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Steven Shearer

Born in New Westminster 1968
Lives and works in Vancouver

Education

1992
  • BA Fine Art, Emily Carr College of Art & Design, Vancouver
1991
  • Alliance of Independent Colleges of Art c/o NASCAD New York Summer Studio Program

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2009
  • Uncle Jack, Mom & Steve, The Apartment, Vancouver
2008
  • Steven Shearer & Daniel Guzmán, The New Museum, New York
    MUCA. University Museum of Arts and Sciences, Mexico City
2007
  • The Power Plant, Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto
  • Stuart Shave / Modern Art, London
  • IKON Gallery, Birmingham
  • De Appel, Amsterdam
2006
  • Franco Noero Gallery, Torino
2005
  • Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary
  • Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich
2004
  • Contemporary Art Gallery, CAG, Vancouver
  • Goodwater Gallery, Toronto
2003
  • Galleria Franco Noero, Torino
2002
  • Mars Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
  • American Fine Arts Co., New York
2001
  • Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver
2000
  • Or Gallery, Vancouver
1999
  • American Fine Arts Co., New York
1996
  • S. L. Simpson Gallery, Toronto
1994
  • S. L. Simpson Gallery, Toronto
1992
  • Perel Gallery, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver

Group exhibitions

2008
  • Pop! Goes the Weasel, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe
2007
  • VOLUME, Casino Luxembourg, Forum d’Art Contemporain, Luxembourg
2006
  • Summer exhibition, Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London
  • Writing in Strobe, Dicksmith Gallery, London
2005
  • Thank You For The Music, Sprüth Magers Gallery, Munich
  • Always Crashing In The Same Car, Susanne Ottesen Gallery, Copenhagen
  • Interdial, MUHKA Museum, Antwerp
  • Post New Bills, White Columns, New York
  • Bridge Freezes Before Road, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York
  • Suburbia, Lisa Ruyter Gallery, Vienna
  • BAWAG Foundation, Vienna, Austria
2004
  • I Pin up: Contemporary Art and Collage, Tate Modern, London
2003
  • Go Johnny Go! – Die E-Gitarre – Kunst und Mythos, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna
  • Breathing the Water, Hauser & Wirth Gallery & Presenhuber, Zurich
  • Blum & Poe, Santa Monica
2002
  • F-Space, University of Southern California, USA
  • Rock My World: Recent Art and the Memory of Rock n’ Roll CCAC Wattis Institute, (curated by Ralph Rugoff), San Francisco
2001
  • Pat Hearn Gallery, New York
2000
  • Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Alberta College of Art & Design, Calgary
1999
  • East International, Norwich Gallery, Norwich School of Art, Norwich
1998
  • 6: New Vancouver Modern, Belkin Gallery, UBC, Vancouver
1996
  • New Perspectives, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
1995
  • Young Contemporaries, London Regional Museum, London, Ontario,
  • Dark Memories, Marc Foxx Gallery (curated by Larry Johnson), Los Angeles
  • Protective Covering, University of Vermont Art Gallery, Vermont
  • Typecast, C. H. Scott Gallery, Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design, Vancouver
  • Three Artists, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver

Selected Bibliography

2008
  • Johson, Ken. Two Boys Past Adolescence Still Just Being Boys, New York Times, May 9
  • Basciano, Oliver. A Million Little Pieces, Wonderland magazine, Issue 12, February – March
2007
  • Art World Magazine, Innovative Ikon Gets Tough, December – January
  • Van Der Velden, Daniel. Crypto Logo Jihad: Black Metal and the Aesthetics of Evil, Art Papers, November – December
  • Interview, Dazed and Confused, Issue 55, November
  • Geldard, Rebecca. Exhibition Review, Time Out London, October 24
  • Van Der Velden, Daniel. Crypto Logo Jihad, Metropolis M, June – July
  • Steven Shearer, published by IKON Gallery, Birmingham
2006
  • Griffin, Jonathan. Exhibition Review, Frieze, June – August
  • Exhibition Review, Art Monthly, May
  • Walsh, Meeka. Steven Shearer: The Poetics of Impoverishment, Border Crossings, No. 96, February
  • About a Prior Magazine, A Prior Magazine, No. 12, January
2005
  • Steven Shearer, Art Review, Volume IX, December
  • Campbell, Deborah, Steven Shearer: Bastard Offspring of the Photoconceputalist, Canadian art, Toronto, Fall, p. 94-97.
  • Roberts, Bill, Sounds like teen spirit, Ex. Review, ArtReview, March
  • Brayshaw, Christopher, Pay Attention, Mother Fuckers!, Contemporary Art Gallery, January
2003
  • Higgs, Matthew. Openings: Steven Shearer, Artforum, October
  • Exhibition Review, Artforum, Vol XLII No. 1, September
  • Rugoff, Ralph, Rock my World: Recent Art and the Memory of Rock ‚n’ Roll, exhibition catalogue, CCAC, San Francisco
  • Kunsthalle Wien, Go Johnny Go! Die E-Gitarre – Kunst und Mythos, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna
2002
  • Shier, Reid, „Exhibition Revue“, Art & Text Magazine, Fall, Los Angeles
  • Dick Terence, „Three Short Essays on Growing Up“, Fuse Magazine, Vol. 25, No. 2, Toronto
  • Higgs, Matthews, ‚Steven Shearer’, Artforum, p. 2-3
2001
  • Arden, Roy, „Steven Shearer Swinging Lumpen“, Canadian Art Magazine, p. 48
1998
  • Lum, Ken, „6: New Vancouver Modern“, Canadian Art, Volume 15, No. 2
  • Watson, Scott, 6: New Vancouver Modern, catalogue, Belkin Gallery, Vancouver
1996
  • Brackett, Donald, „Canada’s Rising Art Stars“, The Globe & Mail, Toronto
  • Bradles, Jessica, New Perspectives, exhibition catalogue, Art Gallery of Ontario
  • Patten, James, Modern Love, exhibition catalogue, London Regional Museum, Ontario
1994
  • Wallace, Keith, Three Artists, exhibition brochure, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver