ROY McMAKIN
Born: Lander, Wyoming, 1956
Education: University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA; MFA, 1982
University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA; BA, 1979
Portland Museum of Art School, Portland, OR, 1975-77
Currently lives in Seattle, WA
2008 Solo exhibition, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, New York
2007 A White Table and A Black Table, Each Depicted in Photographs and Sculpture, Quint Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA
2006 Actual, James Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA
Paintings with Chairs and Sculptures of Chairs,
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Roy McMakin, Marc Selwyn/Domestic, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Residential Line, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, New York
Lequita Faye Melvin, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, New York
Roy McMakin: A Slat-back Chair, San Diego State University Art
Art Gallery, San Diego, CA; catalogue
2004 Roy McMakin: Chest, Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
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, WA; catalogue
2003 a bookcase, a sculpture, some drawings and a belt buckle,
James Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA
A Table, Two Chairs, A Small Chest, One Large Painting and Several
Drawings, Quint Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA
2001 Space, Feature Inc., New York, NY
2 to, Quint Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA
2000 When is a door a jar? Marc Foxx, Los Angeles, CA
1999 How Do I Know How You Know?, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA;
brochure
1997 Marc Foxx, Santa Monica , CA
1992 Domestic Furniture: Products & Prototypes of Roy McMakin, Felicita
Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA
1987-1988 Roy McMakin: Domestic Furniture Co. Prototypes (Alcove Series), La Jolla Museum on Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA
1987 Everything: An Exhibition of Surfaces and Containers, Quint Gallery, San
Diego, CA
1986 Tables, Drawings and Photographs, Quint Gallery, San Diego, CA
1982 Inside, Michael Dunsford Gallery, San Diego, CA
A House, Sushi, San Diego, CA
Not Home, Mandeville Annex Gallery, University of California at San
Diego, La Jolla, CA (MFA exhibition)
1981 Supine in the Arroyo (performance), Sushi, San Diego, CA
1980 Built-Ins and Love in a Charles Eames Chair (performance), Sushi, San
Diego, CA
Things from or for Somebody’s Home, Mandeville Annex Gallery,
University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA
2007-2008 Out of this World: Shaker Design Past, Present, and Future, Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, VT; The Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design and Culture, New York, NY
2007 Useless, Project 4, Washington, D.C.
Viewfinder, Henry Art Gallery, Faye G. Allen Center for the Visual
Arts, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
2006 Furnishing Assumptions, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2004-2005 Specific Objects: The Minimalist Influence, Museum of Contemporary
Art, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
2003-2004 Baja to Vancouver: The West coast and Contemporary Art, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle WA; Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, La Jolla, CA; Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia; CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, California College of Arts, San Francisco, CA; catalogue
2003 Fright Wig, Feature Inc., New York NY
Small Scale Sculpture & Anonymous Tantra Paintings on Paper, Feature
Inc., New York NY
Mighty Graphitey, Feature Inc., New York, NY
2001 Best of the Season: Selected Highlights from the 2000-01 Manhattan Exhibition Season, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art,
Ridgefield, CT; catalogue
Contemporary Collectors XVI, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, La Jolla, CA
2000-2001 Against Design, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; traveled to Palm Beach
Institute for Contemporary Art, Lake Worth, FL; Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, La Jolla, CA; Kemper, Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO; catalogue
2000 National Design Triennial: Design Culture Now, Cooper-Hewitt National
Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution; catalogue
Fast Forward: The Shape of Northwest Design, Tacoma Art Museum,
Tacoma, WA
Gallery Artists, Feature Inc., New York, NY
1998 Yoyogaga, Feature Inc., New York, NY
Home Sweet Home, Transamerica Building, San Francisco, CA
1997 Simple Form, Henry Art Gallery, Faye G. Allen Center for the Visual
Arts, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Marc Foxx, Santa Monica, CA
Parameters 8: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA
1986-1987 San Diego Artists in the Permanent Collection (Parameters8), La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art Downtown, San Diego, CA
1986 The RMS Collection, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH
Wood, Quint Gallery, San Diego, CA
1985 A San Diego Exhibition: Forty-Two Emerging Artists, La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA
To the Astonishing Horizon, LAVA (Los Angeles Visual Arts), Los
Angeles, CA
Wood, Quint Gallery, San Diego, CA
1984 Significant Others, Patty Aande Gallery, San Diego, CA
Contextual Furnishings: Isermann, McMakin, Vaughn, Mandeville Annex
Gallery, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Three from Paris, Three from LA, Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1982 Carol Mavor and Roy McMakin, Jewish Community Center Gallery, San
Diego, CA
In progress University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA
In progress 415 Pacific Coast Highway, City of Santa Monica, Santa Monica, CA
In progress Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT
2007 Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
2004 University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
2004 The Henry Art Gallery, Faye G. Allen Center for the Visual Arts, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
2004 Western Bridge, Seattle, WA
2003 West Hollywood Fine Arts Commission (now West Hollywood Arts and Cultural Affairs Commission), West Hollywood, CA
1997 The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA
1995 & 1986 Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, La Jolla, CA
2007
Farr, Sheila. “Olympic Sculpture Park Guide: The Art & Artists.” The Seattle Times, January 14th 2007, p. 5-6
Graves, Jen. “Tic Tac Toe.” The Stranger, February 22nd 2007, p. 29
Hackett, Regina. “Art History Comes Alive on the Waterfront.” Seattle P-I, January 18th 2007, p. F5, F8
Ho, Dorothy. “A Walk in the Park.” Where: Seattle, February 2007, p. 16-17
Young, Paul. “Cottage Industry.” Dwell, February 2007, p. 126-132.
