b. North Platte, Nebraska, 1930 d. Vallejo, California, 2007 Education 1950-52    California School of Fine Arts, San Francisco 1953    San Francisco State College, B.A. 1958    San Francisco State College, M.A. Teaching 1965-82    University of California, Davis 1964-65    California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, 1964          San Quentin Prison, San Rafael, CA 1964-65    Junior Center of Arts and Sciences, Oakland, CA 1961-62    San Francisco State College 1960-61    Contra Costa Junior College, San Pablo, CA 1958-60    Yakima Junior College, Yakima, WA 1955-58    San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Solo Exhibitions 2006    Recent Paintings, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco 2004    Recent Paintings, IMAGO Galleries, Palm Desert, CA 2002    LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM 2001    Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA 1997    New Constructions, George Adams Gallery, New York 1994    John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco 1993    New Paintings and Drawings, Frumkin/Adams Gallery, New 1992    John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco 1991    Dorothy Goldeen Gallery, Santa Monica 1989    Fuller Gross Gallery, New York 1986    Fuller Goldeen Gallery, New York 1985    Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York 1984    Fuller Goldeen Gallery, San Francisco 1983-84    The Early Constructions, Richard L. Nelson Gallery, University of California, Riverside 1982    California State University, Chico 1982    Fuller Goldeen Gallery, San Francisco 1981    Enter the Enchanted De Forest, (print commission), Friends of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA 1981    Clark/Benton Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 1981    Fuller Goldeen Gallery, San Francisco 1980    E.B. Crocker Museum of Art Invitational, Sacramento, CA 1980    Fountain Gallery, Portland, OR 1980    Susan Whitney Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada 1980    Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR, 1980 1980    Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA 1980    Richard L. Nelson Gallery, University of California, Davis 1980    Marian Locks Gallery, Philadelphia 1980    Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York 1979    Fresno City College, Fresno, CA, 1979 1979    605 East 3rd Street Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1979    Manolides Gallery, Seattle, WA 1979    Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York 1978    Libra Gallery, Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, CA 1978    Clark/Benton Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 1978    Gallery of Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, CA 1978    Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA 1978    Manolides Gallery, Seattle, WA 1978    Fuller Goldeen Gallery, San Francisco 1977    Institute of Contemporary Art with Robert Hudson, Boston, MA 1977    Galerie Darthea Speyer, Paris, France 1977    Clark/Benton Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 1977    Allan Frumkin Gallery, Chicago 1977    Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York 1976    Fendrick Gallery, Washington, D.C. 1976    Fuller Goldeen Gallery, San Francisco 1975    Santa Barbara Museum of Art, CA 1975    Retrospective, Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York 1975    Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York 1975    Fuller Goldeen Gallery, San Francisco 1974    Galerie Allen, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 1974    Shasta College, Redding, CA 1974    Retrospective, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Fort Worth Art Museum, TX, Glenbow-Alberta Art Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada 1974    Allan Frumkin Gallery, Chicago 1974    Fuller Goldeen Gallery, San Francisco 1973    Galerie Darthea Speyer, Paris, France 1973    Allan Frumkin Gallery, Chicago 1973    Fuller Goldeen Gallery, San Francisco 1972    Manolides Gallery, Seattle, WA 1972    Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York 1971    California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco 1971    Manolides Gallery, Seattle, WA 1971    Gallery Marc, Washington, D.C. 1971    Fuller Goldeen Gallery, San Francisco 1969    Cowell College, University of California, Santa Cruz 1969    San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA 1967    City College of Sacramento Art Gallery, CA 1967    Dilexi Gallery, San Francisco 1966    Peninsula Gallery, Menlo Park, CA 1966    Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York 1966    Dilexi Gallery, San Francisco 1965    East and West Gallery, San Francisco 1963    Dilexi Gallery, San Francisco 1962    San Francisco Art Association Gallery, San