BARRY MCGEE
Born in San Francisco, 1966
Lives in San Francisco, CA
Education
B.F.A. in Painting & Printmaking, San Francisco Art Institute, 1991
Solo Exhibitions
2018
Little Savage, Eighteen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Bellport-Brookhaven Historical Society, Bellport, New York
SB Mid Summer Intensive, Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California
Cheim & Read, New York
2017
Big Sky, Little Moon, Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
2016
MC06, Monster Children Magazine, Sydney
2015
China Boo, Ratio 3, San Francisco
2013
Focus: Barry McGee, Modern Art Museum of Ft. Worth, TX
Barry McGee, Mid-career Survey, ICA Boston, MA
Cheim and Read, New York, NY
2012
Barry McGee, Mid-career Survey, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA
Street, New Art Gallery Walsall, West Highlands, UK
2011
Workshop Arte Contemporanea, Venice, Italy
New Work, Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London, UK
2010
Barry McGee & Clare Rojas, Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, California
The Last Night (two-person show with HuskMitNavn), Alice Gallery, Brussels
2009
Mr. Brown, Galleria, Alessandra Bonomo, Rome Italy
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, MA
1994
Installation, Center for the Arts Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco, CA
1993
Installation, Museum Laser Segall, Sao Paulo
Group Exhibitions
2018
Beyond the Streets, multi-media installations spread throughout Los Angeles, California
People, Deitch Projects, New York
2017
10th Anniversary, Gallery Target, Tokyo, Japan
The Present Tense: R. Crumb / Barry McGee, Ratio 3, San Francisco
Sea Sick in Paradise, curated by Amy Yao, Malibu Village and Dean & Deluca, Malibu, California
Stay Gold – Todd James, Geoff McFetridge, Barry McGee, and Thomas Campbell, VI Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2015
FUD, V1 Contemporary Art Centre, Copenhagen, Denmark
Auto Body, Bellport, NY
2014
Green Circle, Black Diamond, Ratio 3, San Francisco, CA
Honolulu 014, RVCA x The Seventh Letter Pop-Up, Pow! Wow!, Honolulu, HI
Department of Neighborhood Services, Fleisher Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
ENERGY THAT IS ALL AROUND, Grey Art Gallery, New York, NY
Fertile Ground: Art and Community in California, Oakland Museum of California, CA
2013
ENERGY THAT IS ALL AROUND, San Francisco Art Institute Walter and McBean Galleries, San Francisco, CA
(Almost) Free-Formed: Chris Johanson, Barry McGee, and Laurie Reid in Collaboration, City College Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2011
Sydney Laneways, Sydney, Australia
Art in The Streets, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Let’s Go Bombing Tonight, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Postermat, The Hole, New York, NY
2010
Outside The Box, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
They Knew What They Wanted, Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Brush Strokes, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Transfer, Brazilian Cultural Pavilion, Ibirapuera Park, São Paulo, Brazil
Viva la Revolución: A Dialogue with the Urban Landscape, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego, CA
Barry McGee & Clare Rojas, Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, California
Outside The Box, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Pleasure Point: Celebrating 25 Years of Contemporary Collectors, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego, CA
2009
75 Years Looking Forward: The Anniversary Show, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
mind the gap, Prism, Los Angeles, LA
New York Minute, MACRO FUTURE, Rome, Italy
Lyon Biennale, Lyon, France
Born in the streets-Graffiti, Foundation Cartier, Paris, France
Liberation Upon Contact, Ratio 3, San Francisco
Barry McGee / Ed Templeton / Raymond Pettibon, Circleculture Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Galaxy: A Hundred or So Stars Visible to the Naked Eye, University of California, Berkeley Art Museum
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
2012
"Barry McGee", University of California, Pacific Film Archive, Distributed Art Publishers
2010
"Barry McGee", Alleged Press, Damiani editors
2008
"Gateshead: Barry McGee", Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, The Art Newspaper, March, p. 53
"Barry McGee", MUSAC, Volume II, p. 318-32.
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 graffiti", 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
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
Barry McGee, Prada, Progetto. Fondazione Prada, Milan
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, zing magazine
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
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
2015
Facebook 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA
2014
UCSF Medical Center Mosaic, San Francisco, CA
2012
Mark Morris Dance Center Wall Installation, Vanity Fair, Brooklyn, NY
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 Redevelopment Agency
1992
Mural, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco
S.F. Art Commission, Art In Transit Program, San Francisco
Collections
Museum of Modern Art, New York
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Berkeley Museum of Art and Pacific Film Archive
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
The New Art Gallery, Walsall, England
Fondazione Prada, Venice, Italy