Barry McGee

Page 1 | Biography

Born: 1966, San Francisco, CA
Lives: San Francisco, CA

Education
1991 BFA, Painting and Printmaking, San Francisco Art Institute

Solo Exhibitions
2008 �They Don�t Make This Anymore� Baltic Mill, Gateshead, United Kingdom
2007 �Barry McGee: Advanced Mature Work� REDCAT, Los Angeles, CA
�Barry McGee� WATARI-UM, The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
2006 �Do Not Stack� Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, CA
�We Have a Friend in Common� Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Denmark, Copenhagen
2005 Modern Art, London
�Things Are Really Getting Better� Museum Het Domein Sittard, Sittard, Netherlands
�One More Thing� Deitch Projects, New York, NY
2004 The Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Meat Market Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
�Barry McGee� John Kaldor Projects, Sydney, Australia
2002 Fondation Prada, Milan, Italy
Modern Art Inc., London, England
Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA
2000 UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
1999 �The Buddy System� Deitch Projects, New York, NY
�Hoss� Rice University Art Gallery, Houston, TX
1998 �Regards, Barry McGee� Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
1995 �Top to Bottom, End to End� Art & Design Studio, K&T; Lionheart Ltd, Boston, MA
1994 Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
1993 Museum Laser Segall, San Paulo, Brazil

Group Exhibitions
2010 �Outside the Box: Edition Jacob Samuel, 1988-2010� Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
�Viva la Revoluci�on: A Dialogue with the Urban Landscape� Musem of Contemporary Art, San
Diego, Downtown, San Diego, CA
�Transfer� Curated by Lucas Ribeiro, Christian Strike, Fabio Zimbres and Alexandre Cruz, Brazilian
Cultural Pavilion, Sao Paolo, Brazil
2009 �The Anniversary Show� San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
�New York Minute� Curated by Kathy Grayson, Museo d�Arte Contemporanea Roma, Rome, Italy
�Installations Inside/Out� Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
�N� Dans La Rue Graffiti (Born in the Street Graffiti)� Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art,
Paris, France
�Rites de Passage� SCHUNCK Glaspaleis, Heerlen, The Netherlands
�McGee. Templeton. Pettibon� Curated by Aaron Rose, Circleculture Gallery, Berlin, Germany
�Spectacle of the Everyday� 10th Biennale de Lyon, Curated by Hou Hanru, Lyon, France
2008 �Macrocosm� Roberts & Tilton, Culver City, CA
�Life on Mars: 55th Carnegie International� Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
�The Big Sad: Barry McGee and Clare Rojas� Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
2007 �Four Large Works: Ben Jones, Robert Pimple, Matt Leines, Taylor McKimins� Community Outreach,
London, Ontario, Canada
�Silly Adults� Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark
�Panic Room: Works from the Dakis Joannou Collection� Deste Foundation, Centre for
Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece
�Mad Love�Young Art from Danish Private Collections� ARKEN Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen,
Denmark
�Kinky Sex (Makes the World Go �Round) Lizbeth Oliveria Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006 �Meditations In An Emergency� Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit, MI
�Spank the Monkey� Baltic Mill, Gateshead, United Kingdom
�Beautiful Losers� La Triennale de Milano, Italy
�Beautiful Losers� Le Tri Postal, Lille, France
�Don�t Abandon the Ship� Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, MA
2005 Reina Sofia Museum, Madrid, Spain
�Untitled� Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, CA
�Beautiful Losers� Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
�Beautiful Losers� Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD
2004 �Eye of the Needle� Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, CA
�Beautiful Losers� Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
�Beautiful Losers� Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2003 �Drawing Now: Eight Propositions� The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
�Scribble & Scripture� Curated by Aaron Rose, Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, CA
2001 �Holdfast� Deste Foundation, Athens, Greece
�La Biennale di Venezia� Venice, Italy
2000 �Surf Trip� Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
�Indelible Market� ICA, Philadelphia, PA
�Un Art Populaire� Foundation Cartier, Paris France
�Street Market� Deitch Projects, New York, NY
�Street Market� Parco Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1998 �Art From Around the Bay� San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
�On the Wall: Selections from The Drawing Center� Forum for Contemporary Arts, Saint Louis, MO
�Skate Lore Expo: California Skate(board)ing Index to Concepts, Forms, Life� Santa
Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
1997 �The Independents� Alleged Gallery, New York, NY
Galerie Tanya Rumpff, Haarlem, The Netherlands
�Drawing Today� San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
John Bergruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
�Wall Drawings� The Drawing Center, New York, NY
1996 �1997 SECA Art Award� San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
�WAVEFORMS� Santa Cruz, CA
�Figureheads & Red Herrings� Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
�Acme Custom� Acme Gallery, San Francisco, CA