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Born Lander, Wyoming, 1956
Currently lives and works in Seattle, Washington

Education
1982
• MFA, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California
1979
• BA, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California
1975-77
• Portland Museum of Art School, Portland, Oregon

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2015
• Roy McMakin, Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, Texas
2014
• Is a Vase Worth More than a Bowl?, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, California
• Domestic Furniture by Roy McMakin, Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, Texas
2013
• Some Drawings and a Table, Quint Contemporary, La Jolla, California
• Two Chairs (one green, one black), A Chest of Drawers, A Table, A Little Stool, A Photograph, and a Few Drawings, Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco
2012
• A Few Drawings I Made for a Show at Lora's Gallery, Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, Texas
• Middle, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut
• Western Bridge, Seattle, Washington
• Two Charis, Two Chest of Drawers, Two Pieces of Fabric, and Two Tables, Ambach and Rice, Los Angeles
2011
• Behind What Its in Front Of, Quint Contemporary, La Jolla, California
2010
• Other Chests of Drawers & Other People, Artpace, San Antonio, Texas
• Five Chairs and Ten Tables, Ambach and Rice, Seattle, Washington
• Roy McMakin: When a Chair is not a Chair?, Cristina Grajales Inc., New York
• Roy McMakin, Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, Texas
2009
• ANOTHER KOUNTRY, Established & Sons, London
2008
• Some_Drawing, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
• Some_Thing, James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico
• Purplish, James Harris Gallery, Seattle
• For, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
2007
• A Breadbox and a Mug, Each Depicted in Sculpture and Photography, Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, Texas
• A White Table and A Black Table, Each Depicted in Photographs and Sculpture, Quint Contemporary Art, La Jolla, California
2006
• Actual, James Harris Gallery, Seattle
• APEX: Roy McMakin: paintings with chairs & sculptures of chairs, Portland Art Museum
• Roy McMakin, Marc Selwyn/Domestic, Los Angeles
2005
• Roy McMakin: Residential Line, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
• Lequita Faye Melvin, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
• Roy McMakin: A Slat-back Chair, San Diego State University Art Gallery, San Diego
2004
• McMakin: Chest, Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles
• A Door Meant as Adornment, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle
2003
• a bookcase, a sculpture, some drawings and a belt buckle, James Harris Gallery, Seattle
• A Table, Two Chairs, A Small Chest, One Large Painting and Several Drawings, Quint Contemporary Art, LaJolla, California
• A Door Meant as Adornment, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (catalogue)
2002
• Feature Inc., New York
2001
• Space, Feature Inc., New York
• 2 to, Quint Contemporary Art, La Jolla, California
2000
• When is a door a jar? Marc Foxx, Los Angeles
1999
• How Do I Know How You Know?, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle (brochure)
1997
• Marc Foxx, Santa Monica

Selected Group Exhibitions
2014
• Summer Show, Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, Texas
2013
• Against the Grain: Wood in Contemporary Art, Craft, and Design, Museum of Arts and Design, New York
• The New Sincerity, Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, Texas
2012
• Temporary Structures, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco
• Figuring Color, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
2008
• Shaker Design: Out of this World, Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, Vermont; Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design and Culture, New York
2007
• As It Seems, Susan Hobbs Gallery, Toronto
• Viewfinder, Henry Art Gallery, Faye G. Allen Center for the Visual Arts, University of Washington, Seattle
• Useless, Project 4, Washington, D.C.
• Out of this World: Shaker Design Past, Present, and Future, Shelburne Museum, Vermont
2006
• Furnishing Assumptions, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco
2005
• Specific Objects: The Minimalist Influence, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, La Jolla, California
2004
• Specific Objects: The Minimalist Influence, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, La Jolla, California
2003
• Fright Wig, Feature Inc., New York
• Baja to Vancouver, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle; curated by Daina Augaitis, Lisa Corrin, Toby Kamps, Ralph Rugoff & Matthew Higgs
• Small Scale Sculpture & Anonymous Tantra Paintings on Paper, Feature Inc., New York
• Mighty Graphitey, Feature Inc., New York
2001
• Best of the Season, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut
2000
• Design Culture Now: National Design Triennial, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
• Fast Forward: The Shape of Northwest Design, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington
1999
• Against Design, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Travels to Palm Beach Institute for Contemporary Art, Lake Worth, FL; Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, La Jolla, CA; Kemper, Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City; curated by Mark Robbins (catalogue)
• Gallery Artists, Feature Inc., New York
1998
• Yoyogaga, Feature Inc., New York
• Home Sweet Home, Transamerica Building, San Francisco
• La Current: The Canvas Is Paper, Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Culture Center, Los Angeles
1997
• Simple Form, Henry Art Gallery, Faye G. Allen Center for the Visual Arts, University of Washington, Seattle
• Mark Foxx, Santa Monica, California
• Parameters 8: Selections from the Permanent Collection, La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, California
1986
• Parameters 8: San Diego Artists in the Permanent Collection, La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, California
• The RMS Collection, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio
1985
• San Diego Exhibition: Forty-Two Emerging Artists, La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, California
• From the Astonishing Horizon, LAVA, Los Angeles
• Wood Quint Gallery, San Diego, California
1984
• Significant Others, Patty Aande Gallery, San Diego, CA
• Contextual Furnishings: Isermann, McMakin, Vaughn, Mandeville Annex Gallery, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
• Three from Paris, Three from LA, Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, California
1982
• Carol Mavor and Roy McMakin, Jewish Community Center Gallery, San Diego

Selected Commissions
• The Henry Art Gallery, Seattle
• The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
• Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego
• Western Bridge, Seattle
• University of California San Francisco, San Francisco
• San Diego International Airport, San Diego, California 
• Rainer Beach Community Center, Seattle, Washington
• Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, Montana