Derek Gillingham was born in Vancouver, Canada. He studied Classical Drawing and Painting at OCAD University during the late 1970’s and has worked in the film industry as a texture painter at notable effects shops such as Industrial Light and Magic, Sony Imageworks and most recently, Double Negative in London. During this time he has continuously practiced his own artwork, finding a balance between the collaborative world of film effects and that of the individual.

His influences are wide...from The Canadian Group of Seven, Wassily Kandinsky, Egon Schiele, Lucien Freud to the early Psychedelic Posters of Haight Ashbury. His work is also heavily driven by music with rhythm and sound playing a major part in the creative process. 

The Brick Lane Gallery ( Group Show ), London, August, 2011
The D.Neg Gallery ( Group Show ), London, April - May, 2011
The Brick Lane Gallery ( Group Show ), London, Jan., 2011
The Sydney and Gertrude Zack Gallery ( Solo Exhibition ) Vancouver, June, 2009 ScotiaBank Gallery, Port Moody, 2007 - 08

Burlington Cultural Centre, Burlington, 1994 The Rivoli Gallery, Toronto, 1988
Weller Potovsky Gallery, Toronto, 1988 Galerie Samuel Lallouz, Montreal, 1988 Cold City Gallery, Toronto, 1987

The Rivoli Gallery, Toronto, 1987
Weller Potovsky Gallery, Toronto, 1987 Gallery Blue Mode, Toronto, 1984 Burlington Cultural Centre, Burlington 1982 Burlington Cultural Centre, Burlington 1981 Burlington Cultural Centre, Burlington 1978