DEAN DREVER
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007 Big Guns, Udell Contemporary, Calgary
2004 If It Ain’t White It Ain’t Right, Edmonton Art Gallery
2003 Drever Fever, Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver
2002 New Work, Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton
2001 New Work, Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver
1998 New Work, The Auburn Saloon, Calgary
1997 Earn This, Plus 15 – The New Gallery, Calgary
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007 Christmas 2007 featuring Dean Drever – Big Guns, Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver
2005 Toronto International Art Fair, Douglas Udell Gallery/The Other Gallery, Toronto
S.S.K.A.A.(SomeSeriousKickAssArt), The Spoke Club, Toronto
Summer Fling, Gallery Neubacher, Toronto
Spring Show, Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton
another other, Cooper Gallery, Dundee, Scotland
2004 Featured Artist Fall Show, Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver
Featured Artist Fall Show, Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton
Toronto International Art Fair, Douglas Udell Gallery/The Other Gallery, Toronto
Making It Like A Man, Mackenzie Art Centre, Regina
2003 Toronto International Art Fair, Douglas Udell Gallery/The Other Gallery, Toronto
Fall Show, Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton
Summer Show, Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton
Spring Show, Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton
2002 Transcendent Squares, Rosemont Art Gallery, Regina
Gallery Show, Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver
Fall Show, Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton
Alberta Biennial Of Contemporary Art, Nickel Arts Museum, Calgary
Alberta Biennial Of Contemporary Art, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton
Canada Darling, Burnished Chariot Gallery, New London, Connecticut
Benefit Silent Auction, White Columns, New York
2001 Fall Show, Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton
Spring Show, Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton
2000 Fall Show, Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton
Spring Show, Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver
1999 Fall Show, Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton
1998 New Abstraction-Picture Windows, Bankers Hall/Artweek'98, Calgary
Salon Show, The Auburn Saloon, Calgary
1997 Silent Auction: Benefit for the Stride Gallery, The Stride Gallery, Calgary
1996 Pushy with Paul Butler, ACAD, Calgary
Mother Earth: Important To All, Banff Center Gallery, Calgary
1995 Hear My Heart Song, Triangle Gallery, Calgary
Faces Of Family Pride, The Works Festival, Edmonton
CURATORIAL
2005 Leave It To Drever, Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton
2002 Superb Executions & Great Hangings, Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton
2001 Extra Necessities, Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton
2000 Fresh Meat, Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton
AWARDS
Nominated For The Mayor’s Luncheon For Business And The Arts (Edmonton)
Enbridge Emerging Artist Award
Short-Listed For The Sobey Art Foundation Award 2004
Student Choice Award 1997
Alberta College Of Art And Design
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2005 Gilbert Bouchard. "Art with a ‘wow’ factor: Edmonton artist brings together his favourite cutting-edge works." Edmonton Journal, February 4.
2004 Olenka Melnyk. "Rebel With a Cause." Edmonton Journal, September 5
"Lustre Lust." Border Crossings, v. 23, no. 3, Issue 91, August.
Gilbert Bouchard "Racial obsession with 'whiteness' a study in contrasts." Edmonton Journal, July 23
Gamal Abdel-Shehid. “Skin on Glass: No race is supreme in If It Ain’t White, It Ain’t Right.” Vue Weekly.
Jack Anderson. "The 'guy' culture examined." Leader Post, June 16.
Greg Beatty. “Making it like a Man!” Artichoke, v.16 no.3.
2003 Gilbert Bouchard. “The language of violence.” Ed-Magazine, Edmonton Journal Supplement, November 20.
Jack Anderson. “Work may look familiar, but meanings are new.” Leader Post, January 24.
2002 James Trainor. “Canada Darling.” Border Crossings, v.21 no4 Is. 84, November.
David Garneau. “The Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art 2002.” Border Crossings, v.21 no4 Is. 84, November.
Robert Enright. “2002 Alberta Biennial.” AlbertaViews, September/October.
William Zimmer. “Alternative Offerings, Fresh From Halifax.” The New York Times, July 7.
Gilbert Bouchard. "Visualizing violence: Dean Drever's solo show challenges viewers to look within." Edmonton Journal, March 8.
Jacqueline Janelle. “Chain Reaction: Hard-hitting images.” See Magazine, February 28 - March 6.
Gilbert Bouchard, Special to The Journal. "Artists chosen for exhibit with unconventional premise.” Edmonton Journal, February 1.
2001 Alan Kellogg. "Make room for newer additions: The Udell spotlights artworks a young crowd can relate to and afford." Edmonton Journal, July 4.
Jason Ainsworth. “God Has Forsaken You: Vancouver Galleries.” The Nerve Magazine, v.2 No.2, March/April.
Mary Francis Hill. “Shmoozing yourself is a touch slog.” Westender, January 25-31.