David Mackenzie
EDUCATION
1970 MFA - San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1967 BFA - San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1963 AA - Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, CA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Dunderberg Gallery, David Mackenzie, Gilbertsville, NY
2023 Intersect Palm Springs Art and Design Fair, Foregrounded: Abstraction in the Desert, Palm Springs, CA
2023 JTAG, Angles of Intent, Joshua Tree, CA
2022 Flow Modern, Palm Springs, CA
2019 Yucca Valley Community Arts, Absolutely Abstract, Yucca Valley, CA
2019 Palm Springs Art Museum, ARTrageous, Palm Desert, CA
2019 Flow Modern, Palm Springs, CA
2019 Hangar Gallery, Mojave Made, Santa Monica, CA
2018 Perspective, one man, Flow Modern, Palm Springs, CA
2018 Layering Reality, David Mackenzie, Blake Baxter, BOXO, Joshua Tree, CA
2018 Painting on Painting, Joshua Tree Art Gallery, Joshua Tree, CA
2016 Shirley Fiterman Art Center, Chromatic Space, New York, NY
2016 Artistic Expressions of the Coachella Valley, University of California Riverside & Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Desert, CA
2016 The Onward of Art, 1285 Avenue of the Americas, NY, NY (curated by Karen Wilkin)
2016 JTAG, Equinox, Joshua Tree, CA
2015 Southern California Abstraction Now, Santa Monica College - Barrett Art Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2014 Gallery Exhibitions, JTAG, Joshua Tree, CA
2014 To Leo: Tribute from American Abstract Artist, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2014 David Mackenzie, Diane Best, Boxo, Joshua Tree, CA
2014 Pop Up – JTAG Palm Springs, Palm Springs, CA
2014 Gallery Exhibitions, JTAG, Joshua Tree, CA
2013 American Abstract Artists: AAA 75th Anniversary Print Portfolio, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
2013 American Abstract Artists: AAA 75th Anniversary Print Portfolio, traveling exhibition organized by the Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
2013 American Abstract Artists: A Selection, School of Art Gallery, Kent State University, Kent, OH
2013 Gallery Exhibitions, JTAG, Joshua Tree, CA
2013 Dynamic Invention, Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, Brattleboro, VT
2012 Paris Concret, Paris, France. American Abstract Artists International: 75th Anniversary
2012 Gallery Exhibitions, JTAG, Joshua Tree, CA
2012 BoxoOFFICE, The BoxoHOUSE Survey 001:2012, New York, NY
2011 Gallery Exhibitions, JTAG, Joshua Tree, CA
2011 Abstraction, American Abstract Artist, Crane Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2011 American Abstract Artists International / 75th Anniversary; Galerie oqbo and Deutscher Künstlerbund, Berlin, Germany
2011 American Abstract Artist, 75th Anniversary, OK Harris, New York, NY
2010 AAA Suitcase Show, Museum of Castle of Otranto, Otranto, Italy
2010 It’s a wonderful 10th, Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
2010 David Mackenzie, Arts Council, Wilber Mansion, Oneonta, NY
2009 Isn’t It, Project Room - The Painting Center, New York, NY
2009 Essential Art, Cooperstown Art Association, Cooperstown, NY
2009 It’s a Wonderful Life, Sideshow, Williamsburg Brooklyn, NY
2008 American Abstract Artist, Painting Center, New York, NY
2008 Peace, Sideshow, Williamsburg Brooklyn, NY
2007 Remembrance, Art Mission, Binghamton, NY
2007 AAA Small Works Show, Jersey City, NJ
2007 War is Over Again, Sideshow, Williamsburg Brooklyn, NY
2006 13th Anniversary Show, The Painting Center, NY, NY
2006 War Is Over, Sideshow, Williamsburg Brooklyn, NY
2004 Peace, Sideshow, Brooklyn, NY
2004 Abstract Identity, Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY
2003 On Edge, Bern Bibner Library of Science & Technology, Brooklyn, NY
2002 Ajita, the Station, Art Car Museum, Houston, TX
2002 Three On A Match, Gallery Onetwentyeight, New York, NY
2002 Red Hook, 450 Broadway, New York, NY
2002 911 Show, Bronx River Art Center, 1087 E. Tremont Ave., Bronx, NY
2001 Invitational Exhibition of Painting & Sculpture, American Academy of Arts & Letters, New York, NY
2001 Dialog and Discourse, Friends Academy, Glen Cove, NY
2001 Viewpoints of Recent Developments in Abstract Painting, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY
2000 Straight Painting, The Painting Center, New York, NY
1999 Size Matters, GAle GAtes, Brooklyn, NY
1999 The Art of Absolute Desire, 450 Broadway, New York, NY
1999 Outer Boroughs, White Columns, New York, NY
1998 LA Gallery, Moscow - New Exchange, Moscow, Russia
1998 124 Process & Image, Eklektikos Gallery, Washington DC
1997 David Mackenzie, one man, Naked Singularity, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY
1997 Transport, 80 Nassau St., New York, NY
1996 Support Living Artist, Brooklyn Brewery, Brooklyn, NY
1996 Painting Show, Ridge Street Gallery, New York, NY
1995 Group Show, Ridge Street Gallery, New York, NY
1994 Small Works Show, BACA Downtown, Brooklyn, NY
1994 Space coordinator for Spring Show 2 & exhibitor, 141 Beard St., Brooklyn, NY
1993 Space coordinator for Spring Show 1 & exhibitor, 141 Beard St., Brooklyn, NY
1993 Selections From Slide File, Organization Of Independent Artist, New York, NY
