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CARL ANDRE IN HIS STUDIO, 2004. Graphite on paper, 7 × 7 inches.
Courtesy Catriona Jeffries Gallery, Vancouver
 

2007 Temple University Gallery, Philadelphia

2006 Carleton University Art Gallery Ottawa, Ontario

2005 Contemporary Art Gallery, The Visible Work, Vancouver, British Columbia

2003 Catriona Jeffries Gallery, 1815/1962, Vancouver, British Columbia

2000 Catriona Jeffries Gallery, Impure Systems, Vancouver, British Columbia

Museum Van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Intertidal / Vancouver Art and Artists Antwerp, Belgium

2004 Whitecolumns, The Cave and the Island, curated by Xandra Eden, New York , New York

Galerie Kunstbuero, The Cave and the Island, curated by Xandra Eden, Vienna, Austria

2003 Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Confluence: Contemporary Canadian Photography, curated by Martha Hanna, Ottawa, Ontario

Bluecoat Gallery, Hammertown, curated by Reid Shier, Liverpool, England

Art Gallery of Calgary, Newmodulr, curated by Barbara Fischer, Calgary, Alberta

Bellevue Art Museum, Bounce, curated by Philip Monk, Bellevue, Washington

Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Silver, Victoria, British Columbia

2002 Power Plant, Bounce, curated by Philip Monk, Toronto, Ontario

Blackwood Gallery, Newmodulr, curated by Barbara Fischer, Mississauga, Ontario

Art Gallery of Ontario, Provisional Worlds, curated by Jessica Bradley, Toronto, Ontario

Fruitmarket Gallery, Hammertown, curated by Reid Shier, Edinburgh, Scotland

Gallerie B-312, Heterosexy, curated by Kevin de Forest, Montreal, Quebec

2001 Patrick Painter Inc., Painter Editions, Recent Projects: Peter Doig, Valie Export, Richard Hawkins, Mike Kelley, Damian Moppett, Richard Prince, Ed Ruscha, Santa Monica, California

Vancouver Art Gallery, These Days, curated by Grant Arnold, Vancouver, British Columbia

Vancouver Art Gallery, Long Time, curated by Bruce Grenville, Vancouver, British Columbia

2000 Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Alberta College of Art and Design, Message by Eviction: New Art From Vancouver, curated by Ron Moppett, Calgary, Alberta

C.H. Scott Gallery, Image and Light, History and Influence: Film and Photographic Works, Vancouver, curated by Ann Pollock, Vancouver, British Columbia

Catriona Jeffries Gallery, Self-Conscious, curated by Kyla Mallett and Melanie O’Brian, Vancouver, British Columbia

Kenderdine Gallery, Shoot! A Covert Optimism in New Vancouver Art, curated by Tim Knowlin, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Vancouver Art Gallery, Recollect, Vancouver, British Columbia

Kenderdine Gallery, Copycat, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Monte Clark Gallery, The High Life, Vancouver, British Columbia

Toronto Photo Workshop, Blind Man’s Bluff, Toronto, Ontario

Art Gallery at Mount Saint Vincent University, Lunch Money, Halifax, Nova Scotia

1998 Or Gallery, curated by Reid Shier, Vancouver, British Columbia

Trepanier Baer Gallery, Calgary, Alberta

Morris and Helen Belkin Gallery, 6: New Vancouver Modern, curated by Scott Watson, Vancouver, British Columbia

1997 Galerie Barbara Farber - Rob Jurka, Primary Colours, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Bonus, curated by Roy Arden, Ottawa, Ontario

Edmonton Art Gallery, Disrepresentations, Edmonton, Alberta

Contemporary Art Gallery, Bonus, curated by Roy Arden, Vancouver, British Columbia

1996 Trepanier Baer Gallery, Between Painting and Photography, Calgary, Alberta

Damian Moppett: The Visble Work, essays by John Welchman, Nathaniel Heisler, Jenifer Papararo, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, 2005

Silver: Dreams, Screens and Theories, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, 2004

Confluence: Contemporary Canadian Photography, Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa, Ontario, 2003

Hammertown, essays by Michael Turner and Reid Sheir, The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2002

Provisional Worlds, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, 2002

Bounce, essay by Phillip Monk, Power Plant, Toronto, Ontario, 2002

Blind-Man’s Bluff, Gallery TPW, Toronto, Ontario, 1999

6: New Vancouver Modern, Morris and Helen Belkin Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, 1998

Bonus, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, 1997

2005 Baldissera, Lisa. "The Thousand Candles." Silver. Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, 2005. p. 9-24

Brayshaw, Christopher. "Moppett refuses to put signature on style." The Georgia Straight, Vancouver, March 24 – 31, 2005: 46

Burnham, Clint. "Art’s narrative of discovery in 2005," The Vancouver Sun, Saturday December 31, 2005, E3

de Blois, Nathalie. "Withstanding the Obvious", Appearances, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, p.83-87

Gill, Alexandra. "Playing with pottery." The Globe and Mail, Tuesday March 29, 2005: R3

Godmer, Gilles. "Art That Resists", Appearances, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, p.76-82

Heisler, Nathaniel. "Epic Fragmentation: A study in Parts of Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida." Damian Moppett: The Visble Work, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, 2005: 53-60

Papararo, Jenifer. "Damian Moppett: Just An Amateur." Damian Moppett: The Visible Work, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, 2005: 9-13

Roelstraete, Dieter. "1, 986,965 (2001 Census) An Intertidal Travelogue." Intertidal: Vancouver Art and Artists. Muhka, Antwerp and Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver, 2005. 127-156.

