John Cederquist
franklin parrasch gallery 20 west 57th st. ny, ny 10019
www.franklinparrasch.com
212.246.5360 fax 212.246.5391
John Cederquist
Born 1946, 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, NY
2006 "Works from the 80's," Franklin Parrasch Gallery, NY (catalogue published)
2005 "Kosode Built as in a Dream," Franklin Parrasch Gallery, NY (catalogue published)
2003 "Furniture That Builds Itself", Franklin Parrasch Gallery, NY (catalogue published)
2001 "Kosode: Predecessor to the Modern Kimono," Franklin Parrasch Gallery, 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 published)
1999 Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY (catalogue published)
1997 Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY (catalogue published)
1995 Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY (catalogue published)
1993 Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY (catalogue published)
1991 Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY (catalogue published)
1983 "Deceptions," Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA; Laguna Beach Museum of
Art, Laguna Beach, CA (catalogue published)
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
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 is 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 published)
1990 "Circa 1990," Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY
1989-90 "New American Furniture: The Second Generation of Studio Furnituremakers," Museum
of Fine Arts, Boston, MA; traveling exhibition (catalogue published)
1988 "Trompe l'Oeil: The Magic of Deception," Muckenthaller Central Center, Fullerton, CA
1986 "The Eloquent Object," Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK; traveling exhibition
(catalogue published)
1985 "Craft Today-Poetry of the Physical," American Craft Museum, New York, NY; traveling
exhibition (catalogue published)
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