Sam Maloof
BORN
January 24,
1916.
Chino, California
DIED
May 21, 2009, Alta Loma, California
MARRIED
1948 – 1998 Alfreda Ward Maloof (deceased)
2001 – 2009 Beverly Wingate Maloof
PROFESSIONAL POSTS
Former President of Southern California Designer
Former Trustee of the Southeast Region of American Craft Council
Former Board of Directors of World Craft Congress, U.S. Section
Former Trustee, American Craft Council
Former Chairman of the Academy of Fellows, American Craft Council
| PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE |
| 1934–39 |
VORTOX |
| 1940–41 |
Harold Graham, Industrial Designer |
| 1941–45 |
U.S. Army |
| 1946-48 |
Graphic artist for painter Millard Sheets |
| 1948- |
Self employed |
| 1959 |
U.S. State Department Design Project in Iran and Lebanon |
| 1963 |
U.S. State Department Design Project in El Salvador
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| AWARDS |
| 1959 |
Hardwoods Industry Exhibit, Museum of Science and Industry |
| 1962 |
Gold Key, Southern California Chapter, National Home Furnishings League |
| 1967 |
AIA Award, Pasadena Chapter, Outstanding Excellence of Craftsmanship |
| 1969 |
Louis Comfort Tiffany Grant for Craftsman Apprentice Program, First Recipient |
| 1972 |
AIA Award, Inland Chapter (CA), Craftsmanship in Allied Arts |
| 1975 |
Fellow, American Crafts Council |
| 1984 |
National Endowment for the Arts, Fellowship Grant |
| 1984 |
Living Treasure of Rancho Cucamonga City Council |
| 1985 |
Living Treasure of California, California Creative Arts League of Sacramento, CA |
| 1985 |
John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellowship |
| 1987 |
California Classics Award, Craft and Folk Art Museum,
Los Angeles, CA |
| 1988 |
American Craft Council Gold Medal |
| 1988 |
Industrial Education Service Project, CA |
| 1990 |
Lifetime Achievement Award, The Arts Foundation of San Bernardino County, CA |
| 1991 |
Excellence in Crafts, Merit Award, The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA |
| 1991 |
Recognition of Outstanding Achievement in Creative Arts, The Kahlil Gibran Centennial Foundation, Washington, DC |
| 1991 |
Award for Distinguished Achievement in American Craft Art, Sponsored by the Women's Committee of The Philadelphia Museum of Art |
| 1992 |
Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI |
| 1992 |
Maloof International, Washington, DC, Lifetime Achievement Award for Outstanding Representation of the Family Name |
| 1992 |
Rice University, Houston, TX, Arab American Education Foundation, The Achievement of Excellence Award |
| 1993 |
American Institute of Architects, California Council, AIACC Service Award in Craftsmanship |
| 1993 |
American Institute of Architects, Honorary AIA Inland California Award California Association for Construction Technology Education Achievement Award - A California Treasure who is an inspiration to all who teach woodworking to the young |
| 1994 |
The Bishop Gerald Kennedy Award, Honored Layman of the California Pacific Annual Conference In Recognition of Distinguished Service to The United Methodist Church |
| 1995 |
Chaffey College Foundation, Outstanding Alumni of the Year |
| 1997 |
James Renwick Alliance “Masters of the Medium” Award. The Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC |
| 1999 |
Lebanon Award for Innovation, Makhzoui Foundation, Beirut, Lebanon |
| 2000 |
United State Congress Award Certificate of Special Recognition Outstanding and invaluable service to the community, Washington, DC |
| 2000 |
Los Angeles Times Most Influential People Award
Los Angeles, CA |
| 2000 |
California State Legislature Certificate of Recognition Making a significant difference in the lives of those with disabilities Sacramento, CA |
| 2001 |
Award for Design Excellence, Rancho Cucamonga Planning Commission, Rancho Cucamonga, CA |
| 2001 |
Award of Distinction, Lifetime Achievement Award
The Furniture Society |
| 2001 |
Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters Aurora University, Aurora, Ill |
| 2002 |
Gamble House Master Craftsman Award, Pasadena, CA |
| 2003 |
Maloof Home Relocation Project, received the State of California Governor’s Historic Preservation Award, 2003, Sacramento, CA |
| 2004 |
Ellis Island Medal of Honor, for outstanding contributions to his ethnic group, ancestral countries and to American Society, New York, NY |
| 2004 |
Lifetime Achievement Award, University of La Verne,
La Verne, CA
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| EXHIBITIONS |
1954-71 |
California Design I - XI |
1970 |
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Objects U.S.A. |
1971 |
Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Woodenworks |
1972 |
Minnesota Art Museum, St Paul, MN, Woodenworks |
1974 |
World Crafts Council, Toronto, Canada, In Praise of Hands
|
1976 |
41st International Eucharistic Congress, Philadelphia, PA, Exhibition of Liturgical Arts |
1976 |
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL, American Craft |
1976 |
Following Sea Gallery, Honolulu, HI, Cream of Wood |
1976 |
Honolulu Academy of Art, Honolulu, HI,
Vignettes of American Art and Life 1776-1976 |
1977 |
Craft & Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA,
L.A
. Collects Folk Art |
1977 |
The Hand & The Spirit, Scottsdale, AZ, California Craftsmen |
1977 |
Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, OR |
1977 |
American Crafts Council Fellows Exhibit, Winston-Salem, NC |
1978 |
Following Sea Gallery, Honolulu, HI, Exhibition Six
|
1978 |
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA,
Philadelphia Crafts Show |
1978 |
J. M. Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI, Form & Fantasy |
1978 |
Vatican Museum, Rome, Italy |
1979 |
American Crafts Museum, New York, NY, New Handmade Furniture |
1980 |
Galveston Art Center, Galveston, TX, 30 Americans |
1980 |
Vice President's House, Washington, DC |
1981 |
Craft & Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA, Made in L.A.
