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SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2007  Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
2006  GBR Foundation, Manila, Philippines
1998  Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, Washington
1998  Simon Patrich Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
1996  Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, Washington
1995  Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, Washington
1995  City of Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, British Columbia
1994  Doheny Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
1993  Alexander Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2008  Sopa Fine Arts, Kelowna, British Columbia
           Axis Contemporary Art, Calgary, Alberta
           Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
2007  Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
2007  "Tribute to Rotonde," Gallery Gabrichidze, Brussels, Belgium
2005  University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
2004  “Group Painting”, Don O’Melveny Gallery, West Hollywood, California
2003  “Abstracte Elegant”, Don O’Melveny Gallery, West Hollywood, California
           “Group Painting”, Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2002  “The Night Eclectic”, Don O’Melveny Gallery, West Hollywood, California
2001  Simon Patrich Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
2000  Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, Washington
1998  “La Galerie du Projet”, Geneva, Switzerland
1997  Hong Kong Bank of Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia
1995  “Space, Time, Spirit”, Fran Willis Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia
1994  Galerie Woltzen, Edmonton, Alberta
           Shepard Gallery, Whistler, British Columbia
1989  “Images and Objects”, B.C. Festival of the Arts, Chilliwack, British Columbia
           “Awards Show”, Arts Council Gallery, New Westminster, British Columbia
1984  “Richmond Interpretations”, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, British Columbia
           “Me”, Pitt Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia


COLLECTIONS

GBR Foundation, Manila, Philippines
City of Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, British Columbia
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
Burnaby Public Library, Burnaby, British Columbia
YMCA Language School, Vancouver, British Columbia
Pacific Language Institute, Vancouver, B.C. and Toronto, Ontario
Stikeman Elliott Lawyers, Vancouver, British Columbia

in addition to numerous private collections in Canada, the U.S.A., Germany, Switzerland, Japan, Philippines and the U.K.


SELECTED MEDIA

"North by Northwest", CBC Radio regional broadcast, interviewed by Sheryl MacKay, November 17, 2007
"David Tycho", by Mia Johnson, Preview Magazine, November 2007
"Editors Picks: Galleries and Museums" by Alison Malone, Where Vancouver magazine, November 2007
"An Artful Stroll on Gallery Row" by Lloyd Dykk, Vancouver Sun, October 26, 2007
"Abstract Expressive Painters" by Daniel Ferris, It¹s Only Art? June 11, 2007
"Abstract Paintings by David Tycho" by Daniel Ferris, Contemporary Art Gallery Magazine, December 2006
"Abstract Elegante" Don O¹Melveny Gallery Exhibition Catalogue, March 2003
"Between the Covers" CBC Radio national broadcast, interviewed by Peter Tiefenbach, April 2002
"North by Northwest" CBC Radio regional broadcast, interviewed by Sheryl MacKay, February 3, 2002
"This Morning", CBC Radio national broadcast, interviewed by Bill Cameron, January 30, 2002
"When Art Gets the Rational Treatment" by David Tycho, Vancouver Sun, February 22, 1997
"Communications Come through Paint" by Robert Amos, Victoria Times Colonist, November 9, 1996
"Mystic Inspiration" by Nancy Wells, Scene Magazine, February 1995


LECTURES AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

“The Role of the Artist”, Mensa Conference, Richmond B.C., November 2002
“Reading the Land”, Meadowlark Festival, Pentiction B.C., May 2002
“Roads to Abstraction”, City of Richmond Art Gallery, February, 1995
Art instructor, Vancouver School Board, Vancouver B.C., 1990 – 1991
Art instructor, Dorset College, Vancouver B.C., 1988 – 1990


EDUCATION

Graduate, University of British Columbia, B.Ed. in Fine Arts Education, 1983.
Studied painting under Gordon Smith.


PERSONAL

Born in Vancouver. Travelled extensively in Asia, North America and Europe. A frequently published and Canadian Literary Award winning writer, as well as an avid hiker, cyclist and marathon runner. Currently lives in Vancouver.