THE WRATH OF ZEUS, acrylic and inkjet on canvas, 48 x 39 inches, April 2017
1953 Born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
1977 BSc University of Calgary
Visual artist Tiko Kerr, lecturer, performer, set designer, art director, and activist is based in Vancouver, Canada. He’s been awarded numerous public commissions, written about extensively and has exhibited in respected galleries over the course of his 40-year career. His practice explores perception utilizing chance and improvisation in a multiplicity of materials and methodologies.
Among Kerr’s many commissions are from The Vancouver Board of Trade, the BC Centre for Excellence, The Celebration of Light, Vancouver Opera, VSO, and The Sun Run. His collaborations include painting in performance with Ballet BC and designing the environment for a three-act ballet entitled “Boy Wonder” with Touchstone Theatre, Vancouver New Music and Ballet BC. Kerr also designed theatre sets for “True Mummy” and “Marion Bridge” and has won residencies such as the Brodsky Centre for Innovative Printmaking at Rutgers University, New Jersey, and at the West End Community Center for the City of Vancouver. His most recent project, an installation entitled “if becomes when” is the result of a 2 year collaboration with the notable poet Otoniya J. Okot Bitek which was mounted at The Pendulum Gallery in Vancouver in August/September of 2023.
Kerr has a long and active commitment to HIV/AIDS advocacy and has recently art directed a documentary for Janssen Pharmaceuticals (Johnson & Johnson).
He is represented by Monica Reyes Gallery in Vancouver, Canada.
CURRICULUM VITAE
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Respair, Monica Reyes Gallery, Vancouver, BC, CAN
2023 If becomes when, Pendulum Gallery, Vancouver, BC, CAN
2022 The Politics of Proximity, Monica Reyes Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2021 Plexus, Monica Reyes Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2020 Through the Past, Darkly, Monica Reyes Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2019 Reframed, The Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art, North Vancouver, BC, Canada
2018 Affinities, Pendulum Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Legends of Utopia, South Main Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2017 Mythic Proportions - The Politics of Seeing, South Main Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2016 Body Language, South Main Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2015 The Past is Personal, Robinson Studios Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2010 Lush Life, Winsor Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2009 You Are Here, Winsor Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2008 The Lazarus Tree, Windsor Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2002 The Indomitable Spirit, Heffel Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2001 Mourning Paintings, Heffel Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2000 New Work, Heffel Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
1993 Privilege, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
1992 Tuscan Pictures, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
1991 New Work, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
1990 Water Spirit Paintings, Buschlen Mowatt Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
1989 Polyptychs, Buschlen Mowatt Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
1988 Deck Chairs, Buschlen Mowatt Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1985 What It Takes To Be A Mountie, Australian Visual Arts Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Toronto International Art Fair, Monica Reyes Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, CAN
2023 Brilliance Gala, The Gordon Smith Foundation, North Vancouver, BC, CAN
2023 Artists for Water, Swim, Drink, Fish Society, Vancouver BC/Toronto Ontario, CAN
2022 25th Anniversary Postcards from the Edge, Visual AIDS NYC, NY, USA
2022 Artists for Water, Swim, Drink, Fish Society, Vancouver, BC, CAN
2022 Heat Wave, Monica Reyes Gallery, Vancouver, BC, CAN
2022 Dreams and Reflections, Monica Reyes Gallery, Vancouver, BC, CAN
2021 #Collage Now, Denise Bibro Fine Art, NYC. NY, USA
2020 You Are Not Alone, Penticton Art Gallery, Penticton, BC, Canada
2020 What Are U Working On?, Pendulum Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2018 eRacism, Penticton Art Gallery, Penticton, BC, Canada
2018 Toronto Art Fair, Monica Reyes Gallery, Toronto Ontario, Canada
2017 Muscle Memory, Robinson Studios Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2015 Homeland Security, Miami Art Fair, Miami, Florida (read more)
2014 Lest We Forget, Foster Eastman Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2006 Odon Wagner Gallery, Toronto, ON
2002 Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Perspectives: Meaning, Making & Medium, Surrey Art
