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Born: Oakland, CA, 1943
Reed College, Portland, OR, 1961-63
B.A., U.C.L.A., 1966
M.A., U.C.L.A., 1970
Resides: New York, N.Y. & Laytonville, CA

One Person Shows (* indicates catalogue)

2005 6,000,000,000 Monkeys, Addison Gallery, Lafayette College, PA
     gods&demons, McKee Gallery, New York, NY
2000 Crime And Punishment, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
1999 Six Billion Monkeys *, SUNY Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY
     American Playhouse, Drury College, Springfield, MO
1998 David McKee Gallery, New York, N.Y.
     Art First, London, England
1996 David McKee Gallery, New York, N.Y.
1992 David McKee Gallery, New York, N.Y.
1991 Cheryl Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
     University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
1990 David McKee Gallery, New York, N.Y.
1986 David McKee Gallery *, New York, N.Y.
1984 Miami Dade Community College, Miami, FL
     David McKee Gallery, New York, N.Y.
1982 David McKee Gallery, New York, N.Y.
1981 University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
1980 Wright State University, Dayton, OH
     Hansen-Fuller-Goldeen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1978 L.A. Louver Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
     Zolla-Lieberman Gallery, and Grant Park, Chicago. IL
1977 David McKee Gallery, New York, N.Y.
1976 David McKee Gallery, New York, N.Y.
     Site, San Francisco, CA
     L.A. Louver Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1975 Projects: Museum of Modern Art, New York, N.Y.
1974 Riko Mizuno Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1973 Riko Mizuno Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Selected Group Shows (* indicates catalogue)

2005 Voices of Site, SVA Gallery, New York, NY
2004 Voice of Site*, Tokyo National U. of Arts & Music, Tokyo, Japan
2003 Letterform, Text and Image, Reed College, Portland, OR
2002 9/11 Memorial Exhibition*, VA Museum, New York
2001 All Systems Go, Contemporary Art Museum, Houston
     Contemporary Collectors XVI, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
2000 Precious Metals, Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, CO (traveled)
     New, McKee Gallery, New York, NY
1999 Actual Size*, Apex Art C.P., New York, NY
     Best of the Season *, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CN
1998 Masters of the Masters*, Butler Inst. of American Art, Youngstown, OH
1997 World Views, Deutsche Bank, New York, NY
     Wall Pieces, McKee Gallery, New York, NY
1997 79-97, VA Gallery, New York, NY
1995 2nd Fujisankei Biennale Competition*, Hakone Open-Air Museum, Japan
1994 Newport Harbor Art Museum, Highlights of Permanent Collection
1993 Nature for Art's Sake, LaSalle Partners, Charlotte, NC
1992 Technorama*, Barbara Toll Gallery, New York, NY (11,769 drawings produced)
1991 Loren Madsen/James Adley, Albion College, Albion, MI
     McKee Gallery, New York, NY
1990 McKee Gallery, New York, NY
1990 New Sculpture, Eve Mannes Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1989 David McKee Gallery, New York, NY
     Selected Recent Acquisitions, Mt. Holyoke College Art Mus., S. Hadley, MA
1988 David McKee Gallery, New York, NY
1987 Computer Assisted*, Freedman Gallery, Albright College, Reading, PA
1986 Courtesy David McKee, Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
1986 A Southern California Collection, Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1985 10*, University Gallery, U. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
1984 American Sculpture, Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
     Preparation and Proposition, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, N.Y.
1983 New Talent Award Winners/20 Years*, L.A. County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
1982 Shift L.A./N.Y.*, Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA
1980 New Drawings, David McKee Gallery, New York, N.Y.
     Maquettes and Small Works, Diane Brown Gallery, Washington, D.C.
     Sculpture in California, 1975-80*, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA
     Stacking, Rigging, Binding: 10 Contemporary Sculptors*,
     Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, D.C.
1979 Directions*, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
     Annual Award Competition Show, American Academy
       and Inst. of Arts and Letters, New York, N.Y.
1977 L.A. in the Seventies*, Fort Worth Museum of Art, Fort Worth, TX
     Private Images-Photos by Sculptors, L.A. County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
1976 Sculpture Made in Place* Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
     New Selections/New Talent Award Winners, L.A. County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
     The Biennale of Sculpture*, Sydney, Australia
1975 The Condition of Sculpture*, Hayward Gallery, London, England
1974 L.A. 6/Summer '74, L.A. County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA

Museum Collections

Akron Art Institute, Akron, OH
Georges Pompidou Center, Paris, France
Hakone Open-Air Museum, Japan
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
L.A. County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Mt. Holyoke College, S. Hadley, MA
Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
Museum of Modern Art, New York, N.Y.
Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Harbor, CA
Vancouver Museum of Art, Vancouver, Canada
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN

Awards

New Talent Purchase Award
The Modern and Contemporary Art Council of the L.A. County Museum of Art, 1975
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Grant, 1975-76
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Grant, 1980-81
Honorable Mention, Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Competition, 1981
Pollock-Krasner Foundation, 2004

Major Permanent Sculpture Installations

1997 JR Kinshicyo Station, Sumida Ward, Tokyo, Japan
1991 LaGuardia Community College, Long Island City, NY
1990 Pacific Enterprises, Los Angeles, CA
1986 Schering Pharmaceutical Research Facility, Kenilworth, N.J.
1985 Quorum, Dallas, TX
     Horton Plaza, San Diego, CA
     Chevy Chase Metro Building, Chevy Chase, MD
1984 Brookhollow Atrium, San Antonio, TX
     RepublicBank San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
1983 Nursing Home, V.A. Hospital, Hines (Chicago), IL
1981 SSA Metro West, Baltimore, MD (GSA)
     Area 2 Police Center, Chicago, IL
     1st Bank Atrium, Pillsbury Center, Minneapolis, MN
1980 Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA
1979 Michael's Restaurant, Santa Monica, CA
     Prudential Insurance Company, Woodland, Hills, CA
     (new sculpture for destroyed original)
1977 L.A. County Museum of Art Sculpture Garden, Los Angeles, CA
     Prudential Insurance Company, Woodland Hills, CA
     Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Beverly Hills, CA
1974 Prudential Insurance Company, Florham Park, N.J.