Solo Exhibits

Illumination, Time, Containment and Bling

  • Transmission Gallery, Oakland, CA
  • Oct 23 2021 - Nov 27 2021

Illumination, Time, Containment and Bling brings together an exhibition focused primarily on fine craft lamps, clocks, boxes and jewelry by Garry Knox Bennett, spanning several decades of his career.

The Object at Hand

  • Transmission Gallery, Oakland, CA
  • Dec 1 2018 - Jan 20 2019

Transmission Gallery is pleased to announce a solo exhibition of work by Garry Knox Bennett in "The Object at Hand," on view December 1st through January 20th, with an opening reception on Friday, December 1st from 6-9 pm.

Lights Out

  • Naga Gallery, Boston, MA
  • Nov 9 2018 - Dec 15 2018

Garry Knox Bennett: Inside

  • The Gallery at Somes Sound, Somesville, ME
  • May 15 2016 - Aug 15 2016

The Garry Knox Bennett: Inside show includes furniture and decorative objects made by him during his extraordinary 50-plus year career as an artist, object maker, provocateur, and icon of the American studio furniture movement.

Garry Knox Bennett - Lights, Tables, Bling

  • Gallery NAGA, Boston, MA
  • Jun 3 2011 - Jul 8 2011

Garry Knox Bennett - Vertical at 75

  • Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
  • Sep 25 2010 - Nov 13 2010

This exhibition will be the largest selection of Garry's work since his retrospective in 2001. Nancy M. Servis, curator for the exhibition, has selected current work along with paintings, prints, sculpture and selected available work from our inventory. There will be a catalog.

Twirlings

  • American Association of Woodturners, Albuquerque, NM
  • Jun 26 2009 - Jun 28 2009

An exhibition of about 40 of his "Twirlings" (objects utilizing turned elements).

GARRY KNOX BENNETT, 2009 A Survey

  • Tercera Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
  • Apr 1 2009 - Apr 25 2009

GARRY KNOX BENNETT, 2009 Survey includes furniture, jewelry, painting and sculpture demonstrating his versatility as an artist.

One Of Each

  • Gallery NAGA, Boston, MA
  • Oct 3 2008 - Nov 3 2008

Small survey of work from '70s through 2008 representing the range of objects characteristic of this premiere studio furniture maker, including works never offered before from the collection of Garry and Sylvia Bennett.

Traveling exhibition: Garry Knox Bennett: Call Me Chairmaker

  • Bellevue Washington, Wisconsin, Delaware, Brockton Massachusetts, Washington DC
  • Jul 1 2006 - Aug 30 2009

This traveling exhibition features a grouping of 52, one of a kind, colorful and funky chairs created by Garry Knox Bennett, one of the foremost studio furniture makers in America. The inspiration for some of his chairs came from well-known furniture designers and architects.

Garry Knox Bennett: Preoccupations of a Serial Chairmaker

  • Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
  • Jan 20 2005 - Mar 25 2005

Garry Knox Bennett

  • Leo Kaplan Modern, New York, NY
  • Dec 4 2004 - Jan 17 2004

Garry Knox Bennett "Reconstructed Twirlings"

  • Leo Kaplan Modern, New York, NY
  • Oct 17 2002 - Nov 9 2002

What's In a Name? New Jewelry by Garry Knox Bennett a.k.a. Gerraldo Bennucci

  • Julie: Artisans' Gallery, New York, NY
  • Jan 17 2002 - Feb 8 2002

Garry Knox Bennett

  • Leo Kaplan Modern, New York, NY
  • Jan 20 2001 - Feb 24 2001

Made in Oakland: The Furniture of Garry Knox Bennett, 30 year Retrospective

  • the American Craft Museum; traveled to the Oakland Museum, NY, Oakland, CA
  • Jan 1 2001 - Jan 1 2001

