1. Barry McGee was born on 1966 and is an American artist.
17 Facts About Barry McGee
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Barry McGee is known for graffiti art, and a pioneer of the Mission School art movement.
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Barry McGee was born in 1966 in San Francisco, California.
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Barry McGee's father worked at an auto body repair shop.
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Barry McGee graduated from El Camino High School in South San Francisco, California.
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Barry McGee attended the San Francisco Art Institute, where he graduated in 1991 with a concentration in painting and printmaking.
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Barry McGee was married to the artist Margaret Kilgallen in 1999, who later died of breast cancer in 2001.
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Barry McGee has exhibited, both solo and group, in galleries internationally.
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Barry McGee was a central figure in the graffiti art scene in San Francisco from the late 1980s and into the 1990s.
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Barry McGee was an artist in residence at inner-city McClymonds High School in Oakland, California, in the early '90s.
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Barry McGee's installations consist of simple bold paintings which are influenced by Islamic patterns on tiles, vernacular sign painting, or use caricatures of the destitute.
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Barry McGee has painted stylized portraits on empty bottles of liquor, flattened spray cans, and wrecked vehicles for art shows.
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Barry McGee has collaborated frequently with Amaze, allowing him to paint the exterior and interior of the galleries exhibiting McGee's work.
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In 2004, as part of an exhibit at San Francisco's City Hall, Barry McGee spray-painted "Smash the State" on the walls of Supervisor Matt Gonzalez's office.
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Barry McGee was involved in a controversy regarding the Adidas Y1 HUF, a shoe for which he provided the artwork.
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Barry McGee responded to the controversy in a March 2006 press release.
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Barry McGee stated that the drawing was a portrait of himself as an 8-year-old child.