SPECIAL PROJECTS
2023 Gibson’s School of the Arts, (Guest Teacher) Gibson’s, BC, CAN
2022 Gibson’s School of the Arts, (Guest Teacher) Gibson’s, BC, CAN
2022 Sunderland Secondary School, (Guest Teacher) North Vancouver, BC, CAN
2021 Illuminate Auction and Gala, The Audain Art Museum, Whistler, BC, CA
2021 Undetectable (Art Director for Film Documentary) Snapshot Productions for Telus.com., Calgary, Alberta & Vancouver, BC, CAN
2020 Oasis (Commissioned Mural Artist), Patio Mural and Pavementum at Sunny Hill Health Centre, BC Children’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2020 Undetectable (Documentary Film - Art Director), Snapshot Productions, Calgary, AB, Canada
2019 Collage Workshop Series (Commissioned Artist), The Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art, North Vancouver, BC, Canada
2018 Marion Bridge (Set Designer), The Kay Meek Arts Centre, West Vancouver, BC, Canada
2018 The Gift of the Given (Commissioned Mural Artist), 1873 West 4th Ave., 4th Avenue Business Association, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2017 Paradise Valley Artists for Kids Summer Camp (Guest Artist), Brackendale, BC, Canada
2017 Art Acquisitions Committee (Board Member), Children’s Healing Experience Project, BC Children’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2016 Red Ribbon Advisory Committee, (Board Member) Positive Living BC, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2015 Chor Leoni (Commissioned Artist) Vancouver, BC, Canada
2015 Paradise Valley Artists for Kids Summer Camp (Guest Artist) Brackendale, BC, Canada
2014-2016 West End Neighbours, Community Advocacy (Board Member), Vancouver, BC, Canada
2008 Vivaldi's The Four Seasons (Performance Artist), Ballet British Columbia, Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2006 Brodsky Center for Innovative Printmaking (Artist in Residence), Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
2003-2013 Vancouver Sun Run (Commissioned Artist) Pacific Press, Vancouver, BC, Canada
1997 Boy Wonder (Set Designer), Ballet British Columbia, Touchstone Theatre & Vancouver New Music @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver, BC, Canada
1996 Fairmont Chateau Whistler (Commissioned Artist), Whistler, BC, Canada
1995 Club Intrawest (Commissioned Artist), Sandestin, FLA, USA
1994-96 Artist in Residence (Commissioned Mural Artist), West End Community Center & Vancouver Parks Board, Vancouver, BC, Canada
1994 Three Visible Poems (Performance Artist), Ballet British Columbia, Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver, BC, Canada & The National Arts Centre, Ottawa, ON, Canada
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
BC Children’s Hospital Permanent Collection, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Beedie Group, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Dr. Peter’s Centre Permanent Collection, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Doman Industries, Delta BC, Canada
Harper Gray and Easton, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Jenkins, Marzban, Logan LLP, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
Joseph and Rosalie Segal Health Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Lawson Lundell LLP, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Mark James Group, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Nicola Wealth Management, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Opus Hotel, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Palm Springs Art Museum Permanent Collection, Palm Springs, California, USA
Richmond Credit Union, Richmond, BC, Canada
Royal Bank of Canada Permanent Collection, Vancouver, BC, Canada
S & P Real Estate Corp., Vancouver, BC, Canada
Smart and Biggar, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Springbank Development Corporation, Vancouver, BC, Canada
St. Paul’s Hospital Permanent Collection, Vancouver, BC, Canada
The Sylvia Hotel, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Vancouver General Hospital Permanent Collection, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Vancity, Vancouver, BC, Canada
PUBLICATIONS
2021 Plexus, Monica Reyes Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2019 Reframed, The Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art, North Vancouver, BC
2018 Legends of Utopia, South Main Gallery, Vancouver, BC
SUPPORTED ORGANIZATIONS
Artists for Kids (https://www3.gordonsmithgallery.ca/Artists4Kids)
Arts Umbrella (www.artsumbrella.com)
BC Children’s Hospital (http://www.bcchildrens.ca)
British Columbia Centre for Excellence (http://www.cfenet.ubc.ca)
Creative Mornings Vancouver (https://creativemornings.com/cities/van)
The Dr. Peter AIDS Foundation (https://www.drpeter.org)
Face the World Foundation (https://facetheworldfoundation.com)
The Greater Vancouver Food Bank (https://foodbank.bc.ca)
