education Ontario College of Art (OCAD) 1982-1988 A.O.C.A. 1988
selected solo exhibitions
2005 "Site" Fran Hill Gallery, Toronto, ON
2004 "Antiquitus" Fran Hill Gallery, Toronto, ON
2003 "Reliquiae" Newzones Contemporary Art, Calgary, AB
2002 "Detritus" Fran Hill Gallery, Toronto, ON
2001 "Absentia Paintings" Newzones Contemporary Art, Calgary, AB
2000 "New Works" Galerie St.Laurent+Hill, Ottawa, ON
1999 "Monumentum" Newzones Contemporary Art, Calgary, AB
1998 "Poema" Drabinsky and Friedland Gallery, Toronto, ON
"Topography" Newzones Contemporary Art, Calgary, AB
1997 "New Works" Galerie Lautre Equivoque, Ottawa, ON
"Epoch" Drabinsky and Friedland Gallery, Toronto, ON
1996 "Tableaux" Drabinsky and Friedland Gallery, Toronto, ON
1995 "Redemption" Newzones Contemporary Art, Calgary, AB
"Mysteries of Love" Drabinksy Gallery, Toronto, ON
1994 "Iconography" Newzones Contemporary Art, Calgary, AB
"Veritatis Splendor" Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga, ON
1992 "New Work" Lake Galleries, Toronto, ON
"The 28 Days" Bandit (Independent Collective), Toronto, ON
"New Work" Patrick Doheny Fine Art, Vancouver, BC
1991 "New Work" Lake Galleries, Toronto, ON
1990 "New Work" Lake Galleries, Toronto, ON
1989 "New Work" Bonnie Kagan Gallery, Toronto, ON
1988 "New Work" The Welch Gallery, Ottawa, ON
"Works on Paper" Weller-Potovsky Gallery, Toronto, ON
1987 "Works on Paper" Weller-Potovsky Gallery, Toronto, ON
projects
2009 "commodity"
window installation Howard Park Institute, Toronto, ON
2001 "Absentia-Part I" Loop Gallery, Toronto, ON
selected group exhibitions
2011 "6 Painters" Howard Park Institute, Toronto, ON
"Sunscreem" Newzones Contemporary Art, Calgary, AB
2006 "Summer Exhibition" Fran Hill Gallery, Toronto, ON
2005 S.F.I.A.E. (San Francisco
International Art Fair) Newzones Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA
2004 A.A.F. New York Newzones Contemporary Art, New York, NY
2003 Art Chicago Newzones Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
S.F.I.A.E. Newzones Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA
Art Miami Newzones Contemporary Art, Miami, FLA
2002 S.F.I.A.E. Newzones Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA
Art Miami Newzones Contemporary Art, Miami, FLA
2001 "Works on Paper" Fran Hill Gallery, Toronto, ON
"December Group Show" Fran Hill Gallery, Toronto, ON
Boston International
Art Fair Newzones Contemporary Art, Boston, MA
Art Miami Newzones Contemporary Art, Miami, FLA
2000 Boston International
Art Fair Newzones Contemporary Art, Boston, MA
Inagural Exhibition Loop Gallery, Toronto, ON
1997 Art Seattle Newzones Contemporary Art, WA
1996 Art Seattle Newzones Contemporary Art, Seattle,WA
1995 Art Seattle Newzones Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
1994 Art Seattle Newzones Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
1993 Group Exhibiton Newzones Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
Chicago International
Art Expo Lake Galleries, Chicago, IL
Art Frankfurt Lake Galleries, Frankfurt, Germany
1992 Chicago International
Art Expo Lake Galleries, Chicago, IL
"Art Contemporain du Canada" Ader Tajan Galleries, Paris, France,
Inagural Exhibition Newzones Contemporary Art, Calgary, AB
1991 "The X-mas Show" Lake Galleries, Toronto, ON
"The Toronto Mask" Lake Galleries, Toronto, ON
