Gilles Hébert has been a Canadian artist since his retirement from roles as the director of numerous art institutions.
Born in St. Boniface, Manitoba,[1] Hebert received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Manitoba.[2]
Hebert has worked extensively across Canada, particularly in the Western provinces of the country. As a previous director of the Mendel Art Gallery in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Hebert worked with Joni Mitchell in curating a critically acclaimed[3] retrospective show of Mitchell's art work which attracted an average of 1,000 people per day, doubling attendance.[4] In October 2009, he left his position as Director of the Art Gallery of Windsor in Ontario to assume the role of Chief Executive Officer of the Art Gallery of Alberta.[1] [5] After that, he held an executive position for the Canadian Museum for Human Rights.
He co-owns the arts consulting firm Arena Cultural Planning Group.[6]