About

Biography: Michelle Kasprzak is a writer and curator based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Michelle has exhibited and lectured across North America and Europe. She has appeared in numerous publications and on radio and television broadcasts including BBC Scotland, BBC Wales, CBC national, and other programmes syndicated worldwide. She completed her MA in Visual and Media Arts from the Université du Québec à Montréal in spring of 2006, and later that year was awarded a curatorial research residency at the Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art in Helsinki, Finland.

She has written critical essays for Spacing, CV Photo, Public, Mute, and several online journals on a wide range of subjects in the realm of contemporary culture.

The results of her curatorial work have appeared in venues worldwide, most recently at Canada House (London, UK), Holden Gallery (Manchester, UK) Urban Screens Manchester (Manchester, UK), Federation Square (Melbourne, Australia), and the Virtual Museums of Canada/Gallery TPW (Toronto, Canada). She is a member of IKT, the International Association of Curators of Contemporary Art. In 2006, Michelle founded a leading blog on the subject of curating contemporary art — curating.info — that has received millions of visits from readers all over the globe, and has over 3,000 fans on Facebook.

Michelle is currently Project Director at McLuhan in Europe 2011, a cultural network project that will celebrate and critique the legacy of Marshall McLuhan as a media and telecommunications visionary. His impact on European art and culture will be explored through a series of manifestations to occur in various locations, contexts and timeframes across Europe in 2011, the 100th anniversary of his birth.

Career & Work: For my complete career profile, please view my LinkedIn page. For further details about my work, please use the navigation at the top of this page to browse my curatorial projects, artwork, and writing and lecturing history.

Email policy: I attempt to answer all email within 48 hours, however sometimes this is not possible. Because of occasional technical glitches and overzealous spam filters, if you have not had a response within a week please send your email again. My email address is: michelle (at) kasprzak (dot) ca.

Disclaimer: All opinions expressed on this site are my personal views – which means they have no relation to the views, policies, or practices of my current or past employers and collaborators.