Artworks by Roy McMakin at Garth Greenan Gallery on artnet

Roy McMakin

(American, born 1956)

Roy McMakin

Untitled (table with base), 2005

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Roy McMakin

Untitled, 2005

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Roy McMakin

Untitled (a table that looks like a sculpture), 2016

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Roy McMakin

Chest of Drawers with Table, 2016

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Roy McMakin

Shelving Unit with Drop-Leaf Table, 2016

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Roy McMakin

Four Green Tables (one to be used in my new home, one to be sold by a gallery and used as a table in the purchaser's home, one to be acquired by an institution to be conserved in original condition, one to be donated anonymously to a thrift store), 2016

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Biography

Timeline

1975 - 1977: Portland Art Museum School (now Pacific Northwest College of Art), Portland, Oregon
1979: Bachelor of Arts; University of California, San Diego; La Jolla, California
1982: Master of Fine Arts; University of California, San Diego; La Jolla, California

Exhibitions

2005: Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, New York (solo)
: Roy McMakin: A Slat-back Chair, University Art Gallery, San Diego State University, San Diego, California; catalogue (solo)
2004 - 2005: Specific Objects: The Minimalist Influence, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, La Jolla, California
2004: Roy McMakin: Chest, Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles, California (solo)
2003 - 2004: A Door Meant as Adornment, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California;
Traveled to Henry Art Gallery, Faye G. Allen Center for the Visual Arts, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; catalogue (solo)
: Baja to Vancouver: The West Coast and Contemporary Art, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington; Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, La Jolla, California; Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia; CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, California; catalogue
: A Table, Two Chairs, A Small Chest, One Large Painting and Several Drawings, Quint Contemporary Art, La Jolla, California (solo)
: a bookcase, a sculpture, some drawings and a belt buckle, James Harris Gallery, Seattle, Washington (solo)
: Mighty Graphitey, Feature Inc., New York, New York
: Small Scale Sculpture & Anonymous Tantra Paintings on Paper,Feature Inc., New York, New York
2003: Fright Wig, Feature Inc., New York, New York
2001: Space, Feature Inc., New York, New York (solo)
: 2 to, Quint Contemporary Art, La Jolla, California (solo)
: Best of the Season: Selected Highlights from the 2000–01 Manhattan Exhibition Season, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut; catalogue
: Contemporary Collectors XVI, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, La Jolla, California
2000 - 2001: Against Design, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; traveled to Palm Beach Institute for Contemporary Art, Lake Worth, Florida; Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, La Jolla, California; Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri; catalogue
: Fast Forward: The Shape of Northwest Design, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington
: When is a door a jar?, Marc Foxx, Los Angeles, California (solo)
2000: Design Culture Now: National Design Triennial, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, New York, New York; catalogue
1999: How Do I Know How You Know?, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington; brochure (solo)
: Feature Inc., New York, New York
1998: Yoyogaga, Feature Inc., New York, New York
: Home Sweet Home, Transamerica Building, San Francisco, California
1997: Marc Foxx, Santa Monica, California
: Marc Foxx, Santa Monica, California (solo)
1992: Domestic Furniture: Products & Prototypes of Roy McMakin, Felicita Center for the Arts, Escondido, California (solo)
1987 - 1988: Roy McMakin: Domestic Furniture Co. Prototypes (Alcove Series), La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, California (solo)
1987: Everything: An Exhibition of Surfaces and Containers, Quint Gallery, San Diego, California (solo)
1986 - 1987: San Diego Artists in the Permanent Collection (Parameters 8), La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art Downtown, San Diego, California
1986: The RMS Collection, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio
: Tables, Drawings and Photographs, Quint Gallery, San Diego, California (solo)
1985: A San Diego Exhibition: Forty-Two Emerging Artists, La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, California
1984: Significant Others, Patty Aande Gallery, San Diego, California
1982: Carol Mavor and Roy McMakin, Jewish Community Center Gallery, San Diego, California
: Inside, Michael Dunsford Gallery, San Diego, California (solo)
1981: Supine in the Arroyo (performance), Sushi, San Diego, California (solo)
1980: Built-Ins and Love in a Charles Eames Chair (performance), Sushi, San Diego, California (solo)

Literature

2004: Elfline, Ross K. “Reviews: What’s the Use?” Art Journal, Spring, Reviews Section begins p. 87
2003: Baja to Vancouver: The West Coast and Contemporary Art (La Jolla: Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego; San Francisco: CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, California College of the Arts; Seattle: Seattle Art Museum; and Vancouver: Vancouver Art Gallery).
: Darling, Michael. Roy McMakin: A Door Meant as Adornment (Los Angeles: The Museum of Contemporary Art).
: Freudenheim, Susan. “Design, Art and Fun.” Los Angeles Times, 16 March, p. E43.
: Hall, Emily. “Big Drawers: Sometimes a Bookcase Is Just a Bookcase. Not Here.” The Stranger.com, 6–12 November
: Pagel, David. “At Home in Two Worlds.”Los Angeles Times, 29 April, p. E3.
: Smith, Roberta. “Art in Review: Mighty Graphitey.” The New York Times, 8 August, p. E31.
2002: Abramovitch, Ingrid. “The Trickster.” House & Garden, February, pp. 74–81.
: Streitfeld, L.P. “Best of the Season.” NY Arts, January, p. 82
: Vilades, Pilar. “This Is Not a Dresser.” The New York Times Magazine,, 14 January, pp. 39—45.
: Webb, Michael. “Domestic Twist: Designer Roy McMakin Adds a Playful Spin to Eclectic Chairs and Open Spaces.” Los Angeles Times Magazine, 15 July, pp. 24—30.
2001: Best of the Season: Selected Highlights from the 2000–2001 Manhattan Exhibition Season (Ridgefield: The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum).
: Cotter, Holland. “Art in Review: Roy McMakin.” The New York Times, 16 February, p. E39.
2000: “21 Visionaries for the 21st Century,” Seattle Homes & Lifestyles, January/February, p. 65.
: Against Design (Philadelphia: Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania).
: Albert, Fred. “Great Expectations.” Seattle Homes & Lifestyles, May/June, pp. 75—77.
: Cabra, Raul and Dung Ngo, eds. American Contemporary Furniture, (New York: Universe Publishing), pp. 181—183.
: Cash, Stephanie. “Sleeker, Thinner, Sexier—National Design Triennial: Design Culture Now,” Art in America, July.
1999: “Guidance System: Get Away from the Grunge in Seattle,” Wallpaper, March, p. 300.
: Abbott, Denise. “Roy Wonder.” House Beautiful, August, p. 28.
1998: Cotter, Holland. “Art in Review: Yoyogaga.” The New York Times, 20 November, p. E43.
1997: Darling, Michael. “Domesticating Art,” LA Weekly, 19–25 December, p. 43.
1996: Goldberger, Paul. “Frank Israel.” Architectural Digest, December, pp. 156–162.
1995: Stein, Karen. “Family Matters. ”Architectural Record April, pp. 88—91.
1994: Bowles, Hamish. “Back to the Future.” Vogue, April, pp. 385–387
1993: Smith, Marguerite T. “Tomorrow’s Heirlooms.” Money, May, p. 175.

Roy McMakin

(American, born 1956)

Roy McMakin

Roy McMakin

Roy McMakin

Roy McMakin

Roy McMakin

Roy McMakin

Biography

Timeline

Exhibitions

Literature

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