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Biography
Isabelle Lynch is a curator, art historian and writer. She studied Art History at McGill University in Montreal (MA in Art History) and at the University of Ottawa (BA in Philosophy and History and Theory of Art). She has...
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Writing and Editing
Museums and Institutions
Fine Art
Performing Arts
Areas of Expertise (13)
Art History
Contemporary Art
Philosophy
Visual Arts
Research
Fine Art
Writing & Editing
Creative Writing
Media Relations
Event Planning
Museum Education
Curating
Art Education
Accomplishments (2)
Middlebrook Prize for Young Canadian Curators (professional)
2016-05-19
Founded in 2013, the Prize is awarded annually and aims to foster social innovation and curatorial excellence in Canada. The Middlebrook Prize encourages social connectedness and a shared sense of community. The winner is a curator under 30 and receives a space for their exhibition and a $5,000 honorarium.
Winner, Young Critics Competition (professional)
2014-07-01
Created in 2003, the annual Young Critics Competition gives a Canadian student the possibility to have a first essay or critical review published in esse magazine.
Education (3)
McGill University: M.A., Art History 2015
University of Ottawa: B.A., Philosophy & History and Theory of Art 2012
Aarhus University (Aarhus Universitet): International Exchange, Philosophy & Aesthetics and Politics 2011
Affiliations (6)
- McGill University
- Justina M. Barnicke Gallery
- Icelandic Art Center
- University of Ottawa
- National Gallery of Canada
- Aarhus University
Links (1)
Languages (4)
- English
- French
- Russian
- German
Conferences (4)
Past Presence: Mirrored Images in Isaac Julien’s Vagabondia
University Art Association of Canada Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal
2016-10-27
A Double Entendre: Seeing and Hearing Together in Anri Sala’s Ravel Ravel Unravel
Time/Play: University of Toronto Graduate Student Conference Toronto, ON.
2015-01-01
The Sound of Silence: Trauma, Narrative, and Representation in the Work of Doris Salcedo
Things to Remember: Materializing Memories in Art and Culture International Conference Radboud University in Nijmegen, Netherlands
2014-06-01
The Flayed Tree: Rethinking the Ethics of Care and Responsibility in Berlinde De Bruyckere’s Cripplewood
Under My Skin: The Politics of Flesh Carleton/Ottawa Graduate Colloquium Ottawa, ON.
2014-04-01
Availability
- Keynote
- Moderator
- Panelist
- Workshop Leader
Research Grants (3)
Media@McGill Travel Award
Media@McGill $550
2016-03-01
Travel Grant Awarded for Thesis Research
Joseph-Armand Bombardier CGS Master's Scholarship
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council $17,500
2014-09-01
Research Grant Awarded for Graduate Studies at McGill University
Beaverbrook Graduate Award
McGill University $4,000
2013-08-01
Research Grant Awarded for Graduate Studies at McGill University
Articles (2)
Peter Fischli and David Weiss: How to Work Better
esse arts + opinions2016-09-01
Exhibition Review: “Peter Fischli and David Weiss: How to Work Better” at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
The Flayed Tree: Rethinking the Ethics of Care and Responsibility in Berlinde De Bruyckere’s Cripplewood
esse arts + opinions2015-01-01
Neither dead nor alive, Flemish artist Berlinde De Bruyckere’s Cripplewood (2012–13), an enormous uprooted elm, lies defeated in the Belgian Pavilion at the 55th Venice Biennale.
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