2006
Kennedy, Lisa. “Seattle 100: The People, Places and Things That Define Seattle Design” Seattle Homes & Lifestyles, February 2006, p. 56
Miller, Don R. “The Tension Between Design and Art” Furniture Studio 4: Focus on Materials, 2006, p. 92-103
Viladas, Pilar. “Behind The Green Door” New York Times Style Magazine, Design Spring 2006, p. 144-149
2005
Stadler, Matthew. “Western Bridge” Western Interiors, July/August 2006, p. 85-86, 90.
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.
2001
Best of the Season: Selected Highlights from the 2000–01 Manhattan Exhibition Season (Ridgefield: The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum).
Cotter, Holland. “Art in Review: Roy McMakin.” The New York Times, 16 February, p. E39.
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.
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.
Cutter, Kimberly. “At Sea Level.” Angeleno, March/April, pp. 248-256.
Fortune, Paul. “The Chairmen of Cool.” House & Garden, April.
Fredericksen, Eric. “I LOVE U.” nest, Fall, pp. 140—155.
Hamilton, William L. “New Art’s Interior Motive.” The New York Times, 3 May.
Lamprecht, Barbara. “The Art of Dwelling.” Echoes, Spring, pp. 68—71.
“L.A. Story.” Wallpaper, July, p. 116.
Miller, Sarah Gray. “Form Follows Fun.” Garden Design, October, pp. 52—61.
Milne, Victoria. “Interview: Roy McMakin on The Northwest.” Arcade, Spring, pp. 18—21.
National Design Triennial: Design Culture Now (New York: Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution; and New York: Princeton Architectural Press).
Sozanski, Edward. “Along the Fuzzy Boundary between Art and Design.” The Philadelphia Inquirer, 13 February, p. A11.
1999
Abbott, Denise. “Roy Wonder.” House Beautiful, August, p. 28.
Fredericksen, Eric. “A Home Is Not a House.” The Stranger, 14 January, p. 17.
“Guidance System: Get Away from the Grunge in Seattle.” Wallpaper, March, p. 300.
Hull, Laura. “Los Angeles, CS: Shake, Rattle and Roll.” Metropolitan Home, March/April, p. 42.
Kim, Nancy J. “Wood Worker.” Puget Sound Business Journal, 30 July—5 August, pp. 12—13.
“McMakin Out.” Wallpaper, April, p. 191.
“Take Note: The Word.” Metropolitan Home, March/April, p. 36.
Wilson, Christina B. “Exhibitions.” House Beautiful, June, p. 44.
1998
Cotter, Holland. “Art in Review: Yoyogaga.” The New York Times, 20 November, p. E43.
Duncan, Michael. “Live from the Getty.” Art in America, volume 86, number 5, May, pp. 98—101.
Germany, Lisa. “Arts and Craftsmanship.” House & Garden, January, pp. 76—81.
Rumble, Janet L. “McMakin Waves.” Wallpaper January/February, p. 71.
1997
Darling, Michael. “Domesticating Art,” LA Weekly, 19—25 December, p. 43.
Frank, Peter. “Art Pick of the Week.” LA Weekly, 12—18 December.
Hackett, Regina. “Simplicity Has Become More Complicated.” Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 18 November.
Pagel, David. “Adding a Splash of Fun to Abstraction.” Los Angeles Times, 5 December, p. F22.
Stein, Karen. “Interview: Roy McMakin.” Architectural Record, September, pp. 118—123.
Webb, Michael. “The Getty Center.” Interiors, December, pp. 73—78.
