Michelle Jacques (curator)

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Michelle Jacques (curator)
Born1965 (age 58–59)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Known forCurator, educator

Michelle Jacques (born 1965) is a Canadian curator and educator known for her expertise in combining historical and contemporary art, and for her championship of regional artists. Originally from Ontario, born in Toronto to parents of Caribbean origin, who immigrated to Canada in the 1960s, she is now based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.[1][2][3]

Education[edit]

Jacques studied at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, where she obtained a B.A. in art history and psychology, and at York University, where she earned her M.A.[4]

Career[edit]

Jacques worked at the Art Gallery of Ontario for a number of years, holding positions including Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art and Acting Curator of Canadian Art. She was the Director of Programming at the Centre for Art Tapes in Halifax, Nova Scotia from 2002 to 2004.[4] In 2012, she was named as the Chief Curator of the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria (AGGV).[4] Jacques was named Head of Exhibitions & Collections/Chief Curator at Remai Modern in Saskatoon in 2020.[5]

At the AGGV, she curated exhibitions of the work of contemporary artists including Carol Sawyer, Rodney Sayers and Emily Luce, Gwen MacGregor, and Hiraki Sawa, among others; and co-curated retrospective exhibitions of the work of the Canadian artists Anna Banana and Jock Macdonald. In the 2019 exhibition Unformable Things, she examined the work of Emily Carr alongside her Canadian contemporaries.[6][7]

Jacques has taught writing and curatorial topics at institutions including NSCAD University, the University of Toronto Mississauga, and OCAD University.[8]

She has also served on the board of numerous visual art organizations including Vtape, the Feminist Art Gallery and Mercer Union.[9] In 2019, she was appointed as the inaugural vice-president, inclusion and outreach, of the Association of Art Museum Curators, a New York-based group that supports and promotes curatorial work around the world.[3][10]

In 2021, she was one of the participants in John Greyson's experimental short documentary film International Dawn Chorus Day.[11]

Critical and curatorial writing[edit]

As an extension of her curatorial practice, Jacques has authored and co-authored numerous exhibition catalogues. She has also published essays, reviews, and interviews in magazines. This includes serving as a board member, writer, and a contributing editor at Fuse Magazine; and submissions to Chatelaine, Canadian Art, and Public Journal, among others.[9][12][13][14] A selection of Jacques' publications include:

  • Gathie Falk: Life & Work (Toronto: Art Canada Institute, 2022), ISBN 978-1-4871-0285-2
  • Howie Tsui: retainers of anarchy (Vancouver, BC: Vancouver Art Gallery, 2017), ISBN 9780888853813, co-edited by Jacques, Diana Freundl, and Michelle S. Gewurtz[16]
  • In another place, and here (Victoria, BC: Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, 2015), ISBN 9780888853769- co-authored with Toby Lawrence and Gabrielle Moser[17]
  • Carole Sabiston: everything below all of the above (Victoria, BC: Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, 2014), ISBN 9780888853745, co-authored with Patricia E. Bovey[18]
  • Jock Macdonald: evolving form (London, UK: Black Dog Publishing, 2014), ISBN 9781908966810, co-authored with Linda Jansma and Ian M. Thom[19]
  • Introducing Suzy Lake (London, UK: Black Dog Publishing, 2014), ISBN 9781894243780, with contributions from Georgiana Uhlyarik, Jacques, and others
    • This publication comprehensively addresses Suzy Lake's artistic production in performance, photography and video from the late 1960s on.
    • In 2015 it received an art publication award from Galeries Ontario Galleries.[20]
  • Laurel Woodcock (Waterloo, ON: University of Waterloo Art Gallery, 2012), ISBN 9780978154325, co-authored with Dave Dyment and others
  • Shary Boyle: flesh and blood (Montréal: Galerie de l'UQAM, 2010), ISBN 9782920325418- co-authored with Louise Déry and others[21]
    • A bilingual publication highlighting the drawing, painting, sculpture, audio-visual performance and installations of Toronto-based artist Shary Boyle, which explores explore various human psychological and emotional states through a fictional fantasy world. This travelling exhibition was held at the Art Gallery of Ontario, in Toronto, Ontario; Galerie de l'UQAM, in Montreal Quebec; and the Contemporary Art Gallery, in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Juried art competitions[edit]