|
1981 |
Oakland Art Museum, Oakland, CA, California Woodworker |
1981 |
American Craft Museum, Silver Benefit Auction |
1982 |
American Craft Council, Collector's Weekend in New York City |
1982 |
Gallery Fair, Mendocino, CA, Sam Maloof |
1983 |
J. M. Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI |
1983 |
Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO, Wood Invitational |
1983 |
Craft & Folk Art Museum, Contemporary Craft Council 4th Annual Auction |
1984 |
Riverside County Art & Culture, Edward Dean Museum, Cherry Valley, CA, Curves, Turns & Bends: The Woodworkers Art |
1984 |
Lyon Art Gallery of the Redlands Art Association, Diverging Directions: Artists' Furniture |
1984 |
Museum of History & Art, Ontario, CA, Golden Age of Navajo Weaving and Indian Pottery |
1984 |
Barnsdell Art Center, Los Angeles, CA, Olympic Art Festival |
1984 |
Robinson's Home Design Expo 84, Fashion Island,
Newport Beach, CA |
1984 |
The Dairy Barn, Southeastern Ohio Cultural Center, Athens, OH, American Contemporary in Wood |
1984 |
Galleries of the Claremont Colleges, Claremont, CA, Professors Choice II |
1984-85 |
Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass at Aspen, CO,
The Chair Show |
1985 |
Art Gallery, California State University, Northridge, CA, Statements in Wood |
1985 |
American Craft Council, S.E. Winter Conference, Tupelo, MS, National Furniture Invitational |
1985 |
Gamble House - Friends of the Gamble House Homes Tour Palos Verdes Estates |
1985 |
Creative Arts League of Sacramento California Crafts XIV: Living Treasures of California |
1985 |
Santa Ana College, Santa Ana, CA, The Art of Craft-Art Week |
1985 |
Itawamba Junior College, Fulton, MS, National Furniture Invitational |
1985 |
Esther Saks Gallery, Chicago, IL, A Renaissance in Furniture as Art: Master Woodworkers |
1985 |
Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA, Three California Woodworkers |
1985 |
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, High Styles: Twentieth Century American Design |
1985 |
Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO, About Chair: National Wood Invitational 1985 |
1985 |
Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, Ten Contemporary Woodworkers |
1986 |
Mingei International, La Jolla, CA, Two Hundred and Ten Years Without End: Arts of the People |
1986 |
American Craft Museum, New York, NY, Craft Today: Poetry of the Physical |
1986 |
La Jolla Gallery Eight, La Jolla, CA, Masters: A Tribute to Sam Maloof |
1986 |
Hillcrest Congregational Church, La Habra Heights, CA |
1986 |
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX - three pieces on loan from the Bybee Collection of American Furniture |
1986 |
Euphrat Gallery, Cupertino, CA |
1986-89 |
US Information Agency, Brooklyn, NY, Design in America |
1987 |
Craft & Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA, 16 pieces in California Classics |
1987 |
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA |
1987 |
Mendocino Art Center and Gallery Fair |
1987 |
Claremont Colleges, Claremont, CA, Claremont Artists 1930-1980s |
1987 |
The Worcester Craft Center, Worcester, MA, In New Traditions |
1987 |
Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA, Cross Grain: A Survey in Wood |
1987 |
Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa, OK, The Eloquent Object |
1987 |
Curated Wood Exhibition for Contemporary Crafts Museum, Portland, OR., Contemporary Crafts 50th Anniversary |
1987 |
Joanne Lyon Gallery, Aspen, CO |
1988 |
The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA |
1988 |
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA |
1988 |
The Chicago Public Library Cultural Center, Chicago, IL |
1988 |
Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Laguna, CA |
1989 |
American Craft Museum, New York, NY,CRAFT TODAY USA Poetry of the Physical |
1989 |
Dallas Museum of Art, Faith Bybee Collection, Dallas, TX |
1992 |
Cypress College, Cypress, CA |
1992 |
Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, American Crafts: The Nation's Collection |
1992 |
Stary Sheets Fine Art Galleries, Irvine, CA, A Preview of 25 Works Created by Sam Maloof in the 1970s |
1992 |
American Craft Museum, New York, NY, 8 Boxes Celebrating Jack Larsen |
1993 |
Esther Saks Fine Art Ltd., Chicago, IL, Celebrating Artistry in Craft |
1993 |
University Art Gallery, Riverside, CA |
1993 |
Los Angeles County Fair, The Fine Art of American Craft |
