Kenny Gray is Director of the Columbus State University Rankin Arts Photography Center, in Columbus, Ga. He is also Program Coordinator for the CSU Digital Photography Certificate Program and an instructor teaching advanced classes. He is a fine-art photographer with over fifty years of experience.
Solo Exhibitions
2015 Kenny Gray: Selected Photographs 1994-2014, CSU Rankin Arts Photography Center, Columbus, GA.
1998 Kenny Gray: Selected Photographs 1978-1998, Lamar Dodd Art Center, LaGrange, Ga.
1985 Brownie Hawkeye: A Photographer's Journal, The Book Trader Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa.
Selected Exhibitions
2014 Plastic Fantastic V, Lightbox Gallery, Astoria, Oregon
2014 Columbus Artists Guild, Illges Gallery, Columbus State University
2014 Desire: Ten Photographers, Columbus State University Rankin Arts Photography Center, Columbus, ga.
2014 Linwood: Twenty Photographers, Columbus State University Rankin Arts Photography Center, Columbus, ga.
2013 Slow Exposures, Concord, Ga.
2013 Columbus Artists Guild, Illges Gallery, Columbus State University
2012 Slow Exposures, Concord, Ga.
2012 Jane Jackson Selects, Atlanta Photography Group, Atlanta, Ga.
2010 Slow Exposures, Concord, Ga.
2009 A Break in the Battle/Tattoo Project, installation in a vacant commercial space on Broadway, Columbus, Ga.
2009 Slow Exposures, Concord, Ga.
2006 Riverfest Fine Art Exhibition, Columbus, Ga.
1999 LaGrange Artists Guild, LaGrange Art Museum, LaGrange, Ga.
1996 LaGrange National Biennial, Lamar Dodd Art Center, LaGrange, Ga.
1984 Photography '85, Abington Arts Center, Jenkintown, Pa.
1984 Philadelphia Photographers, Janvier Gallery, University of Delaware, Newark, New Jersey
1983 The Center of the Eye, Aspen, Colorado
1978 Photography Southeast, Piedmont Arts Festival, Atlanta, Ga.
Selected Awards
2014 Juror's Award: First Place, Plastic Fantastic, International Exhibit, Lightbox Gallery, Astoria, Oregon
2013 Honorable Mention, Slow Exposures, Concord, Ga.
2013 Waverly Hall Art Group Award, Columbus Artists Guild, Illges Gallery, Columbus State University
2010 Honorable Mention, Slow Exposures, Concord, Ga.
2009 Honorable Mention, Slow Exposures, Concord, Ga.
2006 First Place, Riverfest Fine Art Exhibition, Columbus, Ga.
1999 First Place, LaGrange Artists Guild, LaGrange Art Museum, LaGrange, Ga.
1996 Purchase Award, LaGrange National Biennial, Lamar Dodd Art Center, LaGrange, Ga.
1985 Committee Award, Photography '85, Abington Arts Center, Jenkintown, Pa.
1984 Finalist, Challenge Competition, Fleisher Arts Memorial, Philadelphia, Pa.
1982 Honorable Mention, Portfolio Magazine International Competition
Permanent Collections
Columbus State University Archives, Columbus, Ga.
LaGrange Art Museum, LaGrange, Ga.
Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, Ga.
Lamar Dodd Art Center, LaGrange, Ga.
Teaching
2002-Present Columbus State University Rankin Arts Photography Center
1991-2001 Columbus Museum, Columbus, Ga.
1994-98 LaGrange Art Museum, LaGrange, Ga.
1984 Visiting Artist, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, Pa.
1982-85 Wallingford Art Center, Wallingford, Pa.