Biography
Education
1982 - 1986 Academia di Belle Arti - Corso di Pittura, Rome, Italy
1979 - 1980 York University - Visual Arts - Toronto, Canada
1978-1979 mentored by Painter Judith Lodge at UBC
summer 1977/79 Banff Centre Visual Arts
summer 1978 Emily Carr College of Fine Arts
Awards, Scholarships and Grants
2009/10/11 Pacific Salmon Foundation Grant
2008/12 North Vancouver Office of Cultural Affairs
2008 The City of North Vancouver
2003 Millennium fund U.K.
2003 Canadian external Affairs Grant
1986 European Federation of Artists
1982-1985 Koerner Foundation
1980 Carl J. Dare Award
1979 B.C. cultural Fund Award
1979 Helen Pitt Award
1979 Vancouver District Award
1979 Banff Centre Scholarship
1979 Vancouver Foundation
exhibitions; group and solo
2012 - 2013 Ron is part of a collective of Canadian artists that is organizing an exhibition initiative, Wild New Territories, scheduled for Camley Street Natural Park London, UK. Sept. – Oct. 2012, Vancouver , Canada and Berlin, Germany, 2013.
Spring 2012 The Heywood Park Hatchery Community Art Project. In conjunction with North Shore Streamkeepers, Pacific Salmon Foundation, North Shore Arts Office, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Artists for Kids Trust and the City of North Vancouver, Ron has authored and raised funds to create a public art community engagement project. For more information http://ecosystem.shawwebspace.ca/
Autumn 2011 As an extension of his practice Ron organized the first annual Coho Open Water Swim for the Coho Festival and produced a film on this event , Facing the Challenge. Link http://vimeo.com/32160098
Green Screen Film Festival, http://www.greenscreenfilmfest.ca/ Oct. 2011, Kay Meek Centre, West Van.Canada screening, Wild Chance. Link http://vimeo.com-
Spring 2011 SOS, group exhibition, 6 Auguststrasse, Berlin Germany, March 20th - March 26th
Winter2010 The Mackay Creek Series Project solo exhibition and film preview of Wild Chance, Dec. 1st - Jan. 26th 2011, Foyer Gallery, District Hall, North Van., BC. http://ecosystem.shawwebspace.ca/
Summer 2010 Dover UK. Cultural Olympiad with DAD (Dover Arts Development) film screening event in Dover's Grand Shaft - exhibiting 'Revisit' (co-production with Kathy Kenny) July 24th - 25th http://www.dadonline.eu/node/196
Autumn 2009 ‘Take Your Time’, curated by Bill Jeffries, Simon Fraser University
Gallery, Oct.31 – Dec.12,2009, exhibiting ‘Lifeguard’
' Loyal_Rooftops’ screening video works 2009 on a large outdoor screen, Kassel Germany. Exhibiting video works created collaboratively with kathy Kenny
Summer 2009 ‘Love London, Love The Planet’, curated show at the Barnes
Wetland, London UK. June 4th 2009 – April 2010, exhibiting ‘What’s it worth’ oil on gilded consumer waste.
Autumn 2008 ‘ Loyal_Rooftops’ screening video works 2008 on a large outdoor screen, Kassel Germany. Exhibiting ‘The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie’
Summer 2008 ‘Product’ Festival of contemporary Art 2008, Varna, Bulgaria June 7th – 13th, exhibiting video works created collaboratively with kathy Kenny
‘Love London, Love the Planet’, curated show at the LondonZoo, UK. May 29th-Sept 5th, 2008, exhibiting ‘Food Chain’ oil on consumer waste ( plastics) installation in Lubetkin Heritage Penquin Pool. www.rondendaas.com to see installation and CBC interview
Spring 2008 ‘A Walk in the Woods’, March 28-May 3, 2008, CityScape, Community Art Space, North Vancouver, Canada, exhibiting 'Destruction Re-Growth’
Autumn 2007, TUFF, Toronto Urban Film Festival,(A4C), Sept 8 – 14 2007 Art for Commuters (A4C) . Exhibiting ‘Florence /Montreal’ (co-production Kathy Kenny and Ron den Daas 2006)
Summer 2007 ‘ Loyal_Rooftops’ ; Urban Peace Festival, screening video works may 15 to Sept. 24 2007 on a large outdoor screen, Kassel Germany. Exhibiting ‘Revisit’, ‘Florence/Montreal, and ‘The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie’
Winter2007 Kaliningrad Museum of Native Nature and History, 'VIBRATIONS’, International video festival Kaliningrad, Russia.20 Tanners Hill, London, ‘ATTAINABLE UTOPIAS’ in conjunction with Goldsmith College.
Autumn 2006 ‘THE BIGGER PICTURE’ The Corner House Gallery / BBC, 2006Exhibiting ‘Revisit’ on a large outdoor screen, center of Manchester, UK. Autumn 06
Spring 2006 ‘SALT OF WATER’ International multi-media festival Museum of the World Ocean, March 25 to 26, 2006, Kaliningrad, RussiaAutumn 2003
'INTERVENTION’ John Hansard Gallery, South Hampton University, Sept.-Nov. 2003. Intervention archive;
http://www.hansardgallery.org.uk/exhibition/archive/2003/intervention/index1.html
Ron’s works are held in public and private collections in North America and Europe.
He has created a number of permanent wall installations In Montreal,
Toronto, and Vancouver including a public wall installation at York University.