Derek Root

images:

Untitled, 2004, Oil on canvas,
36 x 28.5 cm

Emily Carr College of Art and Design, Vancouver

2004
Derek Root, Union Projects, London

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

2002
Shroom Vision Colour Fields, Monte Clark Gallery, Toronto

2001
Chrome River, Galerie Axel Morner, Stockholm

2000
Sun Valley, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver

1998
Playtime, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver

2004
Important Canadian Art, Zieher Smith Gallery, New York
Confidence, Linoping Contemporary Art Museum Linoping, Sweden

2003
Berlin Art Fair, Gallery Axel Morner
The Basement Show, Vancouver
Drawing the World: Masters to Hipsters, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Retrospective, Monte Clark Gallery, Toronto
Boarding Pass, Monte Clark Gallery, Toronto

2002
Flyswatter, Monte Clark Gallery, Toronto

2001
The List 2001, Basel Art Fair, Basel, VTO Gallery

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

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

1998
Weak Thought, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver

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

1996
University of Lethbridge Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta
Galeria Once, Seville

1995
Future Traditions, London Regional Art Gallery, London
Drawings, OR Gallery, Vancouver

1994
Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver
Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton
Exhibition of Drawings, Atelier Gallery, Vancouver
Vancouver Collects, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver

Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
University of Lethbridge, Alberta
Guest Artist P.S.1 Studio Program, 1989, Long Island City, New York

2002
Milroy, Sarah, ‘Brushes with the Best’, Globe and Mail, 11 May

2001
Coupland, Douglas, ‘Critical Mass’ The Globe and Mail, 12 May V1, V2

1999
Mayes John Bentley, ‘The thought that counts’, The National Post, Toronto, 9th January
Milroy, Sarah, ‘Artists young and old grapple with abstraction’ The Globe and Mail, Toronto, 16th January
Scott, Michael, ‘VAG abstract show is no romantic thrill’, The Vancouver Sun, Vancouver 20th January
Scott, Michael, ‘Monte Clark Gallery combines liberal and traditional thought in contemporary salon’ The Vancouver Sun, Vancouver, 24th February
Steiner, Shep, ‘Derek Root, Arni Haraldsson, Project VI, exhibition companion, Stockholm




Publications

2003
Augaitis, Daina et al ‘For the Record’ Vancouver Art Gallery p 52-53

2000
Augaitis, Daina et al ‘Weak Thought’ Vancouver Art Gallery p 41-45

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