Chantal Pontbriand
Chantal Pontbriand is a Canadian curator and art critic whose work explores globalization and artistic heterogeneity. She has curated numerous international contemporary art events: exhibitions, international festivals and international conferences, primarily in photography, video, performance, dance and multimedia installation.
Career
Pontbriand was the founder-director of PARACHUTE, contemporary art magazine that she founded in 1975 and acted as the publisher/editor until 2007, and the FIND (International Festival of New Dance) that she co-founded in 1982 and acted as president and director until 2003. Both institutions were based in Montreal.[1][2] In 2010, she was appointed Head of Exhibition Research and Development at Tate Modern in London. In 2013, Pontbriand received the Governor General of Canada Award for an Outstanding Contribution in the Visual and Media Arts.[3] In 2014, Pontbriand received an Honorary Doctorate from Concordia University, Montreal,[4] and the distinction of Officier de l’Ordre des Arts et Lettres in France (Officer of the Arts and Letters Order of France).[2] On October 22, 2015, the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (MOCCA) appointed Pontbriand to the newly created position of CEO.[5] Pontbriand will serve as the founding curator of Demo-Graphics 1, a new international art event planned for the Greater Toronto Area in 2017.[1][6] On June 23, 2016, 8 months into her tenure, Pontbriand left her position as the CEO of the rebranded MOCA. [7]
Recent exhibitions
- See Words, I Hear Voices, Dora Garcia, The Power Plant, Toronto
- Mark Lewis Above and Below, Le Bal, Paris, 2015
- PER/FORM: How To Do Things with[out] Words, CA2M, Madrid
- The Yvonne Rainer Project, Jeu de Paume, Centre d’art de la Ferme du Buisson, and Palais de Tokyo, Paris
- Photography performs: The Body as the Archive, Centre de photographie d’Île-de-France (CPIF)
- Dora Garcia, Of Crimes and Dreams, Darling Foundry, Montreal, 2014
- Higher Powers Command, Lhoist Collection, 2010
- HF|RG [Harun Farocki|Rodney Graham], Jeu de Paume, Paris 2009
Recent publications
- Mutations, Perspectives on Photography, Steidl/Paris Photo, 2011
- The Contemporary, The Common: Art in A Globalizing World, Sternberg Press, Berlin, 2013
- PER/FORM: How To Do Things with[out] Words, CA2M/Sternberg Press, Madrid/Berlin, 2014
- PARACHUTE: The Anthology, JRP/Ringier, Zurich, 2012-2015 (4 volumes).
References
- 1 2 Adams, James. "Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art appoints first-ever CEO - The Globe and Mail". theglobeandmail.com. The Globe and Mail Inc. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
- 1 2 "MOCCA APPOINTS CHANTAL PONTBRIAND TO NEWLY CREATED CEO POSITION". mocca.ca. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
- ↑ Arts, Government of Canada, Canada Council for the. "The Canada Council for the Arts - Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts". ggavma.canadacouncil.ca. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
- ↑ "Chantal Pontbriand, 2014 Concordia honorary doctorate", Youtube, 2014-06-12, retrieved 2016-01-21
- ↑ "Chantal Pontbriand Appointed CEO of MOCCA". CanadIan Art.
- ↑ Goodden, Sky. "Chantal Pontbriand Will Not Curate Your Biennial: On "Demo-Graphics," and Its Potential to Reignite Toronto - Momus". momus.ca. MOMUS. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
- ↑ "MOCA CEO Chantal Pontbriand severs ties with museum | Toronto Star". thestar.com. Retrieved 24 June 2016.