SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2009

Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms, Gallery Jones, Vancouver, BC 

2007        

The Magic Hour: Part Two, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC

2004        

The Magic Hour: Part One, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC

2002       

McTopia: A Ten Year Survey, Clara P. Hatton Gallery, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado

2001        

Decade, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC

2000        

Dreamland, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1998        

McTopia, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1997       

Royal Treats, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC

Stations of The Cross, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan

1996        

Stations of The Cross, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1994        

Product Placement, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1993        

Freshly Oven Baked, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1992        

Recent Works, The Chilliwack Arts Centre, Chilliwack, BC

No Technology, Amelia Douglas Gallery, Douglas College, New Westminster, BC      

1991        

And the Brothers Dance, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, BC

1989        

Eve of Miracles, Elliot-Clark Arts, Chilliwack, BC

1988       

Gravity's Angel, Chilliwack Community Arts Council Gallery, Chilliwack, BC

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2005       

Richmond Art Gallery-25 Years-25 Artists, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond BC
    
2004       

In the Bag! Diane Farris Gallery, Celebrating 20, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC

Face to Face: Portraits from the Permanent Collection Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC

2003        

Portrayal, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC

Artropolis 2003, CBC Building, Vancouver

2001        

Artropolis 2001, CBC Building, Vancouver

2000        

The Authentic Eye, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1999        

Sur La Table, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1997       

The University College of the Fraser Valley Alumni Show, University College of the Fraser Valley, Abbotsford, BC

Harvest, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1995       

Out of the Garden: the British Columbia Landscape, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, BC

1994        

Art Matters, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC

1993       

London Life Young Contemporaries 93’, Touring Exhibition: London Regional Art and Historical Museum, London Ontario. The Beaverbrook Museum, Fredericton, New Brunswick. The Alberta College of Art, Calgary, Alberta. The Rodham Hall Art Centre, St. Catherines, Ontario. Artropolis ‘93, Old Woodward’s Building, Vancouver, BC

1992        

Small Works, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC
 
The Big Picture, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1991        

Beautiful British Columbia, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC
 
The Big Picture, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC
     
This is Not A One Night Stand, Aids Benefit, Pitt Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Gallery Invitational, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1990      

Artropolis ‘90, The Roundhouse, Vancouver, BC


SELECTED COLLECTIONS 

Nanaimo Art Gallery, Nanaimo, BC
Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, BC
Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC
Sugar Entertainment, Vancouver, BC
Alma Mater Society, University of British Columbia
        Navigator Limited, Toronto, ON
        BodyWise International Inc., Carlsbad, CA, USA
        Douglas College Foundation, New Westminster, BC
        Pierce, Van Loon Barristers & Solicitors, Vancouver, BC
        Polygon Group Ltd., Vancouver, BC
        The Bread Garden, Vancouver, BC
        The Prospero Group, Vancouver, BC
        Waisman, Dewar, Grout, Carter Inc., Vancouver, BC
        RJ Wholesalers, San Fransisco, CA, USA
        Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Wa, USA
        Subway, New York, NY, USA
        West Coast Reduction Ltd., Vancouver, BC

RADIO AND TELEVISION APPEARANCES

2007   

CBC Radio One, March 16, ‘Sounds Like Canada’ with Shelagh Rogers

2004    

Shaw Television, June 4, ‘Studio 4 with Fanny Kiefer,’ The Magic Hour Part One

2003    

Bravo!Canada, March 30, May 5, ‘Chris Woods Billboard,’ Origin Pictures

2001   

CBC Radio One, April 4 ‘North by North West’ with Sheryl Mackay

2000    

CPAC, March 12, ‘Doubletake’, Discussion with Author Douglas Coupland             

VTV News, June 12, ‘Dreamland’

CBC Radio, June 10, ‘North by North West with David Grierson’, Dreamland
 
CBC Radio, June 8, ‘The Early Edition’, Dreamland
 
1998   

CBC Radio, November 14, Interviewed by Dave Grierson
 
VTV News, November, ‘McTopia’
 
1997   

CBC Newsworld, Summer, ‘Big Life with Daniel Richler,’ Viewer Mail

CBC Newsworld, May, ‘Big Life with Daniel Richler,’ Artist Profile
 
BRAVO, June 23, Interviewed by Terry David Mulligan for ‘Bravo News’

1996   

CBC Television, April 5, ‘Midday’ Program, Passover Edition.

