Resume

• 2018.

  Current Projects:\n\n\"A Wall Isn't Broken Patiently Piece by Piece

  but Rather with One Decisive Blow\" \nin collaboration with poet/ author Moez Surani\nin partnership with the Institute for Art and Olfaction

  Los Angeles

  CA\nand with the generous support of the the Canada Council for the Arts\n\nSmell is the only sense to reach the areas of memory and emotion before reaching the language centre of the brain . Because of this it is uniquely experiential

  personal and arable. This installation sublimates monoliths into smell.\n\n\"Heresies\"\nin collaboration with poet/ author Moez Surani\nand with the generous support of the the Ontario Arts Council\n\nA tactical media / consumer product.\nTo paraphrase Michel de Certeau

  a tactic occurs on space of the other

  making it habitable. In doing so

  it operates under foreign laws.\n\nThis work will be introduced as part of \"The Sunshine Eaters\" exhibition

  Jan 1 - April 15

  Onsite Gallery

  Toronto

  Ontario

  Canada\ncurated by Lisa Deanne Smith\n

  Nina Leo Visual Artist

  Ontario College of Art and Design University

  Toronto

  Canada

  Teaching lecture

  seminar and studio courses in the Sculpture/ Installation Department

  \nFaculty of Art.\n\nGraduate Studies Advisor - (IAMD) Interdisciplinary Master's in Art

  Media and Design\nFaculty of Graduate Studies\n\nOCAD University is dedicated to art and design education

  practice and research and to knowledge and invention across a wide range of disciplines. Building on its traditional

  studio-based strengths it continues to add new approaches to learning that champion cross-disciplinary practice

  collaboration and the integration of emerging technologies. - \nhttp://www.ocadu.ca

  Associate Professor

  Faculty of Art / Graduate Studies Faculty

  Gallery Artist

  Artist

  Toronto

  Canada Area

  The RedHead Gallery

• 2009

  Niagara County Community College

  ISEA 2014

  International Symposium on Electronic Art

  University at Buffalo

  Scarborough Arts Council

  Ventspils International Writers and Translators' House

  TransCultural Exchange Conference 2016

  Teaching foundation studio courses in drawing

  Niagara County Community College

  Board of Directors

  Chair of Programming

  Programming Committee Chair

  2008-9\nMembership and Editorial Committee

  2006-7

  A Space Gallery

  Visual Studies Emerging Practices

  MFA

  The University of Western Ontario

  BA

  Honours Visual Arts

• 1990

  Nina Leo Visual Artist

  A Space Gallery

  The RedHead Gallery

  Ventspils

  Latvia

  The International Writers and Translators' House is an international multi-functional centre for writers and translators to further the development of literature

  encourage intercultural dialogue and promote local literary processes on the international level.

  Writer in Residence

  Ventspils International Writers and Translators' House

  Boston University

  Boston MA

  Invited to present her current work and research projects

  Speaker

  TransCultural Exchange Conference 2016

  Teaching studio courses in drawing and sculpture at all undergraduate levels

  Department of Visual Studies

  University at Buffalo

  ISEA 2014

  International Symposium on Electronic Art

  Dubai

  UAE

  Invited to present her research and practice in the area of art and olfaction.

  Speaker

  Designed

  developed and implemented arts programming

  Scarborough Arts Council

• Current/ Upcoming

  A Wall Isn't Broken Patiently Piece by Piece but Rather

  With One Decisive Blow Smell is the only sense to reach the areas of memory and emotion before reaching the language centre of the brain . Because of this it is uniquely experiential

  personal...

  www.ninaleo.com

  Public Art

  Sculpture

  Studio Art

  Galleries

  Teaching

  Installation

  Visual Arts

  Museums

  Literary Writing

  Photography

  Grant Writing

  Writing

  Drawing

  Art

  Contemporary Art

  Critical Writing

  Mixed Media

  Art Exhibitions

  Arts Administration

  Only By the Spear that Smote You

  Awarded the 2013 Eric Hoffer Award for Short Prose

  Only By the Spear that Smote You

  This essay explores the evolving role of smell

  both within contemporary culture and in current art discourses and practice. It examines the history of our relationship with smell

  from the perfume industry to the burgeoning air-freshener and de-odourizing industry and looks at how advancements in smell simulation technologies are being used and manipulated

  not simply by corporations as an elusive marketing tool

  but by governments to support and promote their agendas of war. And

  as they embark on some of the most advanced research into smell

  this essay explores how these technologies are also changing and challenging artistic practice as artists begin to question and counter with research and agendas of their own.

  The Politics of Smell: how scent technologies are affecting the way we experience space

  sense of place and one another

  Nina

  Leo

  Ontario College of Art and Design University