Srimoyee Mitra is a curator and writer. She has worked as the Art Writer for publications in India such as Time Out Mumbai and Art India Magazine. From 2008-2011, she was the Programming Co-ordinator of SAVAC (South Asian Visual Arts Centre) in Toronto, where curatorial projects included “Crossing Lines: An Intercultural Dialogue” (2009 - 2010) at the Glenhyrst Art Gallery, Brantford. Mitra has participated in conferences and lectures across Canada, most recent ones include “Sensing Borders”, Daniels Faculty University of Toronto, Master of Visual Arts, Proseminar Speakers Series, December 3, 2015; “Home on Border lands”, The University of Arizona School of Art, Visiting Artists and Scholars Lecture Series, November 12, 2014 and Critical Dialogues in Curatorial and Art Practices organized by the Ontario Arts Council in March 2013. In 2015, she edited a multi-authored book, Border Cultures, co-published by the Art Gallery of Windsor and Black Dog Publishing and her writing can be found in journals such as Scapegoat Journal, Fuse and C Magazines. She is currently the Curator of Contemporary Art, Art Gallery of Windsor. Her most recent exhibition “Wafaa Bilal: 168: 01” has been featured by the media nationally and internationally and is currently on view until April 10, 2016 in Windsor, Ontario. |