Julie Nagam Explained

Dr. Julie Nagam
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Nationality:Canadian
Education:York University, Toronto, Ontario; University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Occupation:Associate Professor, Department of Art History, University of Winnipeg (2015-); Assistant Professor, Indigenous Visual Culture Program, OCAD (2009-2015).
Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Arts, Collaboration and Digital Media
Website:https://glamcollective.cahttps://aabijijiwanmedialab.ca

Dr. Julie Nagam is a scholar, artist, and curator based in Winnipeg, Canada.

Education

Nagam has a BA (Honours) in Women Studies and Art History and an MA in Native Studies from the University of Manitoba. She then pursued a PhD in Social and Political Thought from York University. Her thesis “Alternative Cartographies: Grafting a New Route for Indigenous Stories of Place” was published in 2011.[1]

Career

Nagam's academic career began in 2009 at OCAD University where she worked as an assistant professor in indigenous visual culture. In 2015, Nagam accepted a position as associate professor in the Department of History at the University of Winnipeg. Between 2015 and 2019 Nagam was the Research Chair of Indigenous Arts of North America, jointly appointed by the Winnipeg Art Gallery and the University of Winnipeg. In 2019 Nagam was awarded a Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Arts, Collaboration and Digital Media.[2] Nagam is the director of the Aabijijiwan New Media Lab and the co-director of the Kishaadigeh Collaborative Research Centre.[3] She has been an adjunct faculty member at York University, University of Manitoba, and OCAD University.[4] [5] She has been a scholar in residence at Concordia University and Massey University.

In 2019 it was announced that Nagam would be Nuit Blanche Toronto’s inaugural Artistic Director for the years 2020-21.[6] [7]

Research activities

Nagam’s research focuses largely on Indigenous art and curatorial practices, theory, and methodologies. She is especially interested in public, digital, and new media art. She is a member of the GLAM Collective.[8]

Nagam is leading the partnership "The space between us: Collaborations within Indigenous, Circumpolar and Pacific places through digital media", funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.[9] [10]

Edited journals, books and catalogues

Articles and chapters

Curatorial practice

Nagam has an active curatorial practice that often overlaps with her scholarly research. In 2017, she co-curated the exhibition INSURGENCE/RESURGENCE which was the Winnipeg Art Gallery’s largest ever exhibition of contemporary Indigenous art featuring works by 29 artists.[11] [12] She has worked with The Forks and the Winnipeg Foundation to curate a public art installation at Niizhoziibean.[13] [14] [15]

Nuit Blanche Toronto

Nagam is currently working on a 2-year curatorial project “The Space Between Us” as the inaugural artistic director for Nuit Blanche Toronto.[16] This curatorial theme "focuses on the connections across urban, polar and pacific landscapes revealing the space between us as a potential site for sharing knowledges."[17]

GLAM Collective

Nagam is a member of GLAM Collective, a group of scholars who work collaboratively “through theory, curatorial and artistic practices.”[18] With GLAM, Nagam co-curated a series of digital and new media incubators (Memory Keepers I, II, and III) for Indigenous artists, resulting in the installation of works at three Canadian night festivals in 2019.[19] [20] That same year, she also co-curated gathering across moana with GLAM Collective. The exhibition brought together artists from the Pacific and Turtle Islands and was presented at Trinity Square Video in Toronto, Canada.[21]

Artistic practice

Nagam has exhibited her work internationally, including in Canada, United States, Brazil, France, New Zealand, and England. In 2019, her solo exhibition locating the little heartbeats was shown at Gallery 1C03 in Winnipeg and travelled to Te Whare Hera in Wellington, New Zealand. Nagam's work our future is in the land: if we listen to it was exhibited in the 2017 group show Transformers at the Smithsonian Museum in New York.[22] She has presented works at Nuit Blanche Toronto and has received public art commissions.[23]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: PhD Alumni Profiles Social and Political Thought Faculty of Graduate Studies York University. spth.gradstudies.yorku.ca. 2020-04-21.
  2. Web site: 14 June 2019 . UWinnipeg gets major investment in research excellence . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230228215817/https://news.uwinnipeg.ca/uwinnipeg-gets-major-investment-in-research-excellence/ . 28 February 2023 . 21 April 2020 . University of Winnipeg News Centre . en.
  3. Web site: Directors . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230630002940/https://aabijijiwanmedialab.ca/directors . 30 June 2023 . 14 May 2020 . Aabijijiwan . en-US.
  4. Web site: Faculty Theatre & Performance Studies Faculty of Graduate Studies York University. theatre-studies.gradstudies.yorku.ca. 2020-04-21.
  5. Web site: Julie Nagam History of Art The University of Winnipeg. www.uwinnipeg.ca. 2020-04-21.
  6. Web site: Artistic Director Julie Nagam. 2019-08-14. City of Toronto. en-CA. 2020-04-21.
  7. Web site: Dr. Julie Nagam is Nuit Blanche Toronto's artistic director University of Winnipeg News Centre. 2020-09-19. en.
  8. Web site: Julie Nagam History The University of Winnipeg. www.uwinnipeg.ca. 2020-04-21.
  9. Web site: UWinnipeg receives SSHRC grants for research University of Winnipeg News Centre. 2020-09-19. en.
  10. Web site: thespacebetweenus. 2020-09-19. thespacebetweenus. en-US.
  11. Web site: Our Languages Live Within Us. Nixon. Lindsay. Benesiinaab. Scott. Canadian Art. en-US. 2020-05-08. an. Arc. Joi T.. Bennett. Jordan. Barsy. Dee.
  12. Web site: Winnipeg Art Gallery hosts groundbreaking Indigenous exhibit. CJOB. en. 2020-05-08.
  13. Web site: Electrical Currents The Winnipeg Arts Council. winnipegarts.ca. 2020-04-21.
  14. Web site: Niizhoziibean: Honouring our Indigenous heritage. www.theforks.com. en-ca. 2020-04-21.
  15. News: Kives. Bartley. 'This is just the right time': The Forks plans indigenous makeover at south point. CBC Manitoba. May 8, 2020.
  16. Web site: Artistic Director Julie Nagam. 2019-08-14. City of Toronto. en-CA. 2020-04-21.
  17. Web site: Artistic Director Julie Nagam. 2019-08-14. City of Toronto. en-CA. 2020-05-08.
  18. Web site: Keep Art Going After Nocturne. Nocturne Halifax. en-US. 2020-05-08.
  19. Web site: Keep Art Going After Nocturne. Nocturne Halifax. en-US. 2020-04-21.
  20. Web site: Memory Keepers II. August 2019. Arts /. 2019-08-13. The Buzz. en-CA. 2020-04-21.
  21. Web site: EXHIBITIONS: gathering across moana. Trinity Square Video.
  22. Web site: Transformer: Julie Nagam. Smithsonian Institution. en. 2020-04-28.
  23. Web site: Electrical Currents The Winnipeg Arts Council. winnipegarts.ca. 2020-04-21.

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