School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, 1946-49, 1941-43 Studied painting with Karl Zerbe Further study in Europe, 1950-51 Elected member of the National Academy of Design, New York, NY, 2003 National Endowment for the Arts, Artist Fellowship Grant, 1981 - 1982 Gorham Press Award, 1955 Boit Competition, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1948 James William Paige Traveling Fellowship, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Mary Ripley Scholarship, School of the Museum of Fine Arts Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA, 2005 Cape Ann Historical Society, Gloucester, MA, 2002 Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA, 2002, 2000, 1996, 1990, 1983, 1978 "Reed Kay: American Painter," Eli Marsh Gallery, Amherst College, Amherst, MA, 1994 Circle Gallery, Washington, D.C., 1986 Boston University Art Gallery, Boston, MA, 1974, 1972, 1969, 1966, 1963, 1956 Colby College Museum of Art, 1976 Boris Mirski Gallery, Boston, MA, 1965, 1964 Kanegis Gallery, Boston, 1956 "The Visionary Decade: New Voices in Art in 19402 Boston," Boston University Art Gallery, Boston, MA, 2002 "Against the Grain: The Second Generation of Boston Expressionism," The Art Gallery, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, 2002 "Altered Streets: Boston Artists Paint Boston," Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA, 1999 "A Salute to Boston," Wiggin Gallery, Boston Public Library, Boston, MA, 1998 "A Future of the Past: Fifteen Contemporary Realists Paint Boston," The Boston Athenaeum, Boston, MA, 1996 "Thirteen Boston Artists," Concord Art Association, Concord, MA, 1995 "Boston's Honored Artists: Still Working," The Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA, 1995 "Structure/Media/Expression," Boston Architectural Center, Boston, MA, 1994 "Small Scale," Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA, 1993 "After 25 Years - A New Beginning," Alpha Gallery, Boston,1992 Federal Reserve Bank Gallery, Boston, MA, 1991 Summer Show, Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA, 1991 DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA, 1987 "Art in Transition," Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, 1977 "A Selection of American Art: The Skowhegan School," Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA, 1976 "Urban Aesthetics," The Queens Museum, NY, 1976 Colby College Museum of Art, 1970 Brockton Art Center, Brockton, MA, 1970 Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA, 1967 American Federation of Arts, 1967 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, NY, 1967, 1965 Smith College Museum of Art, 1965 Boston Arts Festival, 1963, 1957, 1955, 1954, 1952 La Rive Gauche Gallery, 1963 Silvermine Guild of Artists, 1955 Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA, 1952 Beal and Company, Boston Boston Financial Technology, Inc. Boston Public Library Broude & Hocheberg, Boston Cape Ann Historical Museum, Gloucester, MA Danforth Museum Massachusetts Envelope Company National Academy of Design, New York, NY Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA Stephen and Sybil Stone Foundation Welsh and Forbes, Boston, MA Wellington Management, Boston Boston University School of Visual Arts, Instructor, 1956-1968, Professor, 1968-1989 Acting Chairman, Division of Art, 1967, 1968 Wellesley College, Guest Instructor, 1977 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Instructor in Painting, Summers, 1960, 1959, 1958, 1957, 1956, 1955, 1954, 1952 Berkshire Summer School, Instructor in Painting, 1949, 1948 School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Instructor in Painting, 1951-1955 "National Academy Elects Eight New Members," Antiques and Arts Weekly, May 14, 2004 "Arts In Brief," The New York Sun, April 12, 2004 Evan Ide, "Against the Grain: The Second Generation of Boston Expressionists," University of New Hampshire, 2000 Cate McQuaid, Review, The Boston Globe, May 2, 1996 Joanna Fink, "Reed Kay," (exhibition essay), Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA, 1996 Vivian Spiro, "The Future of the Past: Fifteen Contemporary Artists Paint Boston," The Boston Athenaeum, 1996 Nan Stalnaker, "A Generation's Best: Danforth Honors 14 Veteran Artists," The Tab, Oct. 17, 1995 Meredith Fife Day, "Age of Artistic Integrity," Middlesex News, Oct. 8, 1995 Joanne Silver, Review, The Boston Herald, Feb. 23, 1990 Mary Sherman, "Reed Kay: Recent Paintings at Alpha Gallery," The Boston Globe, Feb. 15, 1990 David Sanders, "SFA Faculty Practice What They Teach," The World, Oct. 19, 1983 Robert Taylor, "Critic's Tip," The Boston Globe Calendar, Oct. 27, 1983 Robert Taylor, "Reed Kay," The Boston Sunday Globe, April 16, 1978 Robert Taylor, Review, The Boston Globe, Nov. 22, 1972 Edgar Driscoll, "Reed Kay at Mirski Gallery," The Boston SUnday Globe, Feb. 14, 1965 Jane Holtz Kay, "Reed Kay at Mirski Gallery," Christian Science Monitor, Jan. 21, 1965 Geoffrey Bush, "Reed Kay an Kanegis Gallery," Christian Science Monitor, Dec. 1956 Dorothy Adlow, "Reed Kay at Boston University," Christian Science Monitor, Nov. 16, 1956 Edgar Driscoll, Review, The Boston Globe, Nov. 4, 1956