Bio
Derek Liddington works and lives in Toronto. He obtained his MFA from the University of Western Ontario and BFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. Liddington’s work has been exhibited in numerous public settings, most recently at the opening night of Art Toronto 2011 where he staged Dandy Gangs. In 2010, Liddington staged Allegory for an Opera as part of Nuit Blanche. He had his first solo show, titled Coupe de Grace, at Clark and Faria Gallery in 2010. Liddington’s work has also been exhibited in group shows, most recently in Meet us on the Commons, curated by Elizabeth Underhill for the Art Gallery of Mississauga. Derek has received project support from the Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council and the London Community Foundation. In 2011, Derek Liddington was shortlisted for the Toronto Friends of the Visual Arts Artist Prize.
Education
2007 University of Western Ontario, MFA
2004 Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, BFA
Exhibitions: Solo/Projects/Performances
2012 Daniel Faria Gallery, Today a Legend Died. Viva La Revolution., Toronto, ON
2011 Art Toronto, Dandy Gangs, Toronto, ON
2011 Karyia Park / Celebration Square, Dandy Gangs, Mississauga, ON
2011 Come up to My Room, A Group of Objects, Toronto, ON
2010 Clark and Faria, coup de grâce, Toronto, ON
2010 Nuit Blanche (Curated by Sarah Robayo Sheridan), Allegory for a Rock Opera, Toronto, ON
2010 Powerball 12, Ballad for a working class pomo (Only the Lonely), Toronto, ON
2010 Gallery 1313, The Warriors, Toronto, ON
2009 Spark Contemporary Art Space, Landscape for a Modern Day Canadian Vampire (collaboration with Stephen Lavigne), Syracuse, NY
2008 XPACE Cultural Centre, Appropriate Follies (collaboration with Stephen Lavigne), Toronto, ON
2008 Artmetropole, Dr. No reading machine, book launch, Toronto, ON
2007 ArtLab, telling you something you’ve already heard, London, ON
Exhibitions: Group
2012
Cambridge Galleries (curator: Iga Janik), MINI GOLF, Cambridge, ON (July)
2011
Art Gallery of Mississauga (curator: Elizabeth Underhill), Meet us on the Commons, Mississauga, ON
Living Arts Centre (curator: Cole Swanson), Celebrity Still Life, Mississauga, ON
2010
FUN-WIG, Parker Branch, London, ON
Art Toronto 2010, Clark and Faria, Toronto, ON
Clark and Faria, Reality Check, Toronto, ON
Board of Directors, Here, There and Nowhere, Toronto, ON
2009
Art Toronto 2009, Clark and Faria, Toronto, ON
Zero to One Gallery, group show, Kitchener, ON
Monte Clark Gallery, Assembly, Vancouver, BC
Clark and Faria, Bowie, Toronto, ON
Clark and Faria, Clark & Faria Presents, Toronto, ON
2007
Cambridge Galleries (curated by Daniel Faria and Ivan Jurakic), Showcase 07, Toronto, ON
Interaccess: Electronic Media Arts Centre (curated by Sarah Todd), Two Steps Back, Toronto, ON
TOAE, First Canadian Place, Best of Exhibition, Toronto, ON
2006
Artlab, Control Group 9, London, ON
Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Nathan Phillip Square, Toronto, ON
Artlab (Graduate Conferance and exhibition), How Soon is Now: Strains of Utopia, London, ON
2004
Eyelevel gallery, steps of a prescribed procedure, Halifax, NS
Anna Leonowens Gallery (curator: Julie Voyce), Drawing Exhibition: Top Drawers, Halifax, NS
Collections
2010 Bank of Montreal, Toronto, ON
Donations
2011 Auction, Art With Heart, Toronto, ON
2011 Auction, Cmagazine, Toronto, ON
