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Humor Risk
Kathleen Cullen, NY
October 11 — November 8, 2014
Opening Reception Saturday, October 11. 6:00 — 8:00 PM
DEIRDRE McADAMS

Deirdre McAdams is a visual artist living and working in Vancouver BC, Canada. She is a graduate of Emily Carr University of Art and Design (2008), and the Victoria College of Art (2003), where she studied painting. She was awarded an Honourable Mention in the 2011 RBC Painting Competition, as well as a prize in 2010 from Canadian Art Magazine for her writing on contemporary art. Her practice represents an engagement with the minimal vocabulary of geometric and optical abstraction, and is characterized by a spirit of experimentation within the limits of pre-determined methodological confines.

Education
2008    Bachelor of Fine Arts, Visual Arts. Emily Carr University of Art and Design. Vancouver           BC, Canada.
2003    Diploma of Fine Arts. Victoria College of Art. Victoria BC, Canada.

Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
2014    Outside A Marble Palace; new works by Vanessa Brown and Deirdre McAdams, Field                   Contemporary. Vancouver, Canada 
2011    High Viz (with Ella Collier). A-H- Gallery. Vancouver BC, Canada.
2010    Easy Please. Blim. Vancouver BC, Canada.
2009    Space Buzz. Clack Clack Empire. Vancouver BC, Canada.

Group Exhibitions
2013    As It Is: Jeremy Hof, Vanessa Maltese, Deirdre McAdams, Sean Mills, Jonathan Syme, and           Angela Teng. Wil Aballe Art Projects. Vancouver BC, Canada.
        Four Corners: A Painting Show. Apt Projects at The Chinatown Experiment. Vancouver BC,           Canada.
2012    Long Legged Streak of Misery. East Van Studios. Vancouver BC, Canada.
2011    RBC Painting Competition. The Power Plant; Art Gallery of Hamilton; Art Gallery of               Alberta. Toronto/Hamilton/Edmonton, Canada.
2010    Slivers, Shivers and Snakeskins. Chapel Arts. Vancouver BC, Canada.
2009    What Have You Been Up To Lately? Red Gate Gallery. Vancouver BC, Canada.
        Leave Room for the Holy Spirit. Helen Pitt Gallery. Vancouver BC, Canada

Awards and Projects
2012    Project Assistance for Visual Artists. BC Arts Council.
2011    Honourable Mention Award. RBC Painting Competition.
2010    Runner-up prize. 2nd Annual Canadian Art Writing Prize. Canadian Art Magazine.
        Grand Prize. Painting on the Edge. Federation of Canadian Artists.
2009    Painting assistant to Michael Lin for A Modest Veil: installation project at Vancouver           Art Gallery, January 2010.
2007    ECUAD Internal Scholarship: Arne Vengshoel Memorial.

Selected Publications
2012    An Interview with Deirdre McAdams. Here and Elsewhere, web-based magazine.
        Visual Aids: Behind the canvas with the winners of the RBC Canadian Painting                     Competition. Reader's Digest. Jan 2012 edition.
2011    Easel Said than Done. Leah Sandals. National Post. 10/21/11.
        Hands-on Arts Education Produces Winners. Kevin Griffin. Vancouver Sun. 10/15/11.
        Vancouver continues to dominate RBC Painting Competition. Jessica Werbe. Georgia                 Straight. 10/03/11.
2010    Canadian Art Magazine. Fall edition.
        Art Avenue Magazine. November/December edition.
        Woo Magazine. Issue 4. Vancouver BC.
2008    Different Strokes at Studio 21: stART Takes the Pulse of New Painting in Canada. Elissa         Barnard. Halifax Chronicle Herald, 03/25/08.
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