Fragments of a Life
“To live means to leave traces.” — Walter Benjamin
Selected Exhibitions
“To curate within culture is to see art in a totality that is not simply bounded by art history. It is there that we begin to make room for new forms of knowledge, new possibilities of articulating different types of intelligence that are unruly and cannot be disciplined by the academic world.”
2024
“Alchemy of Art”
The Canadian Institute in Greece, Athens, Greece
June 6, 2024 — pop-up exhibition and lecture
Artist(s): Allyson Glenn
Role: Lecture and exhibition (with Allyson Glenn)
“Date with Hermes:” Journeying between Dreams and Reality
Vorres Museum, Athens, Greece
May 30 – June 30, 2024
Artist(s): Allyson Glenn
Role: Curator, exhibition essay writer and exhibition organizer
Ocean’s Breath (a group exhibition in two parts) — Part B
Herakleidon Museum, Athens, Greece
January 10 – February 25, 2024
Artist(s): Theodora Vasiliadou, Maria Korompili, Christos Lazarakis, Yannis Makridis, Konstantinos Patsios, Spiridoula Politi, Virginia Filippousi
Role: Catalogue essay (curated by Nina Fragopoulou)
2023
Ocean’s Breath (a group exhibition in two parts) — Part A
Herakleidon Museum, Athens, Greece
November 23, 2023 – January 7, 2024
Artist(s): Thalassini Douma, Eveline Kolijn, Ioannis Lassithiotakis, Aggeliki Loi, George Stamatakis
Role: Catalogue essay (curated by Nina Fragopoulou)
Nutri Delicious Art
Harokopio University, Athens, Greece
May 25 – July 20, 2023
Role: Exhibition talk — “Notes and queries about food in art”
2022
The Ocean Inside
The Canadian Institute in Greece, Athens, Greece
November 18 – 26, 2022
Artist(s): Eveline Kolijn
Role: Curator, essay writer, and organizer of ancillary events
Full documentation →
2019
“Uses for King Kong”
The Side-way Stoa Storefront of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
December 10, 2018 – February 23, 2019
Artist(s): Blair Brennan
Role: Curator, exhibition essay writer, and organizer
Full documentation →passage(s) / περάσματα (an exhibition in two parts)
Vorres Museum, Athens, Greece
June 24 – July 14, 2019
Artist(s): Allyson Glenn
Role: Curator, essay writer, and organizer
Full documentation →passage(s) / περάσματα (an exhibition in two parts)
Cultural Foundation of Tinos, Tinos, Cyclades, Greece
June 13 – July 8, 2019
Artist(s): Allyson Glenn
Role: Curator, essay writer, and organizer
2018
“Afthereta / Unauthorized”
The Vorres Museum, Athens, Greece
June 2018
Artist(s): Michelle Paterok
Role: Curator and organizer
With the special participation of COSMOTE’s IμChor, under the direction of Dimitris Bouzanis
Full documentation →
2017
Open Horizons
The Cultural Foundation of Tinos, Tinos, Cyclades, Greece
August 1 – 20, 2017
Artist(s): Allyson Glenn, Colleen Heslin, Ron Moppett
Role: Curator, catalogue essay writer, and exhibition organizer
A celebration of the 150th anniversary of Canadian Confederation (1867–2017) and 75 years of Canada–Greece diplomatic relations.
Full documentation →
2015
Bodies, Differently
The Vorres Museum, Athens, Greece
June 17 – August 1, 2015
Artist(s): Blair Brennan, Antonis Choudalakis, Jean-René Leblanc
Role: Curator and catalogue essay writer
Itinerant Images
S. G. Art Gallery, Athens, Greece
March 31 – April 18, 2015
Artist(s): Yiannis Galanakis
Role: Curator and catalogue essay writer
2013
The Lure of the Local — Women Artists in the Canadian (Land)scape
The Vorres Museum, Athens, Greece
November 5, 2013 – January 11, 2014
Artist(s): Julie Cosgrove, Raina Enss, Sara Girletz, Jamie Gray, Kim Huynh, Andrea Kastner, Annie King, Eveline Kolijn, Galia Kwetny
Role: Organizer, curator, and essay writer
A celebration of the Canadian Embassy’s 70 years in Greece.
