Archive
“The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” — William Faulkner
Mounting an Exhibition
Summer 2024 · Vorres Museum for Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece
A curatorial account of transporting and installing Canadian artworks in Greece — the logistics of international shipping and the collaborative process of bringing Allyson Glenn's work across three exhibitions from selection through final installation.
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Summer 2023 · Vorres Museum, Paiania, Athens
Residency programme for emerging Canadian artists hosted at the Vorres Museum. Full documentation in the PDF report.
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2024 · Vorres Museum for Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece
A two-part exhibition with Allyson Glenn at the Vorres Museum. Full documentation in the PDF.
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Tinos, Cyclades, Greece
Curatorial documentation of the Tinos Project. Full report in the PDF.
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Introducing Canadian Artist Eveline Kolijn — The Ocean Inside
2021 · Canadian Institute in Greece (online presentation)
Dutch-Canadian multimedia artist Eveline Kolijn presents “The Ocean Inside,” translating scientific climate discourse into visual narratives rooted in her childhood at Curaçao's coral reefs.
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Allyson Glenn at the Canadian Institute in Greece
June 1–10, 2021 · Canadian Institute in Greece (virtual lecture)
University of Saskatchewan professor Allyson Glenn on the influence of Greek mythology on her painting series “Passages” — land, sustainability, and contemporary social themes read through ancient narratives.
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Allyson Glenn, Passages / περάσματα
June 13 – July 14, 2019 · Cultural Foundation of Tinos (Tinos) and Vorres Museum (Athens)
A two-part exhibition asking how Greek myth might offer perspective on contemporary social challenges — crossings of borders and resistance through painting, to expand notions of identity and displacement.
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Uses for King Kong
December 10, 2018 – February 24, 2019 · National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Side-way Stoa
Blair Brennan's imaginary book uses culture jamming to pair a 19th-century painter and Hollywood's King Kong with the artist's own drawings, staged as faux press-check sheets — a surreal critique of consumerism and masculinity.
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Afthereta / Unauthorized
June 11, 2018 · Vorres Museum, Paiania, Athens
Canadian artist Michelle Paterok explores “unauthorized” uses of space for permanent home or temporary shelter by locals and refugees alike. Opening featured the IμChor choir performing among the visitors.
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Open Horizons
August 1 – 20, 2017 · Cultural Foundation of Tinos, Tinos, Greece
Marking Canada's 150th anniversary, the show introduced Greek audiences to Canadian artists Ron Moppett, Allyson Glenn, and Colleen Heslin through works that respond to the Canadian landscape.
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