1996
Bernstein, Fred. “Bright Angles.” Metropolitan Home, March/April, pp. 119—121.
Goldberger, Paul. “Frank Israel.” Architectural Digest, December, pp. 156—162.
1995
Polly, John. “Roy McMakin: Archetypecasting.” Genre, February, pp. 36—37.
Schwartz, Bonnie. “The I.D. Forty: Tapping the Collective Unconscious.” I.D., January/February, pp. 62—63.
Stein, Karen. “Family Matters.”Architectural Record, April, pp. 88—91.
Vilades, Pilar. Los Angeles: A Certain Style (San Francisco: Chronicle Books).
1994
Bowles, Hamish. “Back to the Future.” Vogue, April, pp. 385—387.
Giovannini, Joseph. “A Masterpiece of Modesty.” Metropolitan Home, September/October, pp. 90—95.
Helmers, Glenn. “Glamour Gets a Face-lift in Old Hollywood.” Metropolitan Home, November/December, pp. 108—111.
Leatart, Brian. “Objects of Desire.” In Style, February, p. 27.
1993
Bartolucci, Marisa. “Fate-of-the-Earth Furniture.” The New York Times Magazine, 10 October, pp. 11—12.
Brule, Tyler. “Source.” The Advocate, 29 June, p. 73.
“Designs on NY: ICFF.” Metropolitan Home, May/June, p. 18
“Geheim-Adressen.” Schöner Wohnen, July, p. 8.
Landis, Dylan. “The Message Is the Mission.” Metropolitan Home, November/December, pp. 62—67.
Smith, Marguerite T. “Tomorrow’s Heirlooms.” Money, May, p. 175.
1992
Slesin, Suzanne. “These Chairs Were Made for Fun.” The New York Times, 21 May, Home Section, pp. C1, C6.
1991
“It’s Surreal.” Mirabella, December.
Talley, Andre Leon, ed. “LA Al Fresco,” Vogue, June, pp. 186—191.
“Vogue Style: Travel.” Vogue, September, p. 582.
Webb, Michael. “Pure and Simple.” Los Angeles Times Magazine, 11 August, pp. 28—29.
“Wohntrend: Es Werde Schlicht.” Cosmopolitan [Germany], June.
1990
“A West Coast Minimalist Plumps Up.” Metropolitan Home. October, p. 108.
Bussel, Abby. “Review: ICFF 1990.” Progressive Architecture, August, p. 169.
“Next Wave: Do-It-All Designers.” Metropolitan Home, April, p. 164.
Patton, Phil. “This Furniture Will Not Deconstruct.” Esquire, February, p. 26.
Slesin, Suzanne. “Ciao, Milano! Furniture Finds a New World.” The New York Times, 24 May, Home Section, pp. C1, C6.
Whiteson, Leon. “Odd and Ordinary: LA Artist Uses His Magic on Furniture.” Los Angeles Times, 12 January, p. E10.
1989
“Back.” Metropolis, January/February, p. 77.
Chase, John. “Where the Mission Meets the Modern.” Metropolitan Home, August, pp. 100—105.
“Living: Designers Are Now Solidly Behind Wood.” Vogue, January, pp. 103—131.
Pasanella, Marco. “Works in Progress.” Taxi, Summer.
“Roy McMakin.” Taxi, August, pp. 96—97.
1988
“Divan Inspiration.” LA Style, May, p. 6.
“Reborn in the USA.” Metropolitan Home, November, p. 131.
Salvaggio, Denise. “What’s New: Back to Basics Furniture,” Orlando Sentinel, 25 June, p. 15.
Slesin, Suzanne. “Furniture That’s Plain-Spoken.” The New York Times, 2 June, Home Section, pp. C1, C6.
___________. “It’s So Domestic.” Chicago Tribune, 10 July.
1987
Lewinson, David. “Roy McMakin: Emerging.” The Tribune [San Diego], 23 February.
Pincus. Robert L. “Exhibitions Show the Common in Uncommon Ways.” The San Diego Union, 5 February.
“You Heard It Here First.” San Diego Home/Garden, November, p. 11.
1986
McDonald, Robert. “At the Galleries.” Los Angeles Times, 3 January.
___________. “At the Galleries.” Los Angeles Times, 8 August.
___________. “Furniture Waiting For Layer of Life.” Los Angeles Times, 21 June.
McManus, Michael. “The Right Use of Things.” Artweek, 28 June.
Pincus, Robert L. “Furniture Design Stands Out as Art: Roy McMakin Tables Exhibited.” The San Diego Union, 12 June.