Drew Simpson (b. 1977, Canada)
Education
2003-2004 Toronto School of Art, Toronto, CA
2001-2002 Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, CA
2011-2013 Curator and Residency Director at Sur La Montagna, Berlin, DE
Select Solo Exhibitions
2016 Escaping the Candy Jail With My Good Eye Closed, Fata Morgana Berlin, DE
2015 Strange Victory, Strange Defeat, Fata Morgana Berlin, DE
2013 Silly Damned Thing Anyhow, Galerie D’Este, Montreal, CA
2012 Eulogy To Big Nothing, Fischer Kunsthandel & Edition, Berlin, DE
2011 Tier, Sur La Montagna, Berlin, DE
2008 The Interiority Complex, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, CA
2005 Pseudo Sanctuary, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, CA
2004 Mass Movement, TSA Gallery, Toronto, CA
2003 The Truth Hurts, Size Matters and God is Not a Woman, Mind Control Gallery, Toronto, CA
Select Group Exhibitions
2024 The Empty Church, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, CA
2019 Winter Blast, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, CA
2017 Director’s Choice, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, ON
2015 Summer Group Exhibition, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, CA
2014 Black Rainbow Galerie Youn, Montreal, CA
2013 Kollektiv, Fischer Kunsthandel & Edition, Berlin, DE
2011 Deconstruction Construction, Tape Modern #20, Berlin, DE
2010 House Beautiful, Macdonald Stewart Art Museum, Guelph, CA
2010 Extreme Painting, Galerie D’este, Montreal, CA
2009 COLECTIVA DE PINTURA, Galeria Contrast, Barcelona, ES
2009 Dark Hot Knights, Drew Simpson and Jubal Brown, Fountain Gallery, Toronto, CA
2008 RBC Canadian Painting Competition 10th Anniversary Exhibitions, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Power Plant, Toronto, Ontario, Musée d’art contemporain de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, The Rooms, St. John’s, NL, Museum London, London, ON, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta (traveling exhibition), CA
2007 Summer Splash, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, CA
2008 Christmas Party, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, CA
2007 Songs of the Apocalypse, Curated by David Liss, Art Mur, Montreal, CA
2006 20th Anniversary Show, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, CA
2006 BlazeDays, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, CA
2006 Collective, 12 artists, Small Format, Galeria Begona Malone, Madrid, ES
2006 Blender #3, Mind Control Gallery, Toronto, CA
2005 Efficiency 1, Mind Control Gallery, Toronto, CA
2005 Blender #2, Mind Control Gallery, Toronto, CA
2004 Efficiency 2, Mind Control Gallery, Toronto, CA
2004 Monkey See Monkey Do, Spin Gallery, Toronto, CA
2004 Blender #1, Mind Control Gallery, Toronto, CA
2003 Sex Show, Spin Gallery, Toronto, CA
2002 Three Guys Who Paint, Gallery 401, Toronto, CA
Art Fairs
2020 Scope New York, US
2013 Art Toronto, CA
2012 Art Toronto, CA
2011 Art Chicago, US
2011 Art Toronto, CA
2010 Scope New York, US
2010 Slick Paris, FR
2010 Art Toronto, CA
2010 Art Miami, US
2010 Art Palm Beach, US
2009 Art Toronto, CA
2008 Art Chicago, US
2008 Scope New York, US
2008 Scope Basel, CH
2008 Scope Miami, US
2008 Scope London, UK
2008 Toronto International Art Fair, CA
2007 ARCO, ES
2007 DC Dusseldorf Contemporary, DE
2007 FIAC 2007: 34th Edition, FR
2007 Art Chicago, US
2007 Scope Basel, CH
2007 Scope New York, US
2007 Scope Miami, US
2007 Berliner Liste, DE
2007 Toronto International Art Fair, CA
2006 Scope New York, US
2006 Scope Miami, US
2006 Scope London, US
2006 Art Fair Cologne, CH
2005 Scope New York, US
2005 Scope London, UK
2005 Scope Miami, US
2004 Scope Miami, US
Awards and Grants
2008 10th Anniversary RBC Painting Competition Finalist
2002 OCAD Lever Pond Painting Scholarship
Projects
2024-2022 Instructor at The Toronto School of Art, CA
2024-2019 Founder and Curator at The Drey, Berlin, DE & Toronto, CA
2016-2015 Founder and Director at Fata Morgana Galerie, Berlin, DE
2013-2011 Residency Director and Curator at Sur La Montagna, Berlin, DE
2005-2002 Artistic Director at Mix Magazine, International Culture and Arts Publication