Small Disasters: Andrea Kastner
Harcourt House Artist Run Centre, Edmonton, Canada
August 1 – September 6, 2013
Artist(s): Andrea Kastner
Role: Catalogue essay writer
2012
Bless Your Heart
Muii Gallery, New York, United States
October 19 – November 6, 2012
Artist(s): Kim Huynh, Hye-Seung Jung
Role: Catalogue essay writer
The New Alberta Contemporaries (Inaugural Exhibit)
The Esker Foundation, Calgary, Canada
June 14 – August 29, 2012
Artist(s): 47 artists
Role: Curator and catalogue essay writer
2010
Fragments from Crete
Scott Gallery, Edmonton, Canada (Sept 25 – Oct 12, 2010) and Virginia Christopher Gallery, Calgary, Canada (Oct 28 – Nov 27, 2010)
September 25 – November 27, 2010
Artist(s): Douglas Haynes
Role: Catalogue essay writer
2008
Colour Sense and Sensibilia: New Edmonton Art
The Triangle Gallery for Visual Arts, Calgary, Canada
July 3 – August 22, 2008
Artist(s): Allen Ball, Carolyn Campbell, Ken Macklin
Role: Curator and catalogue essay writer
2007
The New Alchemists: Catherine Burgess and Blair Brennan
Harcourt House Arts Centre, Edmonton, Canada
November 22 – December 22, 2007
Artist(s): Catherine Burgess, Blair Brennan
Role: Curator and catalogue essay writer
2004
Migrations in the Third Dimension: Tradition and Innovation in Canada and the Cyclades
The Art Exchange, Calgary (Oct 9 – 31, 2004); The Tinos Cultural Foundation, Tinos; The Triangle Gallery of Visual Arts, Calgary (Nov 12, 2004 – Jan 25, 2005)
October 2004 – January 2005
Artist(s): Ray Arnatt, Isla Burns, Honsun Chu, Petros Dellatolas, Annette Fougnies, Katie Ohe, Reinhard Skoracki
Role: Organizer, curator, and catalogue essay writer
Official Athens 2004 Olympic Participation.
About Looking: Recent Sculptures by Ken Macklin
The Edmonton Art Gallery (now Art Gallery of Alberta), Edmonton, Canada
March 5 – June 6, 2004
Artist(s): Ken Macklin
Role: Catalogue essay writer
2003
Three Alberta Sculptors: Ken Macklin, Isla Burns, and Clay Ellis
The Edmonton Art Gallery (now Art Gallery of Alberta), Edmonton, Canada
May 2003
Artist(s): Ken Macklin, Isla Burns, Clay Ellis
Role: Catalogue essay writer
Ray Arnatt: Perfecting the View, a Retrospective
The Triangle Gallery for Visual Arts, Calgary, Canada
March 13 – May 3, 2003
Artist(s): Ray Arnatt
Role: Curator and catalogue essay writer
2002
House Guests — Contemporary Canadian Artists at the Exhibition House: Re-collections
The Exhibition House, Tinos, Greece
September 7 – 27, 2002
Artist(s): Phil Darrah
Role: Organizer, curator, and catalogue essay writer
1998
some where else
Neutral Ground, Regina, Canada
February 14 – March 14, 1998
Artist(s): Elizabethe Lemoine
Role: Catalogue essay writer
Selected Publications on Art
Books and Anthologies
- “Manifesta 2006: When Art met Politics,” chapter in Sustainability, a New Frontier for the Arts and Cultures, ed. Sacha Kagan and Volker Kirchberg. Leuphana, VAS, Germany, 2008: 324–350.
- “Habitus Revisited: Notes and Queries from the Field,” in Bourdieu: Fieldwork in Culture, ed. Nicholas Brown and Imre Szeman. Rowman and Littlefield, 2000: 145–164.
- “Modern Greek Visual Art and Artists,” in Greece in Modern Times: An Annotated Bibliography of Works Published in English in 22 Academic Disciplines During the Twentieth Century, ed. Dr. Stratos Constantinidis. Scarecrow Press, 2000: 37–60.
- “Considering the Prospect(s) of On-line Fields of (Techno) Cultural Production,” in Pierre Bourdieu: Language, Culture and Education — Theory into Practice, ed. Michael Grenfell and Michael Kelly. Berne: Peter Lang A.G., 1999: 121–133.
- “Habitus: From the Inside Out and the Outside In,” in The Body and Psychology, ed. Henderikus J. Stam. London: Sage Publications, Chapter 8, 1998: 141–159.
- “The View from Nowhere: Digitalization, Body Art, and the Symbolic Economies of Cyberspace,” Proceedings: The Sixth Biennial Symposium on Arts and Technology, Centre for Arts and Technology, Connecticut College, 1997: 140–155.
- “Who Counts and Who Is Counting — the Artworld, the Market and Women’s Art,” in Women and Art: Empowering Narratives, ed. Regine Boucar. Washington, D.C.: The World Bank Office on Women’s Issues, 1996: 2–12.
Refereed Journals
- Review of Kiss & Tell’s November 8, 1997 Vancouver performance “That Long Distance Feeling,” Canadian Theatre Review, Vol. 25, Summer 1998: 93–95.
- “Graph(t)ing the Visual: Modern Greek Studies in the Diaspora,” Journal of Modern Greek Studies, Vol. 15, 1997: 268–273.
- “Habitus: From the Inside Out and the Outside In,” Theory and Psychology Journal, Vol. 6, No. 4, 1996: 649–667.
