Curriculum Vitae

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EDUCATION

 

• Master of Arts in Museum Studies with Distinction, University of Leicester, United Kingdom

• Bachelor of Arts (Honours), (Art History, Philosophy), University of Winnipeg, Canada

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

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Curator, Museum Consultant (Self-Employed)                                                                 2014-Present​

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• Sessional Lecturer, Department of Art History and Visual Studies, University of Victoria,

       BC, Canada, Sept 2019 - April 2020, Sept 2020 - April 2021

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• Collections Technician Contractor, City of Richmond, BC, Britannia Shipyards National

       Historic Site, Artefact Relocations, Steveston, BC, May, June, July 2018

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• Curatorial Training Workshop delivered to Cowichan Valley Arts Council, Duncan, BC,

       March 22, 2018

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• Urban Wayfinding System and Museum Building Signage: Case Study, prepared for

       Museum Starnberger See, Starnberg, Germany, 2016-2017

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• Consultant to ADM Gallery, School of Art, Design and Media, Nanyang Technological

       University, Singapore

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Director/Curator, ADM Gallery, School of Art, Design and Media,                                      2010-2014  Nanyang Technological University, Singapore ​

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Gallerist, Gallery One One One: School of Art, University of Manitoba                                  2001-2010                                                        ​

Extension Services Co-ordinator: Winnipeg Art Gallery                                                             1985-1999                                                             

 

INDEPENDENT CURATORIAL PROJECTS 

 

Curator, Cliff Eyland: Library of Babel - A Retrospective,

Winnipeg Art Gallery, Canada, January 22-May 15, 2022 

 

Curator, PAIRS, OPPOSITES, DUALITIES: Mildura Arts Centre Collection, 2008

Mildura Arts Centre, Mildura, Australia 

 

Curator, teresa burrows: the painted pantomime, 2002

Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, Brandon 

                         

Curator, WILLIAM EAKIN: Have A Nice Day, 2000-2002           

Touring exhibition to Halifax, Hamilton, and Regina

 

Project Manager, WANDA KOOP: In Your Eyes, 2001

Independent artist’s project for the 49th Venice Biennale, Italy            

 

Project Manager, DIANA THORNEYCROFT: Monstrance, 1999

SNACC, St. Norbert, Manitoba     

 

 

GRANTS 

 

Canada Council for the Arts, Explore and Create: Research and Creation, 2018, 2019

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RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 

 

Board Member, Centre A - Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, 2019-20

 

Guest Speaker, Museum2050 Symposium, Long Museum, Shanghai, China, June 9, 2018

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Mentor, British Columbia Museums Association, Mentorship Program, Victoria BC, 2017-2018

 

Selection Juror, SPOT ART, Singapore ARTrium, Singapore, 2013

 

Selection Juror, (Re)Claim Singapore!, ChanHampe Galleries, Singapore, 2012, 2013

 

Board member, Ace Art Inc., Winnipeg, 2009–2010

 

Member, Public Art Advisory Committee, City of Winnipeg Arts Council, 2007–2010

 

Art Gallery Committee, Global Eyes, SIGGRAPH 2007, San Diego, USA

 

Member, Arts Advisory Committee, Department of Culture, Heritage, and Tourism, Government of Manitoba, Winnipeg, 2005–2007

 

Co-juror, Manitoba Society of Artists, 74th Annual Juried Exhibition, Winnipeg, 2006

 

Juror, Winnipeg Arts Council, Visual Arts/Film and Video Grant Program, 2005

 

Presenter, Manitoba Art History Conference III, The University of Winnipeg, 2004

 

Panelist, The Prairies Lost and Found: A Multidisciplinary Conference, St. John’s College, Winnipeg, 2004

 

 

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

 

ADM GALLERY, SCHOOL OF ART, DESIGN AND MEDIA    

NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, SINGAPORE

 

FAITH and FAIRY TALES: New Media Art for Thailand (project manager), 2014            

 

S. SUDJOJONO: Lives of Pictures (project manager), 2014                                                

                         

IMMATERIAL FRONTIERS: Southeast Asian New Media Art (project manager), 2013

 

STATES OF CHANGE: Works by ADM Faculty (curator), 2013                                                   

 

INTERSECTING HISTORIES: Contemporary Turns in Southeast Asian Art (project manager), 2012

           

FAMILY PORTRAIT: Collected Works From NTU & NIE, Singapore (curator), 2012              

 

 

GALLERY ONE ONE ONE, SCHOOL OF ART, UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA, WINNIPEG (curatorial projects)

 

DONOR RECOGNITION SERIES, 2010                                                                                                  

- The Anna & Lyle Silverman Donation    

- The Frank Mikuska Donation                  

- The Grand Western Canadian Screen Shop Collection, The Bill Lobchuk Donation 

 

BILL WEEGE: Peace is Patriotic, 2007                                                                                                 

 

GORDON LEBREDT: By the Numbers, painting)programme(photography, 2005-2006                                                                                           

WINSTON LEATHERS: In The Moment, 2005                                                                                       

 

 

WINNIPEG ART GALLERY, NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL TOUR PROGRAM, 1990-1999

 

BETWEEN TWO WORLDS: Sculpture by David Ruben Piqtoukun

Québec City; Thessaloniki, Greece; Oshawa

 

WANDA KOOP: Paintings for Dimly Lit Rooms/Paintings for Brightly Lit Rooms

Tokyo, Japan; Hamilton

 

CARTOGRAPHIES: Fourteen Artists From Latin America

Caracas, Venezuela; Bogotá, Colombia; Ottawa, New York, USA; Madrid, Spain

* Recipient of the 1995 International Council of Museums Canada Award

 

KIM ADAMS

Zurich, Switzerland

 

KEN LUM

Vancouver; Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Lucerne, Switzerland

 

 

LECTURES/SEMINARS

 

Class Lecture, 'Project Planning and Development', 3rd Year Interactive Students, School of Art, Design and Media, NTU, Singapore, Instructor: Professor Martin Reiser, 2013, 2014

 

Open House Talk, ‘Canadian Artists: 3 From Winnipeg, Aganetha Dyck, Diana Thorneycroft, The Royal Art Lodge’, Mildura Arts Centre, Mildura, Australia, 26 October 2008

 

Floor Talks in conjunction with the exhibition, PAIRS, OPPOSITES, DUALITIES: Mildura Arts Centre Collection, Mildura Arts Centre, 12 June and 2 August 2008

 

Art Forum Talk, ‘Gallery One One One and Contemporary Art in Winnipeg, Canada’, La Trobe University Theatre, La Trobe University, Mildura, 11 April 2008 

 

Professional Development Workshop, ‘Gallery Facilities and Curatorial Programming’, Portage Arts Centre, Portage la Prairie, Canada, 3 December 2007

 

 

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