Born 1967 in Houston, Texas.
Lives and works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2D ONLINE EXHIBITION 2025, 2024 Residency, Online Group Show. www.soulofartists.com/2nd-exhibition-25.html, February 2025.
Runner-Up Award.

CUMULATIVE THREADS, 2024 Residency Cohort Group Show.
DaVinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. January 2024.

PERENNIAL VISIONS, Group Show.
DaVinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. December 2024.

BEYOND BOUNDARIES, Online Group Show.
www.artsinsquare.com/exhibition, November 2024.

ROGUES’ GALLERY, Collaborative Show.
Philadelphia Fringe Festival 2024, See/Hear Now Pop-Up
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. September 2024.

KINDRED SPRITS, Group Show.
DaVinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. August 2024.

MEPAINTS ME OPEN CALL 2024, Online Group Show.
www.mepaintsme.com, July 2024.

CONVERGE, Group Show. Bridgette Mayer Gallery,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. June 2024.

SOUND & VISION, Group Show. CultureWorks,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. June 2024.

BEST LAID PLANS, Group Show.
Philadelphia Fringe Festival 2023, See/Hear Now Pop-Up
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. September 2023.
Fringie Award for Visual Art.

TOMORROW NEVER LASTS, Group Show.
Philadelphia Fringe Festival 2022, See/Hear Now Pop-Up
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. September 2022.
Fringie Award for Visual Art.

A SUMMER SERIES, Group Show.
Axiom Contemporary, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. June 2022.

PLEIN AIR GUITAR, Solo Show.
Philadelphia Fringe Festival 2021, See/Hear Now Pop-Up
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. September 2021.
Fringie Award for Visual Art.

RISKY BUSINESS, Group Show,
P.P.O.W., New York, NewYork. August 2006.

SMALL WORKS, Group Show.
New York University, New York, New York. February 2006.

FIELD OF VISION: EXTREMES, Group Show.
The Institute for New Media, Frankfurt, Germany. October 2005.

SURFACING, Solo Show.
ZieherSmith, New York, New York. September 2003.

DREAMY, Group Show.
ZieherSmith, New York, New York. March 2003.

A DOG IN LONDON, Solo Show.
Unwahr Gallery, Berlin, Germany. December 1993.

SOUTHGATE STUDIOS, Group Show.
Southgate Studios, London, England. May 1993.

EDUCATION

School of the Arts, Columbia University, New York, New York.
MFA Visual Arts, 1997.

University College, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
BA English and Visual Arts, 1992.

PRESS

• “Studio Visit Artist,” I Like Your Work Podcast, August 2024.

• “Chance Encounters on a Dissection Table,” The Overtures,” DVAA Blog, February 2024.

• “Independent Artist Spotlight: Derek Ayres’ Plein Air Guitar,” FringeArts Go Deeper Blog, September 2021.

• “Derek Ayres’ Art is Rocking its Way into the Philadelphia Fringe Festival,” Star News, September 2021.

• Short List, Philadelphia Weekly, September 2021.

• “unAmbiguous,” Art World Digest, March 2006.

• Art Guide, The New York Times, September 12, 2003.

• Notices in The Wall Street Journal, New York Magazine, Time Out New York, Der Spiegel, and contemporary magazine #51.

RESIDENCY

DaVinci Art Alliance Residency,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. February 2024.