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SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 New Work, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver
2014 Above and Below, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver
2013 Monoprints, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver
2012 Obscured by Clouds, Monte Clark Gallery, Toronto
2012 Sleepers, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver
2010 Where the Day Begins, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver
2009 Curtains for the Bunker, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver
2008 Heaven is Closed, Monte Clark Gallery, Toronto
2006 Pictures of von Karajan, Monte Clark Gallery, Toronto
2004 Selected Works, Union Projects, London, U.K.
2003 Hymns, Scrims and Accompaniments, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver
2002 Shroom Vision Colour Fields, Monte Clark Gallery, Toronto
2001 Chrome River, Galerie Axel Mörner, Stockholm
2000 Sun Valley, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver
1998 Playtime, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015 Specific Shapes, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver
2013 Corner –Thru, Lager & Choi, Cologne, Germany
2012 Corner-Thru, Union Gallery, London. U.K.
2011 LA Pedestrians, Los Angles Art Fair
2011 Group Show, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver
2008 Auto Show, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver
2007 Basel, Miami, Union Gallery, London, U.K.
2007 Multiple Disicipline, Union Galley, London, U.K.
2006 Vancouver School, North Van School District,Vancouver
2005 Passport to Painting, 303 Gallery, New York, U.S.
2004 Basement Show,Art Gallery of Calgary, Calgary Alberta
Confidence, Linoping Contemporary Art Museum. Lingoping, Sweden
Zoo Art Fair (Union Gallery, London, U.K.), London
2003 Berlin Art Fair, Galerie Axel Morner
The Basement Show,Vancouver
Drawing the World: Masters to Hipsters,Vancouver Art Gallery,
Retrospective, Monte Clark Gallery,Toronto
Boarding Pass, Monte Clark Gallery,Toronto
2002 Flyswatter, Monte Clark Gallery,Toronto
2001 Liste Art Fair (VTO Gallery, London, U.K.) Basel, Switzerland
2000 Oktoberfest,VTO Gallery, London, UK
Century of BC Painting,Vancouver Art Gallery,Vancouver
Berlin Art Fair (Axel Morner Gallery, Stockholm), Berlin, Germany
Project VI, Galerie Axel Mörner, Stockholm, curated by Patrik Anderson
The High Life:A Contemporary Salon, Monte Clark Gallery,Vancouver
ARCO International Art Fair (Monte Clark Gallery,Vancouver), Madrid,
1998 Weak Thought,Vancouver Art Gallery,Vancouver
PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS
2014-19 Confederation Line, Tunney’s Pasture Station, Ottawa
2011 Field Map I and Field Map II, Concord Park Place, Toronto
2009 Permanent Light, Vancouver Convention Centre, Vancouver
2006 Vancouver School, Artists for Kids, North Vancouver
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC
Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, BC
SELECTED CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Rosewood Hotel Georgia, Vancouver
Patkau Architects, Vancouver
Aritzia, Vancouver
Thinkwell Designs, Vancouver
Omer Arbel Office, Vancouver
Four Seasons Hotel, Whistler
Simon Fraser University, Burnaby
Toronto Dominion Bank, Toronto
Tatar Art Projects, Toronto
KPMB Architects, Toronto
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Frieze Magazine, Obscured by Clouds, October 2012,by Charles Reeve
Georgia Straight, Where the Day Begins, Robin Laurence, September 4, 2010
Border Crossings, Issue No.11 The Root of Painting, 2009 page 18
Globe and Mail, Glamour behind a linked fence, Gary Michael Dault, November 29 2008 page R8
Canadian Art, Vol/Issue 24 (1), Pictures of Von Karajan, Bill Clarke, May 1,2007, page 95
Globe and Mail, Indolence and Angst, Sarah Milroy, April 15 2005, page r22, r23
The Tyee online magazine, Artists re-Imagine school, Deborah Campbell,April 18 2006
C Magazine, Vol/Issue (81) Basement Show, Seamus Keely, April1, 2004 Page 48
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES RESIDENCIES
Canada Council for the Arts Grant Recipient: 1989, 1996, 2000, 2008
British Columbia Arts Council Grant Recipient: 1990, 1994, 1998, 2004, 2008, 2011
P.S.1. Long Island City, New York