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Jonathan Middleton

Sessional Faculty

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Education:

Diploma in Fine Art, ECU
MFA, Simon Fraser University (candidate)

Bio

Jonathan Middleton is an artist and curator working between Toronto and Vancouver. His work has been exhibited, screened, and performed at VIVO, Plaza Projects, Contemporary Art Gallery, Tracey Lawrence Gallery, Vancouver International Film Festival, InsideOut, and Chicago International Film Festival, No Soul For Sale Festival (at Tate Modern), and Slakthusateljéerna (Stockholm). Jonathan has worked extensively in curatorial and directorial positions since 1999 at organizations including Western Front, Fillip, Or Gallery, Art Metropole, C Magazine, and Vancouver Art Book Fair.

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Research Interests

Jonathan’s research interests include language, comedy and institutional practices.

24/25 Courses

Course Name Department Course Code Term
Professional Practices PROF 311 26/SP

Description

This professional practice course prepares students for further professional and educational opportunities. Students gain practical and critical, conceptual, and theoretical skills. Topics include project management, business formations, the fundamentals of proposals and contracts, intellectual property and the complexities of authorship, budgets and financial administration, the market planning process within the private and public sectors, and the social role of the artist or designer. Larger societal constructs are examined as well as assumptions about the nature of professional practice research and discourse. The goal is to provide students with the knowledge and skills to enter the cultural or design sectors with assurance, awareness and integrity. Through faculty and guest presentations, individual and group research projects, students learn to identify the ways in which the artists and designers respond to their cultural, social, and economic contexts.

Pre-requisites

No prerequisites.