Working across media,  Barry McGee’s artistic output is diverse and constantly evolving. Through incremental changes, and occasionally momentous gestures—as in his installations featuring overturned vehicles or surfboards stacked floor-to-ceiling—McGee has built a singular and eclectic visual language, garnering the attention and adoration of an audience that extends far beyond the realm of contemporary art. From the international museums and galleries hosting his sprawling and immersive exhibitions, to dedicated collectors of art, to ardent fans seeking out exhibition ephemera or relics from his early involvement with graffiti, McGee’s influence is recognized well beyond his native San Francisco. His arresting geometric patterns, inventive typography, and iconic faces rendered in flawless brushstrokes are nearly universal in their appeal.

Barry McGee was born in 1966 in San Francisco, California. He lives and works in San Francisco, California.  McGee’s work has been the subject of solo exhibitions at museums and institutions including Fondazione Prada, Milan; the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; the UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, California; the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas; the Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo; and the Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara, California. His works are part of public collections including the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; the UC Berkeley Museum of Art and Pacific Film Archive; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; New Art Gallery Walsall, United Kingdom; and Fondazione Prada, Venice.