Vanessa Kwan
Canadian art curator and artist
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Vanessa Kwan is an art curator and artist based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.[1]
Early life and education
Kwan was born in St. John’s, Newfoundland.[2] They graduated from Emily Carr University in 2004.[3]
Career
Kwan worked at the Richmond Art Gallery, British Columbia and the Vancouver Art Gallery early in their career.[4] Kwan created Vancouver Vancouver Vancouver, a public art work for the 2010 Winter Olympics.[5] In 2013, Kwan created an interactive piece which was temporarily sited at the Bob Prittie Burnaby Public Library.[6]
In 2014, they became curator of the grunt gallery until 2019 when they became program director.[7] As a curator, Kwan stated that their goal was to produce "artist projects that engage with the community, are site-specific, and are generally not situated inside the gallery."[8]
In 2017, Kwan completed a post residency in Visual + Digital Arts at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Banff, Calgary, and received the Post Residency Award from the Banff Centre for Residency.[9]
In 2022, they became director and curator of the Libby Leshgold Gallery at Emily Carr University (ECU).[7]