Stuart Keeler

Stuart Keeler is the Director | Curator of the Art Gallery of Mississauga, as well as a writer and critic with broad international experience in curating, programming, writing about and commissioning contemporary artists, public art and socially based performance in the urban realm. Stuart’s research interests include contemporary art and its critical context and relation to communities; embodiment, diaspora issues and performativity; socially based art actions in gallery and community contexts as well as cultural and artistic forms of sculptural practices and thinking. His previous roles include Curator and Director of Programmes, the AGM, Mississauga (2010 – 2012), Founding Director of Le Flash, Atlanta, GA (2007 – 2010), Artistic Director, Art 44|46 , Chicago in addition has founded and directed numerous artist projects and curatorial affiliations associated with festivals, museums, and contemporary art spaces in North America and the EU. Keeler has held several Professorships at School at the Art Institute of Chicago, Columbia College (Chicago) as well as currently teaches in the Sculpture Department at the Ontario College of Art and Design (Toronto). He has a BA in Art History from the University of London (UK), an MFA from The School at The Art institute of Chicago and is currently working on a Ph.D with an emphasis on Community Engagement and the Role of the Artist.