In 1989 Surrey's vision declined and he stopped painting. He died in Montreal on April 24, 1990. After his death, his work continued to be exhibited in such group shows as the 2001 Brigdens of Winnipeg at the Winnipeg Art Gallery, the 2001 Defining the Portrait and the 2008 This is Montreal! exhibitions at the Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery (Concordia University) in Montreal. In 2004 the Philip Surrey Retrospective Exhibition was held at Galerie Walter Klinkhoff in Montreal. In 2015, biographer T.F. Rigelhof initiated the online newsletter The Artist in the City Project and the Philip Surrey website."The Artist in the City Project." T.F. Rigelhof. Web.
