Tristan Sauer
New Media Artist and Curator
Tristan Sauer is a new media artist and curator interested in physical computing, wearable technology, and sculpture.
Electronic SculpturePhysical ComputingWearable TechnologyAfro-FuturismTechnology and Capitalism
Mitra Fakhrashrafi
Curator and Archivist
Mitra Fakhrashrafi (she/her) is an independent curator and librarian interested in sanctuary and indebted to border abolition organizing.
Libraries and Information ScienceCurationGeographyMuseum StudiesMixed Media
Dallas Fellini
Curator
Dallas Fellini is a curator, writer, and artist with a focus on trans studies and archival studies.
Artists' BooksPhotographyCuratorial Studies Contemporary ArtArchival Studies
Missy LeBlanc
Curator
Missy LeBlanc is a curator and writer of Métis, Nēhiyaw, and Polish decent currently based in Moh’kins’stis (Calgary).
Contemporary ArtIndigenous ArtCuratorial Studies Art HistoryArt
Natasha Chaykowski
Curator
Natasha Chaykowski is a joint winner of the 2014 Middlebrook Prize.
ArtArt HistoryCuratorial ProjectsGrant WritingContemporary Art
Middlebrook Prize Winners
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The Middlebrook Prize celebrates emerging curators who are shaping the future of Canadian art through bold ideas, thoughtful research, and a commitment to social relevance. This collection of past winners highlights exhibition concepts that have sparked dialogue, engaged communities, and demonstrated the powerful role curators play in connecting art with the world around us.
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Message from Randall Howard, Prize Co-Founder
Middlebrook Prize is unique in bringing a modern mentorship approach to build a cohort of leaders who will shape the future in Canada’s visual arts community,. Informed by playbooks from the technology startup ecosystem, the prize focuses support and attention on young professionals at a critical point in their careers, when opportunities are few and far between and resources are typically scarce. The applicants, all under 30 years of age, are among the country’s best and the brightest young curators, scholars and artists. They are asked to demonstrate, through a proposal, their intellectual curiosity and considerable creative insights around the construction of an exhibition, and in return the winner is given a venue, an audience and the necessary support to disseminate their ideas to the broader public. Middlebrook is a national prize with national and international reach, while maintaining a commitment to community engagement and social innovation.