Gavin Brown's enterprise

Born 1968, New Westminster, Canada
Lives and works in Vancouver


Education

1992
Emily Carr College of Art & Design, BFA (studio)

1991
Alliance of Independent Colleges of Art c/o NASCAD
New York Summer Studio Program

Solo Exhibitions

2013
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa/ON, Canada (forthcoming)

2011
54th International Art Exhibition- La Biennale de Venezia, Canada Pavilian, Venice, Italy

2010
Geometric Healing, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland

008
The New Museum, 'Double Album. Daniel Guzman and Steven Shearer', New York

2007
The Power Plant, Toronto
Stuart Shave / Modern Art, London
Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
De Appel. Center for Contemporary Art, Amsterdam

2006
Franco Noero Gallery, Torino

2005
Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary
Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich

2004
CAG Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver
Art 35, 'Art Statements', Basel
Goodwater Gallery, Toronto

2003
Galleria Franco Noero, Torino
Blum & Poe, Santa Monica

2002
Mars Gallery, Tokyo
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

2009
“Beg Borrow and Steal,” Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL
“We are sun-kissed and snow-blind,” Galerie Patrick Seguin in Paris invites
Galerie Eva Presenhuber

2008
Casino Luxembourg. Forum d' Art Contemporain, 'Volume(s)', Luxembourg
Badischer Kunstverein, 'Pop! goes the wease!", Karlsruhe

2007
House Eva Presenhuber, 'Jubilee Exhibition', Vnà, Switzerland
Galerie Yvonne Lambert, 'Mario Testino: At Home', New York
Arndt & Partner, 'Sweet Bird Of Youth', Berlin
The Balmoral, 'Despite The Light', Venice/ CA

2006
Museum of Fine Art, 'Sobey Award Show', Montréal
Sprüth Magers Lee, 'Thank You For The Music', London
Stuart Shave / Modern Art, London
MUSAC, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla y Léon, 'Trial Balloons', Leon, Spain
Dicksmith Gallery, 'Writing in Strobe', London
4th Berlin Biennial for Contemporary Art, Von Mäusen und Menschen, Berlin
Kunstverein Wolfsburg, Canada Dreaming. Zukunftsgedanken und Wunschphantasien von Künstlern des grössten Staats Amerika', Wolfsburg

2005
Sprüth Magers Galerie, 'Thank You For The Music', Munich
Galleri Susanne Ottesen, 'Always crashing in the same car', Copenhagen
Gallery Side2; Tokyo
Vancouver Art Gallery, 'Classified Materials: Accumulations, Archives, Artists', Vancouver
MUHKA Museum, 'Interdial', Antwerp
White Columns, 'Post no Bills', New York
Barbara Gladstone Gallery, 'Bridge Freezes Before Road', New York
Galerie Lisa Ruyter, 'Suburbia', Vienna
BAWAG Foundation, Vienna
Gavin Brown’s enterprise, ’Drunk vs. Stoned 2 at’, New York

2004
Tate Modern, 'Pin up: Contemporary Art and Collage', London
Galleria Roma Roma Roma, '33 Person Drawing exhbition', Rome
Bard Collge, 'So Close Far Away', Annandale-on-Hudson, New York

2003
Kunsthalle Wien, 'Go Johnny Go! – Die E-Gitarre – Kunst und Mythos', Vienna
Galerie Hauser & Wirth & Presenhuber, 'Breathing the Water', Zurich
Issue Project Space, 'Adolescent Actionism (cur. By Jack Pierson), New York City
Seattle Art Museum, 'Baha to Vancouver, Seattle (travelling exhibition)
Lucky Tackle, 'Black Rainbow', (cur. By Anne Collier), Oakland
Galleria Franco Noero, Torino
Gallery Side2, Tokyo
Edmonton Art Gallery, 'Soundtracks', Edmonton, Canada (travelling exhibition)
Mars Gallery, Tokyo
Blum & Poe, Santa Monica
Tracey Lawrence Gallery, Vancouver
F-Space, University of Southern California, USA

2002
CCAC Wattis Institute, 'Rock My World: Recent Art and the Memory of Rock ‚n’ Roll' (cur. by Ralph Rugoff), San Francisco

2001
Pat Hearn Gallery, New York

2000
llingworth Kerr Gallery, Alberta College of Art & Design, Calgary

1999
Norwich Gallery, Norwich School of Art, 'East International', (cur. by Peter Doig and Roy Arden), Norwich, England

1998
Belkin Gallery, UBC, '6: New Vancouver Modern', Vancouver

1996
Art Gallery of Ontario, 'New Perspectives', Toronto

1995
London Regional Museum, 'Young Contemporaries', London / Ontario (travelling exhibition)
Marc Foxx Gallery, 'Dark Memories' (cur. by Larry Johnson)', Los Angeles
University of Vermont Art Gallery, 'Protective Covering', Vermont
C. H. Scott Gallery, Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design, 'Typecast', Vancouver

