Mona Filip is a contemporary art curator and writer based in Toronto. Displacement and adaptation are core concerns of her curatorial investigations, informed by personal experiences of immigration and diasporic living. Bringing together a range of perspectives on collective memory, place and belonging, her projects examine the relationship between the personal and the political, ways of rewriting and redressing histories, museum restitution and repair, storytelling as world-building.
Originally from Bucharest, Romania, Filip received her BFA from the Corcoran School of Art, Washington DC, and her MFA from SUNY at Buffalo. Filip’s curatorial experience spans more than forty exhibitions and site-specific projects, collaborations with guest curators, a broad range of public programs, and innovative educational initiatives. Over two decades, Filip developed critical visual art programs supporting the production of new works, introducing national and international artists to Toronto with first local exhibitions, and positioning both gallery spaces and urban sites as forums to generate critical, cross-cultural discussions on global concerns.
With an idea-driven and dialogue-focused approach, Filip collaborates with artists to produce experiential installations that transform the familiar white cube, meaningfully respond to unconventional environments, and engage the public on sensorial, emotional and intellectual levels. Throughout her work, she fosters innovation within artistic practices and exchange of ideas across disciplines.
With an idea-driven and dialogue-focused approach, Filip collaborates with artists to produce experiential installations that transform the familiar white cube, meaningfully respond to unconventional environments, and engage the public on sensorial, emotional and intellectual levels. Throughout her work, she fosters innovation within artistic practices and exchange of ideas across disciplines.
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