Team
Curator: Celina Jeffery (Associate Professor of Art History and Theory, Chair of Dept. of Visual Arts. University of Ottawa)
Curatorial Assistant: Natasha Chaykowski
Natasha Chaykowski
Natasha Chaykowski is a recent graduate of the University of Ottawa's Art History program. Her academic and curatorial practice has largely explored issues of photo-based art in the context of contemporary culture and new technologies. Notable exhibitions curated by Chaykowski include Open Windows (2010) and (nouveau) flaneur (2011). Additionally, she has developed several arts based initiatives including the opening of Gallery115: Annex at the University of Ottawa, and the creation of The Rectory: Art House, a visual arts collective in Ottawa, Ontario. Most recently she authored Campus Treasures, a catalog about the art and architecture at the University of Ottawa.
Marketing and Publicity: Celina Jeffery, Nancy Webb and Jaenine Parkinson
Nancy Webb
Nancy Webb is a local arts writer and recent graduate of the History and Theory of Art program at the University of Ottawa. Since moving to Ottawa in 2006, Nancy has been involved in various creative projects, working with The Ottawa Art Gallery, as well as with Artengine for the local artist-run centre's 2010 festival of electronic and new media art, Electric Fields. Most recently, she has worked with the National Gallery of Canada, assisting with the press opening at the Canadian Pavilion during the 54th Venice Biennale.
Jaenine Parkinson
Jaenine Parkinson is an arts writer and curator from New Zealand. Prior to moving to Ottawa in January, she was the director of an experimental art project space in the lower South Island of New Zealand. Parkinson is currently the Critical Blogging Resident at Artengine and writes freelance arts criticism for local blogs and publications. Her art history master's thesis examined interactivity in digital art and became the basis of an undergraduate university course she taught at the University of Auckland.
Web Design and Development: Tiffany Tse
Tiffany Tse
Tiffany Tse is an artist, designer, and web developer living in Ottawa who specializes in custom web-design, development and multimedia technologies. Tse completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts at the University of Ottawa with a minor in Comparative World Religions; she attended Algonquin College for her Post Graduate studies in new media. She has worked with a variety of arts initiatives in Ottawa, including SAW Video Center for the Media Arts, SAW Gallery, St. Brigid's Center for the Arts, and is on the Board of Directors of Gallery 101. She is currently a Professor of Graphic Design at Algonquin College where she teaches Web Design and Development.
Design: Clare Brennan (Fifty Strategy & Creative)
Clare Brennan
Clare Brennan is a talented and seasoned creative professional in both the print and web environments. Clare has been senior designer and creative director for many years in Ottawa's top advertising agencies. Clare has created and produced award-winning work for websites and web campaigns, television, print, direct mail, advertising, brochures and all aspects of brand development.
Senior Exhibit Designer, Museum of Nature: Daniel Boivin
Daniel Boivin
Daniel Boivin is an accomplished exhibit designer who has worked on a wide variety of projects: from small, temporary, traveling shows, to long-duration featured exhibitions, to permanent installations at institutions such as the Canadian War Museum, The Canadian Museum of Civilization, and the Canadian Museum of Nature, where he is currently employed as senior exhibit designer. Apart from his work on Preternatural, Daniel is currently designing the Vale Earth Gallery, scheduled to open to the public in December 2012.
Technical Support: Shin Il Kim, Britta Evans-Fenton
Britta Evans-Fenton
Britta Evans-Fenton is an emerging new media artist graduating her BFA in 2011 from the University of Ottawa. She is an active member of the Ottawa art community, where she has displayed her work in local galleries such as the Ottawa Art Gallery, Gallery 115, and in local art festivals such as Chinatown Remixed. She hopes to continue to develop her work as technology and society evolve around us.