1994
CAG Contemporary Art Gallery, 'Three Artists', Vancouver


Selected Bibliography

2011
Lugli, Emanuele, "Steven Shearer," Vogue L'uomo, June
Roelstraete, Dieter, "Post-Wharolian Mourners," Kaleidoscope, Issue 11, Summer
Basciano, Oliver, “Pavilion Profile: Canada Steven Shearer,” Art Review, Issue 51, June

2008
Hainley, Bruce, Double Album: Daniel Guzman and Steven Shearer, in: Artforum, No. 5, January 2008, p. 131
Spence, Louise, Steven Shearer, in: Canadian Art International, January 2008

2007
Prince, Nigel (ed.), Steven Shearer, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham / The Power Plant, Toronto 2007 (exh. cat.)
Goddard, Peter, Power Plant show brings back the 1970s, in: thestar.com, December 13, 2007
Killgore, Bobby, Young Collectors, David Simkins, in: Art Basel Miami Beach, December 2007, p. 166/167
Milroy, Sarah, Worth the hype, in: theglobeandmail.com, December 12, 2007
D’Aurizio, Michele, Steven Shearer, in: Mousse, No. 11, November 2007, p. 55-57
Green, Göran, OH MY GOD!, Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, 2007, pp. 164-167
Keeley, Amanda, A-Z from The Armory Show, New York 2007, in: Whitewall, No. 6, Summer 2007, p. 158/159
Rachline, Sonia, L’avenir en oevres, in: Vogue, No. 874, February 2007, p. 147

2006
Szewczyk Monika, Close To Icons, in: c magazine, no. 91, Toronto, Autumn 2006, pp. 39-42
Guys. Insert Steven Shearer, in: Parkett, no. 76, Zurich/New York 2006, pp. 169-180
Walsh, Meeka, Artist Portfolio: The Poetics of Impoverishment, in: BorderCrossings. A Magazine of the Arts, no. 96, Winnipeg/CDN, February 2006, pp. 64-73.
Roelstraete, Dieter, Death Drives, Difference, Nothingness. Dieter Roelstraete Ponders the Work of Steven Shearer', in: A Prior Magazine, no. 12, Brussels, January/February 2006, pp. 103-135.

2005
Dexter, Emma (ed.), Vitamin D. New Perspectives in Drawing, Phaidon, London 2005
Campbell, Deborah, Steven Shearer: Bastard Offspring of the Photoconceptualists, in: Canadian Art, Toronto, vol. 22, no. 3, Fall 2005, pp. 94-97.
Roberts, Bill, Sounds like teen spirit, (exh. review) in: ArtReview, March 2005, p. 27
Bonnet Frédéric, Artist profile, French Vogue, Paris, March 2005
Brayshaw, Christopher, „Pay Attention, Mother Fuckers!“ (exh. review), January 2005

2004
CAG Contemporary Art Gallery (ed.), Steven Shearer, Vancouver: CAG Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver 2004 (exh. cat.)

2003
Kunsthalle Wien (ed.), Go Johnny Go! Die E-Gitarre – Kunst und Mythos. Wien: Kunsthalle Wien, Wien 2003
Hainley, Bruce, (exh. review), in: Artforum Magazine, New York, September 2003

2002
Dick Terence, Three Short Essays on Growing Up, in: Fuse Magazine, vol. 25, no. 2, Toronto, 2002
Higgs, Matthew,Steven Shearer, in:Artforum Magazine, New York, October 2002, pp. 2-3.
Rugoff, Ralph, Rock my World: Recent Art and the Memory of Rock ‚n’ Roll, San Francisco: CCAC, 2002 (exh. cat.),
Shier, Reid, (exh. review), in: Art & Text Magazine, Los Angeles, Fall 2002

2001
Arden, Roy, Steven Shearer Swinging Lumpen, in: Canadian Art Magazine, Toronto, Fall 2001, p. 48.

1998
Lum, Ken, 6: New Vancouver Modern, Canadian Art, vol. 15, no. 2, Toronto 1998
Watson, Scott, 6: New Vancouver Modern, Belkin Gallery, Vancouver, 1998 (exh. cat.)

1996
Brackett, Donald, Canada’s Rising Art Stars, in: The Globe & Mail, Toronto, 1996
Bradles, Jessica, New Perspectives, Ontario: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1996 (exh. cat.)
Patten, James, Modern Love, London Regional Museum, Ontario, 1996 (exh. cat.),

1994
Wallace, Keith, Three Artists, Vancouver: CAG Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver 1994 (exh. brochure)