Ronald Ray Rogers is an internationally recognized studio artist with a Master of Fine Arts in painting and drawing. His work is in public and private collections throughout the United States, and as far away as Great Britain and Australia. His images and writings have been published and presented throughout the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Europe, South Africa, Japan, Eastern Asia, Australia and New Zealand. He has exhibited from California to New York. His art has been used in sets for the movie industry, and in the music industry for a CD cover and music video.
Throughout his life, Ron has made his living as an Artist. In the early Seventies, after finishing a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture and Ceramics, he built a pottery studio in California. For nearly a decade he worked as a potter producing exceptional hand made pottery. In 1984 he sold his pottery and with a close friend opened a very successful print advertising and graphic design studio. In the early ‘90s Ron began painting for enjoyment and personal expression apart from the pressures of the advertising/design world. He found that other people enjoyed his work as well, and received invitations to participate in both private and group shows. With the desire to paint with the greatest degree of professional accomplishment, he returned to school to achieve a Master of Fine Arts in Painting and Drawing. For a number of years, Ron taught painting and drawing as an Adjunct Professor at Utah Valley University. He now works as a full time studio artist and lives on the Central Coast of California. His home and studio are located in an inspiring area of the coastal highlands that is wooded in Oak and Laurel, and overlooks the Pacific Ocean.
International Showings and Publications
2007 Artwork filmed for scene in the movie “I Know Who Killed Me” starring Lindsey Lohan. Released July, 2007
2006 Cover Art on the Jazz Album and in the music video for Tom Zink, Yamaha Records, Released Winter 2007
2005 Artwork filmed for scene in the movie “Prime,” Universal Pictures, Hollywood, California.
2009 DCDHome Park City, Winter/Spring 2009 issue article “Art for Living/Mountain Living”
2008 The San Luis Obispo Tribune, July 20 issue circulation article “Rooted In Trees” By Lee Sutter
2007 Southwest Art Magazine, Article, “Dispatches” by Bonnie Ganglehoff
2007 Southwest Art Magazine, art review
2007 Salt Lake City Magazine, Salt Lake City, Utah, art review
2007 The Park Record, Park City, Utah, show review
2007 Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake Cit y, Utah, show review
2007 Deseret Morning News, Salt Lake City, Utah, show review
2006 San Luis Obispo Tribune, San Luis Obispo, California
2006 Coastal Sourcebook, Dream Spaces, San Luis Obispo, gallery reviews
2006 Park City Magazine, Park City, Utah, review
2006 Salt Lake City Magazine, Salt Lake City, Utah, art review
2006 The Park Record, Park City, Utah, show review
2006 Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake Cit y, Utah, show review
2006 Deseret Morning News, Salt Lake Cit y, Utah, show review
2005 Coastal Sourcebook, Dream Spaces, San Luis Obispo, gallery reviews
2005 Salt Lake City Magazine, Salt Lake City, Utah, art review
2005 Deseret News, Salt Lake City, Utah, show reviews
2005 The Park Record, Park City, Utah, show review
2004 Deseret Morning News, Salt Lake Cit y, Utah, show review
2004 The Park Record, Park City, Utah, show review
Selected Purchases, Collections and Commission:
Coates and Coates, San Luis Obispo, California (Multiple Collection)
Gallery of Modern Art (Museum), Brisbane, Australia (International Collection)
San Luis Ambulance, San Luis Obispo, California (Multiple Collection)
Treehouse Foods, Hinsdale, Illinois (Multiple Collection)
Mountain Dentistry, Park City, Utah (Multiple Collection)
Conscientious Builders, Arroyo Grande, California (Commission and Collection)
Tracy and Frank Mayo Collection, McLain, Virginia (Commission)
Bank of America, San Luis Obispo County, California (Collection)
Rose Cottage, Bellingham, Washington (Collection)
The Stable, Salt Lake City, Utah (Collection)
Garzanetti Collection, Monterey, California
Conrad Collection,
Brophy Collection, Maui, Hawaii
Adams Collection, Cayucos, California (Multiple Collection)
Wilson Company, San Francisco, California (Multiple Collection)
Relevant Experience:
2007-2008 ART INSTRUCTOR, Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, California
2004-2000 ADJUNCT ART PROFESSOR, Utah Valley University, Orem, Utah
2004 ADJUNCT ART PROFESSOR, Merced College, Merced, California
2003-2004 ART INSTRUCTOR, Merced Multicultural Arts, Merced, California
2000-2003 ADJUNCT ART PROFESSOR, Utah Valley University, Orem, Utah
1984-1998 ART DIRECTOR, Rogers & Rogers Advertising, Malibu, California
1974-1984 OWNER – POTTERY STUDIO, Ron Rogers Pottery, Van Nuys, California
