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2006 | Kansas City Art Institute | Kansas, MI, USA | |
Doctor of Fine Arts, Honoris Causa | |||
1984–1987 | McGill University | Montreal, QC, Canada | |
Master of Arts in Communications (Dean’s List) Thesis: From Sight to Site |
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1972–1976 | University of Saskatchewan | Saskatoon, SK, Canada | |
Bachelor of Arts (Art History Major) | |||
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Professional Experience |
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2010-2013 | American University of Cairo | Cairo, Egypt | |
Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences Professor in the Department of the Arts |
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2005-2010 | State University of Arizona | Tempe, AZ | |
Founding Director of F.A.R. @ ASU (Future Arts Research); Professor of Arts, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts |
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2007 – 2009 | Albright Knox Art Gallery | Buffalo, New York | |
Curatorial Consultant | |||
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2005 – 2008 | Art Gallery of Ontario | Toronto, ON, Canada | |
Senior Policy Consultant (Director of Exhibitions) | |||
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1999–2006 | Columbia University | New York, NY | |
Dean, School of the Arts; Chair, Department; Professor (Visual Arts) | |||
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1996-99 | New York Academy of Art | New York, NY | |
President / Executive Director, Graduate School for Figurative Art | |||
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1993-96 | SITE Santa Fe | Santa Fe, New Mexico | |
Founding Director/Curator | |||
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1996 | Louisiana Museum | Humlebaek, Denmark | |
Visiting Curator - Walking and Thinking and Walking | |||
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1992 | Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut | |
Visiting Lecturer / Critic, Department of Sculpture | |||
1987-1992 | Winnipeg Art Gallery | Winnipeg, MB, Canada | |
Adjunct Curator | |||
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1986-92 | Restless Productions | New York, NY | |
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Independent Curator | |||
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June, 1989 | Banff Centre | Banff, AB, Canada | |
Fellow, Program in Arts Journalism | |||
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February, 1988 | Artspace | San Francisco, CA | |
Critic-in-Residence | |||
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1984-85 | Concordia University | Montreal, QC, Canada | |
Instructor, Graduate Studio Art Program | |||
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Independent Curator | |||
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1982-84 | University of Ottawa | Ottawa, ON, Canada | |
Instructor, Department of Visual Arts | |||
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1980-82 | Concordia University | Montreal, QC, Canada | |
Instructor, Graduate Studio Art Program | |||
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1974-80 | Curatorial positions at various institutions including: | ||
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Media Production Experience |
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● Actor | Six Degrees of Separation | (1992) |
In the role of Bruce Ferguson playing Oz Elliot in the John Guare play, Six Degrees of Separation, a one-hour BBC documentary for network television. Producer: D. Geller. Director/Writer: Nigel Finch. | ||
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Projections | (1991) |
Produced made-for-TV one-hour documentary on the public art of Krzysztof Wodiczko for the National Film Board of Canada. Executive Producer: Bill Brynd. Director and Writer: Derek May. | ||
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Mind over Matter: Six Artists at the Whitney Museum | (1991) |
A 16mm, 1-hour film for television investigating a Whitney Museum exhibition entitled M/m for Michael Blackwood Productions, Inc., New York. Research and on-camera interviews with Ashley Bickerton, Nayland Blake, Tishan Hsu, Ron Jones, Annette Lemieux. | ||
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Comedy Classics | (1988) |
For MTV -HA Channel, New York comedy clip anthology on Sid Caesar and Groucho Marx. Executive Prod: - Mary Salter Prod: - Eileen Katz. 10 segments. | ||
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Persistence of Vision | (1987) |
Producer of three laser videodiscs of international video art, also available as VHS tapes. Published by Criterion Publishers, a division of Voyager Press, Los Angeles, California. Liner notes by Ferguson. | ||
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Table at the Imperial | (1987) |
A 60 minute radio play for the CBC Radio Drama, Toronto series Playing for Keeps, #7, Season Two. Written with Tom Lackey. Producer - Bill Howell. First broadcast FM Network, Stereo Theatre, 18 January. | ||
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Volcano Saga | (1986) |
A one-hour television production, in cooperation with Continental Video and the Foundation De Appel. Written and Directed by Joan Jonas. Starring Tilda Swinton |
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Ghosts in the Machine | (1985) |
A series of six one-hour programs of international video art nationally broadcast by Channel Four Television Network, Great Britain. Produced by Illuminations, London, England | ||