cheyanne turions is an independent, Toronto-based curator and writer who holds a degree in Philosophy from the University of British Columbia. Conceptualizing curation and criticism as social gestures, she uses discourse as an entrance point to taking up art. She holds that the experience of art happens somewhere between perception and thought, as reading. As a curator, she seeks that moment of the verb, the vital and poetic occasion where meaning emerges from the meeting of the art object with the eye and mind. By pointing back to the cultural, political and theoretical conditions that have informed the production of a work, her goal is to engage an audience in a discussion about these conditions, creating a forum for critical analysis.
In addition to her curatorial work and writing practice, she is the director of No Reading After the Internet (Toronto), is part of the Editorial Advisory Committee at FUSE magazine and sits on the Board of Directors for Fillip magazine. She is the incoming Shop Manager at Art Metropole.
She can be reached electronically at c.turions at gmail dot com.
