Paul Ré (pronounced Ray) was born in 1950 in Albuquerque, NM where he still resides. He earned a Bachelor’s Degree in physics with high honors from Caltech in 1972; this has served him well as an artist expressing the beauty of science. Paul has been acclaimed by art critics as "a virtuoso of the pencil" for his art of "quiet greatness and noble simplicity." In 13 states, he has had 22 solo exhibits including those at the UNM Jonson Gallery, Albuquerque Museum, Triangle Gallery, Wichita Museum, Sumter Gallery, J. B. Speed Museum, the Colorado Springs Museum and the Karpeles Museum. His traveling exhibition of TOUCHABLE ART FOR THE BLIND AND SIGHTED has been shown 18 times in North America. A documentary film on his Touchable Art was produced by SCETV in 1990 and a companion book was created. He is now making a second tactile exhibit, INSPIRED BY NATURE, which is dedicated to environmental conservation. In 1993, his monograph THE DANCE OF THE PENCIL: Serene Art by Paul Ré was published. The Journal of the Print World reviewed it as "one of the outstanding art books of the year." His writings appear in Leonardo 13, 14 and 15, SPIRIT OF ENTERPRISE: The 1990 Rolex Awards, The Journal of Visual Impairment, New America, La Mamelle and Design Journal. He is prominently included in Contemporary Graphic Artists, Great Minds of the 21st Century and Greatest Geniuses plus many other reference volumes worldwide. Also an accomplished guitarist, poet and humorist he is editing his collected poems THE IRIS BALLET and compiling his 48 volumes of aphorisms and micro–essays into THE RéCYCLED DICTIONARY. He greatly enjoys walking and meditating in nature.

Paul has received many awards including the top honors in International Science Fairs, Wurlitzer Foundation Residencies, the World Lifetime Achievement Award, Great Minds Hall of Fame, the International Peace Prize and Da Vinci Laureate. Named to The Global 100, he has been cited for "Universal Art that Transcends" and "Serene Art that Elevates and Unites." Extending his decades of work promoting harmony in the world, the Paul Bartlett Ré Peace Prize has been established at the University of New Mexico. Beyond the joy of doing the art itself, Paul's greatest reward is when people are moved by his work toward peace and fulfillment.

Additional reference materials about Paul Ré may be found in Contemporary Graphic Artists III, Great Minds of the 21st Century, Greatest Geniuses of the 21st Century, Who’s Who in American Art, Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in the World, Biographical Encyclopedia of American Painters, Sculptors and Engravers – Colonial to 2002, Mentoring for the Future – NASA ISEF Award Winners 1961-1994, International Directory of Experts, Great Lives of the 21st Century, Dictionary of International Biography, 2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century and The Cambridge Bluebook, plus 500 Great Leaders and International Profiles of Accomplished Leaders.

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