- “Making the Grade: Multiculturalism and the Arts in Canada,” Blurring Genres Series, Vol. 1, No. 5, 1994: 3–21.
- “Reviewing Modernist Painting and Criticism in the Canadian Prairies: A Case Study from Edmonton,” International Journal of Canadian Studies, Vol. VIII, Winter 1993: 139–169.
- “Centering on Changing Communities: Multiculturalism as Meaning and Message,” Canadian Ethnic Studies Journal, Vol. 24, No. 3, 1992: 87–98.
- “Making Art in the ‘Global Village,’” in Global Restructuring: Canada in the 1990’s, Canadian Issues, Vol. 24, 1992: 109–128.
- “Of Earth and Steel: Taming the Prairie in Canada,” in Practicing the Arts in Canada, Canadian Issues, Vol. 11, 1989: 113–126.
Arts Journals and Magazines
- “Three Things I Know About Magic,” review of Blair Brennan’s survey exhibition at dc3 Art Projects, Edmonton. Prairie Seen Arts Magazine, December 6, 2014. http://www.prairieseen.com/prairieseen-notes/
- “Dissident Acts — Spirit and Matter,” Artichoke — Writings About the Visual Arts, Vol. 16, No. 3, Spring 2004: 38–41.
- “Edmonton 2000: The Public and Private Face of Steel Sculpture,” Artichoke — Writings About the Visual Arts, Vol. 12, Summer 2000: 38–40.
- “Priceless Paintings: All Dressed Up and Nowhere to Go,” Artichoke — Writings About the Visual Arts, Vol. 10, No. 3, 1999: 23–25.
- “Ceci n’est pas un’ archive,” FUSE, Vol. 21, No. 2, 1998: 38–40.
- “A ‘Different’ Angelus Novus,” Artopos Electronic Journal. http://www.artopos.org
- “TRANSlocal: A Metaphor for Space,” Artopos Electronic Journal. http://www.artopos.org
- “imagining communities (bojagi),” Jin-me Yoon. C magazine, Vol. 51, October 1996: 50.
- “Feminist Art: Issues and Agendas,” Part II. Artichoke — Writings About the Visual Arts, Vol. 6, No. 2, 1994: 16–31.
- “Feminist Art: Issues and Agendas,” Part I. Artichoke — Writings About the Visual Arts, Vol. 6, No. 1, 1994: 40–43.
- “Testimonial for Brennan,” SNAP Newsletter, December 1993: 2–9.
Awards & Special Appointments
The Canada Council — Travel Grant (individual)
For “passages / περάσματα,” Allyson Glenn solo exhibitions at the Cultural Foundation of Tinos and the Vorres Museum. Summer 2019.
University of Saskatchewan — International Relations Writing Grant
For Allyson Glenn’s exhibition “passages / περάσματα.” Summer 2019.
Alberta Foundation for the Arts — Travel Grant (individual)
“Uses for King Kong: An Imaginary Book,” Side-way Stoa, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. December 10, 2018 – February 23, 2019.
Alberta Foundation for the Arts — Cultural Relations Grant (individual)
“Open Horizons,” Cultural Foundation of Tinos. August 1–20, 2017 (Canada’s 150th celebration).
Alberta Foundation for the Arts — Cultural Relations Grant
“The Lure of the Local: Women Artists in the Canadian Landscape,” Vorres Museum. November 6, 2013 – January 11, 2014.
Foreign Affairs Canada — Cultural Relations Fund Grant Programme
“Migrations in the Third Dimension: Tradition and Innovation in Canada and the Cyclades,” 2004 Olympics celebration, Tinos, Greece.
Alberta Foundation for the Arts — Visual Arts Project Assistance Grant
“Migrations in the Third Dimension: Tradition and Innovation in Canada and the Cyclades,” Tinos, Greece, 2004.
Calgary Institute for the Humanities — Visiting Research Fellow
Spring–Summer 1997.
Banff Centre for the Arts — Fall Thematic Residency
1996.
Calgary Institute for the Humanities — Post-Doctoral Fellow
1992–1993.
Association for Canadian Studies — Regional Development Programme Award
1991–1992.
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada — Doctoral Fellow
1983–1985.
Teaching
“…ancient Greek offers us uniquely ‘concise, explosive, ironic, open-ended modes of expression.’”
“It is to the Greeks that we turn when we are sick of the vagueness, of the confusion of our own age.”
Annual course on Crete — “By the Way of the Labyrinth: Minoans as Architects, Engineers and Merchants”
Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, Canada
Since 2007.
Psychology 503 — “Healing Bodies and Minds: A Journey to Ancient Greece and Back”
University of Calgary, taught in Greece
In collaboration with Dr. Henderickus Stam.
Introductory Seminar on Arts Management (MBA Programme)
Athens Economic and Business University, Greece