Background
DeForest, Roy Dean was born on February 11, 1930 in North Platte, Nebraska, United States.
DeForest, Roy Dean was born on February 11, 1930 in North Platte, Nebraska, United States.
Student, Yakima Junior College, 1950. Student, California School Fine Arts, 1952. Bachelor, San Francisco State College, 1953.
Master of Arts, San Francisco State College, 1958.
Director Larsen Gallery, Yakima Junior College, 1958-1960. Instructor California College Arts & Crafts, Oakland, 1964-1965. From assistant professor to associate professor University California, Davis, 1965-1982, professor, 1985-1999.
Retired, 1999.
One-person shows include California Palace Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1971, Institute Contemporary Art, Boston, 1977, 78, Marilyn Butler Gallery, Santa Fe, 1989, Frumkin/Adams Gallery, New York, 1990, 93, Fuller Groass Gallery, San Francisco, 1990, Stanford Museum Art, California, 1990, John Beggruen Gallery, San Francisco, 1992, Whitney Museum American Art, New York, 1973, San Francisco Museum Modern Art, 1974, George Adams Gallery, New York City, 1997, Paris Gibson Square Museum, Great Falls, Montana, 1998-2007, others. Exhibited works at San Francisco Museum Art, 1957, California Palace Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1962, 63, 64, Art Institute Chicago, 1964, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, 1965, Oakland (California) Museum, 1966, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, 1998, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisoc, 1998, Museum of Modern Art, New York City, 1997, Sawhill Gallery, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, 1997, others. Represented in permanent collections San Francisco Museum Art, Art Institute Chicago, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Philadelphia Museum Art, Whitney Museum American Art, New York, others.
Member San Francisco Art Association.
Married Gloria DeForest. Children: Oriana, Pascal.