Gerald McMaster
Dr. Gerald McMaster (Toronto, ON) is a Plains Cree and Blackfoot curator, artist and author. He is enrolled in the Siksika First Nation and currently holds the Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Visual Culture and Curatorial Practice at OCAD University in Toronto. Throughout his career, his championing of the mainstream value of Indigenous art, among other things, has led to his being chosen to serve as Canadian Commissioner for the 1995 Venice Biennale and as Artistic Director of the 2012 Biennale of Sydney. In 2005, he received both the Order of Canada and the national Aboriginal Achievement Award.
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