Stacey Koosel, PhD

Curator, UBC Okanagan Art Gallery

Art History, Creative Studies, Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies

Office: FIP 317
Email: stacey.koosel@ubc.ca

Research Summary

Contemporary art history, media ecology, digital identity, philosophy of technology, digital humanities and curatorial studies. Editing, publishing and curating exhibitions.

Courses & Teaching

Contemporary Art; Performance Art

Biography

Dr. Stacey Koosel is an art historian and contemporary art curator who manages the Public Art Collection at UBCO. She has worked as the curator of the Kelowna Art Gallery, and as an independent curator who has collaborated with international artists and institutions. She has published books, articles and magazines about art, and has given art history and curatorial studies courses in Canada, Estonia, Finland and Iceland. She is passionate about contemporary art, and is currently researching UBCO’s Public Art Collection, and the vibrant Okanagan artistic community.

Degrees

PhD, Estonian Academy of Arts 2015; MA, Estonian Academy of Arts 2009; BA, Tallinn University 2005