Draft:Natalie Wood (Curator)

Natalie Wood is a Trinidadian-Canadian multidisciplinary artist, curator, and educator.

Early life and education
Wood was born and raised in Trinidad, relocating in 1984 to Toronto, Ontario to pursue a specialist degree in Psychology, Sociology and Women's Studies from the University of Toronto. She later obtained a degree in studio art from the Ontario College of Art (now OCAD) and an M.A. in Art Education from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education.

She is currently a PhD candidate at the Faculty of Environmental Studies at York University.

Visual
Church Street Mural: Kiss and Tell (2014) inspired by the ACTUP "Kissing Doesn't Kill" campaign, digital print on

Videography
Blue (2018) 06:00 minutes, Colour, English

Time Will Come (2018) 06:00 minutes, Colour, English

Hangman (2016) 08:00 minutes, Colour, English

Touched by a Soucouyant (2015) 05:00 minutes, Colour, English

Bananagrams (2013) 27:05 minutes, Colour, English

Will (2012), 03:00 minutes, colour, English

The Bond Girl (2008) 04:45 minutes, colour, English

Daisy Redux: Daisy Gets a Divorce (2008) 06:00 minutes, colour, English

Homesick (2007) 03:14 minutes, Colour, English

Packing Unpacking (2007), 04:20 minutes, Colour, silent

The Line is Drawn (2007) 00:32 minutes, Colour, English

Call Me Daisy (2006) 03:00 minutes, colour, English

Dash Domi (2005) 01:29 minutes, Colour, English

The Locks Narrative (2005) 10:00 minutes, colour, English

Medusa's Hats (2005) 03:00 minutes, colour

The Dozens (2004) 07:00 minutes, Colour, English

Enter, Hailey (2002) 08:00 minutes, colour, English

Academic presence
In addition to art-making, Wood is a professor of Social and Community Services at George Brown College, incorporating arts interventions into her research and advocacy.

She currently serves as the coordinator Black Futures Hub at the George Brown Waterfront Campus.

Collections
Royal Bank of Canada

The Wedge Collection

Awards
Explore and Create Program, Canada Council for the Arts (2020)

WildSeed Arts Fellow ( 2019-2022)

Access and Career Development Grant, Ontario Arts Council ( 2019)

Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance ( 2012)

Access Grant, Ontario Arts Council ( 2011)

Established Media Artist Grant, Toronto Arts Council ( 2007)

New Pioneers Award for contribution to Arts and Culture ( 2006)

K.M. Hunter Nomination for Interdisciplinary Arts

Ontario Arts Council Mid Career Media Arts Award

Audience Choice Award, Mpenzi Toronto Film and Video Festival

Trinidad Artist Residency, Canada Council for the Arts (2005)

Emerging Artist for Visual Arts, Ontario Arts Council (2004)

Emerging Artist for Visual Arts, Canada Council for the Arts ( 2003)

Emerging Artist for Visual Arts, Toronto Arts Council

M. NourbeSe Philip Award for d02

City of York Civic Recognition Award for work within the Arts ( 1997)