NEWS

May 2023

Big thank you to the Toronto Arts Council!
We recently received funding towards our 4th Triennial, to be held in Toronto in the summer of 2024. More news to be revealed as things develop!

January 2023

ALLISON COLLINS DEPARTS THE KAMIAS COLLECTIVE

It’s with gratitude for all her contributions that we see Allison Collins, co-curator of the Kamias Triennial’s 2nd and 3rd editions, off to her recent appointment as Public Art Coordinator for the City of Burnaby at the Burnaby Art Gallery. We look forward to our continuing connection to Allison as one of our Kamias alumni, a group of artists and collaborators that we maintain cherished friendships with.

A few words from Allison:
Allison wishes to share her deepest gratitude to her co-curators, Patrick and Su-Ying, to Lulu Cruz and Xtina Cruz, to Gerome Soriano, Neo Maestro, and Gail Vicente, and to all of the artists and partners who have participated and worked on behalf of the Kamias Triennial. She’ll be cheering on the future work of Kamias Special Projects with enthusiasm, and can’t wait to see what grows out of it next.`

KARIE LIAO JOINS THE KAMIAS COLLECTIVE

Patrick Cruz and Su-Ying Lee are pleased to welcome Karie Liao to the Kamias Triennial, as co-curator! ​Karie Liao is a community-driven art curator whose work engages public spaces and fosters relations to collectively inquire about contemporary issues.

In addition to her independent practice, she is currently Assistant Curator at the Blackwood Gallery at the University of Toronto, Mississauga. Her most recent curatorial work Geofenced was a group exhibition of new site-specific artworks that investigated how augmented reality technology (AR) alters the environment by making spaces more accessible or by creating new barriers. From 2017 to 2022, she worked as a Content Strategist for Snap Inc., a technology company at the forefront of AR development which continues to inform her research interests.

Liao was the Co-founder/Curatorial Projects Coordinator for the Toronto Art Book Fair and has also held past curatorial and artistic director positions at Cape Breton University Art Gallery, Artscape Youngplace, Contemporary Art Forum Kitchener and Area, and the Textile Museum of Canada. She has written for BlackFlash, C Magazine, the Canadian Media Fund, Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, and Vie des
Arts.

She holds a BA in Art History and Cultural Studies from McGill University, and an MA in Art History and Curatorial Practice diploma from York University.

“What excites me about joining Kamias Special Projects collective is how its inquiries centre art and cultural production and consumption in Southeast Asia. I look forward to engaging in meaningful dialogue with my peers about emergences as well as what persists within these respective art-making ecologies. The prospect of contributing to the growing knowledge and interest around the urgencies, materialities, and collectivities of Southeast Asia and how they might intersect with local modalities within Canada is a compelling endeavour. KSP feels kindred and I am motivated by what might be revealed through conversation, collaboration, chance encounters, and other forms of exchange.”