Kris Dey

(American, born 1949)

 horizon series: 12:00 a.m. by kris dey

Kris Dey

Horizon Series: 12:00 A.M., 1981

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Biography

Timeline

1949
Born in Buffalo, New York and raised in Oakland, California
1972
BA from University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)
1976
MA and and MFA at UCLA

Exhibitions

2001
Selected Kris Dey Exhibitions in 2001:
Made in California: Art, Image and Identity, 1900-2000, Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Three-part exhibition from 2000 to 2003
1990
Selected Kris Dey Exhibitions in 1990:
Fiber Directions: West Coast, Schneider Museum of Art, Ashland, OR, traveled to Redding Museum of Art and History, CA
1986
Selected Kris Dey Exhibitions in 1986:
Craft Today: Poetry of the Physical, American Craft Museum (now Museum of Arts and Design), New York, NY
1982
Selected Kris Dey Exhibitions in 1982:
Pattern: An Exhibition of the Decorated Surface, American Craft Museum (now Museum of Arts and Design), New York, NY
1981
Selected Kris Dey Exhibitions in 1981:
Threads, Dayton Art Institute, (included historic artists like Anni Albers, Lenore Tawney, Sheila Hicks and younger artists including Dey and Itter)
1979
Selected Kris Dey Exhibitions in 1979:
Transformation: UCLA Alumni in Fiber, Frederick S. Wight Art Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
1978
Selected Kris Dey Exhibitions in 1978:
California Fiber Artists, Riverside Museum, CA (six artists including Neda Al-Hilali and Lia Cook)
1977
Selected Kris Dey Exhibitions in 1977:
Wall Hangings: The New Classicism, The New Classicism, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Young Americans: Fiber / Wood / Plastic / Leather, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC. Traveled to Museum of Contemporary Crafts (now Museum of Arts and Design), New York, NY

Public Collections

Art Institute of Chicago
Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA