1970	born in Raleigh, North Carolina
1991- 1995	Winthorp University, Rock Hill, South Carolina
	lives and works Berlin

2010	Kunsthalle Nürnberg (Performance with Mathilde ter Heijne) Double Action, Georg-Kolbe-Museum, Berlin(Performance with Mathilde ter Heijne) Paris-Berlin, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris
2009	Last Call, Wentrup, Berlin
2007	Velvet Rope, Galerie Jan Wentrup, Berlin
2005	Evidence of Adventure, Galerie Jan Wentrup, Berlin
2004	Self Inflicted, Fe Gallery, Pittsburgh
2002	True Crime, The Contemporary Arts Center, Atlanta
1999	Haunted, Chastain Gallery, Atlanta
1998	When Tears Come Down Like Falling Rain, Southern Art in Examination City Gallery East, Atlanta
1997	Departures in Portraiture, Peachtree Lofts Gallery, Atlanta

2009	cargo, Autocenter, Berlin cargo manifest, curated by Anna - Catharina Gebbers, Münchner Opernfestspiele, Under Construction - Container auf dem Marstallplatz, Munich Roots, Wentrup, Berlin Wonderland, Kunsthal KAdE Amersfoort, Amersfoort Berlin-Paris, kamel mennour, Paris Crotla presents, Lothringer 13, Munich
2008	London Calling, Galerie Jan Wentrup –Temporary Space, London Art of drawing, LARMgalleri, Valby
2007	Nicht-Kunst-Sammlungen, Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg  (curated by Anna Catharina Gebbers), (with John Bock, Uwe Henneken, Dorothy Iannone, Anselm Reyle, Thomas Scheibitz, Andreas Slominski, Katja Strunz u.a.)
2006	Through the looking glass, Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zürich Full House -Gesichter einer Sammlung, Kunsthalle Mannheim

 

2010	Berlin People, Jen Ray, Sleek, Spring 2010, page 93 Hendrik Lakeberg, Amazonen mit Knarren in den Händen, Chaos, Krieg und Muscle Cars, Intersection, Summer 2010, page 74 -77 Astrid Mana:Rundgang mit Bügelfalte, artnet.de, February 4, 2010
2009	Julia Reinecke: Amazonen in High Heels, Missy Magazine, Mai 2009, page 102 Fantasy Feminism, Interview with Anka Botzoman, Exberliner, April 09, page 38 When conformity breaks down, Interview with Akiko Watanabe, Lowdown Magazine May/June 2009, pages 50-55. Jen Ray, Frieze Magazine, March 25, 2009 Nackt im Wind, fashionlab.de, March 24, 2009 Die Deutschen mögen's französisch, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, February 7, 2009 Was das Wiesel erzählt, Süddeutsche Zeitung, February 7/8, 2009
2008	Judicael Lavrador & Emmanuelle Lequeux: Á la pointe, Beaux Arts, November 2008, page 75 Belen S. Teira: La reina del Baile/ The dancing queen, Belio magazine, issue 26, April 2008, S. / pages43-52 Chris Sharp, Flash Art, issue 258, January- February 2008, page 82 Elke Buhr: Die Monsterfrauen kommen, Art, issue 2, February 2008, pages 18- 27
2007	Standard, issue 18, 2007, page 50- 53 Ernö Horvath: Große Gespenster von Jen Ray, Die Welt, October 26, 2007 Sleek Magazine, issue 16 Elke Buhr: Amazonen am Horizont, Player, April 2007, page 101- 105
2006	Christian Herchenröder: Störung der Sehgewohnheiten, Handelsblatt/ Kunstmarkt, August 25/ 26/ 27 2006 WeAr Magazine, Illustration, ed. 2002- 2006 Sleek Magazine, Illustration, ed. summer 2006
2005	Drawn Inside, The Felicity R. "Bebe" Benoliel Gallery, Philadelphia Wiebke Hüster: Evel Knievel tanzt heutzutage in der Disco, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung/ Kunstmarkt 12. November 12, 2005 Spex Magazine, Illustration, issue 287, 2005
2004	The Nation Magazine, Illustration, June 2004 Album cover for: Jason Forrest, The Unrelenting Songs of the 1979 Post Disco Crash, Sonic records, ed. spring 2004
2003	Honest Magazine, Illustration, ed. summer 2003. BUST Magazine, Illustration, ed. summer 2003. Album cover for: Donna Summer, The Irregular series, Sonic records, ed. fall 2003

2009	Wonderland - through the looking glass, ed by Kunsthal KAdE Amersfoort, text by Robbert Roos, Amersfoort 2009
2007	Jen Ray, ed. by Galerie Jan Wentrup, Berlin 2007
2006	All Allure, ed. by Robert Klanten, Hendrik Hellige, Sven Ehmann, Berlin 2006