Ron Terada (born 1969) is a

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-based artist working in various media, including painting, photography, video, sound, books, and

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."Ron Terada: Being There,"

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(MCA), Chicago, accessed June 3, 2011, http://www.mcachicago.org/exhibitions/exh_detail.php?id=275.

Life and work

Terada received his Fine Arts diploma in 1991 from

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. From 1998 to 2007, he held a sessional faculty position at the same institution."Ron Terada," Catriona Jeffries Gallery, Vancouver, accessed June 3, 2011, http://www.catrionajeffries.com/pdfs/artist_cv/b_r_terada_cv.pdf. In 2006, Terada received the

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. He is also a recipient of the VIVA Award, The Jack & Doris Shadbolt Foundation for the Visual Arts (2004). Terada, who lives and works in Vancouver, often draws from past art historical figures and popular culture to reflect on familiar narratives and frequently on aspiration and failure."Ron Terada: Who I Think I Am at The Hayward Gallery Project Space," Art Daily, accessed June 3, 2011, http://www.artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=41277&int_modo=1. His practice calls attention to existing cultural forms and their operation as signs. Past works have adapted gallery signage, posters, brochures, and exhibition soundtracks to question the statements of cultural institutions. Additionally, Terada, who is of Japanese-Canadian descent, often uses his own position within the Vancouver art world as the starting point for measuring his own self-worth, self-esteem, and self-identification. Terada is represented by the

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based in Vancouver.

Exhibitions

While not widely known in the United States, Terada has exhibited extensively in Canada and Europe over the past 15 years. The

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, holds Terada's first U.S. solo museum show titled ''Ron Terada: Being There'' November 5, 2011 – January 15, 2012. The exhibition is curated by MCA James W. Alsdorf Chief Curator Michael Darling. Recent solo shows include ''Who I Think I Am'' at the Walter Philips Gallery, Banff, Canada (2010). Terada has exhibited recently in the group show ''It Is What It Is'' at the

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(2010).

Collections

Terada has work in museum collections throughout Canada, as well as in Los Angeles and the United Kingdom. *

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, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario *

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, Halifax, Nova Scotia *

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, Toronto, Ontario *

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, Birmingham, UK * Morris & Helen Belkin Art Gallery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver * Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, Quebec *

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, California *

, Ottawa, Ontario *

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, Vancouver, British Columbia

External links

Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) ChicagoCatriona Jeffries GalleryEmily Carr College of Art and DesignRon Terada's profile
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References

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