Ray Pierotti,
artist/composer (recently release a DVD "Gateways tO the Divine" 1 hr)

BRIEF NARRATIVE BIOGRAPHY

1932-1963 Born in Bountiful, Utah and educated in the Davis County public schools,Pierotti evidenced, early in life, musical and visual artistic gifts. Following graduation from High School he entered the military and served two years in Korea and Japan. The experience informed his early artistic sensibilities. Following the service he moved to France where he worked and completed his first undergraduate degree at La Sorbonne after which he returned to his native Utah and completed a B.F.A, and M.M. at the University of Utah.

1963-1977 Moved to New York City where he supported his career as a painter by teaching at the New York School of Visual Arts, Assistant Director of the American Craft Museum and Director of national programs for the American Craft Council. Had his first solo exhibitions in New York’s Sawdust Gallery followed by exhibitions at the South Carolina Museum of Art, the Hunter Museum of Art, the Fine Arts Museum at the University of Idaho plus inclusion in numerous group shows throughout the USA.

1977-1987 Accepted the directorship of The Arrowmont School, coupled with an associate professorship at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. His exhibition schedule included the University of the South, Fairfax Art Academy, Morristown Art Center and numerous solo exhibitions in private galleries. He was invited to open up and direct the Sawtooth
School of Visual Arts in Winston-Salem with solo exhibitions at the
Southeaster Center for Contemporary Art, the Greenhill Center for the Arts along with additional solo and group exhibitions throughout the Southeast.

1987-present Invited to open the Hambidge Center for Creative Arts in North Georgia he moved his studio to Atlanta where he currently resides. His list of solo exhibitions in private galleries and museums along with corporate and public commissions has led to a successful career as an independent studio artist. He is catalogued in the Archives of American Art and listed in Who’s Who in International Art & Design. He has served as
art consultant to numerous arts councils and completed several tours fot the International Executive Service Corp as consultant. His paintings are included in over 290 Corporate, Private and Public collections throughout the USA, South America, Europe and the Far East. He currently resides in Shellman, Ga where with his life partner is developing an Art and Healing Center. He is a full time professional studio artist.