Scott Watson (curator) explained

Scott Watson
Birth Name:Donald Scott Watson
Education:BA, MA (UBC)
Known For:curator, writer

Scott Watson (born 1950)[1] is a Canadian curator, writer, and researcher based in Vancouver, British Columbia.[2] Watson was the Director/Curator of the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery at the University of British Columbia from 1995 to 2021.[3] [4] As faculty in the Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory at the University of British Columbia, he helped initiate the Critical Curatorial Studies program at UBC in September 2002.[5] Through his research and publications, he has acted as a champion of contemporary Vancouver artists.

Career

Watson was trained in art history and received his BA and MA at UBC. He was initially a fiction writer and published two books, "Stories" (1974) and "Platonic Love" (1981). In 1980, he was hired by the Vancouver Art Gallery.[6] In 1985, he curated the Young Romantics painting exhibition and in 1990, published a monograph on Jack Shadbolt.[7] In 1989, he was hired by the University of British Columbia (UBC) gallery. In 1995, he became the first director/curator of the gallery. He retired in 2021.[8]

Curatorial projects and research

Watson's research and curation focuses primarily around topics related to contemporary art, art theory and criticism, twentieth-century art history, and curatorial studies. His curatorial projects have appeared across Canada including at the Vancouver Art Gallery, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, and Artspeak in Vancouver and internationally in Berlin, Antwerp, and London.[9]

Notable curatorial projects

Selected publications

Awards and honours

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Art of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution . Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery . en-CA.
  2. Web site: persons AHVA - The Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory. 2021-04-20. ahva.ubc.ca.
  3. Web site: Scott Watson The Social Justice Institute. 2021-04-20. grsj.arts.ubc.ca.
  4. Web site: Gallery. Belkin. Scott Watson. 2021-04-20. vancouverartinthesixties.com. en.
  5. Web site: Scott Watson Artspeak. 2021-04-20. en-US.
  6. Web site: Turner . Michael . Renowned Curator Scott Watson Retires . Preview, 2021 . 24 September 2022.
  7. Web site: Scott Watson. 2021-04-20. Figure 1 Publishing. en-US.
  8. Web site: 2021-07-12. Scott Watson Steps Down at the Belkin. 2022-01-26. Galleries West. en-ca.
  9. News: Godley . Elizabeth . March 19, 1987 . Watson resigns from post with art gallery . C5 . The Vancouver Sun.
  10. Book: Madill. Kevin John. Queer Landscape. Watson. Scott. Rimmer. Cate. 1991. Artspeak Gallery. Kevin John Madill, Kevin John Madill, Scott Watson, Cate Rimmer, Cate Rimmer. 978-0-921394-11-2. Vancouver, BC. en.
  11. Web site: Thrown: Influences and Intentions of West Coast Ceramics. 2021-04-20. Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery. en-CA.
  12. News: A licence to kiln. 2021-04-20.
  13. Web site: From the Archives: Rebecca Belmore - Canadian Art. 2021-04-20. canadianart.ca.
  14. Web site: The Poetics of History: An Interview with Rebecca Belmore. 2021-04-20. bordercrossingsmag.com. en.
  15. Web site: INTERTIDAL: VANCOUVER ART & ARTISTS. 2021-04-20. www.e-flux.com. en.
  16. Web site: Tate. 'Inconsolable Memories', Stan Douglas, 2005. 2021-04-20. Tate. en-GB.
  17. Web site: Pictures at an exhibition .... 2021-04-20. www.yorku.ca.
  18. Web site: Exponential Future. 2021-04-20. Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery. en-CA.
  19. Web site: Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery presents Exponential Future - Announcements - Art & Education. 2021-04-20. www.artandeducation.net.
  20. Web site: Jack Shadbolt: Underpinnings. 2021-04-20. Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery. en-CA.
  21. Web site: Jack Shadbolt Art Show!. 2021-04-20. Vancouver Is Awesome. 7 May 2009 . en.
  22. Web site: Mark Boulos. 2021-04-20. Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery. en-CA.
  23. Web site: Mark Boulos AHVA - The Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory. 2021-04-20. ahva.ubc.ca.
  24. Web site: Vancouver – Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery esse arts + opinions. 2021-04-20. esse.ca.
  25. Web site: Letters: Michael Morris and Concrete Poetry. 2021-04-20. Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery. en-CA.
  26. Web site: "Letters: Michael Morris and Concrete Poetry" at Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery. 2021-04-20. www.artforum.com. January 2012 . en-US.
  27. Web site: 2019-03-26. Image Bank. 2021-04-20. KW Institute for Contemporary Art. en-US.
  28. Web site: Balkind Prize Recipients in the Visual Arts Vancouver BC. 2021-04-20. The Jack and Doris Shadbolt Foundation. en-CA.
  29. Web site: 2010-12-01. UBC Morris and Helen Belkin curator Scott Watson nabs Hnatyshyn prize. 2021-04-20. The Georgia Straight. en.

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