Tarah Hogue facts for kids
Tarah Hogue is a Canadian art expert who helps put together art shows. She is Métis and also has settler family history. She lives in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. She is the first Curator of Indigenous Art at the Remai Modern art museum.
Early Life and Learning
Tarah Hogue was born in Red Deer, Alberta. This city is located near the traditional lands of Indigenous peoples. These lands are known as Treaty 6 and Treaty 7 territories.
She studied Art History at Queen's University. She earned her first degree in 2008. Later, in 2012, she received a master's degree from the University of British Columbia. This degree focused on how to study and organize art shows.
Her Work as a Curator
After finishing her studies, Tarah Hogue worked on her own as an art curator. A curator is someone who chooses, organizes, and presents artworks in a museum or gallery.
In 2014, she became a curator at grunt gallery in Vancouver, British Columbia. She then worked at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria in 2016. From 2017 to 2020, she was the first Senior Curatorial Fellow for Indigenous Art at the Vancouver Art Gallery. In 2020, she became the Curator of Indigenous Art at Remai Modern.
In 2019, Tarah Hogue received an award for her curatorial work. The Hnatyshyn Foundation recognized her as an emerging curator of Canadian contemporary art.
Hogue also helped lead the Indigenous Curatorial Collective. She was a co-chair of their board from 2018 to 2023. She also helped start the Shushkitew Collective.
Art Shows She Organized
- Tarah Hogue helped start Gam Gallery in Vancouver in 2009. This was a place for art shows and artist studios. It operated until 2019.
- She helped organize Witnesses: Art and Canada’s Indian Residential Schools. This show was at the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery. It ran from September to December 2013.
- Hogue helped organize a traveling exhibition called #callresponse. It first opened at grunt gallery in 2016. Artists like Christi Belcourt and Ursula Johnson were part of this show.
- Ayumi Goto and Peter Morin: how do you carry the land? was at the Vancouver Art Gallery. This show ran from July to October 2018. It focused on the performance art of Ayumi Goto and Peter Morin.
- Transits and Returns was a group exhibition of artists from Indigenous Nations across the Pacific. It was held at the Vancouver Art Gallery from September 2019 to February 2020. This show was part of a series that started in Brisbane and continued in Aotearoa (New Zealand).
- lineages and land bases was at the Vancouver Art Gallery from February to May 2020. This show looked at ideas of people and nature. It featured basketry by Sewinchelwet (Sophie Frank) and paintings by Emily Carr. It also included modern art from the gallery's collection.
- An apology, a pill, a ritual, a resistance was at Remai Modern. This exhibition explored health and healing.
- Adrian Stimson: Maanipokaa'iini was at Remai Modern from April to September 2022. This was the first big show for the Siksika Nation artist, Adrian Stimson. A book was also published about his work.
- The show Storied Objects: Métis Art in Relation was at Remai Modern. It ran from September 2022 to May 2023. This exhibition brought together over 40 artworks by Métis artists. It won an award in 2023 for its excellence.
Books and Articles
Tarah Hogue has also written and edited several books and articles about art. These include:
- Adrian Stimson: Maanipokaa'iini (2022), a book she edited.
- An essay called "Who are we becoming here? Opening Spaces of Interrelation" in the book Jin-me Yoon: About Time (2022).
- An essay called "(Untitled) Delta Trim" in the book Maureen Gruben: Qulliq (2020).
- Transits and Returns (2019), a book for an exhibition she edited.
- Ayumi Goto and Peter Morin: how do you carry the land? (2018), a book she wrote.
- An article called "Walking Softly with Christi Belcourt" in Canadian Art magazine (2017).
