DEREK ROOT - BIOGRAPHY


Born: 1960, Vancouver, British Columbia, BC

 

Education

Emily Carr College of Art and Design, Vancouver, BC

 

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2006
von Karajan, Monte Clark Gallery, Toronto, ON

2004
Selected Works, Union Gallery, London. UK

2003
Hymns, Scrims and Accompaniments, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, BC

2002
Shroom Vision Colour Fields, Monte Clark Gallery, Toronto, ON

2001
Chrome River, Galerie Axel Mörner, Stockholm

2000
Sun Valley, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1998
Playtime, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1993
Heffel Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1991
Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1989
Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2008
Portraits, Monte Clark Gallery, Toronto, ON

2007
Winter Salon Show, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Strange Identity, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, BC

2006
Painting Show, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Vancouver School, with Graham Gillmore, Douglas Coupland, Angela Grossman and Attila Richard Lukacs, Artists for Kids Gallery, North Vancouver, BC

2005
Passport to Painting, with Rodney Graham and Shannon Oksanen, Gallery 303, New York, NY

2003
For the Record: Drawing Contemporary Life, Vancouver Art Gallery,
Vancouver, BC

2002
The Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, BC

2001
The List 2001, Basel Art Fair, Basel

2000
Oktoberfest, VTO Gallery, London, UK
Century of BC Painting, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver , BC
Alex Morner Gallery at Basel Art Fair, Basel

1999
Project VI, Galerie Axel Mörner, Stockholm, curated by Patrik Anderson
Futura Bold, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC
The High Life: A Contemporary Salon, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, BC
ARCO ’99 International Art Fair, Monte Clark Gallery, Madrid

1998
Weak Thought, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1997
Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Group Show, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1996
University of Lethbridge Gallery, Lethbridge, AB
Galeria Once, Seville, Spain

1995
Future Traditions, London Regional Art Gallery, London, ON

Drawings, OR Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1994
Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB

1993
Charles Jordon Gallery, New York, NY
Exhibition of Drawings, Atelier Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Vancouver Collects, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1992
Gernereux Grunwald Gallery, Toronto, ON

1991
Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, BC
Los Angeles Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA
Whatcom County Museum, Whatcom

1990
Artropolis, Vancouver, BC
Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Los Angeles County Fair, Los Angeles, CA

1989
P.S.1 Group Show, Long Island City, New York, NY
Group Show, 49th Parallel Gallery, New York, NY

1988
London Life Young Contemporaries, London Regional Art Gallery
London, ON

1987
West Coast Painting: New Directions, Canada House, London, UK
Drawing Show, Unit Pitt Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1986
Group Show, Canadian Cultural Centre, Paris, France
Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1985
The Young Romantics, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC

 

Selected Bibliography

Coupland, Douglas. “Critical Mass,” The Globe and Mail, May 12, 2001, V1, V2
Mayes, John Bentley. “The thought that counts.” The National Post, Toronto,
ON, January 9, 1999
Milroy, Sarah. “Artists young and old grapple with abstraction.” The Globe and
Mail, Toronto, January 16, 1999.
Scott, Michael. “VAG abstract show is no romantic thrill.” The Vancouver Sun,
Vancouver, BC, January 20, 1999.
Scott, Michael. “Monte Clark Gallery combines liberal and traditional thought in
contemporary salon.” The Vancouver Sun, Vancouver, BC, February 24, 1999.
Steiner, Shep. “Derek Root, Arni Haraldsson, Project VI,” exhibition companion,
Stockholm.

 

Catalogues

Augaitis, Daina, “For the Record: Drawing Contemporary Life, Vancouver Art
Gallery, 2003
Augaitis, Daina et al. “Weak Thought”, Vancouver Art Gallery, 2000, p.41-45

 

Selected Permanent Collections

Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, ON
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON
University of Lethbridge, AB
Guest Artist P.S.1 Studio Program, 1989, Long Island City, NY