1947
Born Wharton, Texas
Currently lives and works in Houston, Texas
EDUCATION
1989-91
Sculpture & Independent Study Scholarship, Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
1988
Laguna Gloria Art School, Austin, TX
1986
Private Instruction/Robin Anderson and Dennis Porter , School of Perceptionsim, Sedona, AZ
1985
Laguna Gloria Art School, Austin, TX
1970
BA University of Texas at Austin
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008
Lemmons Contemporary, New York, NY
Pan American Art Projects, Dallas, TX
2007
TAG art gallery, Nashville, TN
An Arte Gallery, San Antonio TX
2006
Lemmons Contemporary, New York, NY
Pan American Art Projects, Dallas, TX
2005
McKay Otto: Every Place, + gallery, Denver, CO
2004
McKay Otto: Infinity, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Private Showing, Trans Space, New York, NY
2001
Mc Kay Otto, Karen Ruhlen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
McKay Otto, Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston, TX
2000
McKay Otto, Joan Grona Gallery, San Antonio, TX
McKay Otto, Jaqueline Loyd, Taos, NM
McKay Otto, Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, TX
1999
McKay Otto: New Work, Jaqueline Loyd, Taos, NM
1997
McKay Otto: For All Kind, Jung Center, Houston, TX (Reviewed: Art in America)
McKay Otto/Richard Wood, Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, TX
McKay Otto, Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA
McKay Otto, Conlon Siegal Galleries, Santa Fe, NM
McKay Otto: Infinite, Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston, TX
Inside Out, Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX
1994
McKay Otto, Lyons Wier Gallery, Chicago, IL
1993
McKay Otto, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston,TX
1992
Wyndy Morehead Gallery, New Orleans, LA
McKay Otto: Climb in Time, Graham Gallery, Houston, TX
McKay Otto: Artworks, Galveston Art Center, Galveston, TX
1991
McKay Otto, Graham Gallery, Houston, Texas
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007
Los Angeles Contemporary Art Fair with Pan American Art Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Palm Beach Contemporary Art Fair with Pan American Art Projects, Palm Springs, FL
CADD Art Fair with Pan American Art Projects, Dallas, TX
Cool, Pan American Art Projects, Dallas, TX
Camp Marfa with G Gallery, Marfa, TX
Art Depot with G Gallery, Lubbock, TX
String – A Multi-Media Message, Latino Cultural Arts Center, Houston, TX
2006
Art of Motion, Lemmons Contemporary, New York, NY
Beth Nielson Chapman’s Peace Jam with 10 Nobel Peace Prize winners including the Dalai Lama & Desmond Tutu, Denver, CO
2004
Scope Art Fair with Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Affordable Art Fair at the Piers with Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, New York, NY
10th Anniversary Show, Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2003
Amercian Six, Sergio Tossi Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy
Bologna Art Fair with Sergio Tossi Arte Contemporanea, Bologna, Italy
2001
The Box, Hooks-Epstein Gallery, Houston, TX
Summer Group Exhibition, LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
1998
Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Sculpture, Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston, TX
1997
Intimate, Barbara Davis Gallery/Pennzoil Place, Houston, TX
1996
Convergence, Barbara Davis Gallery/Pennzoil Place, Houston, TX
New Work: Gallery Artists, Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston, TX
Cerling Etching Studio: The First Five Years, 1990-1995, Transco Tower Gallery, Houston, TX
1995
Austin Visual Arts Association, St. Edwards University, Austin, TX
Bodies in Evidence, The Mannequin Show, New Gallery, Houston, TX
In Search Of, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
Houston Small Works for Yekaterinburg Exhibit, The American Center in Yekaterinburg, Russia (traveling)
1994
The Heights Exhibition, The Houston Heights Association, Houston, TX
Fifth Annual Summer Group Show, Hall Barnett Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Out of This World, Curated by Lynn Herbert, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX
Miniatures, Hooks-Epstein Gallery, Houston, TX
1993
Beyond the Object, Judy Youens Gallery, Houston, TX
Personal Attachments: The Art of Collage/Assemblage, Hooks-Epstein Gallery, Houston, TX
DIFFA Take A Seat, The Decorative Center, Houston, TX
1992
Artist Director’s Exhibition, Art League of Houston, Omni Houston Hotel, Houston, TX
Houston’s Known & Underknown, Curated by Sally Reynolds, Allen Center, Houston, TX
Gallery Artists Group Exhibition, Graham Gallery, Houston, TX
1991
Private Investigations, Lawndale Art and Performance Center at Saks Pavilion, Houston, TX
Ordinary Objects, Extraordinary Subjects, Galveston Art Center, Galveston, TX
Spring Group Exhibition, Glassell School of Art, Houston, TX
1989
Spring Group Exhibition, Glassell School of Art, Houston, TX
Grants
1997
Artist Grant Award, Cultural Arts Council of Houston, Harris County, TX
Selected Bibliography
2007
Goddard, Dan R., "Art Beat - Gallery Stroll: McKay Otto at An Arte," San Antonio Express-News, September 28, 2007.
2006
"McKay Otto at Lemmons Contemporary," NY Arts International Edition, Vol. 11 Ed. 9/10.
2004
Anspon, Catherine D. “Space, Light and Art: Painter McKay Otto’s Galveston Aerie,” Paper City, March 2004, pgs. 28 – 31.
2001
Laget, Mokha. “All Shapes and Sizes: Compelling Examinations of Humanity,” Santa Fe Reporter, June 13 - 19, 2001.
Carver, John. “McKay Otto: Paintings and Sculptures,” The Magazine (Santa Fe), July, 2001
1998
Anspon, Catherine D. “McKay Otto at Jung Center,” Art in America, exhibition review, February 1998, pg. 110.
Waddington, Chris. “Looking Back at 1997: State of the Arts in N.O,” New Orleans Times Picayune, January 2, 1998.
1997
“All that Jazz: The Traveling Collector”, Art and Antiques, October 1997.
Waddington, Chris. “Sculpture carves out niche for itself,” New Orleans Times Picayune, September 19, 1997, illus.
Anspon, Catherine D. “McKay Otto: For All Kind,” New Art Series Catalogue, Richard Wood and McKay Otto Exhibition, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, July 25-September 14, 1997, illus.
Anspon, Catherine D. “McKay Otto’s Voyage to the Infinite,” Public News, January 15, 1997, Issue #761, pp. 8-9, illus.
1994
Johnson, Patricia. “Exhibit from 7 private collections says a lot,” Houston Chronicle, August 6, 1994.
Johnson, Patricia. “Art on the Edge,” Houston Chronicle, July 4, 1994.
1993
“Sculpture on the Green,” Museum and Arts Houston, November 1993
Johnson, Patricia. “Exhibit exceptional in its variety,” Houston Chronicle, October 14, 1993.
Chadwick, Susan. “Sculpture on the Green offers delightful, insightful works,” The Houston Post, September 9, 1993.
Chadwick, Susan. “Controversy entangles barbed-wire artists,” The Houston Post, August 31, 1993.
1993
“Transforming Junk into Art”, Museum and Arts Houston, October 1992.
