Peggy Gale galesnow at sympatico.ca born in Mackenzie, Guyana 1944    Canadian citizen (resident since 1945) LANGUAGES               English, Italian, French EDUCATION 1967         B.A. (Hons) University of Toronto (art history) 1965-66    Università degli Studi, Florence Italy                                                     EMPLOYMENT               Independent Curator and critic full-time since 1981 2001-02    Art Metropole, Toronto. Acting Director, 6 mos. 1998        Art Metropole, Toronto. Interim Director 1985-87    Art Metropole, Toronto. Special Projects Coordinator 1979-81    A Space, Toronto. Executive Director 1979        Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax               (summer programme) lecturer 1975-79    Art Metropole, Video/Film Director 1974-75    Canada Council, Assistant Film and Video Officer 1973-74    Seneca College, Continuing Education Division 1968-74    Art Gallery of Ontario, Education Officer 1967-68    Art Gallery of Ontario, Audio-Visual Library             GRANTS AND AWARDS               Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts, 2006               Toronto Arts Award (Visual Arts) 2000               Canada Council and Japan/Canada Fund: exhibition assistance,               Northern Lights exhibition and tour, 1991               Canada Council Outreach Program - Circulation and Dissemination               Development Assistance 1998 (travel to Igloolik, Nunavut)               Canada Council Arts Grant "A" (curator/critic) 1983               Canada Council Travel Grant 1989, 1978, 1976               Canada Council Short Term Grant (critical writing) 1981               Ontario Arts Council (critical writing) 1992, 1990, 1987               Ontario Arts Council (Writers' Reserve) 1989                       MEMBERSHIPS               AICA (International Association of Art Critics)               The Writers' Union of Canada               Art Gallery of Ontario, International Contemporary Collection Committee (1978-1983, 1987-1993)               Art Gallery of Ontario, Contemporary Canadian Collection Committee (1978-1984)               Art Metropole, Board of Directors 1979-               Canadian Art, contributing editor 1986- CONTRACTS / GUEST CURATOR 2006-2007 Analogue: Pioneering Video from the UK, Canada and Poland (1968-88). Selection of works co-curated with Lisa Steele               for Vtape, Toronto (traveling in UK and Canada). Prepared catalogue essay. 2006        City of Toronto “Live With Culture” 2006. Curator (with Fern Bayer and Chrysanne Stathacos)               for the Bloor/Yorkville Zone of Nuit Blanche, 30 Sept-1 October 2005        Vtape, Toronto. Lead researcher/writer for “Video Art in Canada”, part of                    Virtual Museum of Canada bilingual website, Heritage Canada.(launched online               February 2006 at www.videoart.virtualmuseum.ca ) 2005        University of Toronto, Graduate Studies, Department of Fine Art. Curator and catalogue preparation for first exhibition               by students from Master of Visual Studies programme: Catherine Heard, Jean-Paul Kelly, Craig Leonard. 2005        Video Lounge, Toronto International Art Fair, November 2003-2005 Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto:                exhibition curator for Donigan Cumming: Moving Pictures (working title) 2001-2004 Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, guest editor at The Press for Artists Talk 1969-1977 2001-2003 Anarchive (Paris) in collaboration with Jean Gagnon (Fondation Daniel Langlois, Montreal):               Director of Research for DVD-ROM project by Michael Snow, Anarchive 2: Digital Snow 2001-2002 Banff Centre: editor for Before and After the I-Bomb: Artists in the Information Environment by Tom Sherman 2000        Icelight (with Su Ditta). Oakville Galleries (July-September)               Tout le temps/Every Time for La Biennale de Montréal 2000, visual arts curator,               Centre international d'art contemporain de Montréal (CIAC), 28 September - 29 October. Catalogue.               Une lumière blanche: Igloolik Video, exhibition at Le Fresnoy, Tourcoing, France (October)               "International New Media and Installation," 86th College Art Association, Toronto (February). Panel co-chair with               Barbara London, Museum of Modern Art, New York.               Ecstatic Memory, Art Gallery of Ontario in collaboration with V tape, Toronto. An evening of video and discussion               with six arts professionals, as basis for an extended exhibition, subsequently touring Canada. 1996        Vidéo Art Plastique: 10èmes Rencontres Hérouville Saint-Clair.  Hérouville Saint-Clair: Centre d'Art Contemporain               de Basse-Normandie, France, 1996 (November) (included two catalogue essays,               the introduction for a Robert Morin retrospective, and selection of 4 video programmes with introductory notes. 1994-1996 Video re/View: The (best) Source for Critical Writings on Canadian Artists' Video, with complete bibliography and               index. (with Lisa Steele) A joint project by Art Metropole and V/Tape               Artists' Video from Canada, "The Link"/Bologna and "Invideo"/Milan Italy (November). Recent Canadian tapes with               introductory notes and essay. 1993-1994 Video Art Vidéo, ten programmes of artists' video for broadcast on La Chaine/TV Ontario and SCN               (Saskatchewan's public broadcasting network).  On-screen host for English-language series.               (with Jean Gagnon and independent producer Robin Cass.) 1991        Canadian Embassy, Tokyo. Northern Lights exhibition and catalogue (December 1991-January 1992) 1989        Bienal de la Imagen en Movimento, Museo Nacional, Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid. Curatorial committee and               catalogue contributions/essay (December)               National Gallery of Canada. Electronic Landscapes (July-September)               Commissioner, Third International Video Biennale, Fukui City, Japan. Catalogue essay (July/August)               The Western Front, Vancouver. Curator in Residence: The Limits of Performance.               Images 89, Toronto. Selection of General Idea for inaugural video retrospective. Catalogue essay (May)               Art Metropole, Toronto. Premiere of Colin Campbell's Fiddle Faddle as installation piece (March) 1988         National Gallery of Canada. Organised and chaired Artists and Museumscolloquium for opening of new building,               May 1988.               Hara Museum, Tokyo. New Video from Canada. Lecture.               Image Forum, Tokyo. New Video from Canada. Lecture.               Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa. Nearly Twenty Years: Video in Canada, lecture. 1985-1988 Art Metropole. Curator with A.A. Bronson for Snow Weiner Nannucci exhibition.  Opened at Italian Cultural               Institute, Toronto (May 1987); travelled to Vancouver, Guelph, Saskatoon, Halifax (1987-88). Catalogue essay. 1986        49th Parallel, New York. Invited curator in video series (Norman Cohn: Quartet for Deafblind) 1984        Art Gallery of Ontario. Norman Cohn: Portraits exhibition and catalogue. Travelled to National Gallery of Canada,               Vancouver Art Gallery, 49th Parallel (New York), Musée d'art contemporain (Montreal), London Regional Art               Gallery, Mendel Art Gallery (Saskatoon). 1981-1984 Art Metropole. Curator for Museums By Artists.  Opened at Art Gallery of Ontario April 1983, toured via AGO               Extension Services in 1983-1984 to Musée d'art contemporain (Montreal) and Glenbow Museum (Calgary). 1983        Art Gallery of Ontario. Particular Politics exhibition and introductory notes.               Ontario Association of Art Galleries. Planning and development for conference, The Art of Our Own Time.               Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff. One of five curators for The Second Link-Viewpoints on Video in the Eighties.               Exhibition travelled to Toronto, Long Beach, New York (MOMA), London (ICA), Amsterdam (Stedelijk).               Catalogue.          1981-1983 Canada Council. Curator for performance art, author of catalogue essay and programme notes for OKanada,               Akademie der Künste, Berlin (4 Dec1982-30 Jan 1983). 1982       XII Biennale des Jeunes, Paris. Selected Canadian participants: John Scott, Caroline Simmons, David MacWilliam.               Art Gallery of Ontario. New Narratives for Living Room Viewing, exhibition and introductory notes. 1980        PS1, New York. Solo exhibitions for Elizabeth Ewart (Feb-Apr 1980) and John Massey (Apr-June 1980). 1979        Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queens University, Kingston (Ont) Organised International Video Symposium.               Folkwang Museum, Essen (Germany). Canadian participation and catalogue entries for Videoweeks Essen. 1978        Art Gallery of Ontario, video selections for Autobiography series. Catalogue entries and essay. 1977        Art Gallery of Ontario, video selections for Looking at Dance exhibition. Catalogue essay.               Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax. In Video exhibition/catalogue. Exhibition travelled to Art Gallery of Ontario and               Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1978.               National Gallery of Canada. Video selections for Another Dimensionexhibition (purchased for NGC permanent               collection).               Department of External Affairs, Ottawa. Organised Canadian participation for XIV Bienal Internacional de Sao               Paulo and installed it in Sao Paulo. 1974-1975 Art Gallery of Ontario, Videoscape exhibition/catalogue. CRITIC / JUROR / CONSULTANT Juror, Untitled Arts Awards, Toronto (2004) Blind reader for manuscript to be published by YYZ Books, Toronto (2004) University of Toronto, Dept of Fine Arts: guest in curatorial studies and critiques for Graduate Studies students (spring 2004) Participant as one of the Inmates (a created A.I. persona) in The Institute interactive website (2003) by Vera Frenkel. Guest of Canadian and Austrian governments for a ten-day research tour of contemporary art in Austria (May 2002) Ecole national supérieur des beaux-arts, Paris France. Juror/critic for student works and diploma candidates, March 2001 Jury member, Governor General's Award for Visual and Media Artists (administered by the Canada Council for the Arts), 2001 University of Guelph, MFA Critiques, 2000, 2001 Member, International Jury, 40th International Short Film Festival, Oberhausen Germany (April 1994) Since 1975, member of numerous juries for video, film, critics/curators for Ontario Arts Council and Canada Council for the Arts. PANELS / CONFERENCES / PAPERS Power Talks, organized by The Power Plant Centre for Contemporary Art at Toronto International Art Fair, November 2007.  Discussant for lecture by Louise Déry on David Altmejd and his exhibition in the Canadian Pavilion, Venice Biennale, 2007. Analogue: Pioneering Video from the UK, Canada and Poland (1968-88). Selection of works co-curated with Lisa Steele for Vtape, Toronto (travelling). Participated in panel discussion at Tate Britain (London UK) Dec 2006 and FACT Liverpool (March 2007). Introduced programmes in London (Tate Britain) and New York (Anthology Film Archives). Moderator for Curators’ Panel (with Catherine Elwes and Chris Meigh-Andrews) and Artists’ Panel (Eric Cameron, Vera Frenkel, Richard Fung, Jozef Robakowski, Mieslaw Michalak) at the presentation of Analogue in Toronto at the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (November 2007). Art Metropole: Thirty Good Years. Lecture, National Gallery of Canada, 25 January 2007 Video by Arnait Video Productions: Voicing a Unique View. Panel discussion at UTM (University of Toronto at Mississauga), moderated by Joan Simalchik, with Kass Banning, Peggy Gale, Marrie Mumford, 12 October 2006. Peggy Gale: on Transcripts, Trampoline Hall, Toronto, 8 May 2006. Curator: Margaux Williamson, Host: Mischa Glouberman. Downloading Video. Panelist for public launch of Video Art in Canada website - www.videoart.virtualmuseum.ca  - during Canadian Art Film Series weekend, 25 February 2006. Discussant and “last word” for one-day symposium associated with Le Mois de la Photo de