Daina Warren Curatorial Talk
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Daina Warren, "Curatorial Talk," 2017
Photo: Michelle Lavallee
Daina Warren is a member of the Montana or Akamihk Cree Nation in Maskwacis (Bear Hills), Alberta. In 2000, she was awarded Canada Council’s Assistance to Aboriginal Curators for Residencies in the Visual Arts program to work with grunt gallery in Vancouver. This opportunity led to a permanent position with the artist-run centre as an associate curator and administrator until 2009.
Warren completed the Canada Council’s Aboriginal Curatorial Residency at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, Ontario, where she curated the group exhibition, Don’t Stop Me Now. She received her Bachelor’s degree in 2003, graduating from the Emily Carr University of Art and Design. Warren graduated from a Masters in Art History program, completing the Critical and Curatorial Studies from the University of British Columbia (2012). Warren was awarded the 2015 Emily Award from Emily Carr University and was recently selected as one of six Indigenous women curators as part of 2016 Asia-Pacific Visual Arts Delegation to participate in the First Nations Curators Exchange an International Visitors Program to New Zealand. This exchange will be coming to Winnipeg this December.
She is currently the Director of Urban Shaman Contemporary Aboriginal Art in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
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