More about Ben Reeves
EDUCATION
1995 Ma Fine Arts, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London. UK
1993 BFA, University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, Canada.
1989 1st and 2nd year arts and sciences, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 Everyday Hallucinatory, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver
2009 Oil and Water, Jessica Bradley Art + Projects, Toronto
2008 Elements, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver
2007 Jessica Bradley Art + Projects. Toronto
2006 Museum London, London, On. Curated by Melanie Townsend
2005 Equinox Gallery, Vancouver
Drawing Painting, Oakville Galleries, Oakville. Curated by Kim Simon
2002 Dawson City, Odd Gallery, Yukon
1999 You’re Soaking in it, Atelier Gallery, Vancouver
Come Upstairs…, Anodyne Contemporary, Vancouver
1998 Meanwhile, Atelier Gallery, Vancouver
1993 AMS Gallery, UBC
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 LARGER THAN LIFE, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver
2009 Take Your Time, Simon Fraser University Gallery, Burnaby BC
Carte Blanche: Magenta Survey of Contemporary Canadian Painting, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto
2008 Facts and Figures, Museum London, London ON
2007 Working on Painting, CSA Space, Vancouver, 3 person exhibition with Rebecca Donald and Evan Lee
2006 On, Open Studios, Toronto
Du cote de Jessica Bradley ART + PROJECTS, Galerie Rene Blouin, Montreal
2005 Shifiting Space, Museum of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Chongqing, China. Curated by Gu Xiong.
2004 Outline in Black, Thielsen Galleries, London, On. Curated by Jamelie Hassan
High Points: Canadian Contemporary Art, Ten Years of Acquisitions, Musée des Beaux Arts, Montreal
Pain’t Misbehavin’ (art auction fundraiser) Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge
RBC Great Canadian Painting Competition: 5th Anniversary, Elliot Louis Gallery, Vancouver
Lines Painted in Early Spring, (cat. essay by curator Patrick Mahon)
Galerie de l’UQAM, Montreal
Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery, Owen Sound
Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops
2003 Shhh… UWO Faculty Exhibition, Artlab, UWO, London, On.
For the Record: Drawing Contemporary Life, (cat. essay by curator Daina Augaitis) Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Lines Painted in Early Spring, (cat) Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Koffler Gallery, Toronto
UBC Fine Arts Faculty Show, UBC Fine Arts Gallery, Vancouver
2002 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver
Canadian Art, Gallery Hop and Gala, CBC Broadcasting Centre, Toronto
Some New Paintings, (3 person show with Bernadette Phan and Phillippe Raphanel) Equinox Gallery, Vancouver
UBC Fine Arts Faculty Show, Design Arts Gallery, Vancouver
2000 RBC Private Counsel, Great Canadian Painting Competition, Harrison Gallery, ancouver
New Blood, Finer Things Gallery, Nashville Tennesssee
Download: ECIAD Faculty Show, Charles H Scott Gallery, Vancouver
UBC Fine Arts Faculty Show, Design Arts Gallery, Vancouver
In Open Air, (2 person show with Harold Nix) Atelier Gallery, Vancouver
1999 Edge City: New Art From (& About) Suburbia, (cat. essay by curator Christopher Brayshaw) Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey
1997 Sight Lines: New Artists, New Work, Atelier Gallery, Vancouver
Configuration: New Art from Vancouver, (cat. essay by Christopher Brayshaw) Catriona Jefferies Gallery, Vancouver
1996 Out of the Garden, (cat. essay by Christopher Brayshaw) Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, BC
Chelsea College of Art and Design (3 shows, cat.) London, UK
Falmouth College of Art Print Exhibition, (cat.) Falmouth, UK
1993 Parallax: UBC Graduation Show, Vancouver
Being in Place: UBC Annual Arts Festival, Vancouver
1992 Helen Pitt Gallery, Victoria
Access Gallery, Vancouver
AMS Gallery, UBC, Vancouver (2 shows)
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Down, Chris, Ben Reeves, Rewind Canadian Art, summer 2006, Vol 23. No. 3, p 148-152. (colour ill).
Townsend, Melanie, Complicated Matter: Ben Reeves, Museum London, 2006. (colour ill)
Kissick, John, Langue and Parole: Some thoughts on painting, Canadian idols and the drawings of Ben Reeves Complicated Matter: Ben Reeves Museum London, 2006, p 3-9. (colour ill).
