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
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”
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. ”
Celebrate the work of OCAD U’s class of 2025/2026!