Francisco 1960    Dilexi Gallery, San Francisco 1960    Stone Court Gallery, Wakima, WA 1959    Stone Court Gallery, Wakima, WA 1958    East and West Gallery, San Francisco 1955    East and West Gallery, San Francisco Group Exhibitions 2005-2006    Sit Down! Artist Bench Invitational, Montalvo Gallery, Saratoga, CA 2003    Three Masters: Roy De Forest, Jack Earl, Richard Shaw, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA 2003    Gallery Artists Summer Show, George Adams Gallery, New York, NY 2003    Animality, Roy De Forest and Others, Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA 2003    Sculpture 2003, Art Foundry Gallery, Sacramento, CA 2002    A Slow Time in Arcadia: Roy De Forest and William T. Wiley 1960-2002, George Adams Gallery, New York, 2002 2001    Robert Hudson and Roy De Forest: Recent Work, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1998-2001    Roy De Forest & Gaylen Hanson, Paris Gibson Square Museum. Great Falls, Montana; Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, Montana; Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, Washington; Schneider Museum of Art, Ashland, Oregon; Plains Art Museum, Fargo, North Dakota 1998    Wild Things: Artists' Views of the Animal World, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1997-98    1997 Collector's Show, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts; Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greesboro; Whitney Museum of American Art; Yale University Art Gallery 1997    A Singular Vision: Prints from Landfall Press, Museum of Modern Art, New York 1997    Mixing Business with Pleasure, Sawhill Gallery, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 1996    1996 Collector's Show, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock 1996    It Figures, SFA Gallery, Nacogdoches, TX 1996    Going Places, Summer Group Show, George Adams Gallery, New York 1996    Artful Humor, Gallery in the Champion Lobby, Stamford, CT 1996    Out of Toon: Another Look at Art and Comics, George Adams Gallery, New York 1996    The Robert Arneson Tribute Exhibition, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco 1995    Paper View, Cohen Berkowitz Gallery, Kansas City, MO 1995    Group Exhibition, Hebrew Home for the Aged at Riverdale, NY 1995    California in the 1960's: Funk Revisited, Frumkin/Adams Gallery, New York 1995    Objects of Desire, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco 1995    XXV Years, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco 1994    X-Sightings, Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, New York 1994    Here and Now: Bay Area Masterworks from the di Rosa Collections, Oakland Museum, CA 1994    Masters of Mischief II, Frumkin/Adams Gallery, New York 1991    Large Scale Works On Paper, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco 1986    American Art Today: The Figure in the Landscape, Art Museum, Florida International University, Miami 1985    Pastel, Nohra Haime Gallery, New York 1985    Skowhegan Visiting Artist Exhibition, Colby College Museum, Waterville, ME 1985    Fortissimo! 30 Years from the Richard Brown Baker Collection of Contemporary Art, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI 1984    The Studio, Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York, NY 1984    20th Century American Drawings from the Arkansas Arts Center Foundation Collection, The Arkansas Arts Center 1984    Bob and Roy and Karen and Friends, Creative Growth Gallery, San Francisco 1982    A Private Vision: Contemporary Art from the Graham Gund Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA 1982    20th Century Images of George Washington, Frances Tavern Museum, New York, NY 1982    Northern California Art of the 60s, De Saisset Museum, University of Santa Clara, CA 1982    The West as Art, Palm Springs Desert Museum, CA 1982    Drawings by Painters, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA 1981    Humorous California Artists, Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art 1981    American Painting of the 60s and 70s, Columbus Museum of Art, OH 1981    The Image of the House in Contemporary Art, University of Houston 1981    Alternative Realities in Contemporary American Painting, University of Minnesota 1981    Alumni Exhibition, San Francisco Art Institute 1981    Welcome to the Candy Store!, Crocker Museum Invitational, Sacramento, CA 1981    Forty Famous Californians, Judith Christian Gallery, New York 1981    100 New Acquisitions, Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY 1981    20th Century Art: Highlights of the Permanent Collection, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY 1981    Remember It's Only Art, Civic Arts Center, Walnut Creek, CA 1981    Fashion Mode, Gallery de la Raza/Studio 24, San Francisco, CA 1980    Tamarind Institute