Derek Sullivan

Untitled (Amnesiacs Series)2004-2005 Wood, carboard, paper, glue	Endless Kiosk MDF, gatorfoam, advertisments	Endless Kiosk (detail) MDF, gatorfoam, advertisments
Proposal for a painting to occupy bars... Complete set of 8 Arne Jacobsen Model 3107 chairs, paint, 2006 From: Habitat	Poster Drawings Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver From: Derek Sullivan: Poster Drawings Cross of Empire	Standing on the Shoulder of Giants Coloured pencil on paper 50 x 38.5 inches From: Derek Sullivan: Poster Drawings Cross of Empire
Standing on the Shoulder of Giants My tailor is rich, 2006 Gouache and coloured pencil on paper 50 x 38.5 inches From: Derek Sullivan: Poster Drawings Cross of Empire	#43, Wattle and Daub, 2009 Coloured pencil on paper 135 x 105 cm, 53 x 41 1/2 inches From: Derek Sullivan: Waiting Game	#25, Well Hung Snow White Tan..., 2007 #25, Well Hung Snow White Tan, Cadmium Light Red People, 2007 Coloured pencil on paper 135 x 105 cm, 53 x 41 1/2 inches From: Derek Sullivan: Waiting Game
#47, The Whole World, 2009 Coloured pencil on paper 135 x 105 cm, 53 x 41 1/2 inches From: Derek Sullivan: Waiting Game	Manuscript for Wattle and Daub, 2009 Mixed media, several elements in diverse materials From: Derek Sullivan: Waiting Game	<>#52, Myers-Briggs, 2009 Coloured pencil and collage, 127 x 98 cm, 50 x 38 1/2 inches
Studio view, Zig Zag chair, 2011 From: Derek Sullivan	Peg Rail #3 (An idea folded into time. An idea folded into space.), 2011 wood rail, pine Rietveld Zig-Zag chair painted oxide green, laser cut fabric, cable on wooden form, rope weaving, unique artists’ book 60” wide x 71” high x 18” deep From: Derek Sullivan	Peg Rail #3 (An idea folded into time. An idea folded into space.), 2011 wood rail, pine Rietveld Zig-Zag chair painted oxide green, laser cut fabric, cable on wooden form, rope weaving, unique artists’ book 60” wide x 71” high x 18” deep From: Derek Sullivan

Employing formal and textual elements that frequently contradict and alter relationships with one another, Derek Sullivan draws upon overlapping histories of modernist design, abstraction and conceptual art to unsettle notions of meaning and authorship. Sullivan uses drawing and sculpture, in addition to producing various ephemeral conceptual projects, to explore his interest in reinterpreting familiar forms in order to open up new areas of inquiry.

Recent solo exhibitions have been held at The Power Plant, Toronto; KIOSK, Ghent (2011); University of Waterloo Art Gallery (2010); Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge (2008); White Columns, New York (2008), and Tatjana Pieters/OneTwenty Gallery, Ghent (2008). He has been included in group exhibitions at Oakville Galleries (2011); Casino Luxembourg Forum d’art contemporain (2008); Artists Space, New York (2007); the Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver (2007), and The Power Plant (2005 and 2006). Sullivan has been long-listed for The Sobey Art Award in 2009 and 2011. In 2011 his work was featured in the Montréal Bienale.

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Exhibitions
Other Worlds
Habitat
Derek Sullivan: Poster Drawings Cross of Empire
Silence, Limited
Derek Sullivan
Derek Sullivan: Waiting Game
Derek Sullivan