Education
Rhode Island School of Design
Evergreen State College

 

Solo Exhibitions

 

2015
Drink Me (catalog). Samuel Freeman, Culver City, CA
2013
Quench (catalog). Samuel Freeman, Culver City, CA
2011
10 Artists 10 Spaces. American Pavilion, Shanghai Art Fair, Shanghai, China
2010
Morandi’s Lawn. Kimura Gallery, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK
2009
Blue McRight: elsewhere (catalog). University Art Gallery, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
No One You Know (catalog). Samuel Freeman, Santa Monica, CA
2007
Blue McRight: New Work (catalog). Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica CA
2005
Morandi’s Lawn. Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
2001
Lumina. Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1998
Lawnscapes. Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1997
Painting Landscape. Rio Hondo College Gallery, Whittier, CA
1996
Wildlife. Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1995
Configurations. Muse, Los Angeles, CA
1993
Limited Seating. AsherFaure Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
House and Home. CHCG Architecture, Pasadena, CA
1991
New Work. Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
WaterWorks. Lankershim Arts Center, North Hollywood, CA
1990
Objects and Episodes. Fahey / Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1988
Artificial Light. Fahey / Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Paintings. Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

 

2022
An Orderly Line? Tom Dowling, Blue McRight, A.M. Rousseau. Coastline Art Gallery, Newport Beach, CA
2021
Sum of the Parts. CMAY Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
of rope and chain her bones are made. Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Making Waves: Ocean Ecology and Craft. Craft in America Center, West Hollywood, CA
But When You Come from Water. thechapterhousela.org, Los Angeles, CA
2020
The Phenomenology of Hope. Supercollider Virtual Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Bridging San Pedro. Angel’s Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA
2019
Contents May Have Shifted; Kay Whitney, Blue McRight, Phyllis Green. 515 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Antigone. LA Quotidian, Los Angeles, CA
Pop Culture: Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation. Ronald H. Silverman Fine Arts Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles, CA
Made in California: Art + Photographic Portraits of Artists by Shimabukuro (catalog). Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art, California State University, San Bernardino, CA
2018
Holding Up ½ the Sky. Roberts Projects, Culver City, CA
POP! 50 Years of Art & Popular Culture from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation. Pepperdine Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Malibu, CA
La Reina de Los Angeles. Sturt Haaga Gallery at Descanso Gardens,
La Cañada-Flintridge, CA
Extent. The Main Museum Project Space, Los Angeles, CA
2016
COLA 20 (catalog). Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2016
City of Los Angeles (C.O.L.A.) Individual Artist Fellowships Exhibition (catalog). Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
OB-VER-SA-TIONS. Long Beach City College Art Gallery, Long Beach, CA
2012
California Art: Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation. Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, CA
2010
Elements of Nature: Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation. Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
2009
A Three-Legged Table. Samuel Freeman, Santa Monica, CA
Superficiality and Superexcrescence: (catalog). Ben Maltz Gallery, OTIS College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
Is This the Real Life? Galerie Califia, Horazdovice, Czech Republic and Long Beach City College Art Gallery, Long Beach, CA
2008
Love to Party. Samuel Freeman, Santa Monica, CA
Public Eye: A Focus on Community Art. Coronado Museum of History and Art, Coronado, CA
2007
High and Dry, Smoke and Fog. Phantom Galleries, Beverly Hills, CA
2006
Second Home. Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Cul-de-Sac: Art from a Suburban Nation (catalog). Radford University Art Museum, Radford, VA
2005
Still Life: 2 Views. Scape Gallery, Corona del Mar, CA
2004
Summer Camp. Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Where We Live: Outside & In. Overtones, Venice, CA
2003
Thomas Chang, Blue McRight, Genevieve Quick. 101 California, San Francisco, CA
2002
Edges and Hedges. Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood, CA
2001
Cultivated. Transamerica Pyramid Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Cross-Pollination. Holland Tunnel Gallery, Brooklyn, NY and LA Arboretum, Los Angeles, CA
2000
The Trailer Show. Gallery Luisotti, Santa Monica, CA
1999
The Flower Show: An Invitational. Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1998
Chair. RSC Arts Gallery at Santa Ana College, Santa Ana, CA
1997
13 Over 13. California Rush Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY
1996
Fourteen Days: A Salon. Room, New York, NY
Fifteen Artists. Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
L.A. Current: The Female Perspective. UCLA /Art Gallery at the Armand Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
L.A. Current: The Full Spectrum. UCLA /Art Gallery at the Armand Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
1994
New Shoes. Artist/Curator; Art Store Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Late, Late 20th Century Shrines. Eidolon Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1993
Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
Sharon Truax Fine Art, Venice, CA
1990
Collector’s Prints for the ‘90’s. Santa Monica Heritage Museum, SM, CA
Gallery Artists. Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
1989
Sacred Objects. Boulder Center for the Visual Arts, Boulder, CO
1988
Patterns of Illumination. TransAmerica Center Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Two Artists. Janus Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1987
Salon des Independents. Richard/Bennett Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1985
Janus Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1983
Janus Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Marilyn Butler Fine Art, Scottsdale, AZ

 

Private Commissions

 

2013
The View from Here. Private Collection, Los Angeles, CA
2004
A Dozen Springs. Private Collection, Brentwood, CA

 