Wallace, Ian. "The Frontier of the Avant-Garde", Intertidal: Vancouver Art and Artists. Muhka, Antwerp and Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver, 2005. 51-62.

Welchman, John. "Damian’s Domain." Damian Moppett: The Visible Work, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, 2005: 15-23

Henderson, Lee. "Canadian Artists: First they take Manhattan." The Vancouver Sun, Saturday, May 29, 2004

Mahovsky, Trevor. Reviews, "Damian Moppett: Catriona Jeffries Gallery." ARTFORUM, XLII, No8, April 2004

Langford, Martha. " Aura Dynamics." Border Crossings, Issue No. 2003: 56-65

Parsons, Sara. Rewind: "Provisional Worlds." Canadian Art, Spring 2003: 103

Chapman, Peter. "Hammertown." Independent, 26 Oct. – 1 Nov. 2002: 15

Jordan, Betty Ann. "Art." Toronto Life, July 2002: 38

Mayer, Marc et al. "The Next Generation." Time, October 14, 2002: 58-65

Milroy, Sarah. "Thoroughly Modern Art." The Globe and Mail, Sept.25, 2002: R5

Milroy, Sarah. "A tale of two art worlds." The Globe and Mail, June 20, 2002: R3

Monk, Philip. " bad seed." Bounce, The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, 2002: 4-17

Mottram, Jack. "Refreshing hits from the Canadian Club." Sunday Herald, 20 October 2002

Shier, Reid. "Hammertown." Hammertown, The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2002

Stoffman, Judy. "Whale skeleton emerges from lawn chair closet." The Toronto Star, June 17 2002

Turner, Michael. "This Land is Your Land." Hammertown, The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2002

Coupland, Douglas. "Critical Mass." The Globe and Mail, May 12 2001: V1-2

Mahovsky, Trevor. "Radical, Beaurocratic, Melancholic, Schitzophrenic: Texts as Community."

Canadian Art, Summer 2001: 50-56

O’Brian, Melanie. "Impure Systems and the Chaos of the Anti Urban." Mix, Winter 2001/02; 24-27

Roy, Marina. "These Days." Last Call, Fall 2001: 1-3

Scott, Michael. "Art of global importance." The Vancouver Sun, March 5, 2001: H11

Gopnik, Blake. "Slacker art gets serious: Vancouver artist Damian Moppett…" The Globe and Mail, March 4: R9

Koh, Germaine. "Soft Design for Mushy Art." Mix, Winter 2000-2001: 24-28

Meredith, Pamela. Self-Conscious: Geoffrey Farmer, Germaine Koh, Damian Moppett, Kelly Wood, Vancouver: Catriona Jeffries Gallery, March 2000

O’Brian, Melanie. Damian Moppett: Impure Systems, Vancouver: Catriona Jeffries Gallery, February

Scott, Michael. "Push-me Pull-you art." The Vancouver Sun, February 12: E20

Scott, Michael. "The Excitement of the Everyday." The Vancouver Sun, April 19: C3

Brayshaw, Chris. "Pop culture inspires abject works of art." Vancouver Courier, Vol. 89, No. 87, Nov 1

Canini, Mikko. "Is it a Conscious Challenge or Just Plain Bad?" Calgary Straight, November 5-12

Fortin, Sylvie. "Bonus." C Magazine, Issue No. 58, May-August

Laba, Marc. "Venting a little Spleen." unpublished

Laurence, Robin. "Artists Give the Pinhole Camera Renewed Exposure." Georgia Straight, October 29 - November 5

Laurence, Robin. "Slacker-Generation Artists Take out the Pop-Culture Trash." Georgia Straight, Mar 5-12

Lum, Ken. "Six: New Vancouver Modern." Canadian Art Magazine, Vol. 15, No. 2, Summer: 46-51

Milroy, Sarah. "An eyeful of irony." The Globe and Mail, February 15

Tousley, Nancy. "Artists unmask absurdities of everyday life", Calgary Herald, November 14, 1998

Watson, Scott. "6: New Vancouver Modern." 6: New Vancouver Modern, Morris and Helen Belkin Gallery, Vancouver

Laurence, Robin. "Images of Candy and Cheap Decrepitude." Georgia Straight, March 6-13

Tousley, Nancy. "Slapstick and Zeitgeist." Canadian Art Magazine, Vol 14:2, Summer: 38-41

Tousley, Nancy. "Playfully Perverse." Calgary Herald, February 15

Walton, Mark. "Garbage in - garbage out." FFWD, Calgary, February 27

2004 "What the World’s Like With the Words We Like." Damian Moppett curates Zin Taylor and Allison Hrabluik, What the World’s Like With the Words We Like, Artists curating Artists Series, Catriona Jeffries Gallery, Vancouver, 2004