Invitational, Albuquerque, NM 1980    The Figurative Tradition and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York 1980    Moore College of Art, Philadelphia 1980    Figurative Art: Joan Brown, Robert Colescott, Roy De Forest, Janis Provisor, Gaison, and Wurm, Mandeville Gallery, University of California, La Jolla 1980    American Drawings in Black and White: 1970-1980, Brooklyn Museum, New York 1980    The Candy Store, De Saisset Art Museum, Santa Clara, CA 1980    Visions and Figurations, California State University, Fullerton, CA 1980    A.A.D.H.J.M.N.P.S.S.T.T., Richard Nelson Gallery, University of California, Davis 1980    Venice Biennial, Venice Italy 1980    Drawings: The Pluralistic Decade, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 1979    Images '79, Audrey Strohl Gallery, Memphis 1979    Decade in Review: Selections from the 70s, Whitney Museum, New York 1979    Works from the Collections of Mills Alumnae, Mills College Art Gallery, Oakland, CA 1979    National Drawing Annual, Central Washington University 1979    5 from Hansen Fuller Goldeen Gallery, Smith Anderson Gallery, Palo Alto, CA 1979    The Palm Gallery, San Diego 1978    Works on Paper, Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York 1978    West Coast Artists, New Gallery of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH 1978    Dog Images Through the Century, The Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco 1978    6th International Exhibition of Original Drawings, Museum of Modern Art, Yugoslavia 1978    Artists Working in Wood, University of California 1977-78    Roy De Forest, Robert Hudson, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston 1977-78    Recent Works on Paper, Madison Art Center, Madison, WI 1977    Late 20th Century Art: The Lewis Foundation, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 1977    New in the 70s, University of Texas, Austin 1977    Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, Al 1977    Works on Paper, San Jose Museum of Art 1976-77    Painting and Sculpture in California: The Modern Era, San Francisco Museum of Art 1976    Large Scale Works on Paper, Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York 1976    Six from California, Washington State University Museum, Pullman 1975    Newport Harbor Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA 1975    Art on Paper: 1975, The Dillard Paper Company and the Weatherspoon Guild, North Carolina 1973    The Small Format, Saint Mary's College Art Gallery, Moraga, CA 1973    Extraordinary Realities, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York 1973    1973 Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York 1973    American Drawings 1963-1971, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York 1973    The Betty and Monte Factor Family Collection, Pasadena, CA 1972    A 20th Century Bestiary, Art Department Gallery, San Jose State College, San Jose, CA 1972    Crown Point Press, San Francisco Art Institute 1972    Richmond Area Artists, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA 1972    Sacramento Sampler I, E.B. Crocker Art Gallery, Sacramento, CA 1972    Sacramento Delta Show, San Francisco Art Institute 1972    An Invitational Exhibition of Intimate Works, Art Department Gallery, University of Nevada, Reno 1972    It's for the Birds, Civic Arts Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA 1972    The Crocketts, Student Art Gallery, Diablo Valley College, Hayward, CA 1972    California Works on Paper: 1950-1971, University Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley 1972    Candy Store Gallery, Folsom, CA 1971    The Fantasy Watercolors of Roy De Forest, The Sculpture World of David Gillhooly, The Leadville Galleries, Sun Valley, ID 1971    Roy De Forest: Drawings, James Pennuto: Sculpture, Kenneth Price: Silkscreens, Hansen Fuller Gallery, San Francisco 1971    Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA 1971    Shasta College Art Gallery, Redding, CA 1971    Fine Arts Gallery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver 1970    Looking West 1970, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE 1970    Drawings by Roy De Forest, Harold Schlotzhauer and Franklin Williams, The Arleigh Gallery, San Francisco 1970    Candy Store Gallery, Folsom, CA 1970    Acid Painters of San Francisco, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA 1970    Dwight Boehm Gallery, Polomar College, San Marcos, CA 1970    Toys of the Artist, Civic Arts Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA 1969    The Spirit of the Comics, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 1967    Funk, University Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley 1965    The Eighth Selection by the Society for the Encouragement of Contemporary Art, San Francisco Museum of Art 1965    Young California