 He also exhibited at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts with John Lyman, Eric Goldberg and Goodridge Roberts in 1949, with Louise Gadbois in 1949, and with York Wilson in 1955.A solo exhibition of his work was held at the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec in 1960.Surrey continued as a photo and features editor at the "Montreal Standard" and then its successor "Weekend" magazine until June 23, 1964, when publisher John Wilson McConnell appointed him associate editor so that he could paint full-time.