Lauren Fournier
Creative Director, Writer, Curator, Consultant, Researcher Middlebrook Prize Winners
- Toronto ON
Social
Industry Expertise
Areas of Expertise
Accomplishments
Middlebrook Prize for Young Canadian Curators
2018-03-01
Founded in 2012, the Middlebrook 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.
SSHRC Joseph-Armand Bombardier Doctoral CGS
2013
Susan Crocker & John Hunkin Award in Fine Arts, York University
2013
Ontario Graduate Scholarship, York University
2016
SSHRC Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement
2016
Provost Dissertation Scholarship, York University
2017
Education
University of Regina
BA
Fine Arts
Simon Fraser University
MA
English
York University
Curatorial Studies Diploma
Art History and Visual Culture
York University
PhD
English
Affiliations
- Member: ACLA (American Comparative Literature Association) (2017-present)
- Member: MLA (Modern Language Association) (2015-present)
- Member: ALECC (Association for Literature, Environment, and Culture in Canada) (2017-present)
- Member: ATDS (The American Theatre and Drama Society) (2017-present)
- Member: Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences (CFHSS) (2015-present)
- Member: Association of Canadian College and University Teachers of English (2015-present)
Languages
- English
- French
Media Appearances
The Art World’s Strangest New Trend: Fermentation
Artsy online
2018-01-03
I was interviewed for my publishing and curatorial project "Fermenting Feminism" by Siobhan Leddy, who included our interview in her larger coverage of fermentation as a trend in the contemporary art world.
Canadian Curating Talent
CBC radio
2018-03-08
Interview with Matt Galloway on CBC’s Metro Morning on the Middlebrook Prize for Young Canadian Curators. 8 March 2018.
Research Grants
SSHRC Joseph-Armand Bombardier Doctoral CGS
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
2013-09-01
I applied as an independent to receiving Doctoral funding through SSHRC's Joseph-Armand Bombardier Doctoral CGS. I was successful in the competition, and received three years of funding totaling $105,000, which I brought to York University to support my research as a Doctoral student in the Department of English.
SSHRC Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council $6000.00
2017-05-01
As a SSHRC Doctoral CGS holder, I was eligible to apply for travel funding through the Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement. I was successful in receiving this funding, which supported my three month research trip in the UK during the summer of 2016. During this time, I worked with Dr. Valerie Walkerdine at Cardiff University in Wales, and Dr. Luce Irigaray at the University of Bristol.
