Chrono_1993-2011

1994

Phases of Desire, an international group exhibition, organized by Phases,Paris.includes work by L.Guderna,
Michael Bullock and Gregg Simpson, CASE Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York

Michael Bullock, from the back cover of The Walled Garden, A Fantasia, 1994

        Constellations: Surrealism and its Affinities (the collection of Michel P. Christensen), Carleton University
        Gallery. This long time supporter of the west coast surrealists exhibited works from his collection by Ladislav
        Guderna, Ted Kingan and Gregg Simpson with other Canadian artists such as Tony Urquhart, Leon Bellefleur,
        William Ronald, Jack Shadbolt and such 20th cen. masters as Miro, Picasso, Matta, Giacometti, Henry Moore,
        and others.

Robert Davidson: Goddess, oil on camvas, 1993

1995

Ladislav Guderna exhibited with Phases at the Galerie Lumiere Noir, Montreal.

Dessin Automatiste 1945-95, organized by Phases (includes work by Gregg Simpson) shown at Espace
Arts Plastiques, College Publique, Plouec-sur-Lié, Brittany.

Gregg Simpson: Blue Idol, oil, 1995

1996

Dessin Automatiste 1945-95 exhibited in College Camille Claudel, St.Quay-Portrieux, France

Doctoral Thesis by Yves M. Laroque, L'Idee du Surrealisme au Canada Anglais, presented at the Sorbonne, Paris.

1997 - 1998

José Pierre begins work on CD ROM version of L'Univers Surrealiste and plans a comprehensive exhibition for
Paris in 1999.

        Maldoror Park , Diversité Surréaliste 1935-1995 (group exhibition, including Ladislav Guderna and Gregg
        Simpson with Wifredo Lam, Jacques Herold, Kurt Seligmann, Pierre Alechinsky and others) at the Centre
        d'Exposition, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Québec. Exhibition is organized by Gilles Petitclerc, utilizing works
        from the collection of Edouard Jaguer, founder of the Phases Movement.

1999

Passing of José Pierre in May

Continental Drift, the Surrealist Influence Simon Patrich Gallery, Vancouver included: Lori-Ann Latremouille,
Martin Honisch, Ladisalv Guderna, Gregg Simpson, Edwin Varney, Martin Guderna, David Cochrane and Davide Pan.

Ladislav Guderna: Transcience (exhibition invitation) tempera, 1996

-Sarane Alexandrian includes Gregg Simpson's work in Superiore Inconnu, Paris.

-Passing of Ladislav Guderna in October. His son, Martin creates an online gallery featuring the life and work of Ladislav Guderna.

2000: Gregg Simpson exhibits frottage drawings in the Salle du Couvent, Seillans, France, last home of Max Ernst.
The Salle du Couvent is located next to the Max Ernst?Dorothea Tanning Archives.

2002:                   West Coast Dreamers, Exhibition Centre, Harrison Hot Springs, B.C. included Robert Davidson,
                             Leo Labelle, Pnina Granirer, Martin Guderna, Gregg Simpson, Ricardo Spinace, and
                             Lunar Suede.

2003:

Michel P. Christensen: Mary at the Altar of the Brain-Bending Sex Hormone Collage from the journal, Exile, 2001
Michel Christensen, formerly of the National Museums of Canada is a major collector of the West Coast Surrealists
and now makes collages for publications, such as Parrot Fever, with Joe Rosenblatt.

2004: Gregg Simpson exhibits with Amy Ernst in Contemporary Surrealism at Gallery Zero in Barcelona, Spain..
They have subsequently exhibited together at the Carteret Gallery, in Morehead City, North Carolina and on the internet.

2005: A group exhibition was held at the Museo Granell in Santiago de Compostela, Spain,
           entitled West Coast Surreal, A Canadian Perspective co-organized with director, Natalia Segarra. The exhibition
         featured the work of Gregg Simpson, Pnina Granirer, Martin Guderna and Gordon Payne.

           Figurations Abstrait at the Maison des Artistes, Chateau Grimaldi, Cagnes-sur-Mer, France ( group exhibition conceived and organized
         by Gregg Simpson). It includes the works of Gregg Simpson, Pnina Granirer, Martin Guderna and Gordon Payne.with Swedish painter,
           Echi Aaberg and Tristan Bastit, a Breton artist, living in Paris.

2006: A second version of West Coast Surreal is held at the Grand Forks Art Gallery, Grand Forks, British Columbia with works by Gregg Simpson, Pnina Granirer, Martin Guderna and Gordon Payne.

2007: Viagem a Arcturus, Um Postal Para Mario Cesariny, Museu Vermhelho, Estremoz, Portugal includes works by Martin Guderna and Gregg Simpson.

2012: International Exhibition includes works by Gregg Simpson