OJCE 2020 JURORS
Derek Brueckner
Derek Brueckner is a visual artist and university educator. He has exhibited internationally and completed residencies for research in North America and Europe. Solo exhibitions and participatory projects in the USA include arts spaces in Brooklyn, Long Island City (Queens, NY), and the New Orleans Jazz Museum.
Guest lectures include the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Dominican University (Chicago) and the School of Fine Arts at the National Academy of Design (New York City) and panel discussions at Winnipeg Contemporary Dancers, UAAC Conference in Waterloo, ON and College Art Association Conference in Dallas.
Media coverage of work includes Globe & Mail, Border Crossings, Queens Courier Magazine, NOLA Defender, and the Winnipeg Free Press. Derek also co-hosts and curates an arts talk radio show on CKUW 95.9 FM. Awarded grants from Manitoba Arts Council, Winnipeg Arts Council, and Vermont Studio Center. Education includes BFA (Honours) from the University of Manitoba and MFA from Hunter College, City University of New York.
Erika Dueck
Erika Dueck is a Manitoba based artist living in a small rural community where she makes work that explores ideas about building, destruction, decay, and renewal. Time is an important component in Dueck’s work process as her slow, methodical approach leads to detailed and precisely made art objects. Her current sculptural work utilizes simple materials and craft techniques to create architectural miniatures that play with illusion.
She completed her MFA from the University of Guelph in 2016 and received her BFA with honours from the University of Manitoba in 2013. Her work has received several awards, including SSHRC, the National Winner of the BMO 1st Art! Invitational Student Art Competition, and recognition as one of eleven winners in the UNESCO Chair in Bioethics and Human Rights Global Art Competition. She has had the opportunity to exhibit her work across Canada in Winnipeg, Montreal, Toronto, and Nova Scotia as well as globally, from Texas, to New York and Rome.
Dueck can be found teaching sessionally at the University of Manitoba’s School of Art, finishing home renovation projects, and enjoying time with her husband and new baby boy along with their pet dog.
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