Shauna Thompson

Shauna Thompson is a Curator at Esker Foundation. Recent curatorial projects include Rhonda Weppler and Trevor Mahovsky, Edelweiss; Ragnar Kjartansson, The Visitors; and Mel O’Callaghan, Pulse of the Planet (with Peta Rake). She was co-curator, alongside Shary Boyle, of the major touring exhibition Earthlings (2017-18), which featured the solo and collaborative works of Roger Aksadjuak, Shuvinai Ashoona, Pierre Aupilardjuk, Shary Boyle, Jessie Kenalogak, John Kurok, and Leo Napayok. Previously, Thompson worked with the Walter Phillips Gallery, The Banff Centre; the Justina M. Barnicke Gallery (now the Art Museum at the University of Toronto); YYZ Artists’ Outlet, Toronto; and the Art Gallery of Mississauga. She holds a master’s degree in Curatorial Studies from the University of Toronto and a master’s degree in English from the University of Guelph. Thompson is a current and founding member of Calgary’s Public Art Alliance, a coalition of artists, curators, critics, arts professionals, and students who advocate for the value of public art in Calgary.