Deryk Houston

Artist in Victoria, BC. Canada

The National Film Board of Canada: Featured Deryk Houston in the documentary, “From Baghdad to Peace Country”   http://www.nfb.ca/film/from_baghdad_to_peace_country/

His work is in the permanent collection of the Canadian war Museum in Ottawa. (On the recommendation of the National Gallery of Canada)

He represented the city of Vancouver, BC., in a solo exhibition of his work in the former Soviet Union.

 

Happening



Deryk at Ogden Point, Victoria, BC. (photo by Elizabeth)


WOODWYNN PEACE GARDEN
Woodwynn Peace Garden at Woodwynn Farms, a therapeutic community for the homeless. The Peace Garden includes a labyrinth with herbs, fruits and vegetables incorporated.



GALLERIES
I am currently featured at Art Works Gallery in Vancouver BC Canada.
And the Greater Victoria Art Gallery rental program.

Scotland Exhibition August 8-September 19, 2009

Portrait“Potrait” 60″X72″ photograph by Deryk Houston

Scotland exhibition: August 8th to Sept 19th 2009
Deryk Houston has been invited by the Gracefield Art Center in Scotland to exhibit his large five foot by six foot photographs featuring his Beacon Hill park installation work as part of their “Ties that Bind” exhibition. Deryk’s photograph’s will be displayed in a reduced light room with a five inch candle set in front of each work on a small, altar like stool. Each candle will represent a set number of the young British soldiers who have been killed in Afghanistan.