1995   

CBC, January 16, Interviewed by Cecilia Walters for ‘Almanac’

1993   

Z95.3 FM, May 30, Interviewed by Gord Eno for ‘Into the Arts’
    


PUBLICATIONS AND BIBLIOGRAPHY

Adbusters 2006 Classic Spoof Ads Calendar, 2006

Adbusters Magazine. Front & Back Cover Illustration. October/November 2000, no. 32.

Adbusters. Enviro-Mental Calendar, 1999

Adbusters Magazine. Cover & interior illustrations, Summer 1998, no. 22.

Artichoke Magazine. Illustration. Royal Treats (1996). Vol. 9 No. 2 Summer 1997. pp 32-33

Artichoke Magazine. Illustration. Employee of the Millennium (1998). Vol. 10 No. 3 Fall/Winter, 1998. p 55

Babineau, Guy. Consumer communion, Azure, May—June 2000

Brayshaw, Christopher. The Spilled and Broken World, Artichoke Magazine, Summer Issue 1994

Brayshaw, Christopher. Fear and Loathing in a Gap and Coke Dreamland, The Georgia Straight, June 15-21, 2000

Brayshaw, Christopher. Christ’s Agony Has Vancouver Face, The Vancouver Courier, February 4, 1996

‘C’ Magazine, New Work ’93 Section, Issue 39, Fall 1993

Canadian Art, Fast Forward Section-B.C., Winter issue, 1995

Carlson, Tim. In McTopia: Today, Tomorrow, Forever, artist Chris Woods serves up the spiritual and the secular for a pop parody on the power and glory of the fast-food industry, The Vancouver Sun, November 12, 1998

Coupland, Douglas. Critical Mass, The Globe and Mail May 12, 2001

Cramp, Beverly. Magic Hour Part 2 review, Galleries West.com. April 2007

Derdyn, Stuart. The E-List, Visual Art: Chris Woods: Magic Hour Part 2, April 6, 2007

Edwards, Ian. They're young and they're dazzling: Hot Shots of '93, The Vancouver Sun, May 8, 1993

Event. Cover illustration, 2003,vol. 32-2

Fleisher, Pat. ARTPOST 39 - Vancouver Artropolis ‘90:Lineages and Linkages, Article by Robin Laurence, Winter 1990/91

Gallant, Paul. Pop Star, The Loop Magazine, Volume 3 no. 12 July, 1998

Georgia Straight, Shifting Gears, June 3 – 10, 2004. p 61

Geist Magazine, interior illustrations, Summer Issue, 1998

Geist Magazine, cover illustration, interior illustration, Spring Issue, 1998

Goldberg, Matt. Welcome to McTopia, The Rocky Mountain Collegian, March 28, 2002

Grierson, Bruce. Graphic Agitation, Adbusters Magazine, No. 27, Autumn 1999

Gustafson, Paula. Fine Art of Condoms and Colas, The Georgia Strait, October 25- November 5, 1993

Gustafson, Paula. A Modern Myth-Maker, Xtra West, No. 32, November 3, 1994

Gustafson, Paula. Chris Woods at Diane Farris Gallery, Asian Art News, January/February 1999

Gustafson, Paula. Unlikely Iconographer Sheds Fresh Light on Crucifixion, The Georgia Straight, January 11-18, 1996

Gustafson, Paula. Chris Woods, Artichoke, Fall/Winter, 2001

Hardy, Eddy. Fast Food, Friends Inspire Chris Woods' New Paintings, Sunny Side Up, June 4, 1993

Harper’s Magazine, Painting feature: Cola Wars: A Tale of Two Sodas, Page 31, December 1997

Henderson, Paul J., Beating Big Business with a Brush, The Chilliwack Times, Sept. 1, 2006

Hill, Mary Frances. The Magic Hour: Part II Drives Home Its Message, West Ender, April 12, 2007

Hill, Mary Frances. Welcome to Chris Woods’ Dreamland, Westender, June 8-14, 2000

Hill, Mary Frances. Jesus as ‘90s Rebel, The Vancouver Courier, January 15, 1995

Johnson, Mia. Preview the Gallery Guide, Chris Woods: The Magic Hour – Part One,
June/July/August 2004

Johnson, Mia. Preview the Gallery Guide, Chris Woods: The Magic Hour – Part Two
April/May 2007

Kalaar, Ralaaf. Artist Takes Cue From Pop View, Fort Collins Coloradoan, March 26, 2002

