Roy Arden has been active as an internationally exhibiting artist since the late 1970s. Through over fifty solo exhibitions and many more group exhibitions, Arden has played a major part in the development of Vancouver as an internationally recognized centre for the production of contemporary art. Regularly seen in significant local, national and international exhibitions, Arden’s work is included in important museum collections in Canada, Europe and the USA, including The Art Gallery of Ontario, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Museum of Modern Art, New York and the Centre Pompidou, Paris. He has also taught photography and art theory in Canada and abroad, curated many exhibitions of Canadian and international art, and written critical essays for exhibition catalogues and art journals.
