Selected Shows

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2007 "This is Not Lunch," Franklin Parrasch Gallery, NY
2005 "Kosode 2: Built as in a Dream," Franklin Parrasch Gallery, NY
2003 "Furniture that Builds Itself," Franklin Parrasch Gallery, NY
2001 "Kosode: Predecessor to the Modern Kimono," Franklin Parrasch Gallery, NY
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
1997 Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY
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
2007 "One of a Kind," Metropolitan Museum of Art, N.Y., NY
2007 "Dorothy and George Saxe Collection," M.H. de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
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 Penninsula 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, NY
1991 Parrasch, Franklin, "John Cederquist," Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY
1990 Conway, Patricia, "Art for Everyday," Clarkson Potter Publishers, New York, NY
1989 Cooke Jr., Edward S., "New American Furniture: The Second Generation of Studio
Furnituremakers," 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 Public Collections
The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
American Craft Museum, New York, NY
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
M.C.I. Corporate World Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA
Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, NC
Parnham House, Dorset, England
Renwick Gallery, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
The Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington,D.C.
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
Metropoliton Museum of Art, New York, NY (promised gift)
The Cantor Museum, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA

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

Education
1971 California State University at Long Beach, M.A.
1969 California State University at Long Beach, B.A.