Dominique Fontaine is a curator whose work explores the social role of contemporary art in a pluralistic world. She is the founder of aposteriori, a non-profit curatorial platform focused on researching, documenting, developing, producing, and facilitating innovation in diverse art practices.
Dominique holds a Master’s degree in Museology from the Université de Montréal, and degrees in Visual Arts and Arts Administration from the University of Ottawa. She also completed advanced studies in Curatorial Practices at De Appel arts centre in Amsterdam.
In 2024, she co-curated Precarious Joys, the third edition of the Toronto Biennial of Art. Her curatorial projects include Imaginaires souverains, Le présent, modes d’emploi, Splendide constellation, Here We Are Here: Black Canadian Contemporary Art, Dineo Seshee Bopape: and- in. the light of this._______ at Darling Foundry, and Between the earth and the sky, the possibility of everything for Scotiabank Nuit Blanche Toronto 2014. She also curated the 7th edition of the Foire en art actuel de Québec and exhibitions at articule.
Dominique is a member of AICA-Canada, the American Association of Museum Curators (AAMC), and the International Contemporary Art Curators Association (IKT). She is a founding member of Intervals Collective and a co-initiator of the Black Curators Forum.
In 2023, she co-edited and co-authored Making History: Visual Arts and Blackness in Canada. Her contributions have been recognized with numerous accolades, including being named a 2021 laureate of Black History Month by the City of Montreal.
Teaching:
- ARTH 677 Advanced Topics in Curatorial Practice and Theory, Winter 2026
- ARTH 678 - Exhibition Concept Design, Winter 2026
- ARTH 679 Curatorial Project, Summer 2026
Photo credit: Clara Lacasse