Garry Knox Bennett

  • Tercerra Gallery, San Francisco, CA
  • Jan 1 2001 - Jan 1 2001

Garry Knox Bennett

  • Leo Kaplan Modern, New York, NY
  • May 7 1999

Garry Knox Bennett, 100 Lamps

  • Peter Joseph Gallery, New York, NY
  • Dec 4 1996 - Jan 18 1997

Garry Knox Bennett

  • Peter Joseph Gallery, New York, NY
  • Sep 22 1994 - Oct 22 1994

Furniture: West Coast Survey of Large and Small Works by Garry Knox Bennett

  • North Light Gallery (now Stewart-Kummer Gallery), Gualala, California
  • Sep 5 1992 - Oct 15 1992

Garry Knox Bennett, Furniture as Sculpture

  • The Hand and the Spirit Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
  • Jan 2 1990

Garry Knox Bennett: New Furniture

  • Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia
  • May 7 1989 - Jun 30 1989

Garry Knox Bennett, New Works in Bronze

  • Brendan Walter Gallery, Santa Monica, California
  • Jan 12 1989 - Feb 18 1989

Wendell Castle, Garry Knox Bennett, Fred Baier

  • Alexander F. Milliken Gallery, New York, NY
  • Sep 12 1987 - Oct 14 1987

Garry Knox Bennett: Furniture Maker

  • Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
  • May 3 1987 - Jun 21 1987

Garry Knox Bennett

  • Elaine Potter Gallery, San Francisco, CA
  • Jan 21 1986 - Feb 22 1986

Garry Knox Bennett: Furniture Maker

  • Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
  • May 6 1984 - Jul 1 1984

Garry Bennett: Sculptural Furniture

  • Foster Goldstrom Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA
  • Sep 15 1983 - Oct 22 1983

Garry Bennett: Benches and Other Fantasy Furniture

  • The Hand and the Spirit Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
  • Jan 13 1983 - Feb 7 1983

Works by Garry Knox Bennett

  • Workbench Gallery, New York, NY
  • Sep 10 1980 - Oct 19 1980

Garry Bennett: Clocks

  • Julie: Artisans' Gallery, New York, NY
  • Feb 1 1977 - Feb 1 1977

Garry Bennett: Clocks, Lights, Jewelry, The Egg and the Eye

  • The Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
  • Jul 24 1973 - Aug 21 1973

Group Exhibits

Give Me Wood

  • Momentum Gallery, Ashville, NC
  • Jun 27 2019 - Aug 31 2019

Give Me Wood is a mind-blowing collection of contemporary painting, sculpture, and studio furniture unlike anything Asheville has seen. Central to the identity and creation of all the extraordinary two- and three-dimensional works in the exhibition is the common material of wood.

The Spotlight: Functional Lighting as Illuminated Sculpture

  • Craft in America, Los Angeles, CA
  • Jun 11 2016 - Aug 20 2016

In partnership with hosts Craft in America, Spotlight will showcase 20 artists from across the United States whose works range from intimate desk lamps to suspended modernist reinventions of the chandelier.

California Handmade: State of the Arts

  • Maloof Foundation, Alta Loma, CA
  • Jun 1 2015 - Dec 31 2015

This exhibition brings to life the spirit of the California Design triennials of the sixties and the seventies and bring attention to the creativity and craftsmanship that continues to thrive in our state. 12 artists were selected for the exhibition. Done in conjunction with a smaller counterpart show at the Craft in America Center.

50 Years of Works

  • Snyderman-Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
  • May 1 2015 - Jun 30 2015

Invitatonal exhibition celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Snyderman-Works Gallery.

Garry Knox Bennett

  • Velvet Da Vinci, San Francisco, CA
  • Oct 3 2014

Furniture With Soul

  • Naga Gallery, Boston, MA
  • Jun 1 2012 - Jul 13 2012

An exhibition featuring participants in the new book entitled, 'Furniture with Soul,' by David Savage.

Wood

  • Velvet Da Vinci, San Francisco, CA
  • May 9 2012 - Jun 17 2012

Do Not Destroy: Trees, Art, and Jewish Thought

  • Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA
  • Feb 16 2012 - Aug 23 2012

An exhibition and the annual Dorothy Saxe invitational show.

