Sophie Lynch

Curator Middlebrook Prize Winners

  • Ottawa ON

Sophie Lynch has worked at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, and the National Gallery of Canada.

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Sophie Lynch is a curator, art historian and writer. She is currently working as a MuSe graduate intern at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the Editorial Department. She has experience working at the Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, the National Gallery of Canada, the Icelandic Art Center, and Canadian Art magazine, where she was the 2013 Canadian Art Foundation Editorial Resident. She is completing an MA in Art History at McGill University and holds a BA in Philosophy and History and Theory from the University of Ottawa. She has presented her research at conferences in Canada, the United States, and the Netherlands.

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Fine Art
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Areas of Expertise

Fine Art
Art History
Event Planning
Media Relations
Creative Writing
Contemporary Art
Philosophy
Visual Arts
Research
Writing & Editing
Museum Education
Curating
Art Education

Accomplishments

Middlebrook Prize for Young Canadian Curators

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.

Canadian Art Editorial Residency

2013-06-18

The residency is a national $7,000 prize awarded annually to an undergraduate, graduate or other post-secondary student with an interest in developing expertise in the realm of professional art-magazine publishing.

Education

McGill University

M.A.

Art History

2015

University of Ottawa

B.A.

Philosopy & History and Theory of Art

2012

University of Iceland (Háskóli Íslands)

International Exchange

Philosophy & Art History

2011

Affiliations

  • McGill University
  • Canadian Art Magazine
  • National Gallery of Canada
  • Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Languages

  • English
  • Russian
  • French
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Conferences

Past Presence: Mirrored Images in Isaac Julien’s Vagabondia

University Art Association of Canada  Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal

2016-10-27

Pixilated Camouflage and Poor Images: Abstraction and Dematerialization in the Work of Hito Steyerl

Universities Art Association of Canada (UAAC) Conference  Halifax, NL.

2015-11-01

Pixilated Camouflage and Poor Images: Abstraction and Dematerialization in the Work of Hito Steyerl

Sounds, Images and Data 2015 Conference at NYU  New York University, Steinhardt School, New York City

2015-07-23

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  • Keynote
  • Moderator
  • Panelist
  • Workshop Leader
  • Author Appearance

Research Grants

Media@McGill Travel Award

Media@McGill $350

2015-09-01

Travel Grant Awarded for Thesis Research

McGill Arts Graduate Student Travel Award

Faculty of Arts, McGill Univeristy $1000

2014-09-01

Travel Grant Awarded for Thesis Research

Joseph-Armand Bombardier CGS Master's Scholarship

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council

2013-09-01

Research Grant Awarded for Graduate Studies at McGill University

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Articles

Peter Fischli and David Weiss: How to Work Better

esse arts + opinions

2016-09-01

Exhibition Review: “Peter Fischli and David Weiss: How to Work Better” at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Andrew Wright: Pretty Lofty and Heavy All at Once

Canadian Art

2015-06-01

Exhibition Review: "Andrew Wright: Pretty Lofty and Heavy All at Once" at the Ottawa Art Gallery

Mona Hatoum’s Forecast for an Uncertain Future

Canadian Art

2014-11-26

“WAITING IS FORBIDDEN,” indicates the blue enamel plaque that hung at the entrance of Mona Hatoum’s recent exhibition at Galerie René Blouin in Montreal. Positioned high on the gallery wall, the plaque also contains the same warning in Arabic script, apposed with its literal translation in English—though Hatoum contends that the translation should have been “No stopping and no loitering.” Setting the two languages side by side in this artwork suggests the ambiguity that arises when words resist precise translation...

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