2011 Auction, Western Front, Vancouver, BC
2010 Auction, Canadian Art Foundation, Toronto, ON
Grants / Awards
2011 Shortlisted, Artist Prize, Toronto Friends of the Visual Arts
2011 Production Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
2011 Emerging Artist Grant, Ontario Arts Council
2009 Level 1: Emerging Artist Grant, Toronto Arts Council
2008 Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council
2008 Project Grant (curator), London Community Foundation
2005-07 Graduate entrance scholarship, University of Western Ontario
2006 Honorable mention - Drawing, TOAE
Professional Experience
2011 Instructor, OCAD University, Toronto, ON
2011 External Panelist, Thesis Defense: Andrew Stewart, OCAD University, Toronto, ON
2009/2011 Director, XPACE Cultural Centre, Toronto, ON
2010 Consultant: Programming, White Water Gallery, North Bay, ON
2009 honorary artist, AGO Next, Toronto, ON
2009 Juror, White Water Gallery, Annual Drawing Exhibition, North Bay, ON
2007/09 Director, Forest City Gallery, London, ON
2008 Juror, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto, ON
2008-present Board Member, ARCCO, London, ON
2006/07 Instructor, University of Western Ontario, London, ON
2005/06 Teaching Assistant, University of Western Ontario, London, ON
2006 Video Editor, Art and Cold Cash Collective, London, ON
2005 Board Member, The Factory, Hamilton, ON
Talks/Panels
2011 Artist Talk: Forest City Gallery, London, ON
2010 Panelist:Sculpture as Time, AGO / AGO NEXT, Toronto, ON
2010 Artist Talk: Gallery 1313, Toronto, ON
2009 Moderator: Contemporary Drawing, XPACE, Toronto, ON
2009 Moderator: Pedagogy Panel, Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, ON
2009 Guest Speaker: Spring Forward! A Resource (Share) Fair for Emerging Arts Professionals, OAAG, Toronto, ON
2009 Moderator: Hot Buttons / Pointe Chaud, Ottawa, ON
2008 Guest Artist: Drawing Reference, University of Western Ontario, London, ON
2008 Artist Talk: Appropriate Follies, XPACE Cultural Centre, Toronto, ON
2008 Left Side Live-Professionalism in the Arts!, St. Thomas - Elgin Public Art Centre, ON
Guest Speaker
2006 Its all been done / Whats been done, University of Western Ontario, Graduate student conference / exhibition, London, ON Facilitator - Panel Discussion: Appropriation in Contemporary art.
Published Writing
2010 Exhibition Essay: A look at the Aesthete: after a being caught in a bad romance, XPACE, Toronto, ON
2009 Exhibition Essay: In response to Order/Chaos, XPACE, Toronto, ON
2007 Can I Borrow That? - Thesis, University of Western Ontario, London, ON
Curatorial Projects
2011 TBA, XPACE Cultural Centre, Toronto, ON
2008 Driving in the landscape, Forest City Gallery, London, ON
2007 Its all been done / Whats been done, University of Western Ontario,
Graduate student conference / exhibition, London, ON
2004 Steps of a Prescribed Procedure, Eyelevel Gallery, Halifax, NS
2003 SOtA: student publication, NSCAD / Khyber gallery, Halifax, NS
Bibliography
Dagmara Genda, Artist Profile, BlackFlash 2.0, Summer, 2010, Issue 27.3
Robert Enright, Borderview, Border Crossing, March, 2010, Issue 113
Murray Whyte. McFarland, Kydd, Gillmore, Kurland and everyone else at Clark & Faria, Toronto Star: Blog, 06/08/2009
Stacey Ho. Reading Machine for Dr. No, Things of Desire, volume 1 number 8, 2008
Todd, Sarah. Two Steps Back, published by Interaccess, 2008.