Crafting Modernism: Mid-Century American Art & Design

  • Museum of Art & Design; Memorial Art Gallery at the University of Rochester, NY
  • Oct 12 2011 - Jan 15 2012

Golden State of Craft: California 1960-1985

  • Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
  • Sep 25 2011 - Jan 8 2012

This exhibit celebrates groundbreaking craft artists and designers who flourished in California during a historic time of change. The works produced during these years propelled craft into new, uncharted directions that have had a lasting impact on contemporary art practices. Over 70 artists and their defining works will be represented, all of which were once exhibited at CAFAM or in the California Design exhibition series.

Postmodernism

  • The Victoria & Albert Museum, London
  • Sep 23 2011 - Jan 29 2012

Two pieces are selected for The Victoria & Albert Museum in London for their coming exhibition: Postmodernism which opens on September 23, 2011. A major exhibition with a remarkable catalog. Garry's pieces have been acquired for the permanent collection of the V & A.

Gifted hands: the fine art of craft

  • Hearst Art Gallery, Morag, CA
  • Oct 10 2010 - Dec 12 2010

The Hearst Art Gallery features 90 works by 15 contemporary Bay Area artists.

Architectural Digest Home Design Show

  • Pier 94 - New York, NY
  • Mar 18 2010 - Mar 21 2010

Garry will have work with: Historical Woods/National Treasures

Form & Function

  • The Atrium, San Francisco, CA
  • Feb 22 2010 - Apr 8 2010

Garry will have an exhibition together with Alison McLennan. The reception is on Thursday March 4th, 2010 - 5:30 - 7:30 PM.

Inspired by China

  • Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA
  • Nov 1 2006 - Mar 4 2007

Contemporary Furniture Makers Explore Chinese Traditions.

Under Cover: Upholstery in Contemporary Furniture

  • Gallery NAGA, Boston, MA
  • Nov 11 2005 - Dec 17 2005

Turning Around the World

  • Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia, PA
  • Nov 4 2005 - Jan 7 2005

Scents of Purpose: Artists Interpret the Spice Box

  • The Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA
  • May 4 2005 - Sep 5 2005

California Design 2004

  • Baulines Guild, San Francisco, CA
  • Jan 1 2004 - Jan 1 2004

Dovetailing Art and Life: The Bennett Collection

  • San Francisco Museum of Craft + Design, San Francisco, CA
  • Jan 1 2004 - Jan 1 2004

The Maker's Hand: American Studio Furniture 1940-1990

  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
  • Nov 12 2003 - Feb 8 2004

The Right Stuff: A Juried exhibition of Upholstered Furniture

  • University of Wisconsin-Madison; North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; Brockton, MA; Houston, TX
  • May 31 2003 - Jun 14 2003

20th Anniversary Exhibition: A Celebration of Work by Artists Exhibited Over the Last 20 Years

  • Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
  • May 2 2003 - Jun 28 2003

Turned Multiples III

  • Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia, PA
  • Mar 7 2003 - Apr 26 2003

Corporal Identity - Body Language, 9th Triennial

  • New York; Frankfurt, Germany; Offenbach, Germany
  • Jan 1 2003 - Jan 1 2003

Materials & Contemporary Illusions: Innovations in Lathe Turning

  • The Lynn Tendler Bignell Gallery, Brookfield, CT
  • Aug 25 2002 - Oct 13 2002

25 Years of Fine Craftsmanship: Brookfield Craft Center Faculty 1976-2000

  • The Lynn Tendler Bignell Gallery & The Silo Gallery, Brookfield, CT
  • Jun 10 2001 - Jul 29 2001

Material Witness: Masters from California Crafts

  • Crocker Museum, Sacramento, CA
  • Oct 29 1999 - Jan 2 2000

The Art of Craft: Works from the Saxe Collection

  • Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
  • Jun 26 1999 - Oct 17 1999

Hello Again!: A New Wave of Recycled Art and Design

  • Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
  • Feb 15 1997 - Jul 27 1997

Hot Rods and Customs: The Men and Machines of "California's Car Culture"

  • Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
  • Aug 12 1996 - Oct 19 1996

Museum for a New Century

  • Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
  • May 13 1995 - Dec 31 1995

Masterworks II

  • Peter Joseph Gallery, New York, NY
  • Jan 20 1994 - Feb 26 1994

American Crafts: The Nation's Collection

  • The Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
  • Apr 1 1991 - Apr 1 1991

