Ray Beldner

Shaped Collages

About the artist

Ray Beldner is a mixed media artist whose work has been exhibited internationally and

can be found in many private and public collections including the National Portrait Gallery

and the Federal Reserve Board, Washington D.C., the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco,

Oakland Museum of California, 21c Museum, and the Scottsdale Museum of

Contemporary Art, among others.

He was commissioned for public art projects for the cities of San Francisco, San Jose, and

Richmond, California. In addition, he has completed many private and corporate

commissions for the President Hotel, NY, Candler Hotel, Atlanta, the Royal Sonestra

Chicago, Saks Fifth Ave, Bain Capital, and Ryan Associates, San Francisco.

Beldner received a BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute and an MFA from Mills

College in Oakland. He has received numerous awards and fellowships and taught

sculpture and interdisciplinary studies at several Bay Area art colleges and universities.

His work has been reviewed in publications including Art in America, Art on Paper, Wired,

the Boston Globe, the Los Angeles Times, the Village Voice, the International Herald

Tribune and the New York Times.