012 Stephen Webster Private Show, LA (solo) January Group Show Musee de la Halle St Pierre, Paris France (group) Group Show Musee de la Halle St Pierre, Paris France (group) March 6-11, 2012 Scope New York, New York USA (fair) March 10, 2012 Kochxbos Gallery, Amsterdam The Netherlands (group) March – June 2012 Galerie du Jour, Paris France – TBD other locations traveling exhibit (group) April 28– June 2012 Solo Show – Richard Goodall Gallery, Manchester England Solo Show (solo) May, 2012 – Group Show Nyctalopes Exhibition, Paris France (group) May 26-June 25, 2012 – Vered Gallery Group Exhibit, East Hampton New York USA (group) in Conjunction with Vered Auction w/Board of Trustee of MOMA June 9, 2012 – Corey Helford Gallery Group Exhibit- “Motion: The Next Movement in Art”, Culver City LA (group) June – September 2012 – Group Show – Spacejunk Center, France (group) September 13-29, 2012 – Group Show – Palazzo Pisana with Dorothy Circus Gallery, Italy (group) October 24 -28, 2012 Affordable Art Fair Battersea London with Richard Goodall Gallery, Manchester UK (fair) October 26-29, 2012 Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto Canada (fair) November 1-4, 2012 Affordable Art Fair Hampstead London with Richard Goodall Gallery, Manchester UK (fair) November 29 2012 – Annual Exhibition “Miles to go before I sleep” – Gallery House w/ Gottfried Helnwein & Anita Kunz (group) December 15, 2012 Kochxbos Gallery, Amsterdam The Netherlands (solo) December 2012 “Crucifixion” Corey Helford Gallery, Culver City LA (group) December 4-9, 2012 Scope Miami, Miami Florida USA (fair) 2011 Jonathon Levine Gallery, Solo Show New York, NY (solo) Corey Helford Gallery, “In the Nursery”, LA California Frans Vanhove Gallery at Affordable Art Fair Brussels, Belgium Corey Helford Gallery, Solo Show, LA California (solo) 2010 Richard Goodall Gallery Bristol Museum, Bristol England Corey Helford Gallery, LA California Affordable Art Fair, London England NewcastleGateshead Art Fair, Newcastle, England 2009 Galerie Magda Danysz. Paris, France Richard Goodall Gallery. Manchester UK Mondo Bizzaro Gallery. Rome, Italy (solo) 2008 In The Garden of Moonlight. Jonathan LeVine Gallery. New York, NY In The Land of Retinal Delights: The Juxtapoz Factor. Laguna Art Museum. Laguna, CA The Tales We Tell Exhibition Lonsdale Gallery. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 2007 “We’ll Make a Lover of You” At The ArtCenter, South Florida Ipso Facto Richard Goodall Gallery Manchester England (solo) Rome Is Burning/The New School. Foster Gallery University of Wisconsin. 2006 Sweet Victory Jonathan Levine Gallery New York (solo) Katalogue Book Opening at The Gibson Jessop Gallery Toronto Nostalgia , Magda Danyz Gallery, Paris Oxop Juxtapoz show, Minneapolis Friendly Fire, Berman Turner Projects, Santa Monica 2005 Pulp, Lonsdale Gallery in Toronto Secret Doors and Hidden Rooms, Jonathan Levine Gallery in New York (solo) Upon Further Review, Rogue Buddha Gallery Minneapolis Idols of Perversity, Bellwether Gallery New York London Art Fair, Richard Goodall Gallery, London England Katalogue Book Opening at The Trafalgar Hotel London England The World of Ray Caesar Kochbos Gallery Amsterdam Holland 2004 Now we are Six, Roq La Rue in Seattle ( group ) Age of Aquarius, Copro Nason in Los Angeles ( group ) Ray Caesar and Amy Hill, two person show at Roq La Rue in Seattle Benefit for the Memphis six, Phoenix Arizona ( group benefit ) Misdirection 2004, Lineage Gallery in Burlington Vermont (group Ghost Town, Tinmanalley in Philadelphia ( group ) Parallel Universe, Art Basel Florida ( group ) 2003 International Digital Art Awards, Melbourne Australia ( group ) Big Men in Small Cars, Tinmanalley in Philadelphia ( group ) A Complex Conspiracy, 2 person show at Tinmanalley in Philadelphia PRESS PUBLISHED ARTICLES Juxtapoz Jul/Aug 2004 #51 US WeAr Fashion workbook Nov 2005 Gothic Beauty Jan 2006 IDN Magazine 2005 Creator Spain winter 2005 Pacha Madrid Fashion Magazine Nov 2005 NASH Ukrainian Culture Pub. cover and article 2004 Ukraine EFX Art and Design issues #39 and #40 2004 Sweden 3D world Issue #47 January 2004 US Toronto Life February 2005 Expose 2 – Ballistic Publishing 2004 US Computer Graphics World July 2004 US Computer Arts issue #59 June 2004 UK Digital Media World 2004 Australia New CG China cover of issue #8 2004 China Glamour Magazine, Italian edition, article 2004 Italy Lazama Argentina 2005 CAD Designer, Cover and article issue #200 2004 Taiwan Denver Syntax, article 2004 US Nippon Vogue Jan 2006 High Fructose 2007 Juxtapoz 2007 Pol Oxygen 2008 JOI 2008 Hairs How Russia 2008 Advanced Photoshop 2008 Maxim Italy 2008 Juxtapoz 2008 Urban Underground Scene publication Japan 2008 |