Ingrid Jones in Conversation with Gabby Moser
This special event is co-organized by the Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Institute for Studies in Canadian Art, the Milieux Institute for Arts • Culture • Technology and the Leonard and Bina Ellen Art Gallery
Milieux Institute for Arts • Culture • Technology
EV 11.455
1395 René-Lévesque Blvd. W.
Tuesday, 10 March 2026
3:00-4:30 PM
This event is free and open to the public
Martine Syms, Intro to Threat Modeling, 2017, digital video, colour, sound, plinth, 4 min. 32 sec.
(Photo: Courtesy of the artist and Hoffman Donahue, New York / Los Angeles)
In this lecture, Ingrid Jones reflects on the conceptualization of the exhibition Labour and the challenge of rendering visible that which is routinely unseen. Drawing on both professional and lived experience, she considers the necessity of naming our labour; the cumulative toll of microaggressions and their embodied consequences; the persistent misreadings of Black rage; and the increasingly politicized terrain of rest as practice. In doing so, Jones situates her curatorial approach alongside that of Tina Campt, advancing discomfort not as a byproduct but as a deliberate and necessary condition of her praxis. Jones’s presentation will be followed by a discussion, moderated by Gabby Moser, Research Chair and Director of the Jarislowsky Institute.
Toronto-based curator and creative director, Ingrid Jones examines the intersections of decolonial curatorial practice, transnational solidarities, and the politics of museum representation. Her research engages themes of marginalization and refusal through installation, media, and collaborative projects. Recent initiatives address liberatory practices of the African diaspora (Liberation in Four Movements, 2024), the unseen labour of BIPOC artists and cultural workers (Labour, 2024-25), and nostalgia for racialized communities framed through white supremacy (Nostalgia Interrupted, 2022). Jones co-founded Poor But Sexy (2009–2012), an independent art magazine recognized internationally for its collaborative approach, and Mutti (2018–2022), an artist space fostering community-based interdisciplinary project. She has curated exhibitions and programs for the Doris McCarthy Gallery (Toronto), SAVVY Contemporary (Berlin), and the Art Museum at the University of Toronto. She has also lectured and created masterclasses on photographic best practices and design for Toronto Metropolitan University and Sheridan Institute, respectively. Her work has been supported by the Ontario Arts Council, the Canada Council for the Arts, and the Reesa Greenberg Fund, and featured in Vice Berlin and Art, Design & Communication in Higher Education, among others.
