Adam Barbu is an Ottawa-based curator and writer. He is the winner of the 2015 Middlebrook Prize.
Winning Curators
Winners of the Middlebrook Prize for Young Canadian Curators.
Alison Cooley
Curator, Winner of 2014 Middlebrook PrizeAlison Cooley is a writer, curator, volunteer, and teacher in Toronto. She was co-winner of the 2014 Middlebrook Prize.
Isabelle Lynch
Curator, Winner of 2016 Middlebrook PrizeIsabelle Lynch studied at McGill University (MA in Art History) and at the University of Ottawa (BA in Philosophy and History and Theory of Art). She has worked at McGill University, the National Gallery of Canada, the Icelandic Art Center, and the Justina M. Barnicke Gallery at the University of Toronto. She was the winner […]
Katherine Dennis
Curator, Winner of Inaugural Middlebrook Prize, 2013Katherine Dennis is an independent curator, writer and researcher dedicated to contemporary Canadian art. She won the inaugural Middlebrook Prize in 2013.
Lauren Gabrielle Fournier
Curator, Winner of 2018 Middlebrook PrizeLauren Gabrielle Fournier (b. 1989, Regina/Treaty 4 Territory, Saskatchewan) is a curator, writer, artist, and scholar of experimental feminist art, literary, and theoretical practices. She works across film, video, performance, sound, music composition, and experimental writing to create cross-disciplinary work. Now based in Toronto, Fournier is a PhD candidate in the Department of English at […]
Natasha Chaykowski
Curator, Winner of 2014 Middlebrook PrizeNatasha Chaykowski is a Montreal-based writer and curator. She was co-winner of the 2014 Middlebrook Prize.
Sophie Lynch
Curator, Winner of 2016 Middlebrook PrizeSophie Lynch studied at McGill University (MA in Art History) and at the University of Ottawa (BA in Philosophy and History and Theory of Art). She has worked at the Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, the National Gallery of Canada, the Icelandic Art Center, and Canadian Art magazine. She will spend this summer working as […]
Yasmin Nurming-Por
Curator, Winner of 2017 Middlebrook PrizeYasmin Nurming-Por is a curator, writer and educator based in Banff, Alberta. She holds a B.A. Honours in Art History from the University of British Colombia (2011) and a M.A. in Art History from the University of Toronto (2013). Her recent curatorial projects include: ARCTICNOISE (2015-2016), At Sea (2015), and Blind White (2015). Her writing […]