John Cederquist

1946      Born in Altadena, CA

Education

1969      California State University at Long Beach, B.A.

1971      California State University at Long Beach, M.A.

Solo Exhibitions

2011      Master of Deception, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA

2008      Treachery of an Economy, Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY

2008      Five Contemporary Masters, Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA

2007      This is Not Lunch, Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY

2006      Works from the 80's, Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY (catalogue)

2005      Kosode 2: Built as in a Dream, Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY (catalogue)

2003      Furniture That Builds Itself, Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY (catalogue)

2001      Kosode: Predecessor to the Modern Kimono, Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY

1997-2000 John Cederquist: Reality of Illusion, The Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA; Renwick Gallery, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. (book)

1999      Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY (catalogue)

1997      Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY (catalogue)

1995      Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY (catalogue)

1993      Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY (catalogue)

1991      Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY (catalogue)

1983      Deceptions, Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA; Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, CA (catalogue)

1978      Parnham House, Dorset, England

Selected Group Exhibitions

2007-2009 Craft In America: Expanding Traditions, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR (2007); Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, OR (2007); Mingei International Museum, San Diego, CA (2008); Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX (2008); Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI (2008); National Cowboy & Western Museum, Oaklahoma City, OK (2009); Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA (2009); Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA (2009)

2007      Shy Boy, She Devil and Isis: the Art of Conceptual Craft, Selections from the Wornick Collection, The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA

              Dorothy and George Saxe Collection, M.H. de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA

2006      One of a Kind, Luce Foundation Center, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C.

2005      John Townsend: Newport Cabinetmaker, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

2004      Right at Home: American Studio Furniture, Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.

2003      The Maker's Hand: American Studio Furniture, 1940-1990, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

2001      Contemporary Art Furniture: Sam Maloof, John Cederquist, Wendy Maruyama, Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ

1999      Material Witness, Masters of California Crafts, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA

                Please Be Seated: Contemporary Studio Seating Furniture, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT

1996      Form Over Function: Late 20th Century Furniture from the Sydney and Frances Lewis Collection, Katherine Sergeant Newby Gallery, University of Richmond, Richmond, VA

              10th Anniversary Show, Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY

1993      Inaugural Exhibition of the Daphne Farago Wing, RISD Museum, Providence, RI

              California Dreaming – Revisited, Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY

              Visions Reflected, The Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, MI

              Transcending Boundaries, Elsa Mott Ives Gallery, 53rd Street YWCA, New York, NY

              Material Vision: Image and Object, Tarble Arts Center, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL (catalogue)

1992      California Dreaming, Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY

              The Endowed Chair, Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY (catalogue)

1990      Circa 1990, Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY

1989-1990 New American Furniture: The Second Generation of Studio Furnituremakers, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA (traveling exhibition) (catalogue)

1988      Trompe l'Oeil: The Magic of Deception, Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA

1986      The Eloquent Object, Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK (traveling exhibition) (catalogue)

1985      Craft Today: Poetry of the Physical, Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY (traveling exhibition) (catalogue)

1984      Material Evidence: Master Craftsmen Explore Colorcore, Workbench: The Gallery, New York, NY (traveling exhibition)

1983      Made in L.A.: Los Angeles Commemorates Two Hundred Years, Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA

1980      California Woodworking, The Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA

1979      Our Own Artists, Newport Harbor Museum, Newport Beach, CA (traveling exhibition)

                Art in Modern Handcrafts, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

              New Handmade Furniture, The Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York, NY

1976      California Design '76, Pasadena Museum of Art, Pasadena, CA

              California Craftsman, Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, Monterey, CA

              American Crafts '76: An Esthetic View, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL

1974      Chairs in Motion, California State University at Fullerton, Fullerton, CA

              Coffins and Cradles, The Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA

1971      Design XI, Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, CA

Selected Books and Publications

2011      Savage, David, “Furniture with Soul: Master Woodworkers and Their Craft,” Kodansha International

2008      Ward, Gerald, “The Wornick Collection,” MFA Publications; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

2007      Lauria, Jo and Fenton, Steve, "Craft In America: Celebrating Two Centuries of Artists and Objects," Clarkson Potter, New York, NY

              Fitzgerald, Oscar P., “Studio Furniture of the Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Fox Chapel Publishing

2003      Cooke, Edward S., Gerald W.R. Ward, Kelly H. L’Ecuyer, “The Maker’s Hand, American Studio Furniture 1940-1990,” MFA Publication, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

              Roukes, Nicholas, “Artful Jesters: Innovators of Visual Wit and Humor,” Ten Speed Press

