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BIOGRAPHY – Joe Ray Kelley is a fine arts painter using acrylic and water-soluble oil on canvas; creating a large diversity of subject matter. His work has been well accepted and rewarded in many regional, national and international juried art shows and exhibitions. He accepted an invitation and personally exhibited his work at the 2003 Biennale Internazionalle Dell'Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy, in December of 2003. National and international artist societies have recognized and rewarded his talent with Signature Artist induction. These honors bestowed include the National Oil and Acrylic Painters’ Society (NOAPS), International Society of Acrylic Painters (ISAP) and the National Society of Artists (NSA). The membership committee and Board of Directors of the National Society of Painters in Casein and Acrylic, Inc. unanimously invited him to become an ‘Active Member’ of the Society; active membership is by invitation only. He is a 2009 PaintAmerica TOP 100 award winner. Joe Ray is a Board Member and Honorary Lifetime Member of the National Oil and Acrylic Painters’ Society (NOAPS) and serves as Chairperson for the Signature Artist Guild of (NOAPS). He has been a member of the Kansas City Artists Coalition for several years and is gallery represented by Images Gallery in Overland Park, KS, Gallery on the Greene, Beavercreek, OH, and recently invited to be represented by Eureka Fine Arts in Eureka Springs, AR.