American artist Raymond Saunders studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the Barnes Foundation, the Carnegie Institute of Technology, and California College of the Arts. The recipient of numerous awards, Saunders’ work can be found in major public collections including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He teaches at California College of the Arts and is Professor Emeritus at Cal State East Bay in Hayward.