Resume/CV
David Mackenzie was born in Los Angeles and received both his BFA and MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute, where he studied ceramics, sculpture and painting. His work has been included in the Whitney Biennial and has been shown in Italy, France, Germany, and Russia. He has received grants from the Pollack-Krasner Foundation and the National Foundation for the Arts. David has work in the Phillips Collection, the Metropolitan Museum of American Art, the Art in Embassies program, the Oakland Art Museum, and the Rene di Rosa Foundation, among others. He is a member of American Abstract Artists, an organization to promote abstract art since 1936.
Grants and Awards
2004 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
1975 National Endowment of the Arts, Fellowship Grant
Public and Private 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.
US Embassy, Beijing, China
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, San Anton
Publications
“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
Education
MFA San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
BFA San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
AA Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, CA
Curatorial
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
1983 Organized, New Abstract Painters from Los Angeles, SF Art Institute, San Francisco, 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
1976 Curator & exhibitor, 18 Bay Area Artist, LA Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
