Tarah Hogue
Canadian writer and curator
Tarah Hogue is a Canadian curator and writer known for her work with Indigenous art. Hogue is of Métis and settler ancestry and resides in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. She is the inaugural Curator (Indigenous Art) at Remai Modern.
Early life and education
Hogue was born in Red Deer, Alberta, which lies on the border between Treaty 6 and Treaty 7 territories.
Hogue received a bachelor's degree in Art History from Queen's University in 2008, and a master's degree in Art History in Critical and Curatorial Studies from the University of British Columbia in 2012.
Career
After completing graduate studies, Hogue worked as an independent curator until 2014 when she became the curator-in-residence at grunt gallery in Vancouver, British Columbia. She was the Audain Aboriginal Curatorial Fellow at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria in 2016, and the first Senior Curatorial Fellow, Indigenous Art at the Vancouver Art Gallery from 2017 to 2020. She became the Curator (Indigenous Art) at Remai Modern in 2020.
Hogue was recognized for her curatorial work in 2019 with an Award for Emerging Curator of Contemporary Canadian Art by the Hnatyshyn Foundation.
Hogue served as co-chair of the Indigenous Curatorial Collective's board of directors from 2018 to 2023, and was a founding member of Shushkitew Collective.
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