Download full CV here: *CV_STÉPHANIE MCKNIGHT
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
- Doctoral Student, Cultural Studies Program, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON (Present).
- Master’s of Art, Cultural Studies Program, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON (2016).
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) and minor in Gender Equality and Social Justice, Nipissing University, North Bay, ON (2014).
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Present
- Administrative Assistant (Special Projects), Kingston Regional Arts Council, Kingston, ON.
- Curator and Coordinator, Art and Media lab, The Isabel Bader Centre for Performing Arts, Kingston, ON.
2017
- Teaching Assistant, Film and Media Department, Queen’s University, Kingston ON, Course title: Television: Structure and Function.
2016
- Teaching Assistant, Language, Literature and Culture, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Course title: LLCU 204.
- Administrative Assistant (Special Projects), Kingston Regional Arts Council, Kingston, ON.
2015
- Research Assistant, Cultural Studies, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON.
- Curator and Coordinator, Art and Media Lab, The Isabel Bader Centre for Performing Arts, Kingston, ON.
- Public Programs Assistant, The Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON.
- Studio Instructor, YMCA of Kingston, Kingston, ON, Course title: Art You Wonderful, September- October.
2014
- Research Assistant, The Art and Surveillance Project, FAVA Nipissing University, North Bay, ON
ARTIST TALKS
2017
- “Artist Panel on Electronic Music and Digital Art”, Electric Circuit Festival, Tett Centre for Creativity and Learning, Kingston, ON, 8 April.
- “Hunting for Prey: Technology and Private Property in Northern Ontario”, UnDisciplined Graduate Conference, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, 30 March – 1 April.
2016
- “Hawk Eye View: Shifting the ‘Surveillant’ Gaze”, 7th biennial Surveillance & Society conference, Barcelona, Spain, 21-23 April.
- “Hawk Eye View: Shifting the Surveillant Gaze”, Art and Information Workshop/Conference, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, 8 April.
- “Hawk Eye View”, Undisciplined Graduate Conference, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, 1-2 April.
- “Hawk Eye View: Shifting the ‘Surveillant’ Gaze”, PCA/ACA Conference 2016, Seattle, WA, 22-25 March.
2015
- “Hawk Eye View: Shifting the ‘Surveillant’ Gaze”, Panel: The Art of Surveillance I, UAAC 2015, NSCAD University, Halifax, NS, 5-7 November.
- “Dining Room Table: Hammering Out Gender Performativity”, Panel: Subverting the Binary: Deconstructing Gender Roles and Stereotypes, Feminist Art Conference 2015, OCAD University, Toronto, ON, 23-27 September.
- 2015, “Dining Room Table: Hammering Out Gender Performativity”, Undisciplined Graduate Research Conference, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, 27-29 March.
PUBLICATIONS
- (fourth coming) “Hawk Eye View: Shifting the Surveillant Gaze”, DIAGRAM, Drain Magazine, ed. Jakub Zdebik.
- (fourth coming) “Research Profile: Stéphanie McKnight”, (e) Affect: Affecting Change, Affecting Lives, Issue 11 Spring/Summer 2017.
- 2016, “Stéfy McKnight”, LandEscape Now!, 8th anniversary edition, Europe, 26 pages.
- 2015, “Capturing The Beauty of Research: Art of Research Photo Contest, Coded, I Am”, (e) Affect: Affecting Change, Affecting Lives, Issue 8 Fall/Winter 2015, page 21.
SELECT AWARDS AND GRANTS
- 2016, Ontario Graduate Scholarship, Cultural Studies Program, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, 15,000$.
- 2015, Canada Graduate Scholarship, Master’s Scholarship, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, 17,500$.
- 2014, Dr. Paul Kelly Scholarship, Nipissing University, North Bay, ON, 325$.
DISTINCTIONS
- 2015, Shortlisted, CODED, I AM (2015), “Art of Research Photo Contest”, Office of Vice-Principal (Research), Queen’s University, Kingston, ON.
EXHIBITIONS, PERFORMANCES AND INSTALLATIONS
COMMISSIONED
- 2017, Performance, Electric Circuit Festival, Tett Centre for Creativity and Learning, Kingston, ON, 8 April.
SOLO
2017
- Traces (Curated by Tania Willard and Carina Magazzenni), Modern Fuel Artist Run Centre, LandMarks 2017/Repères 2017, Kingston, ON
2016
- Organic Surveillance: Security & Myth in the Rural (Curated by Sydney Hart), Centre for Indigenous Research-Creation, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, 14-18 November.
2015
- Hawk Eye View (curated by Michelle Smith), Tett Centre for Community and Learning, Kingston, ON, 1-14 October.
2014
- Corporate Profile, Site Specific Installation, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, November.
- Dining Room Table: Hammering Out Gender Performativity, Art and Media Lab, The Isabel Bader Centre for Performing Arts, 28 November.
SELECT GROUP
2016
- Modern Fuel Member Juried Show, Modern Fuel Artist Run Centre, Kingston, ON, 16 October – 18 November.
- Your Own Grad School, Modern Fuel Artist Run Centre, Kingston, ON, 1 September – 1 October.
- Dionysus: A Celebration of Defiance, Isabel Bader Centre for Performing Arts, Kingston, ON, July.
2015
- Feminist Art Conference, OCAD University, Toronto, ON, 13-27 September.
2014
- Nipissing University Undergraduate Exhibition, WKP Gallery, North Bay, ON, 5-17 April.
- The Student Temporary Art Gallery (S.T.A.G), North Bay Ice Follies, 4 North Bay, ON, 14 February – 30 March.
- The Black Water Exhibition, White Water Gallery, North Bay, ON, 17 January – 8 February.
SELECT CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE
2017
- Sydney Hart: Post at Turning, pot-pourri: a collegiate exhibition, Mac-Corry B176 22 March – 22 April.
- Danielle Guglar: Perspectives, pot-pourri: a collegiate exhibition, Mac-Corry B176 5 February – 14 March.
- Lorinda Perterson: Brain Drawing, pot-pourri: a collegiate exhibition, Mac-Corry B176, 5 January – 4 February.
2016
- Workshop 2.0, pot-pourri: a collegiate exhibition, Mac-Corry B176, 3 December – 4 January 2017.
- Julia Chan #LIGHT, pot-pourri: a collegiate exhibition, Mac-Corry B176, 3 November – 2 December.
- the colour of food, a photo exhibition by Craig Berggold, pot-pourri: a collegiate exhibition, Mac-Corry B176, 28 October – 28 November.
2015
- Hannah Brown Structures, Art and Media Lab, The Isabel Bader Centre for Performing Arts, Kingston, ON, 3-11 December.
- Lorinda Peterson Scratching Surfaces: Negotiating Self as Cultural Material, Art and Media Lab, The Isabel Bader Centre for Performing Arts, Kingston, ON, 26-30 October.
- Judy Radul This is Television, Art and Media Lab, The Isabel Bader Centre for Performing Arts, Kingston, ON, 23 September – 2 October.
2014
- (with Dr. Susan Cahill), The Student Temporary Art Gallery (S.T.A.G), North Bay Ice Follies and Nipissing University, North Bay, ON, 14 February – 30 March.
