Faculty of Arts & Science
Criticism and Curatorial Practice
Criticism and Curatorial Practice at OCAD U is the first undergrad program in Canada to prepare artists to be critics and curators. Students also get experience in the studio making art themselves.

Criticism and Curatorial Practice
Ellie Nakamura-Corfield
“Curiosity always drives me, I want to know more about you, what’s around me and more about myself. Maybe someday I will commit to a niche, but for now I want to continue too explore, play and experiment ”
Criticism and Curatorial Practice
Talia Veneruz aka. Talia
“Talia navigates themes of feminist bodily autonomy, the embodiment of trauma, and the intersections of movement, sexuality and grief. ”
Criticism and Curatorial Practice
Asia Ruggiero aka. Glowball
“My thesis, Sunlight in a Deep Forest, is an exhibition that situates the act of caring as a reciprocal process with lasting implications for both individual and collective identity. Cradled here is a knowledge that to care for another is also to be... More”
Celebrate the work of OCAD U’s class of 2025/2026!