Makiko Hara is an independent curator, lecturer, writer, art consultant, and artist based in Vancouver, BC, on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples. Since the late 1990s Hara has curated numerous notable contemporary art exhibitions and projects throughout Asia and locally, both during her time as the Chief Curator/Deputy Director of Centre A: Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art (2007 to 2013) and independently. As a curator, Makiko has worked on large-scale projects, including Scotiabank Nuit Blanche, Toronto (2009); AIR YONAGO, Tottori Geijyu Art Festival, Yonago, Japan (2014–15); Fictive Communities Asia–Koganecho Bazaar, Yokohama, Japan (2014); Rock Paper Scissors: Cindy Mochizuki, Yonago City Museum of Art, Tottori, Japan (2018); Whose Stories?, Kamloops Art Gallery (2021); and No Pain Like This Body, Offsite: Lani Maestro (2022–23) and PACE IN SPACE, Offsite: Pedro Reyes (2023), Vancouver Art Gallery. Hara also assisted in the organization of the LIVE Biennale between 2007-2019, curating numerous programs and events. In 2020, Hara received the Alvin Balkind Curator’s Prize, and in 2024 she was the curator in residence at the Vancouver Art Gallery.
Makiko Hara
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