Experience

Ottawa Art Gallery | Galerie d'art d'Ottawa

• Canada
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Deputy Director, Chief Curator

  • Jul 2019 - Present

  Catherine Sinclair is Deputy Director, Chief Curator at the Ottawa Art Gallery (OAG). At the OAG since 2006, she now oversees the activities of the Learning and Engagement, Collections and Curatorial departments.

• Senior Curator

  • Jan 2013 - Jun 2019

  Oversees exhibition programming at the Ottawa Art Gallery, including the displays of the Firestone Collection of Canadian Art, and acquisitions of artwork for the Permanent Collection. Curates in-house exhibitions, both historical and contemporary, and manages touring and borrowed exhibitions, and works with guest curators.

• Curator

  • Nov 2010 - Dec 2012

  Curated historical, and some contemporary, exhibitions of mainly Ottawa-based artists, and conducted an audit of Permanent Collection holdings with a view to augment the representation of both local and national artwork holdings.



Ottawa Art Gallery | Galerie d'art d'Ottawa

• Canada
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Curator, Firestone Collection of Canadian Art

  • 2006 - 2010

  Oversaw and executed exhibition programming for the Firestone Collection of Canadian Art Oversaw and executed exhibition programming for the Firestone Collection of Canadian Art



CARFAC National

• Canada
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Communications Manager

  • 2006 - 2008

  Coordinated and organized national conferences and wrote, edited and compiled national newsletter Coordinated and organized national conferences and wrote, edited and compiled national newsletter