Events

Thursday, November 9th, 2023 — 12:30PM - 1:30PM
Concordia University, VA Building, VA312

Ian Gonczarow | Artist Talk

Ian Gonczarow (born 1975, UK) is a painter, educator, writer, and curator, presently based in Edinburgh, Scotland.
He holds a BFA with honours from University of Northumbria at Newcastle (1999) and an MFA Art Practice from Goldsmiths University of London (2009), where he was the recipient of the Warden’s Purchase Prize, and the Red Mansion Art Residency in Beijing, China. Upon graduating from Goldsmiths, Ian became the Deputy Course Leader of the Foundation in Art and Design FT British Higher School of Art and Design in Moscow, Russia (2009-2011), and then went on to validate and lead a BA (Hons) in Fine Art, the first of its kind in the Russian context. He has since taught at the Universities of Kent, Staffordshire, the Glasgow School of Art and the Edinburgh College of Art. In 2016, he began the curatorial project “Painting at the End of the World” with exhibitions held in Moscow, London, Edinburgh, and was the first invited curator of Pictura in 2020. Ian was also a contributing author to “Teaching Painting: How Can Painting Be Taught in Art Schools?” released by Black Dog Publishing in 2017.

This talk will be in English