EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Phil Anderson has been the Executive Director at Gallery 1313 since January 1997 and during this time he has curated many exhibitions at the Gallery. He was a founding member and former chair of the Parkdale Village Arts Collective (1994) and sat on numerous Board of Directors such as Artscape, ARCCO Artist Run Centres & Collectives of Ontario, the Parkdale Arts and Cultural Community Board and the Parkdale Liberty Economic Development Corporation. He helped organize festivals such Round Up and Third Rail and a founding member of the film screening collective VisionEdge. He was a filmmaker and directed several short films and also is a writer published in several magazines and newspapers … Now Magazine, Art Focus, Artery, Whats on Queen and others. He was publisher of a community newspaper the Toronto West Journal ( Distribution 20,000 ) and producer of an arts cable TV series, ARTS UP CLOSE. He is a co-publisher of Artoronto.ca an online arts magazine and continues his art practice as a photo- based artist. He has received several awards such as the ACKER Award and the Queens Jubilee Award.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Hugh Alcock, Board Officer
Hugh Alcock grew up in the UK. He studied experimental art at the Ontario College of Art. After graduation he became active in promoting independent exhibitions. Several years after art school Hugh began to study philosophy, eventually earning an MPhil in the philosophy of mathematics and a PhD in the philosophy of mind. He continues to practise art, which currently consists of large scale drawings and paintings of landscapes; as well he also explores sculpture. He has lectured in philosophy at several universities in southern Ontario.He writes regular contributions for Artoronto.ca.
Talia Evtushenko, Board Officer
Talia is a seasoned professional ballerina with a strong background in the arts and business domains, and as an entrepreneur has experience in working with media relations, global outreach, cultural diversity, and public affairs. Talia has been a dancer with such notable companies as the New York City Ballet Company, The National Ballet of Canada, the Alberta Ballet and the avant-garde LaLaLaHumanSteps amongst others.
With over twenty years of experience in the professional artistic field, Talia has developed a deep experiential understanding of the social, economic, and political landscapes that such entails and the importance of effective ongoing reciprocity in public engagement.
Georgia Gardner, Board Officer
Georgia Gardner’s interests are transnational and cross disciplinary- incorporating art, literature, and cultural studies. She has a Master’s degree in Comparative Literature from the University of Kent, and a Bachelor’s of Arts degree in English Literature and Art History from the University of Guelph. Her career in arts sectors have focused efforts in communication, gallery administration, arts writing, as well as social media management.
Shawn Postoff, Board Officer
Shawn Postoff is a trans-media artist working with fine art mosaics, sculpture, text, motion picture, and theatrical clown. His practice as a webspinner converges on the Internet, where he uses hyperlinked narratives and networked imagery to investigate modern, historic, and ancient concepts of queerness. Concurrent with his studio explorations, Shawn has worked in a range of private, public, and not-for-profit fields, with adventures at Showtime Networks, Hot Docs, the Toronto International Film Festival, and the Ontario Public Service.