Born
Oak Park, Illinois, 1971

Education
Master of Fine Art, San Francisco Art Institute, 2008
CIS Web Technician (with high honors), College of DuPage, 2002
Bachelor of Science in Art Education, Northern Illinois University, 1995

Biography
Derek Haverland's current body of work includes etched glass and meticulously hand-stitched needlework pieces that address issues of the family, loss and regeneration. He has shown in several group exhibitions in San Francisco and Chicago. He received a B.S. in Art Education from Northern Illinois University in 1995 and received his M.F.A. from the San Francisco Art Institute in 2008. Haverland lives and works in the Chicagoland area.

Professional Experience
2010 Artist’s talk, Open Critique, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
2007 Visiting Artist Lecture; HOME , Root Division, San Francisco, CA
2006 Artist's talk; Untitled, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2005-2007 Summer, Curator and Co-Director, Swell Gallery, San Francisco, California.

Exhibitions (* = Single Show)
2013 October 5-26, (He)Art: Art for Our Sake, Gorrila Tango Theatre, Chicago, Illinois.
2013 October 4-25, THIS GUY WALKS INTO A BAR, AdventureLand, Chicago, Illinois.*
2012 April 11-28, Re/Invention, ARC Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.
2011 April 5-28, Facades, La Grange Art League, La Grange, Illinois.
2010 October 15-29, Art Loop Chicago, Block 37, Chicago, Illinois.
2010 March 31-April 24, Glass Constructs, ARC Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.
2010 Open Critique, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, Illinois.
2009 November, The Art Registry, Washington, D.C.
2009 January 9- February 7, Elephants in Small Places, Green Lantern, Chicago, Illinois.
2009 January 7-31, Money, Money, Money, ARC Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.
2008 December 9- January 3, Make Me an Offer, Gallery 350, Chicago, Illinois.
2008 August 30-31, Subtext: Language, Words & Symbols in Art, Parts & Labor Collective, Chicago, Illinois.
2008 May 16-24, Vernissage: San Francisco Art Institute MFA Exhibition, Herbst Pavillion at Fort Mason, San Francisco, California.
2007 July 24-31, Rituals, Swell Gallery, San Francisco, California.
2007 July 23-29, SFAI Continuing Summer MFA Show, Swell Gallery, San Francisco, California.
2007 July 16-23, Semblance to What I Had in Mind, Swell Gallery, San Francisco, California.
2007 July13-28, HOME: An Exhibition on the Aesthetics & Politics of Home, Root Division, San Francisco, California.
2006 October-November, Latin School Art Department Faculty Show, The Latin School of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
2006 July 16- 22, Untitled, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, California.
2006 June 24- July1, 3rd Annual Chow Fun Ho Down, Swell Gallery, San Francisco, California.
2006 - May 21, The Great Frame-Up/L.I.S.A. show, Michael J. Thompson Center, Chicago, Illinois.
2005 November 12- December 10, Derek Haverland: Current Work, The Latin School of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.*
2005 July 29- August 6, 2nd Annual Chow Fun Ho Down, Swell Gallery, San Francisco, California.
2005 July 11-16, SFAI Summer MFA Show, Swell Gallery, San Francisco, California.
2005 July 3-10, Nine Square Grid: New Meanings, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, California.
2005 - May 15, The Great Frame-Up/L.I.S.A. show, Chicago Botanical Gardens, Glencoe, Illinois.
2005 February 2-26, "anti-Valentine's day" Voodoo Doll fundraiser, ARC Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.
2004 June 21-26, 1st Annual Fortune Cookie Classic/Chow Down Chow Fun, Swell Gallery, San Francisco, California.
2004 June 10-24, Summer Intensive Painting Show, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, California.
2003 September 5-7, Around The Coyote, Chicago, Illinois.
2003 July, H&R Block ArtSpace, Kansas City, Missouri.
2003 May 11-18, The Great Frame-Up Teacher Artists, Chicago Botanical Gardens, Glencoe, Illinois.
2002 Face-to-Face, NAB Gallery, traveling to various high schools in the outlying suburbs.
2001 April 18- May 9, Derek Haverland: A Visual Dialogue, The Latin School of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.*
2000 January 17, MLK for Y2K, Chicago Cares & Jones Magnet School, Chicago, Illinois.
1999 May 1-26 Vik Muniz, Columbia Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, Illinois.
1996 April 8-12 Here But Not Here, Gallery 400, Chicago, Illinois.
1996 Fall/Winter The Prairie Light Review , the liberal arts magazine for the College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, Illinois. Lee DiVita, editor.

Publications
New American Paintings, Issue No. 77, 2008
Vernissage, exhibition catalog, San Francisco Art Institute, 2008
HOME, exhibition catalog, Root Division 2007

Commissions
The Spaghetti Bowl of Western Springs website, 2005.
Russell Z. Harris website, 2004.
T-Shirt Design, Silkscreen, Delizzioso's Pizza, 1995.
Logo Design, Graphic Design, The Spaghetti Bowl of Western Springs, 1992.