David Garneau

David Garneau is Associate Professor of Visual Arts at the University of Regina. He was born and raised in Edmonton; received most of his post secondary education at the University of Calgary (MFA, BA) and taught at the Alberta College of Art and Design for five years before moving to Regina in 1999.

Garneau'd5s practice includes painting, drawing, curation and critical writing. His solo exhibition, 'Cowboys and Indians (and Métis?), toured Canada (2003-7). His work often engages issues of nature, history, masculinity and Métis identity. His art works are in the collections of: the Canadian Museum of Civilization, The Canadian Parliament, Indian and Inuit Art Centre, the Glenbow Museum, the Mackenzie Art Gallery and many other public and private collections. He has curated several large group exhibitions: The End of the World (as we know it); Picture Windows: New Abstraction; Transcendent Squares; Sophisticated Folk; Contested Histories; and Making it Like a Man!.

Garneau has written numerous catalogue essays and reviews and was a co-founder and co-editor of Artichoke and Cameo magazines. He is currently exploring the Carlton Trail and road kill as landscape subjects.