Angel Callander is a writer, editor, and curator in Toronto. She completed her M.A. Art History and Visual Culture (Kunst- und Bildgeschichte) at the Humboldt University of Berlin in 2018. Under the supervision of Dr. Inge Hinterwaldner, her Master's thesis focuses on women's performance art as the locus of historical conceptions of what constitutes "womanhood" as a material, social category rather than a biological one, and of the speculations for the future ontology of womanhood through posthuman theory.

She completed her B.A. in Art History and German Studies at the University of Guelph with a thesis supervised by Dr. Amanda Boetzkes, and studied abroad at the University of Konstanz with a scholarship from the Baden-Württemberg Foundation in 2014.

Since 2009, she has worked in galleries, public institutions and artist-run-centres in Canada and Germany, including the Art Gallery of Guelph, Ed Video Media Arts Centre, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, and The Power Plant. She has curated projects in Toronto, Berlin, Stockholm, and Guelph. She was Editorial Resident at Canadian Art magazine in 2020.

She has written on a wide array of topics and interests, including: abjection and monstrosity, architecture, land use, fashion, cybernetics, surveillance politics, Net.art, posthumanism, materialist feminism, labour history, subculture, and the legacies of the Cold War system.

Publications

Research, academic writing (unpublished), and other projects

Interviews

Selected translation

Selected exhibitions

Education
September 2024 - present PhD Art History and Visual Culture
York University, CA
October 2015 - March 2018 MA Art History and Visual Culture
Humboldt University of Berlin, DE
April - September 2014 Language and Literature Studies (study abroad)
University of Konstanz, DE
September 2009 - April 2014 BA Honours Art History and German Studies
University of Guelph, CA
    
Professional experience
February 2023 - March 2024 Gallery Manager and Curator
Blouin Division, Toronto, CA
July 2022 - January 2023 Gallery Assistant and Curatorial Assistant
Arsenal Contemporary Art, Toronto, CA
May 2022 - June 2022 Gallery Assistant
MKG127, Toronto, CA
June 2021 - May 2023 Assistant Editor and Production Assistant
Peripheral Review, Toronto/Vancouver, CA
March 2020 - May 2020 Editorial Resident
Canadian Art, Toronto, CA
July 2019 - August 2019 Writer in Residence and Programming Coordinator
Roundtable Residency, Toronto, CA
May 2019 - Dec 2021 Gallery Attendant
The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto, CA
February 2019 - present Contributing Writer and Editor
Public Parking, Winnipeg, CA
September 2017 - December 2017 Editorial Assistant and Image Researcher
Texte zur Kunst, Berlin, DE
December 2016 - March 2017 Exhibitions & Project Assistant
Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin, DE
September 2013 - April 2014 Gallery Coordinator
Zavitz Gallery, Guelph, CA
May - August 2013 Collections Management Assistant
Art Gallery of Guelph, Guelph, CA
January 2013 - April 2014 Gallery Assistant
Art Gallery of Guelph, CA
September - December 2012 Project Intern
Art Gallery of Guelph, CA
June - September 2009 Collections Management Assistant
Grimsby Public Art Gallery, CA
    
Committees and Boards
July 2023 - present Member of the Board of Directors, member of the Advisory Committee
Peripheral Review, Toronto/Vancouver, CA
July 2020 – present Editorial committee member
Peripheral Review, Toronto/Vancouver, CA
March 2014 – June 2016 Member of the Board of Directors
Ed Video Media Arts Centre, Guelph, CA
September 2013 – April 2014 Co-chair and editorial committee member, ARTHattack! Undergraduate Symposium
University of Guelph/Art Gallery of Guelph, CA
September 2013 – April 2014 President, Fine Arts Network (student union)
University of Guelph, CA
    
Grants and Awards
2024 Susan Crocker and John Hunkin Award in Fine Arts, York University
   Research and Creation grant, Canada Council for the Arts
    
Conferences and Presentations
March 15-16, 2019 Tropes of Visibility: Performance art, womanhood, and bodies in semiosis
OCAD University CADN Graduate Conference, Toronto, CA
November 15-17, 2018 Utopia through smart technologies (Session chair)
Architectural Humanities Research Association Annual Conference, Technical University Eindhoven, NL
March 17, 2018 Watching and Being Watched: Self, Peer, and State Surveillance
MATTER/DAMAGE exhibition at Cuore di Vetro, Berlin, DE
November 7-8, 2014 “Unable to Establish a Connection”: Interpreting Empathy within the Interface
Interface Critique Symposium, University of the Arts, Berlin, DE
March 5, 2014 “And so I give it back to you”: Art and surveillance with Jon Rafman and Google
ARTHattack! Undergraduate Symposium, University of Guelph, CA
January 16-19, 2014 You Are What You Reblog: The Digital Aesthetics of Self-Expression
Canadian Association of Cultural Studies Biennial Conference, University of Waterloo, CA
March 9, 2012 Postmodern Pastiche: The Internet and Dadaism
ARTHattack! Undergraduate Symposium, University of Guelph, CA
    
Events/exhibitions organized
May 2 - June 29, 2024 Both/And/Neither/Nor, solo exhibition by Paula McLean
Curator, Blouin Division, Toronto, CA
April 11 - 29, 2024 Resurrected in Times of Need, solo exhibition by Jenine Marsh
Curator, Ashley, Berlin, DE
February 8 - April 20, 2024 Intravenous Dove, solo exhibition by Andrew Harding
Curator, Blouin Division, Toronto, CA
September 21 - November 4, 2023 Will o' Wisp, solo exhibition by Amanda Boulos
Curator, Blouin Division, Toronto, CA
With artist talk, Nov 4, 2023
April 27 - June 17, 2023 on either side of a surface, solo exhibition by Sophia Oppel
Curator, Arsenal Contemporary Art Toronto, CA
With artist talk, June 10, 2023
November 4 - December 17, 2022 dwelling for the dear one, solo exhibition by Rihab Essayh
Curator, Arsenal Contemporary Art Toronto, CA
August 27, 2022 Fundraiser event for Peripheral Review, the plumb, Toronto, CA
August 15 - 18, 2019 Resistance, residency exhibition
Co-curator, exhibition and programming for Roundtable Residency, Toronto, CA
April 3 - 7, 2019 Shadow Protocol, group exhibition
Curator for Ed Video Media Arts Centre, Supermarket Art Fair, Stockholm, SE
April 13 - 20, 2017 Everything Woman is Alien to Me
Curator, exhibition and programming, Premarts, Berlin, DE
May 23 - 28, 2016 Post-Internet Philosophy, group exhibition
Co-curator/Participant, Pergamom-Palais, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, DE
March 9, 2014 ARTHattack! Undergraduate Symposium
Co-chair, University of Guelph/Art Gallery of Guelph, CA
November 9, 2013 Beyond the Frame Annual Art Auction
Art Gallery of Guelph, CA
October 21 - 24, 2013 Source Materials, group exhibition
Curator, Zavitz Gallery, Guelph, CA
June 13 - July 18, 2010 ROY G. BIV: Artist as Colourist
Curator, works from the permanent collection at Grimsby Public Art Gallery, CA

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