Denise Ryner is Director/Curator at Or Gallery, Vancouver and a writer and educator who has been based in Toronto, Vancouver and Berlin. She has worked in commercial, public and artist-run galleries in Toronto and Vancouver for over ten years including Art Metropole, Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, the Vancouver Art Gallery and recently SFU Galleries where she developed a series of public projects such as Art + City + School, Rain or Shine Saturdays and Projections at the Perel. Ryner completed her BA and MA in art history at the University of Toronto and the University of British Columbia respectively. Ryner has also worked as an independent curator, writer and educator presenting exhibitions, screenings and talks at the Jackman Humanities Institute, Canadian Heritage’s Toronto regional office, VIVO Media Arts Centre, Roundhouse Community Arts Centre, the Contemporary Art Gallery (CAG) Vancouver, 8eleven Project Space, and has taught studies in curatorial practice at Emily Carr University of Art and Design.