Real name: Ray Edward Johnson

American artist, born 16 October 1927 in Detroit, Michigan, USA, died 13 January 1995 in New York City, New York, USA.

Ray Edward Johnson was a seminal figure of the Pop Art, Fluxus & Mail Art movements. Primarily a collage artist, Johnson was also an early performance and conceptual artist. Once called “New York’s most famous unknown artist", he is considered the “Founding Father of Mail Art" and pioneered the incorporation and use of language in the visual arts.