Allen Miesner Resume

Born:

Oakland, California

Education:

California College of Arts and Crafts
Photography. Instructed by Vilem Kriz.
1977

College of Holy Names
1972-1974


Exhibitions:

Form & Reform
The Gallery of Urban Art, Emeryville, Ca 2006

Mythical Objects
Limn, San Francisco, Ca 2004

L'Chaim: A Kiddush Cup Imvitational
The Jewish Museum, San Francisco. Ca 1997

Objects of Desire
Tercerra Gallery, Los Gatos, Ca 1997

Functional Metal
Virginia Breier Gallery, San Francisco, Ca 1996

California Designers & Abet Laminati
Limn, San Francisco, Ca 1996

Boomerang: An Exhibit of Boomerang Inspired Design.
Limn, San Francisco.
Exhibit at United Airlines Terminal, San Francisco, Ca 1996

Light Interpretations
The Jewish Museum , San Francisco, Ca 1996

Evolving Archetypes
Archetype Gallery, New York, NY 1993

The Creators Crossroads
Cultures and Matieres, San Francisco, Ca 1993

Art Designed for Living
Archetype Gallery, New York, NY 1992

The Art Furniture Movement in Black and White
Tercera Gallery, Saratoga, Ca 1992

New American Furniture
Oakland Museum , Oakland, Ca 1991

Chairs: Fun Vs. Function
Viewpoint North, San Mateo, Ca 1990

International Contemporary Furniture Show
New York, NY 1990

Life Support: Furniture
Limn, San Francisco, Ca 1990

Chairs Chairs
Virginia Brier, San Francisco, Ca 1989

Furniture
Elaine Potter, San Francisco, Ca 1989

Furniture
Archetype, New York, NY 1989

Window Display
Limn, San Francisco, Ca 1989

International Contemporary Furniture Fair
New York City, NY 1989

Works In Progress
Archetype Gallery, New York, NY 1989

Discovery through Diversity
Art & Architectural Design, Maryland, Wa 1988

Metal Forms: Archetypal Alternatives
Archetype Gallery, NY 1988

Work in Progress
Archetype, New York, NY 1988

Furniture on View
Capp Street Project, San Francisco, Ca 1988

The Art of Furniture
Elaine Potter, San Francisco, Ca 1987

California Furnishings
Monterey Museum, Monterey, Ca, 1987

Conpac 87 Features the Chair
Contract Design Center, San Francisco, Ca 1987

Outdoor Chair
Cooper Hewitt, New York, 1987

Children's Furniture
Limn, San Francisco, Ca 1987

The Outdoor Chair Show
Topher Delaney, Sausalito, Ca 1987

Furniture of the Elements
Media Gallery, San Francisco, Ca 1987

Artists Furniture
College of Marin, Kentfield, Ca 1987

Art of Furniture
Elaine Potter, San Francisco, Ca 1987

Furniture 80's
Stanilaus University, Stanilaus, Ca 1987

Furnitura
Vorpal Gallery, San Francisco, Ca 1987

Children's Furniture
Limn, San Francisco, 1986

Solo Improvisations
Set Design, Berkeley, Ca 1986

Furniture in the Aluminum Vein
Kaiser Center, Oakland, Ca 1986

Lone Wolf Gallery
San Francisco, Ca 1986

American Style
Macy's, San Francisco, Ca 1986

San Francisco/Bay Area Design
Norblett Gallery, San Francisco, Ca1985

New Furnishings,
Triton Museum, Santa Clara, Ca 1985

American Crafts Design, 85
San Francisco, Ca 1985

Contemporary Furniture-Calicon 3
San Francisco, Ca 1985

Places in Time
Lone Wolf Gallery, San Francisco, Ca 1985

Hillsborough Designer Showcase House
Hillsborough, Ca 1985

Initiations
San Jose Institute for Contemporary Art, San Jose, Ca 1984

Beyond Function
Miller Brown Gallery, San Francisco, Ca 1984

Bay Arts 82
San Mateo Arts Council, San Mateo, Ca 1982

Box Show
Signiture Gallery, San Francisco, Ca 1980

Bay Area Furniture
Los Robles Gallery, Palo Alto, Ca 1979

Designer Craftsman
Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, Ca 1973



Publications:

Designers Illustrated, July 1997
Sitting Pretty

Gentry Design, November 1995
Design Currents

San Jose Mercury News, August 30, 1992
Where the Art is

SF Magazine, June 1991
Material World

Interior Design Market Issue, September 1991
Furniture

Northern California House and Garden, 1991
Classics With A Future

Details Magazine, April 1990
Life and Limn

SF Magazine, September 1990
Cover.
New Talent: Allen Miesner Too Many Tables Not Enough Time

Arbitare, December 1990
Stati Uniti

SF Magazine, Ocober 1990
Tables of Content

Oakland Tribune, February 25, 1990
Form And Function

The New York Times 1989
A New York Forum For Fresh Design

San Francisco: The Magazine, Jan./Feb. 1989
Custom Furniture: Form and Function

Diablo, March 1989
Furniture as Fine Art

Diablo, September 1989
Turn Ons

Casa Vogue, 1989
La Riforma Dell'Interior

Home and Garden, October 1989

Dossier, July 1989
Twentieth Century Fox

Interior Design: Market Issue October 1988
Lighting

The Sacramento Bee, January 28, 1988
Mixed Bag at the Market

Showplace Square News, July 1987
The Outdoor Chair Show

House Beautiful, January 1987
HB Today

Art Week, September 1987
Page 16

Better Homes and Gardens:
Decorating Fall 1987
Art Furniture: A Portfolio of Original Works

Garden Design, Autumn 1987
Eclectic

The Sacramento Bee, June 26, 1986
Furniture exhibit lets aluminum prove its mettle

San Francisco Examiner, April 22, 1984
California Living Magazine
Multiple Wit

San Francisco Examiner, July 3, 1983
Magic in a Small Space

California Living Magazine, September 11, 1983
Fundamental Things Apply

Home and Garden, November 1982
Showhouse



Books:

Furniture Studio
Lyon Press, 1999

Product Design 4
The Library of Applied Design, 1992

Product Design 5
The Library of Applied Design, 1990

International Furniture Design for the 90's
The Library of Applied Design, 1991

Fine Woodworking Design Book Two
The Taunton Press, 1979


Gallery Affiliations:

Limn, San Francisco, Ca