Catharine Margaret Mastin was born on August 1,1963 and is a Canadian curator.
12 Facts About Catharine Mastin
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Catharine Mastin is a specialist in modern and contemporary art with an emphasis on gender and women's art practices.
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Catharine Mastin has worked at the Art Gallery of Windsor in Ontario and the Glenbow Museum in Calgary, Alberta.
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Catharine Mastin is an Adjunct Member of the Faculty of Graduate Studies in Art History at York University.
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Catharine Mastin grew up in Toronto and went to York University for both her Bachelor of Fine Arts and her master's degree in art history and architecture.
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Catharine Mastin's doctoral writing was included in Mary Pratt.
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Catharine Mastin was hired in 1988 as curator of Canadian Art at the Art Gallery of Windsor.
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Catharine Mastin curated exhibitions of Franklin Carmichael, including one for the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, which toured Canada through 2003, and the Art Gallery of Sudbury.
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From 2010 till 2020, Catharine Mastin served as the sixth executive director of the Art Gallery of Windsor during which time she led the gallery through a significant organizational change process and its 75th anniversary.
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Catharine Mastin launched the digitization initiative, the on-line collections exhibition publishing program, and oversaw three multi-year permanent collection exhibitions including the Art Gallery of Windsor collection at 75 Years which strengthened the voices of indigenous artists and women with new acquisitions.
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Catharine Mastin has written numerous articles for catalogues such as ones on Frances Loring and Florence Wyle in Uninvited: Canadian Women Artists in the Modern Movement.
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In 2017, Catharine Mastin volunteered for five years of service on the board of directors of the Ontario Association of Art Galleries including a term as president.