Sandra Dyck
Director, Carleton University Art Gallery
Sandra is keenly interested in contemporary and historical art made by First Nations and Inuit artists, as well as in the art produced out of encounters between Indigenous and settler societies. This is a key focus of her curatorial and writing work.
Sandra has also mentored many first-time (student) curators of Inuit art exhibitions at Carleton University Art Gallery (CUAG) and supervised graduate research assistants conducting relevant collection-based research at CUAG.
Publications
Editorial work
2009
Sanattiaqsimajut: Inuit Art from the Carleton University Art Gallery Collection
Carleton University Art Gallery, 232 pages, hardcover, 35 writers
Chapters in edited books
2008
“A Playground for Tourists from the East: Marius Barbeau and Canadian Artists in Gitxsan Territory,” in Around and About Marius Barbeau: Modelling Twentieth-Century Culture, Edited by Lynda Jessup, Andrew Nurse, and Gordon E. Smith, Published by the Canadian Museum of Civilization, Mercury Series, Cultural Studies Paper 83
2005
“A New Country for Canadian Art: Edwin Holgate and Marius Barbeau in Gitxsan Territory,” in Edwin Holgate, Curated by Rosalind Pepall and Brian Foss, Published by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Articles in refereed journals
2014
“Life Writing,” Inuit Art Quarterly, Vol. 27, No. 3 (Fall)
2010
“Shuvinai Ashoona Drawings,” Inuit Art Quarterly, Vol. 24, No. 4 (Winter)
Book reviews
2010
“Blazing Figures: A Life of Robert Markle,” by J.A. Wainwright, Canadian Journal of Native Studies, Vol. 30, No. 2
2009
“National Visions, National Blindness: Canadian Art and Identities in the 1920s,” by Leslie Dawn, Canadian Journal of Native Studies, Vol. 29, 1 and 2
Other publications
2013
Itee’s Kinngait: Itee Pootoogook, exhibition brochure, Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto
2009
Shuvinai Ashoona, exhibition brochure, Feheley Fine Arts for the Toronto International Art Fair
Exhibition catalogue essays
2012
Shuvinai Ashoona Drawings, 112 pages, Carleton University Art Gallery
2011
“Making Contact,” in Nadia Myre, co-published by Carleton University Art Gallery, Éditions Art Mûr and Musée d’art contemporain des Laurentides, pp. 42-55 of 96 pages, softcover
2010
Frank Shebageget: Light Industry, 32 pages, softcover, Carleton University Art Galery
2009
“The History of Collecting Inuit Art at Carleton University,” in Sanattiaqsimajut: Inuit Art from the Carleton University Art Gallery Collection, pp. 17-31 of 232 pages, hardcover
2000
Urban Myths: Aboriginal Artists in the City, Karsh-Masson Gallery, City of Ottawa, 86 pages, softcover
Exhibitions Curated
2013
Dorset Seen (with Leslie Boyd), Carleton University Art Gallery
2011
Parr and Luke Anguhadluq: Drawing from Life, Carleton University Art Gallery
Nadia Myre: Symbology, Carleton University Art Gallery
2010
Frank Shebageget: Light Industry, Carleton University Art Gallery
2009
Shuvinai Ashoona Drawings, Carleton University Art Gallery
2000
Scouting / for Indians 1992-2000: Recent Photographs by Jeff Thomas, Carleton University Art Gallery
2000
Urban Myths: Aboriginal Artists in the City (co-curated with Jeff Thomas), City of Ottawa (Karsh-Masson Gallery)