About Garry Knox Bennett: resume / publications
Publications: Catalogs / Books / Articles
Catalogs
Scents of Purpose: Artists Interpret the Spice Box
San Francisco: The Contemporary Jewish Museum,
2005
Curvature. Interview with juror Garry Knox Bennett
organized by The Furniture Society ,
Asheville, NC, Savannah, GA; Hickory, NC; Raleigh, NC: ,
2004
Art and Life: the Bennett Collection
San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Craft + Design,
2004
The Maker's Hand: American Studio Furniture 1940-1990
Boston, MA: Museum of Fine Arts,
2004
Corporal Identity- Body Language: 9th Triennial for Form and Content - USA and Germany
New York and Frankfurt: Museum of Arts & Design New York; museum fuer angewandte kunst Frankfurt am main; Klingspor Museum O,
2003
Contemporary Studio Case Furniture: The Inside Story
Madison: the Elvehjem Museum of Art,
University of Wisconsin-Madison,
2002
Explorations II: The New Furniture
New York: American Craft Museum,
1991
New American Furniture: The Second Generation of Furniture Makers
Boston,
1989
Craft Today USA.
New York: American Craft Museum,
1989
Craft Today: Poetry of the Physical
New York: American Craft Museum,
1986
Material evidence: New Color Techniques in Handmade Furniture
Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service,
1985
Books
Furniture Studio 3: Furniture Makers Exploring Digital Technologies
Asheville, NC:,
The Furniture Society,
2005
Art Jewelry Today
Atglen, PA:,
Schiffer Publishing Ltd.,
2003
American Furniture
Milwaukee, WI:,
the Chipstone Foundation,
2002
Scratching the Surface: Art and Content in Contemporary Wood
Madison:,
GUILD Publishing (GUILD, LLC),
2002
Made in Oakland: The Furniture of Garry Knox Bennett
New York,
American Craft Museum (now Museum of Arts & Design),
2001
A Creative Legacy: A History of the National Endowment for the Arts Visual Artists' Fellowship Program 1966-1995.
New York:,
Harry N. Abrams Inc.,
2001
Four Centuries of American Furniture: an Updated, Expanded Version of the Classic Three Centuries of American Furniture, the Standard Reference to Antique, Collectible, and Museum Furniture
Iola, WI:,
Krause Publications,
1995
American Craft: A Source Book for the Home
New York:,
Stewart Tabori & Chang,
1993
Art for Everyday: The New Craft Movement
New York:,
Clarkson Potter Publishers,
1990
Contemporary American Woodworkers
Layton, Utah:,
Gribbs M. Smith,
1986
Articles
The Amazing Mr. Bennett
Woodshop News,
nr. 2,
vol. XX,
(January 2006)
A Treasure Trove of Wood Art
Turning Points,
nr. 1,
vol. 18,
(Fall 2005)
'Preoccupations of a Serial Chairmaker' in Oakland
Woodshop News,
nr. 4,
vol. XIX,
(March 2005)
What's in a Name?
Woodwork,
nr. 91,
(February 2005)
Crafting Art: its not all macrame???: Tin cans, scrap wood count in new Museum
The Oakland Tribune,
(October 28, 2004)
The School of Hard Knox
The East Bay Monthly,
nr. 1,
vol. 35,
(October 2004)
American Studio Furniture 1940-1990
American Craft,
nr. 1,
vol. 64,
(Feb/Mar 2004)
A Toolkit of Dreams: Conversations with American Craft Artists
Smithsonian Archives of American Art Journal,
nr. 1-2,
vol. 43,
(2004)
The Right Stuff: a Dialogue between Furniture and Fiber
FIBERARTS,
nr. 3,
vol. 30,
(Nov/ Dec 2003)
A Writer's Block
Woodwork,
nr. 80,
(April 2003)
Leftovers
Woodwork,
nr. 79,
(February 2003)
Bennett doesn't want to rest on his laurels
The Oakland Tribune,
(January 7, 2003.)
Materials & Contemporary Illusions: Innovations in Lathe Turning
Turning Points,
nr. 4,
vol. 15,
(Winter 2003)
Bennett's work goes Against the Grain
Alameda magazine,
nr. issue 2,
vol. 1,
(Nov/ Dec 2002)
From Hand to Hand: Masters as Mentors
A Report,
nr. 3,
vol. 18,
(2002)
Garry Knox Bennett
Woodwork,
nr. 71,
(October 2001)
Spectacular! Stirring! Fun! A longtime skeptic experiences a (partial) conversion
Woodwork,
nr. 71,
(October 2001)
Garry Knox Bennett
American Craft,
nr. 5,
vol. 61,
(Oct/Nov 2001)
How To Be Garry Knox Bennett: the bad boy of Oakland continues to surprise, annoy, and delight
Woodwork,
nr. 71,
(October 2001)
He put fun in furniture: Knox Bennett just your average unclassifiable blue-collar functional artisan
The San Mateo County Times,
(July 17, 2001.)
Profile: Garry Knox Bennett
Woodworker West,
nr. 4,
vol. 14,
(July-August 2001)
The 3 Faces of Geraldo
The Museum of California magazine,
nr. 2,
vol. 25,
(2001)