Ray Kleinlein is a Nashville based painter represented by galleries in San Francisco, Chicago, Nashville, Columbus, and Sea Island. His work is in hundreds of corporate and private collections throughout the world and in several museum collections in the United States.

His work is exhibited frequently in galleries, museums, and art fairs and has been chosen for juried shows by prominent art figures such as James Demetrion, director of the Hirshhorn Museum, and Peter Schjeldahl, critic for "The New Yorker." Kleinlein has won many awards and grants and his work has been featured in national publications.