Smith, Greg J. One Step Forward, Two Steps Back, published by the torontoist, July 18, 2007
Dault, Gary Michael. Coke machine glows, Globe and Maill, August 4, 2007
Jurakic, Ivan. Showcase 07, published by Cambridge Galleries, 2007
Derek Liddington works and lives in Toronto. He obtained his MFA from the University of Western Ontario and BFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. Liddington’s work has been exhibited in numerous public settings, most recently at the opening night of Art Toronto 2011 where he staged Dandy Gangs. In 2010, Liddington staged Allegory for an Opera as part of Nuit Blanche. He had his first solo show, titled Coupe de Grace, at Clark and Faria Gallery in 2010. Liddington’s work has also been exhibited in group shows, most recently in Meet us on the Commons, curated by Elizabeth Underhill for the Art Gallery of Mississauga. Derek has received project support from the Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council and the London Community Foundation. In 2011, Derek Liddington was shortlisted for the Toronto Friends of the Visual Arts Artist Prize.
Education
2007 University of Western Ontario, MFA
2004 Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, BFA
Exhibitions: Solo/Projects/Performances
2012 Daniel Faria Gallery, Today a Legend Died. Viva La Revolution., Toronto, ON
2011 Art Toronto, Dandy Gangs, Toronto, ON
2011 Karyia Park / Celebration Square, Dandy Gangs, Mississauga, ON
2011 Come up to My Room, A Group of Objects, Toronto, ON
2010 Clark and Faria, coup de grâce, Toronto, ON
2010 Nuit Blanche (Curated by Sarah Robayo Sheridan), Allegory for a Rock Opera, Toronto, ON
2010 Powerball 12, Ballad for a working class pomo (Only the Lonely), Toronto, ON
2010 Gallery 1313, The Warriors, Toronto, ON
2009 Spark Contemporary Art Space, Landscape for a Modern Day Canadian Vampire (collaboration with Stephen Lavigne), Syracuse, NY
2008 XPACE Cultural Centre, Appropriate Follies (collaboration with Stephen Lavigne), Toronto, ON
2008 Artmetropole, Dr. No reading machine, book launch, Toronto, ON
2007 ArtLab, telling you something you’ve already heard, London, ON
Exhibitions: Group
2012
Cambridge Galleries (curator: Iga Janik), MINI GOLF, Cambridge, ON (July)
2011
Art Gallery of Mississauga (curator: Elizabeth Underhill), Meet us on the Commons, Mississauga, ON
Living Arts Centre (curator: Cole Swanson), Celebrity Still Life, Mississauga, ON
2010
FUN-WIG, Parker Branch, London, ON
Art Toronto 2010, Clark and Faria, Toronto, ON
Clark and Faria, Reality Check, Toronto, ON
Board of Directors, Here, There and Nowhere, Toronto, ON
2009
Art Toronto 2009, Clark and Faria, Toronto, ON
Zero to One Gallery, group show, Kitchener, ON
Monte Clark Gallery, Assembly, Vancouver, BC
Clark and Faria, Bowie, Toronto, ON
Clark and Faria, Clark & Faria Presents, Toronto, ON
2007
Cambridge Galleries (curated by Daniel Faria and Ivan Jurakic), Showcase 07, Toronto, ON
Interaccess: Electronic Media Arts Centre (curated by Sarah Todd), Two Steps Back, Toronto, ON
TOAE, First Canadian Place, Best of Exhibition, Toronto, ON
2006
Artlab, Control Group 9, London, ON
Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Nathan Phillip Square, Toronto, ON
Artlab (Graduate Conferance and exhibition), How Soon is Now: Strains of Utopia, London, ON
2004
Eyelevel gallery, steps of a prescribed procedure, Halifax, NS
Anna Leonowens Gallery (curator: Julie Voyce), Drawing Exhibition: Top Drawers, Halifax, NS
Collections
2010 Bank of Montreal, Toronto, ON
Donations
2011 Auction, Art With Heart, Toronto, ON
2011 Auction, Cmagazine, Toronto, ON