1992 Void and Vision, Right Bank Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
1991 Natural Order, Art In General, New York, NY
1990 Disparity In Content, New Waterfront Museum, Brooklyn, NY
1989 Perry House, David Mackenzie, Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1988 The Small Works Show, BACA Downtown, Brooklyn, NY
1987 City Without Walls, Metro Show 87, Newark, NJ
1986 Moved to NYC
1986 Windows- Since 1903, 1081 Mission St., San Francisco, CA
1984 San Francisco Bay Area Painting, Sheldon Memorial Gallery, Lincoln, NE
1983 Elegant Miniatures, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
1983 Organized, New Abstract Painters from Los Angeles, SF Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1983 Tough Stuff, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
1983 David Mackenzie, one man, Ten Year Survey, Bluxome Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1981 Alumni Exhibition, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1981 Alumni Exhibition, Grapestake Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1980 American Drawing 3, The Portsmouth Community Arts Center, Portsmouth, VA
1980 David Mackenzie, one man, Grapestake Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1979 LAX 814, Los Angeles, CA
1979 Guest Curator, Los Angeles, Humbolt State University, Arcata, CA
1977 Guest Curator, Los Angeles, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1977 Curator & exhibitor, 18 Bay Area Artist, University Art Museum, Berkley, CA
1977 David Mackenzie, one man, Casat Gallery, La Jolla, CA
1976 David Mackenzie, one man, Grapestake Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1976 20 Bay Area Painters, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
1976 Curator & exhibitor, 18 Bay Area Artist, LA Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
1975 Information Show, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1975 David Mackenzie, one man, Grapestake Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1975 Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum, New York, NY
1974 New Work by West Coast Artist, Susan Rush Assoc., San Francisco, CA
1974 Interstices, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
1974 Interstices, traveling to, Cranbrook Academy of Art & Flint Institute of The Arts, MI
1974 Works on Paper, Lester Gallery, Inverness, CA
1973 David Mackenzie, one man, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1973 David Mackenzie, one man, Reed College, Portland, OR
1973 Young Talent Summer Extravaganza, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1973 David Mackenzie, one man, De Saisset Art Museum, University of Santa Clara, Santa Clara, CA
1973 David Mackenzie & Jack Chipman, Brand Library Art Center, Glendale, CA
1973 SFAI Drawing Invitational, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1972 San Francisco Art Festival, San Francisco, CA
1971 Off The Stretcher, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
1971 Light Sound Exploration, Civics Arts Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
1971 Young Bay Area Sculptors 2, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1971 San Francisco Art Institute Centennial Exhibition, M. H. De Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
1970 Silent Light Show, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
1968 Group show, Dilexi Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1968 34 Clyde Street Show, San Francisco, CA
1967 Eat, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
1967 Richmond Art Center Sculpture Annual, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
1966 Society of arts & Crafts, Boston, MA
1965 Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York, NY (September)
1965 Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York, NY (April)
1965 Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, art rental gallery
1965 Group Show, Berkley Gallery, Berkley, CA
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2004 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
1975 National Endowment of the Arts, Fellowship Grant
BIBLIOGRAPHY
“Art in the San Francisco Bay Area 1945-1980” by Thomas Albright, University of California Press
“Hunting the Emergent American” by Peter Frank, National Arts Guide, Vol. 111, No.1, 1981
“The Art of Absolute Desire” by Vered Lieb, NY Arts, Vol. 4, No. 8, 1999
“Bay Area Painting And Sculpture” by Christopher Brown and Judith Dunham, Squeezer Press, SF
“Teapots Transformed” by Leslie Ferrin, Guide Publishing, NY
“ Artlife “ Limited edition monthly Vol. 22 No. 9 – Issue No. 241
VARIOUS COLLECTIONS
Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.
Metropolitan Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Museum of Modern Art, Library Special Collections, New York, NY
Art in Embassies, US Department of State, Washington D.C.
New York Public Library, Special Collections, New York, NY
Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Mills College Art Gallery, Mills College, Oakland CA
John Berggruen, San Francisco, CA
Rene di Rosa Foundation, Napa Valley, CA
George Neubert, Brownsville, NE