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Barry McGee

Born in San Francisco 1966
Lives and works in San Francisco

Education

1991
  • B.F.A. Painting & Printmaking, San Francisco Art Institute

Solo Exhibitions

2008
  • A Moment for Reflection – New Work by Lydia Fong, Ratio 3, San Francisco
  • They Don’t Make this Anymore, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead
  • Barry McGee & Clare Rojas, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside
2007
  • The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
  • Butler Gallery, Kilkenney Castle, Ireland
  • Redcat Gallery, Los Angeles
2006
  • We Have a Friend in Common, Nicolai Wallner Gallery, Copenhagen
  • The Art of Robert Pimple, Paule Anglim Gallery, San Francisco
2005
  • Easy Tonto, Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London
  • One More Thing, Deitch Projects, New York
  • John Kaldor Art Projects, Metropolitan Meat Market, Melbourne
  • Things Are Really Getting Better, Museum Het Domein, Sittard
2004
  • Meat Market Gallery, Melbourne
  • Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Boston
  • John Kaldor Projects, Sydney
2002
  • Prada Foundation, Milan
  • Modern Art, London
  • Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco
2000
  • UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
1999
  • Hoss, Rice Universtiy Art Gallery, Houston
  • The Buddy System, Deitch Projects, New York
1998
  • Regards, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
1995
  • Installation, Art & Design Studio/ K&T Lionheart LTD, Boston
1994
  • Installation, Center for the Arts Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco
1993
  • Installation, Museum Laser Segall, Sao Paulo

Group Exhibitions

2008
  • Len Lye : A Colour Box, Arcade Fine Arts, London
  • Dripsy, Galerie Olivier Robert, Paris
  • Life on Mars, the 55th Carnegie International, Pittsburgh
2007
  • Alpha, Ratio 3, San Francisco
  • EUPHORION, Pierogi Gallery, Leipzig
  • Kinky Sex (Makes the World Go ‘Round, Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery, Los Angeles
2006
  • Meditations In An Emergency, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Michigan
  • Spank the Monkey, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead
  • Summer Show, Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London
2005
  • On Line, The Louisiana Museum, Copenhagen
2004
  • Monument to Now, The Dakis Joannou Collection, Athens
  • Beautiful Losers, The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinatti
2002
  • Liverpool Biennale, Liverpool
  • Drawing Now, Museum of Modern Art, New York
2001
  • Holdfast, Barry McGee & Margaret Kilgallen, Deste Foundation Centre for Contemporary Art, Athens
  • Un Art Populaire, Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris
  • Widely Unknown, Deitch Projects, New York
  • Venice Biennial, Venice
2000
  • Street Market, Parco Gallery, Tokyo
  • Street Market, Deitch Projects, New York
  • Indelible Market, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia
1998
  • Art From Around the Bay, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco
1997
  • Drawing Installation-Galerie Tanya Rumpff, Harlem
  • Drawing Today, San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco
  • John Bergruen Gallery, San Francisco
1996
  • SECA Art Award, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco
  • WAVEFORMS, Santa Cruz
  • Figureheads & Red Herrings, Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles
  • Acme Custom, Acme Gallery, San Francisco
  • Wall Drawings, The Drawing Center, New York
  • City Folk, Holly Solomon Gallery, New York
1995
  • Degenerate Art, The Lab, San Francisco
  • Post No Bills, Acme Gallery, San Francisco
  • Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland
  • Missed Connections, Market Street Installation, Luggage Store/509 Cultural Center Annex, San Francisco
  • Installation, Street Art Exhibition, Los Angeles
  • The Library, New Langton Arts, San Francisco
  • Big Jesus Trash Can, Victoria Room, San Francisco
1993
  • Twelve Bay Area Painters: The Eureka Fellowship Winners, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose
  • Texture of Nature, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley
  • Folklore, Luggage Store, 509 Cultural Center, San Francisco
  • Installation, La Raza Graphics Center, San Francisco
1992
  • U.C. Santa Cruz, Mary Porter Sesnon Gallery, Santa Cruz
1991
  • Wet Paint, Southern Exposure, San Francisco
  • 3/Play, Southern Exposure, San Francisco
  • Installation, Diego Rivera Galley, San Francisco
  • Wall of Resistance, Wall of Shame, UC Berkeley, Berkeley
  • Art Against the War. A.T.A. Gallery, San Francisco
  • Multicultural Show, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco

