Catriona Jeffries Gallery

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Catriona Jeffries
Catriona Jeffries Gallery
Established1994
Location950 East Cordova Street
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
V6A 1M6
Coordinates 49°16′07″N123°05′53″W / 49.2685633°N 123.098144°W / 49.2685633; -123.098144
Type Art gallery
DirectorCatriona Jeffries and Peter Gazendam
OwnerCatriona Jeffries
Website catrionajeffries.com

Catriona Jeffries is an art gallery in Vancouver, British Columbia, that has been in operation since 1994. It focuses on the post conceptual art practices which have emerged from Vancouver and the critical relationships between these practices and particular international artists. [1] It is recognized as one of the most important commercial contemporary art galleries in Vancouver, [2] and one of the only ones that has an international reputation. [3] [4]

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The gallery shows work by well-known Vancouver artists such as Ian Wallace, Brian Jungen, and Geoffrey Farmer.

The gallery has taken the work of Vancouver artists to curated art shows and fairs such as The Armory Show (2001), Artforum Berlin (2002), Art Basel Miami Beach (2005, 2006, 2007, 2009), Toronto International Art Fair (2005, 2008), and Art Basel, Basel (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2017). [5] [6]

Artists

Catriona Jeffries Gallery represents artists such as: [7]

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References

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  2. Si Si Penaloza (11 March 2003). "She's the One". Canadian Art, Spring 2003. Canadian Art Foundation. Archived from the original on 26 August 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2011. When art people speak of dealer Catriona Jeffries, they invariably say one of two things. One is along the lines of, 'She's doing for her artists what other dealers in Canada can't.' The other, usually heard from international types eager to show off their cultist, intimate knowledge of the Vancouver scene, is, 'It's the only commercial gallery that matters in Canada.'
  3. "Catriona Jeffries Gallery, 274 E 1st Avenue, Vancouver. Art - Time Out Vancouver". Time Out. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
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  5. See gallery website; also Art Basel website "Art Basel - Home". www.artbasel.com. Archived from the original on 31 October 2011. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
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