Ron Leax 

Education

• 1969 Brown University, Providence, RI, B.A.
• 1980 Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI, M.F.A.

Grants and Awards

• 1996 Cite International des Arts, Residency, Paris, France
• 1995 Howard Fellowship Finalist, Brown University, Providence, RI
• 1992 Visual Artist Sea Grant, National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration, administered by the University of Rhode Island
• 1990 Missouri Visual Artist Biennial Award, Missouri Arts Commission Awards in the Visual Arts Nominee, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art
• 1986 Creative Artists Grant, Michigan Council for the Arts
• 1984 Creative Artists Grant, Michigan Council for the Arts
• 1983 Mellon Foundation Grant
• 1982 Artist-in-Residence Grant, Michigan Council for the Arts
• 1981 Artist-in-Residence Grant, Michigan Council for the Arts
• 1980 Artist-in-Residence Grant, Michigan Council for the Arts
• 1974 Blanche E. Colman Foundation, Grant for Creative Research

One and Two Artist Exhibitions

• 1997 “Strange Attractions,” Revolution: A Gallery Project, Detroit, MI
• 1993 Ontological Library, Chapters 1-22, Forum for Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO
  Ronald Leax and Jane Lander Birdsall, Kansas City Writers Center, Kansas City, MO
  The Mind Is A Muscle, Ronald Leax and Celeste Roberge, Farnsworth Museum, Rockland, ME (catalog)
• 1992 Ontological lIbrary, Chapter Six, College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME
• 1991 Tidebrook Project, Tidebrook Conservation Trust, South Freeport, ME
  Ontological Library, Maine Coast Artist Gallery, Rockport, ME
  Ontological Library, Chapter Four, Benton Park Gallery, St. Louis, MO
  Oasis, John Burroughs School, St. Louis, MO
• 1990 Sculpture & Drawings, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
• 1989 Corporeal/Conceptual Curiosities, Benton Park Gallery, St. Louis, MO
  Universe Drawing, Nevertheless Press Gallery, St. Louis, MO
• 1988 Time Stratigraphic Relationships, Benton Park Gallery, St. Louis, MO
• 1987 Zoofari Project, St. Louis Zoo, St. Louis, MO
• 1986 Hill Gallery, Birmingham, MI, Duets, Ronald Leax and Carol Jurgens, Buckham Fine Arts Center, Flint, MI
• 1985 Hill Gallery, Birmingham, MI, Science, Image, Metaphor: Ronald Leax / Marvin Lowe, Center Court Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN