Marie Fraser

Marie Fraser is professor of art history and museum studies at the Université du Québec à Montréal and a member of Figura, centre de recherche sur le texte et l’imaginaire. She holds a Ph.D. in Art History from the Université de Montréal. Her research generally has to do with the transformation of narrative and temporal systems in contemporary art. As a member of CIÉCO, she focuses more specifically on event-related usages that call for bringing collections up to date and affect how history is constructed and the relationship of the museum to its own history. A well-known curator, she served as the Chief Curator at the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal from 2010 to 2013. She has organized about thirty exhibitions in Canada and Europe for, among others, the Jeu de Paume in Paris and the Casino Luxembourg, Forum d’art contemporain. She also curated the Mois de la photo à Montréal in 2007 and, in 2015, the Canadian Pavilion of the 56th International Art Exhibition – la Biennale di Venezia. [Source : 2022]