David Moos (born 23 October 1965) is the president of David Moos Art Advisory and a co-founder of The Museum Exchange.

Career

Moos was born in Toronto. He completed his bachelor's degree in art history at

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and master's degree and doctorate in art history from

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. From 1998 to 2004, Moos was Curator of Contemporary Art at the

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. In this position, he organized the traveling exhibitions ''

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and the Rural Studio: Community Architecture'', '' William Wegman: Fashion Photographs'', ''

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: Early Drawings from the Collection of Richard Castellane, ''

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'': Selective Identity'', and ''Radcliffe Bailey: The Magic City.'' He has worked with many other artists including Michael Awad,

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, Jessica Diamond, Stephen Hendee,

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, Luis Jimenez,

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, Mark Lewis,

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, Orlan,

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, Frank Thiel, and

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. From 2005 to 2011, Moos was the Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the

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(AGO),

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. He organized the exhibitions '' Iain Baxter&: Works 1958-2011'', ''

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: Art and Film'', ''

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: This You Call Civilization?'', ''He Named Her Amber:

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, Wallworks: Contemporary Artists and Place, The Shape of Colour: Excursions in Colour Field Art, 1950-2005'', and co-ordinated the Toronto installation with David Cronenberg of ''

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/ Supernova: Stars, Deaths and Disasters, 1962-1964.'' He presided over the inaugural installation of the new Frank Gehry-designed Vivian and David Campbell Centre for Contemporary Art in 2008. Moos is a former contributing editor of

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and Art US. David Moos is married to Julie Moos, a Canadian-born photographer.

Publications

* David Moos, ed., ''Iain Baxter&: Works 1958-2011'' (Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario, 2011) * David Moos, ''Julian Schnabel: Art and Film'' (Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 2010) * David Moos, ed., ''Wangechi Mutu: This You Call Civilization?'' (Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 2010) * David Moos, ed., ''Alex Katz: Seeing, Drawing, Making'' (Vero Beach: Windsor Press, 2008) * David Moos, ed., J''ulian Schnabel: Summer, Paintings 1976-2007'' (Milano: Skira, 2008) * David Moos, ed., ''Julian Schnabel Navigation Drawings'' (New York: Sperone Westwater Gallery, 2008) * David Moos, ed., ''Wallworks: Contemporary Artists and Place'' (Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 2007) * David Moos, "Things of Paint: The Work of Jonathan Lasker," in ''Jonathan Lasker'' (New York: Cheim & Read, 2007) * David Moos and Robert Hobbs, ''Frank Thiel: A Berlin Decade, 1995-2005'' (Stuttgart: Hatje Cantz, 2006) * David Moos, ed., ''The Shape of Colour: Excursions in Colour Field Art, 1950-2005'' (Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 2005) * David Moos and Michael Stanley, ed., ''Do We Think Too Much? I Don’t Think We Can Ever Stop: Lonnie Holley, A Twenty-Five Year Survey'' (Birmingham: Ikon Gallery, 2004) * David Moos and Gail Trechsel, ed., ''Samuel Mockbee and the Rural Studio: Community Architecture'' (Birmingham: Birmingham Museum of Art, 2003) * David Moos, ed., ''Jessica Diamond'' (Toronto: Art Gallery of York University, 2002) * David Moos, "Painting and The Abstract Truth: The Art of Radcliffe Bailey," in ''Radcliffe Bailey: The Magic City'' (Birmingham: Birmingham Museum of Art, 2001) * David Moos, ''Yayoi Kusama: Early Drawings from the Collection of Richard Castellane'' (Birmingham: Birmingham Museum of Art, 2000) * David Moos, ed. ''Jonathan Lasker: Selective Identity, Paintings of the 1990s'' (Birmingham: Birmingham Museum of Art, 1999) * David Moos, "Architecture of the Mind: Machine Intelligence and Abstract Painting," in ''Art & Design'', Vol. 11, No. 5/6 (May/June, 1996) * David Moos and

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, ''Kazimir Malevich: The Climax of Disclosure'' (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1991) * David Moos, ''Theories of the Decorative: Abstraction and Ornament in Contemporary Painting'' (Edinburgh: Inverleith House, Royal Botanic Garden, 1997) * David Moos, "Details of the Self: A Context for Abstract Expressionism," in ''Forces of the Fifties: Abstract Expressionism from the Albright-Knox Art Gallery'' (Columbus: Wexner Center for the Arts, The Ohio State University, 1996) * David Moos, "In a New Library: The Painting of Helmut Dorner" in ''Helmut Dorner: Durch'' (Hamburg: Vera Munro Galerie, 1996) * David Moos, "Which World: The Sculpture of Harald Klingelhöller," in ''Harald Klingelhöller'' (Toronto: Art Gallery of York University / Brussels: Yves Gevaert, 1996) * David Moos, "Annette Lemieux: The Evidentiary," in ''Annette Lemieux: Time to Go'' (Modena: Galleria d'Arte Contemporanea,1994)

References

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