John Cederquist
1946 Born in Altadena, CA
Education
1971 California State University at Long Beach, M.A.
1969 California State University at Long Beach, B.A.
Solo Exhibitions
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 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, and:
Renwick Gallery, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
(book published)
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 - traveled to:
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
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
(John Cederquist shown as a contemporary comparison to Townsend's work.)
2004 Right at Home: American Studio Furniture, Renwick Gallery, 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
1994 SOFA Exposition, Chicago, IL
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 essay by Matthew Kangas)
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, American Craft Museum, 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
2007 Lauria, Jo and Fenton, Steve, "Craft In America:Celebrating Two Centuries of Artists and Objects," Clarkson
Potter, New York, NY
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, England
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,
(July/August, 1990, cover story)
"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, Frankfurt, Germany, (March, 1990 -cover story)
"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
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
De Cordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
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
Parnham House, Dorset, England
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
The Museum of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
The Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT