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

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2025 PHILADELPHIA OPEN STUDIOS TOUR (POST). Presented by CFEVA, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 10.2025.
Artists for Artists Global Scholarship. (Upcoming)

WORKING TITLE, Solo Show. DaVinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 9.2025.

IMAGINARY PORTALS: THE POETICS OF SPACE, Group Show. DaVinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 7.2025.

2D ONLINE EXHIBITION 2025, Online Group Show.
www.soulofartists.com/2nd-exhibition-25.html, 2.2025.
Runner-Up Award.

CUMULATIVE THREADS, 2024 Residency Cohort Group Show.
DaVinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1.2024.

PERENNIAL VISIONS, Group Show.
DaVinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 12.2024.

BEYOND BOUNDARIES, Online Group Show.
www.artsinsquare.com/exhibition, 11.2024.

ROGUES’ GALLERY, Collaborative Show.
Philadelphia Fringe Festival 2024, See/Hear Now Pop-Up.Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 9.2024.

KINDRED SPRITS, Group Show.
DaVinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 8.2024.

MEPAINTS ME OPEN CALL 2024, Online Group Show.
www.mepaintsme.com, 7.2024.

CONVERGE, Group Show.
Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 6.2024.

SOUND & VISION, Group Show.
CultureWorks, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 6.2024.

BEST LAID PLANS, Group Show.
Philadelphia Fringe Festival 2023, See/Hear Now Pop-Up.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 9.2023.
Fringie Award for Visual Art.

TOMORROW NEVER LASTS, Group Show.
Philadelphia Fringe Festival 2022, See/Hear Now Pop-Up. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 9.2022.
Fringie Award for Visual Art.

A SUMMER SERIES, Group Show.
Axiom Contemporary, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 6.2022.

PLEIN AIR GUITAR, Solo Show.
Philadelphia Fringe Festival 2021, See/Hear Now Pop-Up.Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 9.2021.
Fringie Award for Visual Art.

RISKY BUSINESS, Group Show.
P.P.O.W., New York, New York. 8.2006.

SMALL WORKS, Group Show.
New York University, New York, New York. 2.2006.

FIELD OF VISION: EXTREMES, Group Show.
The Institute for New Media, Frankfurt, Germany. 10.2005.

SURFACING, Solo Show.
ZieherSmith, New York, New York. 9.2003.

DREAMY, Group Show.
ZieherSmith, New York, New York. 3.2003.

A DOG IN LONDON, Solo Show. Unwahr Gallery, Berlin, Germany. 12.1993.

SOUTHGATE STUDIOS, Group Show.
Southgate Studios, London, England. 5.1993.

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, 8.2024.

• “Chance Encounters on a Dissection Table,” The Overtures, DVAA Blog, 2.2024.

• “Independent Artist Spotlight: Derek Ayres’ Plein Air Guitar,” FringeArts Go Deeper Blog, 9.2021.

• “Derek Ayres’ Art is Rocking its Way into the Philadelphia Fringe Festival,” Star News, 9.2021.

• Short List, Philadelphia Weekly, 9.2021.

• “unAmbiguous,” Art World Digest, 3.2006.

• Art Guide, The New York Times, 9.12.2003.

• 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. 2.2024.