Ed Gray (Jikiwe)
Ed Gray (Jikiwe), Visual Artist
3997 Swaney Rd. Traverse City, MI 49686 - (906)281-3494, (231)342-9366 – edgray39@gmail.com
Calumet Art Center founding Executive Director since 2009-2017
Gallery Representation
Synchronicity Gallery, Glen Arbor, MI
Indian Hills Gallery, Petoskey, MI
Community Art Center, Hancock, MI
Miskwabik/Ed Gray Studio, Fennville, MI
Vertin Gallery, Calumet, MI
Ed Gray Gallery, Calumet, MI
Calumet Art Center Gallery, Calumet, MI
Alberta House Gallery, Soo, MI
Museum Collections
Children’s Museum of Detroit
Brooklyn Museum of Fine Arts
American Indian Community House Museum, New York City
Workshop Experience
Foot Prints of the AncestorsCalumet Art Center 2012-2018
Carroll University, Waukesha, WI
Copper Bowl Forging, Ontonagon Folk School, Ontonagon, MI 2012
Copper Bowl Forging Bonifas Art Center, Escanaba, MI 2011- 2012
Copper Bowl Forging Quincy MineHancock, MI July 2001
Clay with the Ancestors Artfull Life, Eagle Harbor, MI July 2000
OX-BOW: Summer School for the Chicago Institute of Art, Saugatuck, MI 1994-1998
Allison’s Wells School of Arts and Crafts, Canton, MS, October 1993
John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC 1985-1991
Copper Bowl Forging, Calumet, Michigan, 4 x annually 1998-Present
Patina Workshop, Chicago Institute of Art for Emily Gaul, Metals, Fiber and Chemicals
Publications
2014 Copper Country Magazine: OURS: “Art Scenes….People”
2007 Art Show Case Magazine March/April: “The Art of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula”
2002 Fine Art Ceramics July 2002: “Art Infused with the Sacred Elements”
1998 MICHIGAN: Celebrate the State by Marilyn Targ Brill
1997 Directory of Michigan Artists: 1997 Edition by Marilyn Fosburg
1994 FIERARTS October/November 1994: “The Working of Metals and Fibers”
1993 Sculpture Magazine’s MARQUETTE: (1993) Resource Directory) for the International Sculpture Center: “Patinas: Chemical Reactions with Copper”
Exhibitions
Sept 1 – Oct 1, 2018 Solo Show, Alberta House Gallery, Sault Ste. Marie, MI
Sept 17 – Oct 27, 2012 Michigamme Moonshine Fine Art Gallery, hosted two artists, Ed Gray and Bryan Kaster, for an exhibit entitled “Of Moose and Men.”
Jan 10 – Feb 3, 2002The Padzieski Art Gallery at the Ford Community & Performing Arts Center hosted Ed Gray and 6 other artists in a show entitled, “One World, Seven Artists.”
Nov 2, 2001 The Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo hosted two Southwest Michigan artists, Ed Gray of Fennville and Gloria Badiner of Mattawan, for and exhibit entitled “Offerings.”
Jul 3-28, 2001 Community Arts Center, “Dancing with Fire” one-man show, Hancock, MI
Jul 6, 2001 Community Arts Center, Whispering Teachings of the Ancestors” – talk at reception of one-man show.
Feb 19 – Mar 17, 2001 Stubintz Gallery, “Purely Thermal” Group Show at Adrian College, Adrian, MI
Jan 16 – Feb 4, 2001 Elsie Monroe Gallery, “Purely Thermal” Group Show Albion College, Albion, MI
Jun 29 – Jul 31, 1999 Community Arts Center, Kerridge Gallery, “Honoring our Ancestors” – Ed Gray, one- man show, Hancock, MI
Spring 1998 University of Michigan Hospitals, “Gift of Art”, Ann Arbor, MI
Feb 1998 First United Methodist Church of Christ, “Celebration – A Festival of Religious Arts” – Honorable Mention Award, Grand Rapids, MI
Awards
Awards
2014 Main Street Calumet John Perona Copper Country Traditions Award – Life-Time Achievement in the Performance and preservation of the Traditional Culture of the Calumet/Laurium Community.
1994 Navajo Aids Network Incorporated – Hope Commitment and Inspiration Award presented to Ed Gray In recognition of self-less work towards raising funds for natives infected / affected by HIV/Aids and maintaining Native tradition through giving. World’s Aids Day December 1, 1994
1994 Hope Commitment and Inspiration Award presented to Ed Gray Miskwabic Studio In recognition of self-less work towards raising funds for natives infected / affected by HIV/Aids and maintaining Native tradition through giving. World’s Aids Day December 1, 1994. San Diego American Native Aids Task Force, The Indian Health Council, Inc. the San Diego Native American Health Center, Southern Indian Council, SYCUAN Medical/Dental Indian Clinic, Positively Native American Native Health Services Headquarters, Aids Activity Office, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Indian Community Health Services, Phoenix Arizona.