2002      Hosaluk, Michael, “Scratching the Surface,” Guild Publishing, Madison, WI

1999      Fine Art Museum of San Francisco, “The Art of Craft,” with the assistance of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Endowment for Publications, Bulfinch Press

1998      Wall Moure, Nancy Dustin, “California Art: 450 Years of Painting and Other Media,” Dustin Publications

1997      Danto, Arthur C. and Nancy Princenthal, "John Cederquist: Reality of Illusion," The Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA (September 1997)

1995      Parrasch, Franklin, "John Cederquist," Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY

1993      Jones, Ronald, "John Cederquist," Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY

1992      Danto, Arthur C., "The Endowed Chair," Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York

1991      Parrasch, Franklin, "John Cederquist," Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY

1990      Conway, Patricia, "Art for Everyday," Clarkson Potter Publishers, New York

1989      Cooke Jr., Edward S., "New American Furniture: The Second Generation of Studio Furniture-Makers," Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

1987      Joyce, Earnest, "Encyclopedia of Furniture Making," Sterling Publishing Co.

              Manhart, Marcia and Tom, "The Eloquent Object," Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK

1986      Smith, Paul J. and Lucie-Smith, Edward, "Craft Today-The Poetry of the Physical," Weidenfeld and Nicolson Publishers, New York, NY

1983      Emanuelli, Sharon, "Deceptions: The Art of John Cederquist," Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA

1981      "California Woodworking Catalogue," The Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA

              "Made in L.A.: Los Angeles Commemorates Two Hundred Years," Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA

1976      "California Design '76," Pasadena Museum of Art, Pasadena, CA

              Belvin, Prof. Marjory E., "Design Through Discovery," Holt, Rinehart and Winston Publishers, New York, NY

1975      Schofield, Maria, "Decorative Art and Modern Interiors," Studio Vista, London

1971      “California Design 11” Pasadena Museum of Art, Anderson Richie and Simon, USA

Selected Articles

1997      Baker, Kenneth, "Art That's Just Part of the Furniture," San Francisco Chronicle (September 30, 1997)

              Thym, Jolene, "Reality of Illusion," San Mateo County Times (September 12, 1997)

1996      Danto, Arthur, "John Cederquist," House and Garden, (December 1996)

1995      Princenthal, Nancy, "John Cederquist," American Craft, (September 1995)

              Smith, Roberta, "John Cederquist," New York Times, (April 28, 1995)

1992      Smith, Karen Sandra, "The Art of Illusion," Art of California, (November, 1992)

              "Galleries," American Craft, (October/November, 1992)

              "The Endowed Chair," Popeye, Tokyo, Japan, (June, 1992)

              Slesin, Suzanne, "Is it Art or is it Furniture?" New York Times, (March 17, 1992)

1991      Koplos, Janet, "John Cederquist at Franklin Parrasch," Art in America, (October, 1991)

              Baker, Kenneth, "Show Emphasizes Utility vs. Aesthetics," San Francisco Chronicle, (March 31, 1991)

1990      Stapleton, Constance, "The New Art Furniture: Challenging Boundaries Between Art and Craft," Sculpture, Cover Story, (July/August, 1990)

              "Great Style," Elle, (July, 1990)

              Clements, Paul, "High-Craft Homage: New American Furniture Reinvents its Past" Museum & Arts Washington, (May/June 1990)

              Slesin, Suzanne, "Furniture as Fine Sculpture," New York Times, (May 10, 1990)

              "New American Furniture," Art & Architecture, Cover Story, Frankfurt, Germany, (March, 1990)

              "New American Furniture," Antiques and the Arts Weekly, (February 23, 1990)

              Updike, John, "Put-Ons and Take-Offs: Contemporary Furniture that Parodies or Pays Homage to the Classics," Art & Antiques, (February, 1990)

              Slesin, Suzanne, "Currents: Furniture Designers' Rebirth," New York Times, (January 4, 1990)

Grants and Honors

2010      Award of Distinction, The Furniture Society

2002      American Craft Council Fellow

1986      National Endowment for the Arts -Individual Fellowship

1977      National Endowment for the Arts -Selected Panel

1975      National Endowment for the Arts -Individual Fellowship

Selected Public Collections

The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

The Cantor Museum, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA

Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA

De Cordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA

The High Museum, Atlanta, GA

M.C.I. Corporate World Headquarters, Washington, D.C.

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (Promised Gift)

M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, NC

Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY

The Museum of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

The Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA

Parnham House, Dorset, England

Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA

Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.

Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT