Scott Watson (curator)
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Scott Watson (b. 1950) is a Canadian curator, writer, and researcher based in Vancouver, British Columbia.[1] Watson was the Director/Curator of the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery at the University of British Columbia from 1995-2021.[2][3] As faculty in the Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory at the University of British Columbia, he helped initiate the Critical Curatorial Studies program at UBC in September 2002.[4]
Curatorial Projects and Research
Watson’s research and curation focuses primarily around topics related to contemporary art, art theory and criticism, twentieth-century art history, and curatorial studies. His curatorial projects have appeared across Canada including at the Vancouver Art Gallery, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, and Artspeak in Vancouver and internationally in Berlin, Antwerp, and London.[5] Watson's distinctions include the Hnatyshyn Foundation Award for Curatorial Excellence in Contemporary Art (2010), Alvin Balkind Award for Creative Curatorship in British Columbia Arts (2008), the UBC Dorothy Somerset Award for Performance Development in the Visual and Performing Arts (2005), and invitation to the UBC Chancellor’s Circle (2005).[6][7][8] Watson retired from his position as Director/Curator at the Belkin in December 2021.[9]
Notable curatorial projects
- Image Bank at the KW Institute for Contemporary Art|KW Institute for Contemporary Arts (2019)[10]
- Letters: Michael Morris and Concrete Poetry at the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery (2012)[11][12]
- Mark Boulos, a solo exhibition at the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery (2010)[13][14][15]
- Jack Shadbolt: Underpinnings at the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery (2009)[16][17]
- Exponential Future at the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery (2008)[18][19]
- Thrown: Influences and Intentions of West Coast Ceramics (2004)[20][21]
- Intertidal: Vancouver art & artists (2005/06) at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Antwerp.[22]
- Stan Douglas: Inconsolable Memories (2005/06) at the Tate Modern[23][24]
- Rebecca Belmore: Fountain for the Venice Biennale Canadian Pavilion (2005)[25][26]
- Queer Landscapes (1991) at Artspeak[27]
Publications
- Eichhorn, Maria, Scott Watson, Jana Tyner, Nora M. Alter, and Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery. Maria Eichhorn: Film Lexicon of Sexual Practices : Prohibited Imports. Köln;Vancouver;: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2019.
- Watson, Scott, Ian Wallace, and Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery. Tom Burrows. Vancouver: Figure 1 Publishing, 2018.
- Watson, Scott, Mark Boulos, and Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery. Mark Boulos. Vancouver: Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, 2012.
- Lukacs, Attila Richard, Michael Morris, Stan Persky, Michael Turner, Scott Watson, Vince Aletti, Art Gallery of Alberta, Presentation House Gallery, and Illington Kerr Gallery. polaroids. Vancouver, B.C: Arsenal Pulp Press, 2010.
References
- ↑ "Scott Watson | AHVA - The Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory". ahva.ubc.ca. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
- ↑ "Scott Watson | The Social Justice Institute". grsj.arts.ubc.ca. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
- ↑ Gallery, Belkin. "Scott Watson". vancouverartinthesixties.com. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
- ↑ "Scott Watson | Artspeak". Retrieved 2021-04-20.
- ↑ Godley, Elizabeth (March 19, 1987). "Watson resigns from post with art gallery". The Vancouver Sun. pp. C5.
- ↑ "UBC Morris and Helen Belkin curator Scott Watson nabs Hnatyshyn prize". The Georgia Straight. 2010-12-01. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
- ↑ "Balkind Prize Recipients in the Visual Arts | Vancouver BC". The Jack and Doris Shadbolt Foundation. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
- ↑ "Scott Watson". Figure 1 Publishing. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
- ↑ "Scott Watson Steps Down at the Belkin". Galleries West. 2021-07-12. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
- ↑ "Image Bank". KW Institute for Contemporary Art. 2019-03-26. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
- ↑ "Letters: Michael Morris and Concrete Poetry". Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
- ↑ ""Letters: Michael Morris and Concrete Poetry" at Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery". www.artforum.com. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
- ↑ "Mark Boulos". Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
- ↑ "Mark Boulos | AHVA - The Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory". ahva.ubc.ca. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
- ↑ "Vancouver – Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery | esse arts + opinions". esse.ca. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
- ↑ "Jack Shadbolt: Underpinnings". Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
- ↑ "Jack Shadbolt Art Show!". Vancouver Is Awesome. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
- ↑ "Exponential Future". Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
- ↑ "Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery presents Exponential Future - Announcements - Art & Education". www.artandeducation.net. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
- ↑ "Thrown: Influences and Intentions of West Coast Ceramics". Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
- ↑ "A licence to kiln". Retrieved 2021-04-20.
- ↑ "INTERTIDAL: VANCOUVER ART & ARTISTS". www.e-flux.com. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
- ↑ Tate. "'Inconsolable Memories', Stan Douglas, 2005". Tate. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
- ↑ "Pictures at an exhibition ..." www.yorku.ca. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
- ↑ "From the Archives: Rebecca Belmore - Canadian Art". canadianart.ca. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
- ↑ "The Poetics of History: An Interview with Rebecca Belmore". bordercrossingsmag.com. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
- ↑ Madill, Kevin John; Watson, Scott; Rimmer, Cate (1991). Queer Landscape. Kevin John Madill, Kevin John Madill, Scott Watson, Cate Rimmer, Cate Rimmer. Vancouver, BC: Artspeak Gallery. ISBN 978-0-921394-11-2.
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