Joe Ray

Joe is a visual artist (painter, printmaker, sculptor) as well as a creative director, illustrator living in Scottsdale. His work reflects a colorful bi-cultural perspective formed by the Arizona and Mexico regions.

His work has been in a variety of exhibits and publications throughout the U.S. and Mexico. Joe’s work evokes color and passion, much of his subject matter includes Corazones (hearts), which are filled with love, lust, passion and emotion. Joe’s work also includes Angels which are healers and protectors, as well as voluptuous Desert Sirenas, and the occasional masked Luchador.

In addition to being a visual artist, Joe is a speaker/presenter, and storyteller. His presentation topics at regional and national conferences include art, design, branding, Latino consumers, creative development, content creation, and community activism. Joe includes the art of storytelling into his topics to create word pictures and a sense of place and emotion for the audience.

Joe teaches workshops and classes in mixed media and monoprinting. These classes are for adults 18 and over.

He is a long-time artist member of Xico, Arte y Cultura, located in downtown Phoenix. His work can be seen here. 

Locally, Joe is represented by Royse Contemporary in Scottsdale: https://www.roysecontemporary.com

Joe was born in San Luis, R.C., Sonora, Mexico and grew up in western Arizona on the Colorado River Indian Tribes (CRIT) Reservation in Poston, Arizona.

More about Joe and his art can be found at www.joeray.com