CV - deborah bakos

Education:

2007 Painting, Certificate of Fine Arts, Emily Carr University

1989 English / Fine Arts / Media Studies, Bachelor of Education, Simon Fraser University

1983 Fashion Design Diploma, Year 1, University of the Fraser Valley


solo Exhibitions:

2024 Gallery Merrick, Some of All Parts, Victoria, Canada

2023 Looks Great Gallery, The She Thread Project, Vancouver, Canada

2022 Lipont Gallery, Take It Like A Woman, Richmond, Canada

2021       The Kube Gallery, Text Me When You Get Home, Gibsons, Canada

2018       Charles Clarke Gallery at Strangefellows Brewery, Our Brief Selves, Vancouver, Canada

2014       District Library Gallery, By a Thread, North Vancouver, Canada

selected Exhibitions:

2024 SOPA Fine Arts, That’s a Wrap, Kelowna, BC, Canada

2023 Gallery Syre, All You Need is Love, Bellingham WA, USA

2023 The Cultch Gallery, Take Flight, Vancouver, Canada

2022 Gallery Merrick, Grand Opening Group Show, Victoria, Canada

2021  Pendulum Gallery, Artful Voyage, Exhibition and Auction, Parker Art Salon, Vancouver, Canada

2021 Shockboxx Project, 2021?  Group Exhibition, Hermosa Beach, California, USA

2021 Port Moody Art Centre, Igniting Hope, Port Moody, Canada    

2019 Federation Gallery, Painting on the Edge, Vancouver, Canada

2019 Pez Gordo Gallery, Puertas, Group Exhibition, San Jose Del Cabo, Mexico

2017 Ferry Building Gallery, Oh Canada, West Vancouver Arts Council, Vancouver, Canada 

2016 Ian Tan Gallery, Assurance of Doubt, , Vancouver, Canada 

2015 The Cultch Gallery, Hanging by a Thread, 2 Women Exhibition, Vancouver, Canada 

2015 Vancouver Maritime Museum, Harbour Art, Vancouver, Canada 

2015 Federation Gallery, Scenes from Western Canada, Vancouver, Canada 

2012 City Scape Gallery, North Vancouver Arts Council, Sans Brush, Vancouver, Canada

2011 City Scape Gallery, North Vancouver Arts Council, About Face, Vancouver, Canada

2009 Gallery Kent, Istanbul, Turkey 

Representation:

  • Gallery Merrick, Victoria, BC, Canada

  • Sopa Fine Arts, Kelowna, BC, Canada

Residencies:

2017 Graniti Murales | Graniti, Sicily


Competitions and Awards:

2014 Award of Excellence: Federation of Canadian Artists, Scenes from Western Canada
2014 Outstanding Achievement: Federation of Canadian Artists, Painting on the Edge

CoRPORATE cOLLECTIONS:

  • Ballet Lounge, Vancouver, Canada

  • Canada Direct, Vancouver, Canada

  • FS Financial, Vancouver, Canada

  • Beedie Development Group, Vancouver, Canada

  • Benneton, Italy