Conduit Gallery -- Dallas, TX

June 23 - July 22, 2006

Rex Ray
New Collages

opening reception for the artists:
Friday, June 23, 2006 6 to 8 PM

Rex Ray is one of San Francisco's most accomplished and prolific visual artists. Known to traverse both the design and art worlds, Ray's art can be found in museums and galleries as well as rock clubs and on Swatch watches. Paper pieces, cut from fashion magazines and hand painted, are assembled by Ray to create brightly colored collages that range from delicate botanicals to ebullient constellations and modernist sequences.

Recent exhibitions include; The Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA; The Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA; The Crocker Museum of Art, Sacramento, CA; The San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA; The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA; Rule Gallery, Denver, CO and Broadbend Gallery, London, England. Ray's design work includes; line of rugs with Elson & Company; a limited edition Artist Series Messenger Bag for Timbuk2; a signature gentlemen's Swatch; CD packaging for David Bowie, Joe Satriani, Matmos, Deee-Lite and has worked with Bill Graham Presents in over 100 tour posters.
A coffee table book on the artwork of Rex Ray will be published by Chronicle Books in the fall of 2007.

J. Michelle Martin-Coyne
I Was an Inflatable Sun

J. Michelle Martin-Coyne received a B.F.A. from the University of Oklahoma in 1991 with an emphasis in Painting and Photography. In the fifteen years since, she has worked exclusively in photography chronicling her husband's audacious rock band, The Flaming Lips.
Capturing moments of the band's monumental and multi-media live performances, Martin-Coyne's exhibition at Conduit will include images of the live performances as well as several stills from the Flaming Lips forthcoming science-fiction feature Christmas on Mars.
In 2004, Martin-Coyne collaborated with rock photographer Jay Blakesberg on a coffee-table book, Waking up With a Placebo Head Wound: Images of the Flaming Lips From the Archives of Jay Blakesberg and J. Michelle Martin-Coyne-1987-2004, and has since had solo exhibitions in Venice, California, and Norman and one planned for 2006 in London.
J. Michelle Martin-Coyne lives in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

PROJECT ROOM

Michael Velliquette
New Work in Cut Paper

In a series of low relief paper constructions, Michael Veliquette continues his exploration of the self and the "otherworldly." Velliquette uses a lexicon of symbols (eyes, stars, water and pathways) that suggest an epic journey, traversing metaphysical concerns in electric-hued mythic tableaus.
Co-Founder of the living artist space, The Bower, Michael Velliquette moved to San Antonio after earning his M.F.A. from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
He has since exhibited extensively including shows at Deitch Projects, NY, NY; DCKT Contemporary, NY, NY and Ratio 3, San Francisco, CA. In 2005, Velliquette received the Dallas Museum of Art Dozier Travel Grant. Michael Velliquette lives in San Antonio, Texas and Madison, Wisconsin.



			June 23 - July 22, 2006 Rex Ray New Collages opening reception for the artists: Friday, June 23, 2006 6 to 8 PM Rex Ray is one of San Francisco's most accomplished and prolific visual artists. Known to traverse both the design and art worlds, Ray's art can be found in museums and galleries as well as rock clubs and on Swatch watches. Paper pieces, cut from fashion magazines and hand painted, are assembled by Ray to create brightly colored collages that range from delicate botanicals to ebullient constellations and modernist sequences. Recent exhibitions include; The Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA; The Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA; The Crocker Museum of Art, Sacramento, CA; The San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA; The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA; Rule Gallery, Denver, CO and Broadbend Gallery, London, England. Ray's design work includes; line of rugs with Elson & Company; a limited edition Artist Series Messenger Bag for Timbuk2; a signature gentlemen's Swatch; CD packaging for David Bowie, Joe Satriani, Matmos, Deee-Lite and has worked with Bill Graham Presents in over 100 tour posters. A coffee table book on the artwork of Rex Ray will be published by Chronicle Books in the fall of 2007. J. Michelle Martin-Coyne I Was an Inflatable Sun J. Michelle Martin-Coyne received a B.F.A. from the University of Oklahoma in 1991 with an emphasis in Painting and Photography. In the fifteen years since, she has worked exclusively in photography chronicling her husband's audacious rock band, The Flaming Lips. Capturing moments of the band's monumental and multi-media live performances, Martin-Coyne's exhibition at Conduit will include images of the live performances as well as several stills from the Flaming Lips forthcoming science-fiction feature Christmas on Mars. In 2004, Martin-Coyne collaborated with rock photographer Jay Blakesberg on a coffee-table book, Waking up With a Placebo Head Wound: Images of the Flaming Lips From the Archives of Jay Blakesberg and J. Michelle Martin-Coyne-1987-2004, and has since had solo exhibitions in Venice, California, and Norman and one planned for 2006 in London. J. Michelle Martin-Coyne lives in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. PROJECT ROOM Michael Velliquette New Work in Cut Paper In a series of low relief paper constructions, Michael Veliquette continues his exploration of the self and the "otherworldly." Velliquette uses a lexicon of symbols (eyes, stars, water and pathways) that suggest an epic journey, traversing metaphysical concerns in electric-hued mythic tableaus. Co-Founder of the living artist space, The Bower, Michael Velliquette moved to San Antonio after earning his M.F.A. from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He has since exhibited extensively including shows at Deitch Projects, NY, NY; DCKT Contemporary, NY, NY and Ratio 3, San Francisco, CA. In 2005, Velliquette received the Dallas Museum of Art Dozier Travel Grant. Michael Velliquette lives in San Antonio, Texas and Madison, Wisconsin.