A California Complement: Recent Studio Furniture from the Bay Area

  • The Oakland Museum (in conjunction with New American Furniture: The Second Generation of Studio Furniture makers)
  • Feb 9 1991 - Apr 21 1991

Explorations ll: The New Furniture

  • The American Craft Museum, New York, NY
  • Jan 1 1991 - Jan 1 1991

Art for Everyday

  • Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
  • Sep 2 1990 - Oct 7 1990

Oakland Artists '90

  • The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
  • Mar 24 1990 - Jul 1 1990

Traveling Exhibition: New American Furniture: The Second Generation of Studio Furniture makers

  • Museum of Fine Arts; Renwick Gallery, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution; The Contemporary Arts Center; The Oakland Museum
  • Dec 8 1989 - Apr 21 1991

Contemporary Furniture: 13 Major Figures

  • Gallery NAGA, Boston, MA
  • Dec 7 1989

Innovations in Wood

  • The Society for Art in Crafts, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Nov 16 1989 - Jan 7 1990

Contemporary Furniture from San Francisco and Boston

  • Gallery NAGA, Boston, MA
  • Mar 30 1989 - Apr 29 1989

Traveling Exhibition: Craft Today USA

  • The American Craft Museum; Musée des Arts Décoratifs; Museum of Applied Art; Museum fuer Kunsthandwerk; Zacheta Gallery; Musée des Arts Décoratifs; Museum of Decorative Applied & FolkArt; State Painting & Sculpture Muse
  • Jan 1 1989 - Jan 1 1993

California Furnishings: A Statewide Survey of Progressive Design

  • Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
  • Dec 12 1988 - Feb 28 1988

Traveling Exhibition: Craft Today: Poetry of the Physical

  • American Craft Museum; Denver Art Museum; Laguna Art Museum; Milwaukee Art Museum; J. B. Speed Museum; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
  • New York; Denver; Laguna Beach,California; Milwaukee; Louisville, Kentucky; Richmond, Virginia
  • Oct 26 1986 - Mar 22 1987

Fine Wood

  • Euphrat Gallery, De Anza College, Cupertino, CA
  • Mar 25 1986 - May 8 1986

Contemporary American Woodworkers

  • Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
  • Dec 8 1985 - Jan 19 1986

Traveling Exhibition: Material Evidence: New Color Techniques in Handmade Furniture

  • Workbench Gallery; The Renwick Gallery, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
  • New York; Washington, D.C.
  • Apr 11 1984 - Sep 22 1985

  • Craft and Folk Art Museum, (was the Egg and the Eye), Los Angeles, CA
  • Jan 1 1981 - Jan 1 1981

  • Elements Gallery, New York, NY
  • Jan 1 1981 - Jan 1 1981

Alumni Show

  • California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
  • Jan 1 1981 - Jan 1 1981

California Woodworking

  • The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
  • Dec 16 1980 - Feb 15 1981

Traveling Exhibition: New Handmade Furniture: American Furniture Makers Working in Hard Wood

  • >Museum of Contemporary Crafts (now The American Craft Museum); Ontario Science Center; Parkersburg Art Center; Loch Haven Art Center; Norton Gallery and School of Art; Southern Highland Handicraft Guild; Brooks Memorial Art Gallery; Arkansas Art Center; M
  • New York; Toronto, Canada; WV; Orlando, FL; West Palm Beach, FL; Asheville, NC; Memphis, TN; Little Rock, AK; Jackson; OH; Nashville TN
  • May 5 1979 - Jul 15 1981

Bay Area Artists Exhibition, Invitational

  • Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
  • Jun 11 1977

Bay Area Artists Exhibition, Invitational

  • Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
  • Aug 22 1975

  • Euphrat Gallery, De Anza College, Cupertino, CA
  • Jan 1 1974 - Jan 1 1974

Metal Experience

  • The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
  • Jun 5 1971 - Jul 4 1971

Sculpture Annual

  • San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA
  • Jan 1 1961 - Jan 1 1961

79th Annual Painting and Sculpture Exhibition of the San Francisco Art Association

  • San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA
  • Mar 24 1960 - Apr 24 1960