Eunice Bélidor
{{Short description|Canadian curator of contemporary art (born 1987}}
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Eunice Bélidor (born 1987) is a Canadian curator of contemporary art, writer and researcher.{{Cite web |last=Solomon |first=Tessa |date=2021-04-12 |title=Eunice Bélidor Becomes First Black Curator in Montreal Museum of Fine Arts’s 161-Year History |url=https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/eunice-belidor-curator-montreal-museum-of-fine-arts-1234589414/ |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=ARTnews.com |language=en-US}}
Early life and education
Born in Montreal to Haitian immigrant parents, Bélidor completed a BA degree in art history at Concordia University.{{cite web |title=Success doesn't need to come from privilege, says first black female FOFA Gallery director {{!}} CBC News |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/black-female-fofa-gallery-director-1.5309329 |website=CBC}} She later received an M.A in Art History & Visual Culture from York University.
Career
Bélidor was the emerging curator and programming coordinator at Articule Gallery, Montreal, from 2014 to 2019.{{cite web |title=The Women Running the Show - Canadian Art |url=https://canadianart.ca/features/women-running-show/ |website=canadianart.ca}} Following this, she held the position of director of the FOFA gallery at Concordia University. In 2021 she was appointed the curator of Quebec and Canadian Contemporary Art at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.{{cite web |title=New MMFA curator of contemporary art looks forward to showcasing diverse voices |url=https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/local-arts/new-mmfa-curator-of-contemporary-art-looks-forward-to-showcasing-diverse-voices |website=montrealgazette |language=en-CA}}{{cite web |title=Eunice Bélidor nommée conservatrice de l’art québécois et canadien contemporain au MBAM |url=https://www.artnewspaper.fr/news/eunice-belidor-nommee-conservatrice-de-l-art-quebecois-et-canadien-contemporain-au-mbam |website=www.artnewspaper.fr}} Bélidor was the first black curator in the museum's history.{{cite web |title=Eunice Bélidor Joins Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Curator of Contemporary Art is First Black Curator in Institution’s History |url=https://www.culturetype.com/2021/04/09/eunice-belidor-joins-montreal-museum-of-fine-arts-curator-of-contemporary-art-is-first-black-curator-in-institutions-history/ |website=culturetype.com}} She resigned from the museum in January 2023{{Cite web |title=Ex-MMFA curator says she was hired as 'image of change,' not supported |url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/ex-mmfa-curator-says-she-was-hired-as-image-of-change-but-not-supported |access-date=2023-03-11 |website=montrealgazette |language=en-CA}} and has since spoken about the difficulties of being the museum's first black curator and being a "Black Lives Matter hire".{{Cite web |last=Ragbir |first=Lise |date=2023-03-02 |title=I Was a Museum's Black Lives Matter Hire |url=http://hyperallergic.com/804872/i-was-a-museums-black-lives-matter-hire-eunice-belidor/ |access-date=2023-03-11 |website=Hyperallergic |language=en-US}}
In 2018 she received the TD Bank Group award for emerging curator.{{cite web |title=Artists and Curators Win Hnatyshyn Prizes – Canadian Art |url=https://canadianart.ca/news/artists-and-curators-win-hnatyshyn-prizes/ |website=canadianart.ca}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.eunicebee.net/ Official website]
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Category:Canadian art curators
Category:Date of birth missing (living people)
Category:Canadian women curators
Category:Black Canadian people