Alexie Glass-Kantor (née Glass) is an Australian artist and gallery director. she is the Executive Director of

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in Sydney.

Early life and education

Alexie Glass was born in Sydney,

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Glass-Kantor received a Bachelor of Art Theory (Hons) degree in 1999 from the

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Career

In 2006, Glass-Kantor was appointed director and senior curator of Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces in Melbourne. She was a director on the board of the

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from 2010 to 2014. In 2012, with Natasha Bullock, Glass-Kantor co-curated ''Parallel'' ''Collisions'', the 12th

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at the

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. In November 2013,she was appointed Executive Director of

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, where she retains the position . In 2014, Glass-Kantor was invited to curate Encounters at Art Basel Hong Kong. Later that year, she was invited as guest judge for the churchie national emerging art prize in

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. Since 2015, Glass-Kantor has been the chair of

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(CAOA). She serves or served on the MCAD Advisory Board for De La Salle College of Saint Benilde,

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, Philippines. she is the arts industry representative of the Academic Board of the

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in Sydney. In 2021 Glass-Kantor was appointed curator for Australia's 2022 representation at the 59th International Art Exhibition of the

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, to be presented by artist

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References

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