Biography
Ray Seebeck is an artist & publisher currently living in the Detroit, Michigan area. They were born in Richmond, Virginia, but were raised in Chicago, Illinois where they later went to study Print Media and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) in 2018. After a few years working in law post-graduation while also continuing their art practice, they moved to New York to attend The New School. It was during this time they started publishing and later started their independent biennial art publication, Magazine TM in 2021 before graduating with a Master of Science (MS) that December. Afterwards, they moved back to Chicago to work as a legal tech trainer while setting up their studio at Free Range (est. 2013) artist studio in Albany Park. During a three year period they made over 50 woodcuts and two releases of their magazine. Their work can be found at a few collections including the Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection and the Samir Husni Magazine Collection at the University of Missouri. They are currently an MFA student in Print Media (2027) at Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.