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professional information
education:
May 2000 Washington University St.
Louis Mo. M.F.A.
Masters in Fine Art in Painting
May 1994 University Of Illinois,
Champaign-Urbana Champaign Il. B.F.A.
Bachelors in Fine Art in Painting
public and private collections:
Chicago
Los Angeles
Memphis
New York
Pennsylvania
St. Louis
artist lectures:
Visiting artist ,--Illinois Wesleyan
University, Bloomington IL. 2000
Artist Lecturer,-- Washington University, St. Louis MO. 2002
Lecture, CD-ROM Game Night with Ron Laborer, --Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis,
St. Louis MO. 2002
Visiting artist,-- St. Louis Community College Florissant Valley, St. Louis
MO. 2002
Artist Lecture, --University of Missouri St Louis, St Louis MO 2005
curitorial efforts:
Jun 2004 Exposure- MIND GAMES- Curated
for the University of Missouri St. Louis promoting emerging regional artists.
Mar 2002 Between the Virtual and
the Actual. A show of collaborative Installation-
Crowe T Brooks Gallery St. Louis MO.( catalog available)
Jan 2001 Transpolyblu- A Digital
Exhibition. Co-Curated with Sabina Ott -
Elliot Smith Contemporary Art, St. Louis MO. (see bibliography)
bibliography:
REVIEW- Kansas City -Sept 2007 -
St. Louis Painters Invitational -Nacy K Weant
Art in America - April 2006 - review "Ron Laboray at UMSL St Louis" MEL Watkin
Chicago Tribune - May 13 2005- "Ron Laboray Lets Data Drive His Abstractions" On the Map - Alan Artner
Chicago Sun-Times - February 2, 2001
Gallery Glance by Margaret Hawkins
St. Louis Post Dispatch - February
11, 2001 Arts and Entertainment by Jeff Daniels
West End- Clayton Word - February
22, 2001 Arts and Entertainment by Jill Downen
New Art Examiner -May/June, 2001
Vol.28 # 8/9 Chicago'sWest
Loop Gate by Lori Waxman
Art Papers Magazine - May/June, 2001
Vol.25.3 Reviews Central - St. Louis by Jeffrey Huges
New Art Examiner - July/August, 2001
Vol.29 #10 Reviews Missouri -Transpolyblu-
by Debra Riley Parr
River Front Times - June 12, 2002
Vol.26 Number24 Night and Day
St. Louis Post Dispatch - July 14,
2002 Arts and Entertainment- Putting Art on the Map by Jeff Daniels
River Front Times - July 2002, Terra
Scoped by Ivy Schroeder
River Front Times- Current Art- Review of Exposure 7- Mind Games June-Sept 2004 by Ivy Cooper
solo exhibition:
April 2007 Syndication - Peter Miller Gallery Chicago IL.
Mch 2006 Keeping Score - Philip Slein Gallery St. Louis MO.
Aug 2005 After the C.E.- University
of Missouri St. Louis MO.
May 2005 Color and Race Statistics, Peter Miller Gallery Chicago IL.
Spt. 2003 Extending the Science - Peter Miller Gallery, Chicago IL
Jan. 2001 Mapping Pop - Peter Miller Gallery, Chicago IL
May 2000 Media Arts Technology Drink Exchange - computer animation on 12 screen
video monitor wall. Media Arts, Washington Ave. St.Louis MO
Feb. 2000 One Hour of Spontaneous Beauty: Digital Rain- computer animated digital
projection at Media Arts, Washington & Tucker,St. Louis MO.
June 1999 Mapping.- Projected slides at movie theater, Washington University
Film Board, St. Louis MO.
May 1996 Where am I?-The Main Street Gallery, Champaign IL.
Mch. 1993 Plastic Nature -6th Floor Gallery, St. Louis MO.
July 1992 American Gold -Midtown Art Center, St. Louis MO.
Jan. 1991 The Ump is Nuts - Utopian Loft Gallery, St. Louis MO.
other selected exhibition:
June 2007 Daum Museum of Contemporary Art- Sadalia MO.
Oct 2004 Six Views of Abstraction-
Regional Arts Commission St. Louis MO.
Jun. 2004 Dissemination - St Louis
Community College Meramec - St. Louis MO.
Jun. 2004 Exposure 7-Mind Games -
University of Missouri St.Louis Gallery 210 - St. Louis MO.
May 2004 Chicago Exposition at Navy
Pier - Peter Miller Gallery Chicago IL
Mar. 2004 Aerial Show - Raid Projects
- Los Angeles CA.
Feb 2004 Cold Winter Show - Peter
Miller Gallery - Chicago IL
Oct. 2003 A Social Affair - digital
sketches collaboration project -University of Memphis Art Museum, Memphis TN.
May 2002 Terra Incognita - Contemporary
Art Museum - St. Louis MO.
Nov.2001 Three Day Weekend curated
by Dave Muller - Mad Art, St Louis MO.
Jan.2001 Transpolyblu a Digital Exposition
Elliot Smith Contemporary Art,St.Louis MO.
Dec.2000 Geography- Peter Miller
Gallery, Chicago IL.
Apr.2000 Saint Louis Art - Marshall
Arts Center @ Delta Axis, Memphis TN.
Jan.2000 New Art From St. Louis - Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington IL.SOLO
important links:
Daum Museum of Contemporary Art
Peter Miller Gallery Ltd. Chicago, IL
Philip Slein Gallery St. Louis, MO