About the Author

Michelle Jacques is a curator, educator and writer. She is currently the chief curator at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria and has previously held positions in the contemporary and Canadian departments at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto. She has taught art history, curatorial studies and art writing at the post-secondary level. Recent and forthcoming publications include "Born in Detroit" in Introducing Suzy Lake (ed. Georgiana Uhlyarik, Black Dog Publishing, 2014); "And the winner is...," an analysis of Camille Turner's ongoing Miss Canadiana performance in Byproduct: On the Excess of Embedded Art Practices (ed. Marisa Jahn, YYZ Books, 2010); and "The Artist-run Centre as Tactical Training Unit" in decentre: concerning artist-run culture (YYZ Books, 2008).