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Drew Harris
Born 1960 Toronto, Canada
Canadian artist Drew Harris has exhibited in Southeast Asia, Canada and the USA since 1990, with a particular focus in Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Jakarta.
Drew Harris began his career as a painter in 1990 after a relatively short, but illustrious career as senior design director and partner with Communique Ltd, one of Canada's leading design/marketing agencies at the time.
Harris currently resides in Penang with his wife, artist and educator, Sharifah Mazwari. They have formed AWAS Creative and Design which offers art education, artist lectures and studio/exhibition space for young artists.
Education :
1979-81 Georgian College of Applied Arts and Technology, Owen Sound, Canada
1981 OCAD, Toronto, Ontario
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2008 A2 Art Gallery, Penang
2008 Taksu, Singapore
2007 Creem, Singapore
2007 Taksu, Kuala Lumpur
2006 Taksu, Singapore
2006 Taksu, Kuala Lumpur
2005 Edward Day Gallery, Toronto
2003 Taksu, Kuala Lumpur
2003 Taksu, Jakarta, Indonesia
2002 Tatar/Alexander Gallery, Toronto Ontario
2002 Lydon Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2000 Lydon Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1999 Taksu, Kuala Lumpur
1999 Barbara Greene Gallery, NYC, New York
1998 The Foundation, Toronto, Ontario
1997 Nancy Moore Gallery, NYC, New York
1997 Lydon Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1997 Taksu, Kuala Lumpur
1996 Taksu, Kuala Lumpur
1995 Bakri Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
1995 Tom Thomson Gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario
1995 Teadora Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1995 Taksu, Kuala Lumpur
1993 The Gallery in Mirvish Village, Toronto, Ontario
1992 Amandari, Bali, Indonesia
1992 Kupu Kupu Barong, Bali, Indonesia
1991 Lyndon Street Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
1984 The Georgian Gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario
1981 The Tom Thomson Gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario
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Selected Group Exhibitions
2011 AWAS Gallery, Penang
2011 1MCAT Penang
2011 Whiteways Arcade, Penang
2009 Malihom Penang Resident Artist
2006 Taksu, Kuala Lumpur
2003 Taksu, Singapore
2003 Lydon Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2002 Casey House Foundation, Art With Heart, Toronto, Ontario
2001 Casey House Foundation, Art With Heart, Toronto, Ontario
2000 Taksu, Kuala Lumpur
2000 Casey House Foundation, Art With Heart, Toronto, Ontario
1999 Casey House Foundation, Art With Heart, Toronto, Ontario
1999 Taksu, Kuala Lumpur
1998 The Epilepsy Society of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
1997 The Epilepsy Society of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
1996 The Epilepsy Society of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
1995 St Joseph's Printing, Toronto, Ontario
1995 The Epilepsy Society of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
1995 Buschlen Mowatt Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
1994 Jakarta Cont. Art Exposition, Jakarta, Indonesia
1994 The Epilepsy Society of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
1994 Duta Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
1993 Tresor's Asian Cont. Art Exposition, Singapore
1993 Taksu, Singapore
1993 The Graha Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
1990 The Powerplant Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1990 The Tom Thomson Gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario
1983 Vernon Art Gallery, Vernon, British Columbia
Media and Reviews
2008 The Star, Interview with Jeremy Tan: The Pretty Picture Series exhibition, Malaysia
2007 The Star, Kuala Lumpur, Interview
2004 CBC Radio 1, National interview with Shelagh Rogers " Sounds Like Canada "
2003 The Globe and Mail, Arts review section with Gary Michael Dault
2003 CBC Radio 1, Interview with Avril Beniot
2002 Report on Business TV, Toronto, Ontario, Media Mondays interview: Drew Harris
2002 Slate Arts Magazine, Toronto, Ontario "Feature, Cover Art"
2002 "Where Toronto Magazine" "Review of Exhibition" By Betty Ann Jordan
2002 CityTV, Toronto, Ontario "Art With Heart" interview with Liz West
2002 Bravo, Toronto, Ontario "Art With Heart" interview, feature artist
2000 Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois " Review of exhibition at The Lydon Gallery, Chicago"
1999 The KL Star, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia "Review of exhibition at Gallerie Taksu"
1998 The Chicago Reader, Chicago, Illinois "Review of The Disclosure Series"
1997 Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois " Drew makes his mark" review
1997 Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago, Illinois "Gallery review"
1997 New Straits Times, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia "Chance to view works by Harris"
1997 New Straits Times, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia " Deeply moving abstracts"
1997 New Straits Times, Kula Lumpur, Malaysia "Art Lover's Gathering"
1997 The Sun, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia "Art Gathering at Gallerie Taksu"
1997 TV3, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia " The work of Drew Harris"
1997 Malaysia Tatler, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia "Gallerie review"
1996 The Sunday Star, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia "Harris, Charging back with a vengence"
1996 Malaysia Business Review, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia "Canadian Highlight, cover art"
1996 Featured art in "Car Pool" with Tom Arnold, Los Angeles, California
1996 Double Clik Magazine, Toronto, Ontario "cover artwork"
1996 The Leader, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia "The Art of Drew Harris"
1996 Malaysia Tatler, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia " Recognition, The Art of Drew Harris"
1996 The Malay Mail, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia " The Art of Canadian Artist, Drew Harris"
1996 Vogue Singapore, Singapore " Reaching for the sky, review of Gallerie Taksu"
1996 Singapore Business Times, Singapore "Pure Abstractions, Powerful Images, artist Drew Harris"
1996 CBC Television, Toronto, Ontario "review of paintings by artist Drew Harris"
1996 CityTV, Toronto, Ontario " Arts review"
1996 McLean's Magazine, Toronto, Ontario " The artist who can sell" Feature article
1996 New Straits Times, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia " Drew Harris, Canadian Art"
1995 The Sunday Star, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia " Bowled over by Balinese Culture"
1995 The Sun, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia " Everyday Art, the Art of Drew Harris"
1995 The Sun, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia "Lure of the past, Drew Harris"
1995 Garuda National Airlines Magazine, Jakarta, Indonesia "cover painting"
1995 Canadian Select Homes, Toronto, Ontario "feature article " Lofts"
1995 Men's Review, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia " Article on Divorce, featuring the art of Drew Harris"
1995 The Sun Times, Owen Sound, Ontario "International Flavour article"
1994 Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Sydney, Australia " 90 min. documentary " foreign artists in Bali"
1994 The Jakarta Post, Jakarta, Indonesia "Canadians show Bali in Art"
1994 Kem Chicks Magazine, Jakarta, Indonesia "Colour Expression:The Art of Drew Harris"
1994 What's On Magazine, Jakarta, Indonesia "Canadian Art on Display at Duta"
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