2011 Auction, Western Front, Vancouver, BC
2010 Auction, Canadian Art Foundation, Toronto, ON
Grants / Awards
2011 Shortlisted, Artist Prize, Toronto Friends of the Visual Arts
2011 Production Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
2011 Emerging Artist Grant, Ontario Arts Council
2009 Level 1: Emerging Artist Grant, Toronto Arts Council
2008 Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council
2008 Project Grant (curator), London Community Foundation
2005-07 Graduate entrance scholarship, University of Western Ontario
2006 Honorable mention - Drawing, TOAE
Professional Experience
2011 Instructor, OCAD University, Toronto, ON
2011 External Panelist, Thesis Defense: Andrew Stewart, OCAD University, Toronto, ON
2009/2011 Director, XPACE Cultural Centre, Toronto, ON
2010 Consultant: Programming, White Water Gallery, North Bay, ON
2009 honorary artist, AGO Next, Toronto, ON
2009 Juror, White Water Gallery, Annual Drawing Exhibition, North Bay, ON
2007/09 Director, Forest City Gallery, London, ON
2008 Juror, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto, ON
2008-present Board Member, ARCCO, London, ON
2006/07 Instructor, University of Western Ontario, London, ON
2005/06 Teaching Assistant, University of Western Ontario, London, ON
2006 Video Editor, Art and Cold Cash Collective, London, ON
2005 Board Member, The Factory, Hamilton, ON
Talks/Panels
2011 Artist Talk: Forest City Gallery, London, ON
2010 Panelist:Sculpture as Time, AGO / AGO NEXT, Toronto, ON
2010 Artist Talk: Gallery 1313, Toronto, ON
2009 Moderator: Contemporary Drawing, XPACE, Toronto, ON
2009 Moderator: Pedagogy Panel, Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, ON
2009 Guest Speaker: Spring Forward! A Resource (Share) Fair for Emerging Arts Professionals, OAAG, Toronto, ON
2009 Moderator: Hot Buttons / Pointe Chaud, Ottawa, ON
2008 Guest Artist: Drawing Reference, University of Western Ontario, London, ON
2008 Artist Talk: Appropriate Follies, XPACE Cultural Centre, Toronto, ON
2008 Left Side Live-Professionalism in the Arts!, St. Thomas - Elgin Public Art Centre, ON
Guest Speaker
2006 Its all been done / Whats been done, University of Western Ontario, Graduate student conference / exhibition, London, ON Facilitator - Panel Discussion: Appropriation in Contemporary art.
Published Writing
2010 Exhibition Essay: A look at the Aesthete: after a being caught in a bad romance, XPACE, Toronto, ON
2009 Exhibition Essay: In response to Order/Chaos, XPACE, Toronto, ON
2007 Can I Borrow That? - Thesis, University of Western Ontario, London, ON
Curatorial Projects
2011 TBA, XPACE Cultural Centre, Toronto, ON
2008 Driving in the landscape, Forest City Gallery, London, ON
2007 Its all been done / Whats been done, University of Western Ontario,
Graduate student conference / exhibition, London, ON
2004 Steps of a Prescribed Procedure, Eyelevel Gallery, Halifax, NS
2003 SOtA: student publication, NSCAD / Khyber gallery, Halifax, NS
Bibliography
Dagmara Genda, Artist Profile, BlackFlash 2.0, Summer, 2010, Issue 27.3
Robert Enright, Borderview, Border Crossing, March, 2010, Issue 113
Murray Whyte. McFarland, Kydd, Gillmore, Kurland and everyone else at Clark & Faria, Toronto Star: Blog, 06/08/2009
Stacey Ho. Reading Machine for Dr. No, Things of Desire, volume 1 number 8, 2008
Todd, Sarah. Two Steps Back, published by Interaccess, 2008.
Smith, Greg J. One Step Forward, Two Steps Back, published by the torontoist, July 18, 2007
Dault, Gary Michael. Coke machine glows, Globe and Maill, August 4, 2007
Jurakic, Ivan. Showcase 07, published by Cambridge Galleries, 2007
