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Jay DeFeo (American, 1929-1989)
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Jay DeFeo
Reflections of Africa No. 7 1987
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Biography |
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1929 |
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Born, Hanover, NH |
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1946 - 1950 |
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B.A. in painting from University of California at Berkeley, CA |
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1950 - 1951 |
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M.A. in painting from University of California at Berkeley, CA |
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1951 |
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Sigmund Martin Heller Traveling Fellowship, University of California - Berkeley |
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1973 |
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National Endowment for the Arts, Individual Artist Fellowship |
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1982 |
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Honorary Doctorate from San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA |
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1984 - 1985 |
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Adaline Kent Award, San Francisco Art Institute, CA |
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1985 - 1986 |
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National Endowment for the Arts, Individual Artist Fellowship |
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1989 |
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Died in Oakland, California |
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Exhibitions |
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2008 |
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Where the Swan Flies, Moody Gallery, Houston, TX |
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2008 |
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Traces of the Sacred in Twentieth Century Art, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France; Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany |
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2007 |
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WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA; National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC; PS 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY; Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver British Columbia |
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2007 |
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Works in the Kunstkammer, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, University of California, Berkeley, CA |
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2007 |
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Birds, Dwight Hackett projects, Santa Fe, NM |
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2007 |
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Summer Invitational, Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA |
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2007 |
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An Eclectic Eye: Selections from the Dan Leach Collection, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ |
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2007 |
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The Third Mind, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France |
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2007 |
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Pioneers, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA |
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2007 |
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Jay DeFeo: Applaud the Black Fact, Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA |
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2006 |
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Jay DeFeo: No End, Dwight Hackett Projects, Santa Fe, NM |
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2006 |
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Jay DeFeo: Botanicals, Dwight Hackett Projects, Santa Fe, NM |
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2006 |
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Measure of Time, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, University of California, Berkeley, CA |
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2006 |
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Chance Encounters: The Formation of the de Menil's African Collection, The Menil Collection, Houston, TX |
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2006 |
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Beat Generation and Beyond, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA |
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2006 |
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Lines of Discovery - 225 Years of American Drawing from The Columbus Museum, Columbus, GA, Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK; Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI; Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AK |
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2006 |
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Twice Drawn, Tang Museum, Sarasota Springs, NY |
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2005 |
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Draw, Dwight Hackett Projects, Santa Fe, NM |
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2005 |
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Assemblage and Collage in California in the 1960s, 871 Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA |
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2005 |
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Semina Culture: Wallace Berman and His Circle, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA; Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University, Logan, UT; Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS; Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, University of California, Berkeley, CA; Grey Art Gallery, New York University, New York, NY |
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2005 |
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Beat Generation and Beyond, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA |
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2005 |
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"out of my own head:" Photographs by Jay DeFeo, Mt. Holyoke College Art Museum, South Hadley, MA |
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2004 |
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"out of my own head:" Photographs by Jay DeFeo, Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA |
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2004 |
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Turning Corners, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA |
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2004 |
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The True Artist is an Amazing Luminous Fountain: Selected Works from the di Rosa Preserve: Art & Nature, The Kreeger Museum, Washington, DC; de Rosa Preserve: Art & Nature, Napa, CA; Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA; Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, CA |
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2004 |
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Between Art and Life: The Contemporary Painting and Sculpture Collection, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA |
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2004 |
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It's About Time: Celebrating 35 Years, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA |
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2004 |
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Beat Generation and Beyond, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA |
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2004 |
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Drawing Modern: Works from the Agnes Gund Collection, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH |
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2003 |
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Drawing Modern: Works from the Agnes Gund Collection, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH |
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2003 |
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In Sequence, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, NY |
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2003 |
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Zen and Modern Art, University Art Gallery, California State University, Hayward, CA |
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2003 |
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Presence, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, NY |
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2003 |
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Beat Generation and Beyond, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA |
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2003 |
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Beside 'The Rose:' Selected Works by Jay DeFeo, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY |
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2003 |
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Jay DeFeo: Her Tripod and Its Dress, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, NY |
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2003 |
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Not Exactly Photographs, Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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2002 |
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Jay DeFeo: Photographs, Cabrillo College Art Gallery, Cabrillo College, Aptos, CA |
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2002 |
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Jay DeFeo: Ingredients of Alchemy, Before and After The Rose, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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2000 |
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True Grit, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, NY |
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1999 |
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The American Century: Art and Culture, 1950-2000, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY |
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1997 |
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The Rose, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA (solo) |
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1996 |
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Jay DeFeo: Works 1952-1989, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA (solo) |
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1995 |
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Beat Culture and the New America 1950-1965, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY |
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1990 |
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Jay DeFeo, An Intimate View: Small Paintings 1986-1989, Art Museum of Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz, CA (solo) |
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1989 |
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Jay DeFeo: In Memoria - A Selection of Paintings, 1986-1989, The Flora Lamson Hewlett Library, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA (solo) |
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1986 |
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Dissonant Abstractions, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA |
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1984 |
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Jay DeFeo: Selected Works Past and Present, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA (solo) |
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1981 |
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Selections from the Permanent Collection, University Art Museum, University of California - Berkeley |
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1976 |
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Painting and Sculpture in California: The Modern Era, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA |
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1975 |
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Jay DeFeo, Isabelle Percy West Gallery, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA (solo) |
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1966 |
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Nine California Artists: Abstract Expressionists, Pasadena Art Museum, CA |
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1960 |
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Jay DeFeo, Ferus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo) |
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1959 |
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Sixteen Americans, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY |
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1954 |
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Jay DeFeo, The Place, San Francisco, CA (solo) |
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Literature |
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2002 |
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'Jay DeFeo: Ingredients of Alchemy, Before and After The Rose'. New York, NY: Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, 2002 |
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