Montréal, Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal, 23 September 2005 Presentation on “rupture” through examples of four artists’ works (Cumming, Frenkel, Kunuk/Cohn, Morin), at MAPS (Master of Arts in Public Sphere), Ecole Cantonale d’Art du Valais, Sierre, Switzerland (June 2005) ICOM conference, Quebec City (International Council of Museums) : panelist on "The Museology of Ideas" for the Canadian Museums Association (April 2004), with Gail Dexter Lord, Laurier Lacroix, Paule Renaud; moderated by Benoît Légaré. Panel at Goethe-Institut Toronto (November 2003): the role of Goethe Institutes internationally and their interaction with contemporary artists. Moderated by Russell Smith. "At the Floe/flow Edge: Video in Igloolik." A lecture presented as part of "From Nanook to Nunavut: the Art and Politics of Representing Inuit Culture" at St. Lawrence University, Canton N.Y. (February 2001). Variations of this lecture/seminar subsequently presented at York University, Toronto (March 2002), University of British Columbia, Vancouver (November 2002) Independent Curators.  Panel with Renee Baert, Sylvie Gilbert and Robin Metcalfe presented at CAMDO Annual Meeting (Canadian Art Museums Directors' Organization), National Gallery of Canada, May 1999 Art of the North. Panel presentation at Art Gallery of Ontario (April 1999) "Looking Very Closely,"  presentation at Une Nouvelle Critique, a symposium at the Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montreal, organised by Parachute magazine (November 1997) "Beni liquidi: Immagini dell'acqua nella video canadese:"Lecture/screening at L'acqua nella cultura canadese: realtà e metafora, XI Convegno Internazionale dell'Associazione Italiana di Studi Canadesi in Siena Italy. Chaired additional session on visual arts. (In Italian, November 1996) "Beni liquidi: Immagini dell'acqua nella video canadese."  Lecture/screening at Senzatitolo: eventi, azioni, esposizion1 in Rovereto Italy (In Italian, November 1996) Heaven. panel series at Galerie Articule, Montreal (May 1996) Museums by Artists lecture. Oakville: Centennial Galleries (October 1995) Seminar: Michael Snow films/media works. Syracuse University (October 1994) Musées d'artiste lecture, Les Ateliers convertibles, Joliette Quebec (in French, October 1994) Video Art Vidéo, television broadcast series: selection of works for programme, preparation of original text, and on-screen host for ten-part series (première January 1994, TV Ontario) Muntadas: Between the Frames, lecture, University of Calgary (February 1993) Art in the Global Village/panelist, and Subverting the TV Image/seminar, both part of Marshall McLuhan Revisited, Winnipeg (November 1992) Fictive Anthropology: Robert Morin and Lorraine Dufour, lecture, National Gallery of Canada (January 1992) Northern Lights: Video in Canada, moderator/panelist, Canadian Embassy Tokyo 1991 Seminar: Antoni Muntadas. 4e Semaine Internationale de Vidéo, Geneva: Saint-Gervais mjc (In French, November 1991) Rencontres internationales. Art Cinéma Vidéo Ordinateur. Videothèque de Paris (1990) Video Today, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo (October 1988) Artists and Museums, panel moderator, National Gallery of Canada (May 1988) The Arts and their Institutions: The Next Fifty Years. University of Toronto, Department of Fine Art (March 1988) Points de vue, points de fuite: aller se faire voir, ailleurs - une géo-politique de l'exportation, Parachute magazine, Montreal (October 1985) The Artwork and the Museum: Alternative Viewing Places. University Art Association of Canada, Montreal (November 1984) Discussions: Art and Criticism in the 80s, Parachute Magazine, Toronto (March 1984) The Second Link, lectures by exhibition curators (Peggy Gale, Kathy Huffman, Barbara London, Brian MacNevin, Dorine Mignot, Sandy Nairne), Banff (July 1983) Women in Performance, Festival of Women Building Culture, Toronto (April 1983) Performance and Multi-Disciplinarity: Post-Modernism, Parachute magazine, Montreal (October 1980) Video. Informative Series 2. Col.legi d'Arquitectes de Catalunya, Barcelona (May 1980) Video Roma, Rome Italy (May 1979)