Klein, Naomi. No Logo, 1999

Lasn, Kalle. Culture Jam-the Uncooling of America, 1999

Lasn, Kalle. Design Anarchy, Adbusters Media Foundation, Vancouver, BC, 2006

Laurence, Robin. Shared Themes Animate Artropolis ‘90, The Georgia Straight, October 19-26, 1990

Laurence, Robin. Artropolis ‘90 – Lineages and Linkages, Artpost 39 Magazine, Winter 1990-1991

Laurence, Robin. Hand of the Artist Deceives the Eye, The Vancouver Sun, October 29, 1994

Laurence, Robin. Not Necessarily the Best of '94, The Vancouver Sun, December 31, 1994

Laurence, Robin. Worshipping in a Gap Universe, The Georgia Straight, April 20, 2001 issue

Laurence, Robin. Chris Woods's Road Warriors Arrive, Georgia Straight, April 5, 2007

London Life Young Contemporaries ’93, Exhibition Catalogue, 1993

The Loop Magazine, interior illustration, June issue, 1997

Lord, Barry. Twelve Under Thirty – The New Figurative Direction, Art Focus Magazine, Fall 1994

Mays, John Bentley. The Resurrection of a Liturgical Art Form, The Globe and Mail, Saturday, January 20, 1996

Maclean’s Magazine, Faces of the Future. January 17, 2000

Maclean's Magazine, 100 Canadians To Watch, July 5, 1993

Mitges, Lynn. It's all in a day's painting: Chilliwack artist gets exposure in pop-culture movie, The Province, Sunday, August 06, 2006  

Niedzviecki, Hal. We Want Some Too-Underground Desire and the Reinvention of Mass Culture, Penguin Books, 2000

Olson, Geoff. Where the Rubber Meets the Cultural Road, (article and cover image) Common Ground Magazine, Issue 146, September 2003

Olson, Geoff. Words Get in The Way of Serious Art, The Vancouver Courier, May, 2003

Owen, Gerald. Mainland Mary, National Post, Saturday, April 10, 2004

Rosenberg, Ann. & Ed Varney (Ed.) Artropolis ‘90: Lineages & Linkages, Exhibition Catalogue, 1990

Rosenberg, Ann. Talented Trio, The Vancouver Sun, January 3, 1991

Rosenberg, Ann. Probing Realms of Fantasy and Illusion, The Vancouver Sun, July 11, 1991

Rosenberg, Ann. North Shore Gains a Gallery, The Vancouver Sun, April 25, 1992

Saturday Night Magazine, Cover illustration for article: Krispy Kreme Vs. Tim Horton:

Let Us Compare the Mythologies, August 19, 2000

Scott, Melanie. A New Group of Seven; Their Works are Low-tech, Out of Fashion, and Fiercely Beautiful. Meet Canada’s Best New Figurative Painters, Saturday Night, July/August 1997

Scott, Michael. Chris Woods' Passion, The Vancouver Sun, Saturday, January 13, 1996

Scott, Michael. Wood Transfers Images of the Sacred to Images of the Profane, The Vancouver Sun, May 14, 1997

Scott, Michael. A Painter’s Satirical Take on Advertising Imagery, The Vancouver Sun, June 8, 2000

Scott, Michael. It’s Only Me, The Vancouver Sun, April 14, 2001

Scott, Michael. Twelve years ago…, The Vancouver Sun, April 26, 2001

Skogan, Joan. Once Upon a Tim, Saturday Night Magazine, September, 1999

Skogan, Joan. Mary of Canada, The Banff Centre Press, 2003, p 100 (image).

Snyder, Jon Bradley. Star Wars Rocks, Star Wars Insider Magazine, Issue 40, 1998

Thomas, Sandra. Woods Opening Selling Success, The Chilliwack Progress, November 15, 1998

Todd, Douglas. Artist’s Quest: To Try to Grasp the Ineffable With Human Hands, The Vancouver Sun, March 29, 2002

Topic, Stations of the Cross Draw International Attention, May 1996

Trowbridge, Kevin. Profiles From My Left Shoe: Chris Woods, Cascade, Vol.6 Issue 8, March 3, 1999

Varty, Alexander. Chris Woods – The Magic Hour Part 1, The Georgia Straight, June 10, 2004

Weder, Adele. The Leonardo of Logos, The Globe and Mail, June 9, 2000

Woods, Chris. Chris Woods – The Way of The Cross, Exhibition catalogue, 1996

Woods, Chris. Inspirations: Sorrow Embodied Through the Ages, The National Post, November 14, 1998