Jacques has sat as a juror on numerous art competitions. Recent examples include:

Awards[edit]

The Canada Council for the Arts stated at the time of presenting the Governor General's Award "Jacques’s contributions to the field are formative and utterly unique. With unwavering commitment, intelligence, vision, wisdom, and above all poise and generosity of spirit, she is an inspiring role model, mentor, and creative thinker of the highest order. She thinks globally, contextually, and multi-disciplinarily, always embedded in the local and the current with the long view of entangled histories."[31]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Michelle Jacques". Studio Magazine. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  2. ^ "Remai Modern names Head of Exhibitions & Collections/Chief Curator". Remai Modern. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  3. ^ a b "Michelle Jacques Appointed Remai Modern Chief Curator". Galleries West. 2020-12-22. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  4. ^ a b c "Michelle Jacques Leaving AGO to Become Chief Curator at AGGV". Canadian Art. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  5. ^ "Remai Modern names Head of Exhibitions & Collections/Chief Curator". Remai Modern. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Unformable Things: Emily Carr and Some Canadian Modernists". Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  7. ^ "Unformable Things: The Curator's Tour". AGGV magazine. 2019-03-01. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  8. ^ "Michelle Jacques". CBC Arts. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  9. ^ a b "Michelle Jacques Named Chief Curator at the AGGV". Galleries West. 22 August 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  10. ^ "The Association of Art Museum Curators: Membership Committee". Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  11. ^ Sarah Jae Leiber, "International Dawn Chorus Day Premieres April 29". Broadway World, March 29, 2021.
  12. ^ Lee, Yaniya. "Expanding Access: An Interview with Michelle Jacques". Canadian Art. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
  13. ^ "Ask the expert: How do I start an art collection?". Chatelaine. May 11, 2015. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  14. ^ "Plant Stories are Love Stories Too: Moss + Curation". www.publicjournal.ca. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
  15. ^ "Michelle Jacques". Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts. Retrieved 2024-04-13.
  16. ^ "Howie Tsui: Retainers of Anarchy". www.vanartgallery.bc.ca. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  17. ^ "In Another Place, And Here". Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  18. ^ Tupper, John; Bovery, Patricia; Jacques, Michelle (2014). Carole Sabiston: Everything Below All the Above. John Tupper, Patricia Bovery, Michelle Jacques. Victoria, BC: Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. ISBN 978-0-88885-374-5.
  19. ^ "Jock Macdonald: Evolving Form". The RMG. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  20. ^ "Introducing Suzy Lake". Galeries Ontario / Ontario Galleries. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
  21. ^ "Shary Boyle. Flesh and Blood". Galerie de l'UQAM. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  22. ^ "Nominators". www.scotiabankphotoaward.com. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  23. ^ "About". The Salt Spring National Art Prize. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  24. ^ "The Hnatyshyn Foundation Announces $75,000 in Awards for Canadian Visual Artists and Curators" (PDF). Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  25. ^ "Announcing the Recipients of the 2019 Awards for Canadian Visual Artists and Curators". Akimbo. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
  26. ^ "Jury – Middlebrook Prize for Young Canadian Curators". Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  27. ^ "2019 MPfYCC Call for Submissions – Middlebrook Prize for Young Canadian Curators". Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  28. ^ "Aimia AGO Photography Prize 2011". Art Gallery of Ontario. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  29. ^ "Hajra Waheed Wins $25,000 Award from Hnatyshyn Foundation October 26, 2022 6:27 PM". www.gallerieswest.ca. Galleries West Magazine, Oct 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  30. ^ https://www.gallerieswest.ca/news/winners-of-governor-general%E2%80%99s-awards-in-visual-and-media-arts-name/
  31. ^ https://en.ggarts.ca/michelle-jacques
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