YANIYA LEE | yaniya@yahoo.com
Education
Master of Arts, Gender Studies, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, 2019
Thesis: When And Where We Enter: situating the absented presence of Black Canadian Art
Bachelor of Arts, English Literature, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, 2013
Thesis: Exploring Transgender Subjectivity in Jackie Kay’s Trumpet
Teaching
2020 Sessional lecturer, Fall, VIS 331H1: Art Criticism, Department of Visual Studies, University of Toronto
2020 Sessional lecturer, Summer, VIS 331H1: Art Criticism, Department of Visual Studies, University of Toronto
2020 Facilitator, Writing workshop for emerging artists, Banff Center for Arts and Creativity, Alberta
2019 Facilitator (with Fan Wu), Desire x Politics Writing Workshop, Mercer Union, Toronto
2019 Facilitator (with Jayne Wilkinson), Art Writing Intensive, ArtsLink NB, Saint-John, New Brunswick
2018 Sessional lecturer, VIS 331H1: Art Criticism, Department of Visual Studies, University of Toronto
2018 Facilitator (with Merray Gerges), Arts Writing Intensive, ArtsLink NB, Saint-John, New Brunswick
2018 Facilitator, Take Care exhibition x Art Metropole Reader-in-Residence, Collective Welfare Reading Workshop, Blackwood Gallery, Mississauga
2016 Facilitator (with Merray Gerges), Memes/Fungibility Workshop, EMILIA–AMALIA, Trinity Square Video, Toronto
Professional Experience
2017—present Features editor, Canadian Art magazine, Toronto
2019 Conference organizer (with Denise Ryner), Bodies Borders Fields, Toronto
2018-2019 Curator of public programs (with Emilia-Amalia), Holes and How to Fill Them, Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre
2017 Curator of public programs, Triangle Trade exhibition, Gallery TPW, Toronto
Residencies and Fellowships
2019-2020 Researcher in Residence, Vtape, Toronto, Ontario
2017-2018 Writer in Residence, Gallery 44, Toronto, Ontario
2018 Reader in Residence, Blackwood Gallery, Mississauga, Ontario
2017 Researcher in Residence, Banff Research In Culture residency: Year 2067, Banff Centre for Arts, Alberta
2017 Artist in Residence (with EMILIA-AMALIA), Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
2015-2016 Programming Fellow, Vtape Curatorial Incubator v. 13, Vtape, Toronto, Ontario
Volunteer Work
Board member, Mercer Union, 2020-ongoing, Toronto, Ontario
Collective member, EMILIA-AMALIA Working Group, 2017-ongoing, Toronto, Ontario
Collective member and co-founder, MICE Magazine, 2015-2018, Toronto, Ontario
Editorial advisory member, C Magazine, 2015-2017, Toronto, Ontario
Editorial advisory member, FUSE Magazine, 2013-2014, Toronto, Ontario