Artist Info
Diana Sherlock
Diana Sherlock holds a Bachelor of Arts in Art History (1992) and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture (1993) from the University of Calgary, AB. Since 1996, she has worked prolifically as a Calgary-based independent artist, administrator, curator, writer, and educator. Her projects contextualize and advocate for contemporary art practices and practitioners locally, nationally, and internationally, and create opportunities for artists to produce new work in response to specific collections, contexts, histories, and cultures of display. Sherlock’s early administrative and leadership roles at the New Gallery, Stride Gallery, the Banff Centre, and the Banff Centre’s Walter Phillips Gallery prepared her to curate numerous large group exhibitions, including most recently: Folly: Château Mathieu (Mathieu, Normandy, France; Esplanade Art Gallery, Medicine Hat and Nickle Galleries, Calgary, 2009-14); In the making (Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary, and Kenderdine College Art Galleries, Saskatoon, 2014-15); and New Maps of Paradise, with Eric Moschopedis and Mia Rushton (Nickle Galleries, Calgary, 2016). She has published over 80 texts in gallery catalogues and contemporary art journals internationally,
including Border Crossings, Canadian Art, and FUSE. In 2007 she served as an international correspondent for the Midwest Bugle, an online catalyst for creative thought and action in the visual arts based in the UK. Most recently, she edited a monograph on Canadian artist Rita McKeough’s performances and installations (2018). Sherlock has taught critical theory and professional practices at the Alberta College of Art + Design (now Alberta University of the Arts) since 2000. She has served on juries for the City of Calgary’s Public Art Program, the RBC Painting Competition, the Edmonton Arts Council, Alberta Foundation for the Arts, and more. In 2017, she received one of two biannual EAR (Elephant Artist Relief ) Awards, to honour her significant contributions to the vibrancy of Calgary’s art scene.
