The Faculty of Fine Arts is pleased to announce the appointment of jake moore as Director of the FOFA Gallery.

jake has been serving as Interim Director since former director Lynn Beavis left Concordia in March 2009 to accept the directorship of the Richmond Art Gallery in Richmond, B.C.

jake brings a broad history in research and creation to the position. She was formally trained in furniture design and construction before pursuing fine arts studies at Concordia (BFA in Sculpture, 93, and MFA in Fibres, 06).

As an artist she has exhibited nationally and, within artist-run culture, has worked in a range of positions from technical advisor to curator. She has published reviews and critical texts in diverse journals such as Canadian Art and the online feminist journal .dpi and most recently authored the catalogue essay for an exhibition of work by Valérie Blass at the Parisian Laundry. Currently, she is a part-time faculty member with Concordia’s Department of Design and Computation Arts.

She can be reached as follows: FOFA Gallery, EV 1-715, Tel: 514-848-2424 ext. 5467, jake.moore@concordia.ca (note: new email address).

Posted on June 15, 2009