William Denton Ray was born in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1974. Ray is a mixed-media painter and designer working with a variety of mediums.  In 1992 he received a scholarship from the Columbus College of Art and Design where he majored in Advertising Design.  He later transferred to the Herron School of Art and Design where he concentrated on painting and drawing.  He has had solo exhibitions in Indianapolis and Boston as well as numerous group exhibitions throughout the country.  Ray was a 2009 Stutz Residency Award winner and has been involved with several public art projects in Indianapolis.  His artwork is in many private, public and international collections.  He maintains studios at his home and at theHarrison Center for the Arts in downtown Indianapolis.

            William currently works as the In-house Artist / Designer for Sun King Brewery in Indianapolis.  His duties including can design, package design, merch design and curates local art at two Sun King locations.

            Ray’s personal work focuses on mixed media paintings on wood or canvas. He uses primarily brushed-on acrylic paint with additions of spray paint, Chinese marker, paint marker and sometimes collage. The subject matter of William’s work rotates from abstraction to whimsical illustrations to small wood sculptures that are character based evoking human emotions to bold and fun graphic pieces influenced by his profession as a graphic designer. Ray’s passion and dedication to his craft is ever evolving and he is constantly challenging himself to further is knowledge of art and further develop his skillset.