Mahon, Patrick, Ben Reeves: Unrecognised heads (pamphlet exhibition essay), Open Studio Gallery, 2006.
Harris, Mike, Ben Reeves. Rewind. Canadian Art, summer 2005. Vol 22. No. 2, pp 95-6. (colour ill).
Jim, Alice Ming Wai. Shifting Space: Patrick Mahon, Ben Reeves, Gu Xiong Museum of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, catalogue. Chongqing, China May 2005
Simon, Kim, Ben Reeves, Drawing Painting, Og2, Vol. 2.2, March to May, 2005, pp.6-9 (ill.)
Harrison, Adam, Representing Abstraction: Ben Reeves at the Equinox Gallery, Terminal City, Vol. 5.40.170, February 10, 2005
Julia Dault; Lines Painted in Early Spring, National Post, February 19, 2004, p. AL
(ill.)
Dawn, Leslie; Crossovers: Lines Painted in Early Spring, Border Crossings; Vol. 22, No. 4, Issue No. 88, November, 2003; pp. 94-5 (ill.)
Laurence, Robin; Crossovers: Drawing the World, Border Crossings; Vol. 22, No. 4, Issue No. 88, November, 2003; pp.100-2
Dault, Gary Michael; Gallery Going: Blurring the Lines Through an Act of Will, The Globe and Mail; Saturday, November 15, 2003, p. R19
Enright, Nicola; Drawing the World: Ben Reeves, The North Shore News; July 11, 2003; pp. 15, 29
Scott, Michael; Following the Lines, Queue, The Vancouver Sun; June 26, 2003; pp. C16-17
Augitis, Daina; For the Record: Drawing Contemporary Life, Vancouver Art Gallery, catalogue (ill pp.60-1)
O’Brian, Melanie; Bibliographical Notes, For the Record:Drawing Contemporary Life, Vancouver Art Gallery, p.91
Mahon, Patrick; Lines on Painting: Gerald Ferguson, Ben Reeves, Carmen Rushiensky, Francine Savard, Gallery; Southern Alberta Art Gallery; summer, 2003
Mahon, Patrick; Lines Painted in Early Spring, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, catalogue, (ill. pp.27-32)
Fast Forward, Canadian Art; summer, 2003; Vol. 20, No. 2, p.20 (ill.)
Milroy, Sarah; Generation Next, The Globe and Mail; May 20, 2003; pp. V1, V6-7
Pauls, Heather; Dawson City Through the Eyes of Ben Reeves, The Klondike Sun; August 13, 2002; p.18
Gallery Hop and Gala, Canadian Art Magazine, fall, 1999, p.29
Little, Jamie; Interview with Ben Reeves, Midday Magazine, CBC Radio North, July 19, 2002
Scott, Michael; Equinox Tantalizes Visitors with Summer Showcase, Mix, The Vancouver Sun; June 15, 2002, p. H15
Something New; Calendar, The North Shore News; June 14, 2002, p. 16
Laurence, Robin; Of Weiner Jars and Dish Soap, The Georgia Straight; October 7, 1999
Brayshaw, Christopher; New, Fresh, Lemon Liquid!; September, 1999
The List, Canadian Art; fall, 1999, p. 29
Johnson, Mia; Ben Reeves: You’re Soaking in it, Preview; September-October, 1999; p.14 (ill.)
Lee, James Jason; Edge City Sticks to Surface, The Georgia Straight, December 3, 1998
Brayshaw, Christopher; Edge City: New Art from (& About) Suburbia, Surrey Art Gallery, catalogue, 1997
Brayshaw, Christopher, Configuration: New Art from Vancouver, Catriona Jefferies Gallery, catalogue, Vancouver, 1997
Laurence, Robin; Deconstructed Landscape: an Idea We Got to Know Well, Saturday Review, The Vancouver Sun; December 30, 1995
Brayshaw, Christopher; Out of the Garden, Richmond Art Gallery, catalogue, 1995
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Musée des Beaux Arts, Montreal
Campney & Murphy
Canada Council Art Bank
The Klondike Institute of Art and Culture
The London Institute
RBC Private Counsel
Surrey Art Gallery
UBC Department of AHVAT