Curatorial Projects
Abstract Answers
October 21 - December 20, 2019
This project brings together the work of four contemporary Canadian women artists in an exhibition exploring the limits of abstraction, representation, and expression as a feminist political strategy.
Featuring the work of: Jessica Bell, Wei Li, Caroline Monnet, Alma Louise Visscher
Daniel McCoy Jr.: Mishaps, Miscalculations, Oracles, & Aeons
March 4 - April 12, 2019
The bright, graphic, jam-packed work of Daniel McCoy Jr. references styles and subjects drawn from comics, Americana, punk rock, and psychedelia.
The Bounded text
September 10 - October 28, 2018
An exhibition of five national and international fiber artists united by their interest in rendering, applying, and utilizing text through a variety of techniques.
Artists include: Danielle Andress, Kathryn Clark, Melissa Cody, Dianna Frid, and Sara Impey
Jim Lee: Stone, Water, Wood
March 22 - April 13, 2018
This exhibition features three series of prints and drawings, and two artist-books by Hartford-based draughtsman, printmaker, and book artist, Jim Lee. The work on view in this exhibition represents the landscapes of Ireland, New England, and Maritime Canada. Lee is particularly interested in the people who inhabit the locations he depicts, and weaves references to their history and cultures into his work.
Bodies under pressure
January 29 - March 9, 2018
This exhibition features the work of five printmakers (and a portfolio) from across the United States and Canada who are unified by their ongoing consideration of the three-dimensional human body as a site of history, trauma, and healing. Here, the body has been put under the pressure of the printing press and rendered two-dimensional in a way that enables a close examination of its corporeality. These artists use the body as subject and as material. As a space for agency and as a locus for process
Wendy Red Star: Grandmothers (I Come As One, But I Stand As Ten Thousand)
September 21 - November 22, 2017
Show Me Something I Don’t Know
May 19, 2016 - July 2, 2016
Show Me Something I Don’t Know was an exhibition curated by Riva Symko and Jill Horbay for the University of Alberta Museums (UAM) Galleries. The exhibition featured over 700 travel photographs and albums sourced from travel enthusiasts and photographers – amateur to professional. This exhibition was a companion to China Through the Lens of John Thomson (1868 – 1872)curated by Betty Yao, which was exhibited at the UAM Galleries concurrently. Show Me Something I Don’t Knowalso included a suite of photographs by 19thCentury photographer, Joe Weiss from the University of Alberta Art Collection
Art in Public Places (APP): Kingston
May 12th– June 8th, 2012
APP: Kingston consisted of six temporary installations in public locations across the city of Kingston, Ontario. The exhibition consisted of three locally-based artists, and three nationally-based artists in an effort to create a dialogue about public art between cities – beginning with a free bus-tour of the sites, and culminating in a public panel. APP: Kingstonwas a professional project that successfully balanced a budget with funds procured through civic grants, community corporate sponsorships, and partnerships with local cultural institutions and individuals.