The Kelowna Art Gallery has a new curator. Toby Lawrence will be responsible for gallery exhibitions, accompanying publications, and all permanent collection activities.
害羞草研究所淚 am delighted to have Lawrence join the Kelowna Art Gallery team,害羞草研究所� said executive director Nataley Nagy. 害羞草研究所淪he brings a tremendous amount of energy and enthusiasm to the position. We look forward to working with her to bring a diverse range of historical and contemporary exhibitions to Kelowna audiences in the coming years.害羞草研究所�
Born in Kamloops and raised throughout B.C., Lawrence has held curatorial and programming positions with the Vancouver Art Gallery, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Nanaimo Art Gallery, the University of Victoria Legacy Galleries, and, most recently, was a curator at Studio 111, an experimental arts laboratory supported by UBCO Creative Studies and the Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art in Kelowna.
She holds a Bachelor of Arts Honours in History of Art from the University of Victoria, a MA in Art History from the Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory at the University of British Columbia and is currently working on a PhD in the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies at the University of British Columbia Okanagan.
Lawrence has continuously been involved in independent and collective initiatives aimed at increasing dialogue, access, and equitable representation.
Recent exhibitions include Conversations with Lucie Rie, Kika Thorne害羞草研究所檚 Multiplicity of the Singularity, Carlos Col铆n害羞草研究所檚 Definciones (Definitions), along with multi-site, collaborative and co-curated projects Speaking Outside and In Another Place, And Here, focused on international photo-based works.
害羞草研究所滻 am excited by this opportunity to highlight the artistic activity and relevant issues in the Okanagan region, in dialogue with national and international art practices and discourses,害羞草研究所� she said.
The next opening reception will be held Saturday, July 15, from 1 to 3 p.m. This reception will celebrate the opening of two exhibitions: and Nikki Middlemiss: Scaffolding for Minutiae. This event is free and open to the public.
