Public Window: Rashaad Newsome

Public Studio is pleased to welcome Suzanne Carte as the second curator  of an exhibition series for Public Window. Mounted in the window of Public Studio, the live/ work space of artists Elle Flanders & Tamira Sawatzky, Public Window facilitates the dissemination of contemporary art practices.

Untitled and Untitled (New Way) (2010) is a video work by American artist Rashaad Newsome. It will be exhibited at Public Window 24 hours a day, seven days a week at 1575 Dundas Street West. The exhibition will be displayed from April 8 – 20 2015.

Suzanne Carte is a curator and art critic. Her exhibitions have appeared across Canada and Australia, and her critical writing has been published in Magenta Magazine,Art Writ, and Huffington Post. After working for the Blackwood Gallery and the Art Gallery of Mississauga, she joined the Art Gallery of York University (AGYU) in 2008 as Assistant Curator. Within Suzanne’s independent practice, she has curated exhibitions in public spaces, artist-run centres, commercial and public art galleries including All Systems Go!, Under New Management,MOTEL and Man’s Ruin. Suzanne sits on the Board of Directors for Images Festival,  the largest festival in North America for experimental and independent moving image culture. She holds an MA in Contemporary Art History from Sotheby’s Art Institute in New York and a BFA from the University of Windsor.