Overview
Born in Charlottesville (1938–2014). Worked in New Haven, US.
A student of Abstractionist painter and Bauhaus designer Josef Albers, Reed learned to skilfully mix his own colours, often reflecting his personal experiences in vibrant compositions of geometric form. Reed taught at Yale School of Art from 1969 until his death in 2014 and had a profound influence on future generations of emerging artists, including Stanley Whitney, Tala Madani, Rachel Rose and Tschabalala Self. Despite teaching full-time Reed maintained an active studio practice throughout his life producing a body of work that included paintings, collages, prints and constructions.
