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Sylvie Fortin

December 2007

Sylvie Fortn is an independent curator, art historian, critic, and editor who has worked internationally since 1991. She joined ART PAPERS in October 2004 as Editor-in-Chief, and was named Executive Director/Editor in 2007. In these three years, she led the redefinition of the art organization, starting with the award-winning redesign of ART PAPERS magazine. She also expanded the reach of the 32-year-old Atlanta institution, successfully positioning it as an internationally respected source for contemporary art—from Cabbagetown to Cairo. This year alone, ART PAPERS has received an unprecedented number of grants, awards, and accolades, from local, national and international institutions alike. And, thanks to ART PAPERS’ ambitious strategic plan and exceptionally talented board, she intends to make ART PAPERS’ next chapter truly epic.

Prior to joining ART PAPERS, Fortin was Curator of Contemporary Art at the Ottawa Art Gallery (Ottawa, Ontario, 1996—2001), Program Coordinator at la chambre blanche (Quebec City, Quebec, 1991—1994), and a long-term collaborator with OBORO (Montreal, Quebec, 1994—2001). Her critical essays have been published in Canadian, American and European catalogues, and her reviews have appeared in many periodicals including Art Press, C Magazine, Espace, Fuse, NKA: Journal of Contemporary African Art and Parachute.

Educated at the University of Toronto, Universite Laval, and Duke University, and by her insatiable wanderlust, she has received numerous nationally and internationally significant grants and awards as a critic and curator, as well as for her academic research.