Julya Hajnoczky Scott McLeod
Curator Scott McLeod will lead a tour and speak about the work of Julya Hajnoczky, recipient of the fourth annual Prefix Prize. Presented by Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art in partnership with CONTACT and Urbanspace Gallery on the occasion of Doors Open Toronto.
Julya Hajnoczky is a contemporary artist based in Calgary. Equipped with a camper and workspace known as the “Al Fresco Science Machine,” she has explored numerous Canadian ecosystems, from Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park (AB) to the Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve (BC) and Wood Buffalo National Park (NWT). She has completed artist residencies at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum (Vancouver, BC), Point Pelee National Park (ON) and Terra Nova National Park (NL), among others. Her exhibitions include the Art Gallery of St. Albert (St. Albert, AB), Esplanade Art Gallery (Medicine Hat, AB) and Tilted Brick Gallery (Creston, BC). She is represented by Christine Klassen Gallery (Calgary).
Scott McLeod is the director and curator of Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art. In nearly thirty years, he has curated more than sixty-five exhibitions and has authored more than sixty catalogue essays and other texts. He has lectured in numerous public institutions, including the National Gallery of Canada, the Winnipeg Art Gallery and the Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, and has served as a juror and nominator for an array of international awards, including the Prix Pictet, the National Magazine Awards and the Scotiabank Photography Award. A member of AICA Canada and IKT International Association of Curators of Contemporary Art, he lives and works in Toronto.