1993 |
Chicago International New Art Forms Exposition, Navy Pier Joanne Rapp Gallery/The Hand and the Spirit |
1993 |
Longhouse Foundation, East Hampton, NY, Jack Larsen: Celebrating Jack Exhibit |
1993 |
Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI, American Craft Council Gold Medal Recipients: 1975-1993 |
1993 |
American Craft Council, New York, NY, Fiftieth Anniversary in conjunction with the CINAFE in Chicago, IL |
1993 |
San Antonio Community Hospital, San Antonio, TX, Caring Hearts Support Group Gifts From The Heart |
1993-94 |
Mingei International Museum, La Jolla, CA, Heirlooms of the Future Masterworks of West Coast American Designer/Craftsmen |
1993 |
Rhode Island School of Design, Museum of Art, Providence, RI, Two Fiddleback Maple Settees for the new Daphne Farago Wing |
1993 |
The Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, MI, Living Treasures Celebrating the Year of American Craft |
1995 |
Northeastern Woodworkers Association, Expo 95 Low back dining or side chair, walnut |
1996 |
Connell Gallery, Atlanta, GA, Unique Visions with Ed and Phil Moulthrop in conjunction with the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games |
2001 |
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC, The Furniture of Sam Maloof Retrospective |
2002 |
Wignall Museum/Gallery, Chaffey College, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, Sam Maloof: Family and Friends |
2002 |
Sam Maloof, Contemporary Furniture Craftsman, Beverly Hills Forum Series, in conjunction with the Beverly Hills City Hall Municipal Gallery exhibit The Furniture of Sam Maloof, Beverly Hills, CA |
2003 |
Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA Sam Maloof: Craftsman and Collector |
2004 |
Millard Sheets Gallery at the Fairplex in Pomona, CA Master Woodworker, Sam Maloof: One-Half Century of Woodworking and Design |
2004 |
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC, Masters of Their Craft: Highlights from the Smithsonian American Art Museum |
2004 |
The Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery at Scripps College. Claremont, CA, Dovetail: The Art and Furniture of Sam and Alfreda Ward Maloof
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PUBLIC COLLECTIONS |
| 1959 |
Minnesota Art Museum, St. Paul, MN |
| 1960 |
The American Craft Museum, New York, NY |
| 1969/1984 |
Oakland Art Museum, Oakland, CA |
| 1969 |
The Council House, Racine, WI, S.C. Johnson Co. Collection |
| 1976 |
The Fine Art Museum, Boston, MA |
| 1980 |
Vice President's House, Washington, DC |
| 1980 |
Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1981 |
The White House, Washington, DC |
| 1983 |
St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO |
| 1985 |
Carter Presidential Library, Atlanta, GA |
| 1986 |
Albuquerque Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM |
| 1986 |
Dallas Art Museum, Dallas, TX |
| 1987 |
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1988 |
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY |
| 1990 |
The Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, M. H. deYoung Memorial Museum, Golden Gate Park, CA |
| 1981/1991 |
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA |
| 1991 |
Detroit Art Museum, Detroit, MI |
| 1992 |
The Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC - American Crafts: The Nation's Collection |
| 1992 |
The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH |
| 1995 |
The White House Collection of Arts and Crafts, Washington, DC |
PUBLICATIONS
Books:
The Furniture of Sam Maloof
By Jeremy Adamson. Published by W.W. Norton & Company, September 2001.
Sam Maloof, Woodworker
By Sam Maloof and Jonathan Pollock. Published by Kodansha America; Reprint edition January 1, 1989.
Magazines:
Christophorus 308, The Porsche Magazine, June/July 2004 issue, pp. 70-76.
Popular Woodworking, June 2003 pp. 32-35
Smithsonian Magazine, June 2001, pp. 38 - 42
Sunset Magazine, August 2003, p. 26.
WOOD, Better Homes and Gardens, June/July 2004 issue, pp. 48-51.
Newspaper Articles Include:
"Claremont Courier"
"Inland Valley Daily Bulletin"
"Los Angeles Times"
"New York Times"
"NEWS, Society of Architectural Historians, Southern California Chapter"
"Rancho Cucamonga Business Connection"
"Rancho Cucamonga City News"
"Rancho Cucamonga Voice"
"San Bernadino Sun"
"The Press Enterprise"
"Whittier Daily News"
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