Claire Moeder is interested in the history of exhibitions. Her articles, exhibition reviews and research are all means of examining that which goes into making a uniquely rich exhibition. Her fascination for words along with an inclination toward long perambulations through museums have led her to write about the complexity of the museum space. She has preserved a particular interest for those artists who appropriate the exhibition and turn it into their own field of play. Her recent curatorial work is guided by a spirit of close collaboration with artists and by a curiosity for works that enable her to preserve and sustain a child’s gaze.

Claire Moeder is a Montreal-based curator, author and critic. She earned a master’s degree from the Art History and Curatorial program at University of Rennes, France. She has covered art exhibitions for the online magazine Ratsdeville since 2010 and has also published several articles for journals in Quebec (Zone Occupée) and France (Marges). She contributed to the catalogue for the 2009 Mois de la Photo à Montréal and to the first monograph dedicated to the work of Christian Marclay. Since 2008, Moeder has taken part in numerous exhibition projects with artists in the Quebec. In 2014, she will curate an extensive exhibition of the work of Iranian-Canadian artist Sayeh Sarfaraz and will publish the first monograph devoted to the artist.