ROY McMAKIN

Born: Lander, Wy., 1956

Education: University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, Calif. M.F.A., 1982
University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, Calif. B.A., 1979
Portland Museum of Art School, Portland, Ore., 1975-77

Currently works and lives in Seattle.


Selected One-Person Exhibitions:

2010
Roy McMakin: When a Chair is not a Chair?, Cristina Grajales Inc., New York
Roy McMakin: In and On, Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, Tex.
Other Chest of Drawers & Other People, Artpace, San Antonio, Tex.

2009
Another Kountry, Established & Sons, London

2008
For, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
Some_Thing, James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, N.Mex.
Purplish, James Harris Gallery, Seattle

2007
A Breadbox and Mug, Each Depicted in Sculpture and Photography, Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, Tex.
A White Table and A Black Table, Each Depicted in Photographs and Sculpture, Quint Contemporary Art, La Jolla, Calif.

2006
Actual, James Harris Gallery, Seattle
Paintings with Chairs and Sculptures of Chairs, Portland Art Museum, Portland, Ore.
Roy McMakin, Marc Selwyn/Domestic, Los Angeles

2005
Residential Line, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
Lequita Faye Melvin, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
Roy McMakin: A Slat-back Chair, University Art Gallery, San Diego State University, San Diego, Calif. (catalogue)

2004
Roy McMakin: Chest, Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles

2003
A Door Meant as Adornment, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. Traveled to Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle (catalogue)
A Bookcase, A Sculpture, Some Drawings and A Belt Buckle, James Harris Gallery, Seattle
A Table, Two Chairs, A Small Chest, One Large Painting and Several Drawings, Quint Contemporary Art, La Jolla, Calif.

2002
Roy McMakin, Feature Inc., New York

2001
Space, Feature Inc., New York
2 to, Quint Contemporary Art, La Jolla, Calif.

2000
When Is A Door A Jar?, Marc Foxx, Los Angeles

1999
How Do I Know How You Know?, Seattle Art Museum (brochure)

1997
Roy McMakin, Marc Foxx, Santa Monica, Calif.

1992
Domestic Furniture: Products & Prototypes of Roy McMakin, Felicita Center for the Arts, Escondido, Calif.

1987
Roy McMakin: Domestic Furniture Co. Prototypes (Alcove Series), La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, Calif.
Everything: An Exhibition of Surfaces and Containers, Quint Gallery, San Diego, Calif.

1986
Tables, Drawings and Photographs, Quint Gallery, San Diego, Calif.

1982
Inside, Michael Dunsford Gallery, San Diego, Calif.
A House, Sushi, San Diego, Calif.
Not Home, Mandeville Annex Gallery, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, Calif.

1981
Supine in the Arroyo, Sushi, San Diego, Calif.

1980
Built-Ins and Love in a Charles Eames Chair, Sushi, San Diego, Calif.
Things from or for Somebody's Home, Mandeville Annex Gallery, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, Calif.


Selected Group Exhibitions:

2012
Dissecting Nature, Quint Contemporary Art, La Jolla, Calif.

2011
Light in Darkness, Western Bridge, Seattle

2010
Design Miami/Basel 2010, Messe Basel, Basel, Switzerland
DOUBLE UP DOUBLE UP—A Group Exhibition, Quint Contemporary Art, La Jolla, Calif.
Pleasure Point: Celebrating 25 Years of Contemporary Collectors, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, La Jolla, Calif.

2009
Quint: Three Decades of Contemporary Art, California center for the Arts Museum, Escondido, Calif.

2008
Shaker Design: Out of this World, Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, Vt. Traveled to the Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design and Culture, New York

2007
As It Seems, Susan Hobbs Gallery, Toronto
Useless, Project 4 gallery, Washington, D.C.
Viewfinder, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle

2006
Furnishing Assumptions, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco

2005
Specific Objects: The Minimalist Influence, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, La Jolla, Calif.

2004
Baja to Vancouver: The West coast and Contemporary Art, Seattle Art Museum. Traveled to Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, La Jolla, Calif.; Vancouver Art Gallery; CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco (catalogue)

2003
Fright Wig, Feature Inc., New York
Small Scale Sculpture & Anonymous Tantra Paintings on Paper, Feature Inc., New York
Mighty Graphitey, Feature Inc., New York

2001
Best of the Season: Selected Highlights from the 2000-01 Manhattan Exhibition Season, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Conn (catalogue)
Contemporary Collectors XVI, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, La Jolla, Calif.

2000
Against Design, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Traveled to Palm Beach Institute for Contemporary Art, Lake Worth, Fla.; Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, La Jolla, Calif.; Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Mo. (catalogue)

2000
National Design Triennial: Design Culture Now, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, New York (catalogue)
Fast Forward: The Shape of Northwest Design, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Wash.
Gallery Artists, Feature Inc., New York

1998
Yoyogaga, Feature Inc., New York
Home Sweet Home, Transamerica Building, San Francisco

1997
Simple Form, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle. Traveled to Marc Foxx, Santa Monica, Calif.

1987
Selections from the Permanent Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art Downtown, San Diego, Calif.

1986
The RMS Collection, Cincinnati Art Museum

1985
A San Diego Exhibition: Forty-Two Emerging Artists, La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, Calif.
To the Astonishing Horizon, LAVA (Los Angeles Visual Arts), Los Angeles
Wood, Quint Gallery, San Diego, Calif.

1984
Significant Others, Patty Aande Gallery, San Diego, Calif.
Contextual Furnishings: Isermann, McMakin, Vaughn, Mandeville Annex Gallery, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, Calif.
Three from Paris, Three from LA, Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, Calif.

1982
Carol Mavor and Roy McMakin, Jewish Community Center Gallery, San Diego, Calif.