Dot Tuer

Dr. Dot Tuer is a writer, curator, and cultural historian whose scholarly and creative work explores artistic practices of visual storytelling and memory making in the Americas. She has written extensively on Latin American and Canadian art, with a focus on performance, photography, and new media. She also has a long-standing research interest in the history of Guaraní-Spanish relations in Argentina and Paraguay. Tuer is the author of Mining the Media Archive (2005) and numerous museum catalogue, book anthology, and journal essays. Her curatorial projects include Frida and Diego: Passion, Politics, and Painting (Art Gallery of Ontario, 2012-13).

Over the last several decades, Tuer has served as a board member for the Hemispheric Institute at New York University; the Power Plant, Toronto; Toronto Arts Council; Cinemateque Ontario; the Funnel Film Theatre; Fuse and C magazines; and on the Advisory Boards of Public, Prefix Photo, and LACAP (Latin American Canadian Art Projects). In recognition of her contribution to the contemporary art field, Tuer has received the OAAG Curatorial Writing Award, Toronto Arts Award, National Magazine Award, Canada Council and Ontario Arts Council grants, and OCAD University's Award for Distinguished Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity (2013). She been a co-investigator on a number of SSHRC Insight Research and Partnership grants, most recently the SSHRC Partnership Grant. Hemispheric Encounters: Developing transborder research-creation practices (2020-27).

Tuer is Professor and Founding Chair of Visual and Critical Studies at OCAD University. She has also served as Chair of the Criticism and Curatorial Practice undergraduate and graduate programs. She holds a master's and doctorate in history from the University of Toronto.

A selection of her writings can be found at https://ocad.academia.edu/DotTuer