Spring on the Prairie: Kiyoshi Izumi and the Work of Izumi Arnott and Sugiyama: Curator Conversation and Opening Reception

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Presenter Bios

Bernard Flaman, SAA, FRAIC

Bernard is a retired conservation architect currently serving on the board of the Saskatchewan Heritage Foundation.

His publication and curatorial work focus on Canadian modernist architecture. He is currently researching the work of Saskatchewan architect Kiyoshi Izumi for a planned exhibition at the Mackenzie Art Gallery in 2024. His most recent publication, with Getty Conservation Institute, is Managing Energy Use in Modern Buildings for which he served in a co-editor role.

His book Architecture of Saskatchewan received the 2014 distinguished book prize from the Center for Great Plains Studies at the University of Nebraska.

Bernard Flaman holds degrees in art history from the University of Saskatchewan, architecture from the University of Toronto and is a fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada.

He has worked on multiple contemporary and conservation projects over a 35-year career in the private and public sectors. His current interests focus on the connection between conservation and sustainable design and an inclusive approach to heritage conservation.

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Tak Pham

Tak Pham (he/him) is a Vietnamese contemporary art curator and writer. He is currently curator of the Illingworth Kerr Gallery at the Alberta University of the Arts in Calgary, Alberta, Treaty 7 territory. He was formerly associate curator at the Mackenzie Art Gallery in Regina, Saskatchewan, Treaty 4 territory.

Pham holds an M.F.A in Criticism and Curatorial Practice from OCAD University and a B.A. Hons. from Carleton University. He has curated exhibitions and organized curatorial projects for the MacKenzie Art Gallery, Contemporary Calgary, Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Varley Art Gallery, Art Gallery of Ontario, and Nuit Blanche Toronto, among others. His writings and reviews have appeared in Canadian Art, C Magazine, ESPACE art actuel, esse arts + opinions, GalleriesWest, Studio Magazine, ArtAsiaPacific and Hyperallergic.

In 2023, Pham was awarded the Hnatyshyn Foundation-Fogo Island Arts Young Curator Residency.

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