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.
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.