1990 "Small Works" Lake Galleries, Toronto, ON
"Art VS the G.S.T." Lake Galleries, Toronto, ON
1989 "Virtu 4" Toronto, ON
1988 Inaugural Exhibition Gallery Burston-Roberts, ON
Group Exhibition Bonnie Kagan Gallery, Toronto, ON
1987 Group Exhibition The Welch Gallery, Ottawa, ON
Group Exhibition Weller-Potovsky Gallery, Toronto, ON
1986 Group Exhibition Weller-Potovsky Gallery, Toronto, ON
4 Artists Gallery 76, Toronto, ON
"Anniversary Show" Weller-Potovsky Gallery, Toronto, ON
1985 "Photography" Gallery 76, Toronto, ON
"Photography" Pauline McGibbon Cultural Center, Toronto, ON
Group Show The Weller Gallery, Toronto, ON
1984 Group Show The Weller Gallery, Toronto, ON
selected bibliography
2003 Nancy Tousley, "Critics Pick", Calgary Herald, April 17th, Calgary, AB
2002 Sascha Hastings, "Kiers Coup", Now Weekly, Oct 17-23, Toronto, ON
2000 Anne Severson, "Christopher Kier", Vie Des Arts (No.177), Montreal, QUE
1999 Anne Severson, "Visual Arts", FFWD Weekly, Calgary, Nov 4, Calgary, AB
1997 Gillian MacKay, "Gallery Going", Th Globe and Mail, Toronto, March 29th, Toronto, ON
1994 Stuart Reid, "Veritatis Splendor", Art Gallery of Mississauga, June, Mississauga, ON
1993 Art Perry, "Art Review", Step Magazine, Vancouver B.C.
1991 George Olds, "Primitive Power", Xtra Magazine, Oct 25th, Toronto, ON
1990 Radio Review, Donald Brackett, C.J.R.T. Radio, Sept, Toronto, ON
1990 Christopher Hume, "Antique Delaers Art World Debut", The Toronto Star, May, Toronto, ON
1989 Richard T. Mesley, Art Carlton, Carlton University Press, Ottawa, ON
1988 Nancy Beale, "Visual Art", Ottawa Citizen, August 11th, Ottawa, ON
selected collections
Air Canada, Ottawa, ON
Bank of Montreal, Toronto, ON (2012)
Bank of Montreal, Toronto, ON
Bruce Stratton Architects, Toronto, ON
Burnet Duckworth Palmer, Calgary, AB
Carlton Univeristy Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON
Canlight Developement Corp, Toronto, ON
Canada Council Art Bank, Toronto, ON
Canadian Pacific Ltd., Calgary, AB
Clarke, Henning & Co., Toronto, ON
Contemporary Office Interiors, Calgary, AB
Corporate Responses Inc., Calgary, AB
Dorset Exploration Ltd., Calgary, AB
Ford Center for Performing Arts, Vancouver, BC
Goodman, Phillips & Vineberg, Toronto, ON
Gordon Private Client Corp.,. Calgary, AB
Hewlett-Packard Canada, Mississauga, ON
Hotel Intercontinental, Toronto, ON
Kenaidan Contracting Ltd, Toronto, ON
Monaco Construction Group, Calgary, AB
McDermid St. Lawrence Ltd., Toronto, ON
M. Bellefontaine Consulting Inc., Toronto, ON
Newalta, Calgary, AB
Norcen Energy Resources, Calgary, AB
Nordstroms, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Pan Canadian Petroleum LTD., Calgary, AB
The Park Hyatt Hotel, Toronto, ON
Poco Petroleum Ltd., Calgary, AB
Perdue Frederick Inc., Toronto, ON
RXN Visions, Calgary, AB
Sharecom Industries, Calgary AB
Sidler and Company LLP, Mississauga, ON
Simon, Turnbull & Martin, Washington, D.C. U.S.A.
Starwood Hotels, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
New York, New York, U.S.A.
Phoenix, Az, U.S.A.
The Swedish Foundation, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Sun Life Canada, Toronto, ON
Sussex Capital Inc., Ottawa, ON
Systems House Ltd., Ottawa, ON
Vermuelen Group Inc., Vancouver, B.C.
Vincorp, Toronto/Niagara, ON
Wilson Laycraft, Calgary, AB
Personal Collections, Canada, U.K., Germany, France, U.S.A., Japan