Artists, Macy's, New York 1965    Imagadventure, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis 1965    Twelfth Exhibition of contemporary American Painting and Sculpture, Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, Champaign 1965    The Drawing Society Regional Exhibition, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco 1964    Bay Area Art for the Collector, San Francisco Museum of Art 1964    Arts of San Francisco, Part II, San Francisco Museum of Art 1964    Four California Artists, Allan Frumkin Gallery, Chicago 1964    67th American Exhibition-Directions in Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture, The Art Institute of Chicago 1964    Current Painting and Sculpture of the Bay Area, Stanford Museum, Stanford, CA 1964    67th American Exhibition, Allan Frumkin Gallery, Chicago 1964    Winter Invitational, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco 1963    Fourth Selection by the Society for the Encouragement of Contemporary Art, San Francisco Museum of Art 1963    Works by San Francisco Artists, Isaac Delgado Museum of Art, New Orleans 1963    Annual Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, San Francisco Museum of Art 1962-63    Fifty California Artists, San Francisco Museum of Art; Los Angeles County Museum of Art 1962    The Arts of San Francisco, San Francisco Museum of Art 1962    Some Points of View - 62, Stanford University Art Gallery, Stanford, CA 1962    Small Collages, Constructions and Watercolors by Roy De Forest, Tony DeLap, Fred Martin and Nell Sinton, San Francisco Museum of Art 1962    Winter Invitational, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco 1961    Annual Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, San Francisco Museum of Art 1960    New Forms-New Media I, Martha Jackson Gallery, New York 1960    A Look at Recent Bay Area Art, San Francisco Museum of Art 1960    Annual Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, San Francisco Museum of Art 1959    A Rationale for Modern Art, The American Federation of Arts, New York 1959    Dilexi Gallery, San Francisco 1958    Dilexi Gallery, San Francisco 1958    Larson Gallery, Yakima Junior College, Yakima, WA 1958    Six San Francisco Painters, Brata Gallery, New York 1958    Annual Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, San Francisco Museum of Art 1957    Painting and Sculpture Now: Some Contemporary Statements by Artists of the Bay Region, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 1957    Action 3, Ferus Gallery, Los Angeles 1957    Survey of Pacific Coast Art, Reed College, Oregon 1957    Annual Watercolor, Drawing and Print Exhibition of the San Francisco Art Association, San Francisco Museum of Art 1957    Annual Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, San Francisco Museum of Art 1955    Second Annual Group Show, The 6 Gallery, San Francisco 1955    Action 1, Ferus Gallery, Los Angeles 1955    III Biennal, Museo de Arte Moderna, Sao Paulo, Brazil 1954    A New Language in Painting, Kaufman Gallery, New York 1954    Annual Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, San Francisco Museum of Art 1953    King Ubu Gallery, San Francisco 1953    Annual Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, San Francisco Museum of Art Selected Bibliography Catalogues from One-Man Exhibitions 1980    Roy De Forest, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento 1974    Roy De Forest: retrospective, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Roy De Forest, Glenbow-Alberta Art Gallery, Calgary, Canada Selected Collections Arizona State University, Tempe Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock Art Institute of Chicago Brooklyn Museum, New York California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris Contemporary Museum, Honolulu Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento Denver Art Museum Des Moines Art Center Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York Indianapolis Museum of Art Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha Madison Art Center, Wisconsin Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, Tennessee Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, California Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Oakland Museum Philadelphia Museum of Art Rhode Island School of Design, Providence San Diego Museum of Art San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Santa Barbara Museum of Art Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence Stanford University Museum, California University Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley University Art Museum, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond Whitney Museum of American Art, New York Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
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