Selected Bibliography

2008
  • Gateshead: Barry McGee, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, The Art Newspaper, March, p. 53
  • Barry McGee, MUSAC, Volume II, p. 318-321
2007
  • Sarica, Frederico. Don’t Stop: Dumbo and Barry McGee in Conversation, Mousse, September-November, p. 83-85
2006
  • La ley de la calle se impone en ARCO, que tira de artistas urbanos, de spray y de graffity, El Pais, February 11, p. 60
  • Azkarraga, Joseba. Punto de Mira, La Razon, February 10, p. 3
  • Torres, G. David. The Power of Urban Art, ABCDARCO, February 12, p. 13
  • Virus, El Zirus. _One More Thing, Series B, p. 78-81
  • Fallah, Amir H. Barry McGee, Beautiful Decay, December 2006, p. 90-98
2005
  • Things are Really Getting Better, Museum Het Domein Sittard
  • Kold, Anders. Noget tegner sig, Louisana Magasin, November, p. 34
  • Mendelsohn, Adam E. Review, Time Out New York, July 14
  • Steyck, C.R. One More Thing, Juxtapoz, Fall special
  • Deitch Projects, Artnews, October, p. 164
  • Beck, Olly. Nightmare on Vyner Street, The Critical Friend, p. 6-9
  • Deitch Projects, The New Yorker, July
  • Smith, Roberta. Urban Outsider Artists Evoke Society’s Margins, The New York Times, August 3
  • Lack, Jessica. Riot On An Empty Street, i-D, September
  • Johnson, Dominic. Review, frieze, September
  • J.L. The Guide, Guardian, September 17, p. 37
  • Heuer, Megan. Barry McGee: One More Thing, The Brooklyn Rail, July/August
2004
  • Barry McGee, Rose Art Museum of Brandeis University
  • Safe, Georgina. From a Different Cloth, The Weekend Australian, October 30-31
  • Perez, Christopher. Review, Contemporary
  • Barclay, Alison. Just Spraying Alive, Herald Sun, October 26
  • Roberts, Jo. How’s this for a Twist?, the Age, October 27, pg. 73
  • Pheasant, Bill. Melbourne’s Meat Market a Work for Modern Art, The Australian Financial Review, October 28, pg. 48
  • Prada, Progetto. Fondazione Prada, Milan
  • Bennett, Oliver. The Quality of Mersey, The Observer Review, September 15
2002
  • Mandrini, Riccarda. Street Art, L’Uomo Vogue, August
  • Baker, Alex. Stickers, Street Markets, Fantasy Folks Ruminations from Philadelphia, Tokyo, May/June
  • Joo, Eungie, The New Folk, Flash Art, May/June
  • Helfand, Glen. Barry McGee, Artforum.com, May 16
  • Giovannini, Stefano. Talent Show, Nylon, February
  • Heartney, Eleanor. Speaking for Themselves, Art in America, February, p. 53-55
  • Joo, Eungie. The New Folk, Flash Art, May/June
  • Powers, Bill. Quiet! Dad is Dusting His G.I Joes, The New York Times, December 30
  • Smith, Roberta. Widely Unknown, The New York Times, December 14
2001
  • Aletti, Vince. Top 10 of 2001, ArtForum, December
  • Juxtapoz, September/October, p. 6
  • Schmidt, Jason. The Venice Biennale, V Magazine, September/October
  • Birnbaum, Daniel. More is Less, ArtForum, September, p. 55-57
  • Cohen, Michael. Street Market, Flash Art, January/February
  • Strength, March
  • Amos, Sandy. Street Market, zingmagazine
  • Valdez, Sarah. Street Market at Deitch Projects, Art in America, December
  • Avgikos, Jan. Street Market, ArtForum, December
  • Oliver, Suzanne. Bombs Away, The Face, November, p. 50
  • Yablonsky, Linda. Street Market, Time Out New York, November 2-9
2000
  • Street Market exhibition catalogue, Japan: Little More Publishers
  • Baker, Alex. Indelible Market exhibition catalogue, Philadelphia: Institute of Contemporary Art
  • Flannigan, Eileen. SoHO Exhibit Sparks Mental Flames, New York Amsterdam News, October 26-November 1
  • Juicy Fruits, Tokion, November-December 2000
  • Tokyo Jammin’, October 2000
  • Siegal, Nina. Exhibit Becomes Opportunity for Arrest, The New York Times, October 10, p. B4
  • Stecyk, C.R. Some Other Small Planet, Super X Media, April
  • Venus, Rosa. The Artists in Their Studios, Flaunt Magazine, March
1999
  • Buddy System exhibition catalogue, New York: Deitch Projects
  • Mccormick, Carlo. Barry McGee’s Twist of Faith, Paper, p. 33
  • Leffingwell, Edward. Barry McGee at Deitch Projects, Art in America
  • Scherr, Apollinaire. Stealing Beauty, San Francisco Magazine, November
  • Smith, Roberta. The New York Times, April
  • Blake, Nayland. Barry McGee, Interview Magazine, February, p. 44-46
  • Kalm, James. Old School, New School, NY Arts
1998
  • Caniglia, Julia. ArtForum, 1998
1996
  • Bonetti, David. San Francisco Examiner, September 1996
1994
  • Baker, Kenneth. San Francisco Chronicle, June 1994

Awards

1996
  • SECA Art Award San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
1994
  • The Creative Work Fund, Walter and Elise Haas Fund
1993
  • Lila Wallace, Readers Digest International Artist Program
  • Eureka Fellowship, Fleishaker Foundation
1991
  • Merit Scholarship, San Francisco Art Institute
  • Reed, John. Review, Time out New York, September 29
1990
  • Carson Paper Award
  • Merit Scholarship, San Francisco Art Institute
1989
  • Sobel Scholarship, San Francisco Art Institute

Teaching

1996
  • Young Mission Power, Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco
1992
  • California Conservation Corps, Franklin Park Mural
  • Life on the Water/School of the Arts, Installation, San Francisco
  • McClymonds High School, Artist Resident Program, Oakland, CA
1991
  • McClymonds High School, Visiting Artist Program, Oakland, CA

Commissions

1995
  • Muni Key Stop Program, San Francisco Art Commission
  • Wall Installation, 1035 Howars St., Creative Work Fund, San Francisco
1994
  • 509 Cultural Center/San Francisco Redevelopemnt Agency
1992
  • Mural, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco
  • S.F. Art Commission, Art In Transit Program, San Francisco