Public Commissions

 

2014
Commission for Public Artwork by the METRO Foothill Gold Line at La Verne Station, La Verne, CA. In-progress; completion 2024
2011
Home:Office. Commission for Public Artwork by the State of Washington at Dept. of Information Services, State Capitol East Campus, Olympia, WA
2007
Twist and Sprout. Commission for Public Artworks at the North University Community Branch Library and Nobel Athletic Area, San Diego, CA.
2006
Westgate Pasadena. Lead Artist working with the project Design Team to develop a Public Art Master Plan for a 12-acre urban development site.
Railroad Rhythm. Commission for Public Artwork by the City of Pico Rivera for the Railroad Underpass Project, S. Paramount Bridge, Pico Rivera, CA
2005
River and Rain. Commission for Public Artwork by the City of Redmond at the City Hall Parking Garage (with Warren Wagner), Redmond, WA
2003
Luminaries (catalog). Commission for Public Artwork by the State of California at the Dept. of Health Services, Capital Area East End Complex, Sacramento, CA
2002
Pedestrians. Commission for Public Artwork by the City of LA Bridge Improvement Program at Soto and State Street Bridges, Los Angeles, CA.
LightShip. Commission for Public Artwork by the Port of Portland at Port of Portland Headquarters, Portland, OR
1999
Garland. Commission for Public Artwork by LA Arena Co. LLC at Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA
1998
Questions, Punctuation, & Possibilities. Commission for Public Artwork by Pep Boys Corp. at Welby Way Elementary School, West Hills, CA
Traveller. Commission for Public Artwork by the City of Ventura (with Warren Wagner) at Downtown Parking Structure, Ventura, CA
1996
Hope Street Terminus: The Garden of Conversion. Commission for Public Artwork by the Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency (with Warren Wagner), at Hope Street Los Angeles, CA
Journey. Commission for Public Artwork by the City of Montebello (with Barbara McCarren) at the Transportation Center, Montebello, CA
1995
City Sequence. Commission for Public Artwork at New City Hall by the Culver City Community Redevelopment Agency, Culver City, CA
1994
Artist Adviser, Old Town Streetscapes and Alleyways Public Art Projects Committee, Pasadena, CA
1993
House and Home. Commission for Public Artwork for Green Street Alley by Tolkin Development Group, Pasadena, CA
Diseños. Commission for Temporary Public Artwork by the Culver City Community Redevelopment Agency at New City Hall, Culver City, CA

 

Public Collections

 

Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
New Mexico Fine Arts Museum, Santa Fe, NM
Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE
SunAmerica, New York, NY
State of California, Sacramento, CA
State of Washington, Olympia, WA
City of Culver City, CA
City of Los Angeles, CA
City of Palm Springs, CA
City of Redmond, WA
City of San Buenaventura, CA
City of San Diego, CA
Port of Portland, OR
Pep Boys, Philadelphia, PA
Chemical Bank, New York, NY
Mountain Bell, Denver, CO

 

Selected Public Events

 

2022
Artist Talk with moderator Meg Linton, Conversations on Art, brentwoodart.org (Zoom)
Presenter, Plastic Dialogues, ecoartspace.org (Zoom)
2021
Artist Panel with moderator Craig Krull at of rope and chain her bones are made, Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Artist Talk with moderator Emily Zaiden, in conjunction with Making Waves: Ocean Ecology and Craft, Craft in America Center, West Hollywood, CA (Zoom)
2019
Artist Panel with Wayne Shimabukuro at Made in California: Art + Photographic Portraits of Artists by Shimabukuro exhibition, San Bernardino, CA
Sculpture workshops for Fathom. Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA
2018
Artist Panel with curator Jill Moniz at Extent exhibition, Los Angeles, CA
2016
Artist Talk with moderator Kay Whitney, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery
2006
Panelist, 4Culture Public Art project jury, Seattle, WA
2004
Panelist, LA CRA Public Art project jury, Los Angeles, CA
Visiting Artist, College of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
2002
Panelist, Washington State Arts Commission ARB jury, Olympia, WA
2001
Panelist, LA Cultural Affairs Dept. Public Art Project jury, Los Angeles, CA
2000
Moderator, Salon series, Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe, NM
1999
Guest Speaker, Art Forum series, Santa Ana College, Santa Ana, CA
1998
Panelist, LA Cultural Affairs Dept. Public Art Project jury, Los Angeles, CA
1997
Guest Speaker, Rio Hondo College, Whittier, CA
1996
Panelist, Sculpture Symposium, SB City College, Santa Barbara, CA
1991
Artist in Residence, Lankershim Arts Center, N. Hollywood, CA
1986
Guest Speaker, Art Focus series, Fine Arts Museum, Santa Fe, NM

 

Awards and Grants

 

2015
COLA Master Artist Fellowship in Visual Arts, Los Angeles, CA
1995
Downtown Cultural Trust Fund Grant, Los Angeles C.R.A., Los Angeles, CA
1991
Cultural Grant for Artist in Residence, City of Los Angeles, LA, CA
1985
Artist Grant, Santa Fe Arts Council, Santa Fe, NM
1984
Artist Grant, Santa Fe Arts Council, Santa Fe, NM