The Hnatyshyn Foundation has awarded Janique Vigier the 2018 Hnatyshyn Foundation Fogo Island Arts Young Curator Residency. The Young Curator Residency program, valued at $15,000, sends an exceptional young Canadian curator between 25 and 30 to work in residence for six weeks at Fogo Island Arts, a contemporary art venue in Newfoundland. During the residency, the curator work closely with international artists, staff and community members.
Originally from Winnipeg, Vigier is a curator and writer currently based in upstate New York, where she is completing a Masters in Curatorial Studies at Bard College. She is the assistant editor at Semiotext(e), Los Angeles, and has held positions as curatorial fellow at Kunst-Werke Institute for Contemporary Art in Berlin, and as assistant curator at the Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art in Winnipeg. She has curated projects at The Kitchen, New York; Bridget Donahue Gallery, New York; Hessel Museum of Art, Annandale-on-Hudson; and RAW Gallery, Winnipeg. Her writing has appeared in Border Crossings, Portikus Journal and Animal Shelter, among others. With Chris Kraus and Hedi El Khoti, she recently co-edited the fifth issue of the journal Animal Shelter.
“The Young Curator Residency provides significant opportunities for emerging curators,” said Nicolaus Schafhausen, strategic director at Fogo Island Arts. “In addition to the possibility of mentorship and collaboration, Fogo Island Arts and Shorefast provide a context for young Canadian curators to develop international networks that remain essential to contemporary curatorial practice, and all within the exceptional location and unique culture of Fogo Island.”
Source: The Hnatyshyn Foundation