Reed Kay Bio
B O R N I N B O S T O N , M A 1 9 2 5
E D U C A T I O N
1941-1943, 1946-1949 School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; studied painting with Karl Zerbe
1950-1951 Further Study in Europe
S O L O E X H I B I T I O N S
2005 Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
2002 Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
2002 Cape Ann Historical Museum, Gloucester, MA
2000 Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
1996 Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
1994 "Reed Kay: American Painter", Eli Marsh Gallery, Amherst College, Amherst, MA
1986 Circle Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1983 Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
1979 Boston University Art Gallery, Boston, MA
1978 Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
1976 Colby College Museum of Art
1974 Boston University Art Gallery, Boston, MA
1972 Boston University Art Gallery, Boston, MA
1969 Boston University Art Gallery, Boston, MA
1966 Boston University Art Gallery, Boston, MA
1965 Boris Mirski Gallery, Boston, MA
1964 Boris Mirski Gallery, Boston, MA
1963 Boston University Art Gallery, Boston, MA
1956 Kanegis Gallery, Boston, MA
1956 Boston University Art Gallery, Boston, MA
S E L E C T E D G R O U P E X H I B I T I O N S
2002 "The Visionary Decade: New Voices in Art in 1940's Boston", Boston University Art
Gallery, Boston, MA
2000 "Against the Grain: The Second Generation of Boston Expressionism", The Art Gallery,
University of New Hampshire
1999 "Altered Streets: Boston Artists Paint Boston", Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
1998 "Gallery Selections", Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
1998 "A Salute to Boston", Wiggin Gallery, Boston Public Library, Boston, MA
1996 "The Future of the Past: Fifteen Contemporary Realists Paint Boston," The Boston
Athenaeum, Boston MA
1995 "Thirteen Boston Artists", Concord Art Association, Concord, MA
1995 "Boston's Honored Artist's: Still Working", The Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA
1994 "Structure/Media/Expression", Boston Architectural Center, Boston, MA
1993 "Small Scale", Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
1992 "After 25 Years-A New Beginning", Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
1991 Federal Reserve Bank Gallery, Boston, MA
1991 Summer Show, Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
1987 DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
1977 "Art in Transition", Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
1976 "A Selection of American Art: The Skowhegan School", Institute of Contemporary Art,
Boston, MA
1976 "Urban Aesthetics", The Queens Museum, NY
1970 Colby College Museum of Art
1970 Brockton Art Center, Brockton, MA
1967 Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA
1967 American Federation of Arts
1967, 1965 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, NY
1965 Smith College Museum of Art
1963, 1957, 1955, 1954, 1952 Boston Arts Festival
1963 La Rive Gauche Gallery
1955 Silvermine Guild of Artists
1952 Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA
S E L E C T E D C O L L E C T I O N S
Beal & Company, Boston
Boston Financial Technology, Inc.
Boston Public Library
Broude & Hochberg, Boston
Cape Ann Historical Museum, Gloucester, MA
Massachusetts Envelope Company
Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Stephen and Sybil Stone Foundation
Welch & Forbes, Boston
Wellington Management, Boston
T E A C H I N G
Boston University School of Visual Arts:
1956-1968 Instructor
1968-1989 Professor
1967, 1968 Acting Chairman, Division of Art
Wellesley College:
1977 Guest Instructor
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture:
Summer of 1960, 1959, 1958, 1957, 1956, 1955, 1954, 1952 Instructor in Painting
Berkshire Summer School:
1949, 1948 Instructor in Painting
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston:
1951-1955 Instructor in Painting
A U T H O R
1983 Painter's Guide to Studio Methods and Materials, 3rd Edition, Prentice Hall, Englewood, Cliffs,
NJ
1977 "Mural", The World Book Encyclopedia, Field Enterprises, Chicago
1975 "Drawing", The World Book Encyclopedia, Field Enterprises, Chicago
1973 "Collage", The World Book Encyclopedia, Field Enterprises, Chicago
1972 "Painting/Materials and Techniques", The World Book Encyclopedia, Field Enterprises, Chicago
1972 Painters Guide to Studio Methods and Materials, Doubleday and Co., New York
1961 The Painter's Companion, A Basic Guide to Studio Methods and Materials, Webb Books,
Cambridge, Hill and Wang, New York (3rd edition 1963)
L E C T U R E S
1987, 1977 "Techniques of the Painter", Yale University
1982 "Painting Techniques and Materials", Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
1978 "Implications of Painting Techniques", Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Conservation
Department
1978 "Painting Methods", Rhode Island School of Design
1978 "Painter's Choice", Rhode Island School of Design
1975 "Painting Media: Comparisons and Contrasts", Maryland Institute College of Art
1975 "Paintings: Planned and Inspired", Amherst College
S E L E C T E D B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"National Academy Elects Eight New Members", Antiques and Arts Weekly, May 14, 2004
"Arts in Brief", The New York Sun", April 12, 2004
"Art Imitating Life", Gloucester Daily Times, Sept. 24, 2003
Evan Ide, Against the Grain: The Second Generation of Boston Expressionists, University of New
Hampshire, 2000
Cate McQuaid, Review, The Boston Globe, May 2, 1996
Joanna Fink, "Reed Kay", (exhibition essay), Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA, 1996
Vivian Spiro, The Future of the Past: Fifteen Contemporary Artist Paint Boston, The Boston
Athenaeum, 1996
Nan Stalnaker, "A Generation's Best: Danforth Honors 14 Veteran Artist", The Tab, Oct. 17, 1995
Meredith Fife Day, "Age of Artistic Integrity", Middlesex News, Oct. 8, 1995
Reed Kay, 1995
Christine Temin, The Boston Globe, March 26, 1991
Joanne Silver, Review, The Boston Herald, Feb. 23, 1990
Mary Sherman,"Reed Kay: Recent Paintings at Alpha Gallery", The Boston Globe, Feb. 15, 1990
David Sanders, "SFA Faculty Practice What They Teach", The World, Oct. 19, 1983
Robert Taylor, "Critics Tip", The Boston Globe Calendar, Oct. 27, 1983
Robert Taylor, "Reed Kay", The Boston Globe, April 16, 1978
Robert Taylor, Review, The Boston Globe, Nov. 22, 1972
Edgar Driscoll, "Reed Kay at Mirski Gallery", The Boston Sunday Globe, Feb. 14, 1965
Jane Holtz Kay, "Reed Kay at Mirski Gallery", Christian Science Monitor, Jan. 21, 1965
Robert Taylor, The Christian Science Monitor, May 31, 1962
Geoffrey Bush, "Reed Kay at Kanegis Gallery", The Sunday Herald, Dec. 2, 1956
Dorothy Adlow, "Reed Kay at Kanegis Gallery", Christian Science Monitor, Nov. 16, 1956
Edgar Driscoll, Review, The Boston Globe, Nov. 4, 1956
A W A R D S
2003 Elected member of the National Academy of Design, New York, NY
1981-82 National Endowment for the Arts, Artist Fellowship Grant
1955 Gorham Press Award
1948 Boit Competitin, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
James William Paige Traveling Fellowship, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Mary Ripley Scholarship, School of the Museum of Fine Arts