Derek Sullivan was born in Richmond Hill, Canada. He received his BFA from York University in 1999, and his MFA from the University of Guelph in 2001. His work has been featured at the 2004 Toronto International Art Fair, as well the Power Plant in Toronto in 2005. His work has also been shown at ARTFirm, Red Gallery, and YYZ in Toronto, as well as exhibitions in Montreal, Vancouver, Shanghai, Berlin and New York. In 2001, Sullivan was the youngest artist awarded a permanent outdoor sculpture commission for the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre’s Sculpture Park at the University of Guelph. He is completing projects for the Art Gallery of York University and Optica in 2007. Sullivan is currently based in Toronto.