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Roy De Forest

(American, 1930–2007)

tropic of capricorn by roy de forest

Roy De Forest

Tropic of Capricorn, 1999–2000

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Biography

Timeline

1930
Born in North Platte, NE
1950 - 1952
Studied at California School of Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA
1953
Received B.A., San Francisco State College, San Francisco, CA
1958
Received M.A., San Francisco State College, San Francisco, CA
2007
Died in Port Costa, CA

Exhibitions

2017
Roy De Forest Selected Exhibitions in 2017:
Man of Our Times: Drawings by Roy De Forest, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, California(solo exhibition)
Of Dogs and Other People: The Art of Roy De Forest, Oakland Museum of California(solo exhibition)
Civic Art Collection in Focus: Roy De Forest, San Francisco Arts Commission Main Gallery, San Francisco, California(solo exhibition)
Genesis Belanger, Melissa Brown, Roy De Forest, Mimi Gross, curated by Dan Nadel, Derek Eller Gallery, New York City
2016
Roy De Forest Selected Exhibitions in 2016:
Mustard Road, The Battery SF, San Francisco, CA
The Butterfly Effect: Art in 1970s California, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA
2015
Roy De Forest Selected Exhibitions in 2015:
Let Sleeping Dogs Lie, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, California(solo exhibition)
What Nerve! Alternative Figures in American Art, 1960 to the Present, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, NY
2014
Roy De Forest Selected Exhibitions in 2014:
What Nerve! Alternative Figures in American Art, 1960 to the Present, RISD Museum, Providence, RI
Fertile Ground, Art and Community in California, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
2013
Roy De Forest Selected Exhibitions in 2013:
Roy De Forest: A Simple Life, George Adams Gallery, New York city(solo exhibition)
2009
Roy De Forest Selected Exhibitions in 2009:
Painting the Big Painting, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, California(solo exhibition)
Roy De Forest Selected Exhibitions in 2009:
Painting the Big Painting, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, California(solo exhibition)
Roy De Forest Selected Exhibitions in 2008:
Roy De Forest: A Memorial Exhibition, George Adams Gallery, New York City(solo exhibition)
2008
Roy De Forest Selected Exhibitions in 2008:
Roy De Forest: A Memorial Exhibition, George Adams Gallery, New York City(solo exhibition)
2007
Roy De Forest Selected Exhibitions in 2007:
REMIX, One Post Street, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, California
Roy De Forest, Gerald Walburg, Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento, CA

Public Collections

Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Anderson Collection at Stanford University, CA
Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe
Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock
Art Institute of Chicago, IL
Berkeley Art Museum, University of California
Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY
California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University, CA
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
City and County of San Francisco
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
Denver Art Museum, CO
Des Moines Art Center, IA
di Rosa, Napa, CA
Eiteljorg Museum of American Indian and Western Art, Indianapolis, IN
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Fralin Museum of Art at The University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
Honolulu Museum of Art, HI
Hyde Collection, Glen Falls, NY
Indianapolis Museum of Art, IN
Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, University of California, Davis
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene
Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE
Kemper Art Museum, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, WI
Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, NY
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN
Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, CA
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Oakland Museum of California
Palm Springs Art Museum, CA
Palmer Museum of Art at Pennsylvania State University, State College
Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA
Portland Art Museum, OR
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA
San Jose Museum of Art, CA
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, CA
Seattle Art Museum, WA
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence
University Museum of Contemporary Art, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
University of Michigan Art Museum, Ann Arbor, MI
University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque
Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
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