Avalon Mott (she/her) is a curator, photographer, and arts administrator originally from Vancouver, British Columbia, now calling Tkaronto/Toronto home. She graduated with her BFA in photography from Emily Carr University of Art + Design in 2013, and her MFA in Criticism + Curatorial Practice from OCAD University in 2023 as the recipient of the Presidential Scholarship and Ontario Graduate Scholarship.

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Mott was a founding member and the co-director of FIELD Contemporary (Vancouver), and has curated for numerous galleries and festivals in British Columbia and Ontario. She has also curated public art installations for the City of Richmond, the City of Vancouver, and Capture Photography Festival. Alongside her current position as director at Xpace Cultural Centre (Toronto), she is a contributing member of The Plumb (Toronto).

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Mott’s curatorial practice is rooted in Exhibitionary Affect, and how this curatorial methodology can aid in fostering a relational experience between the viewer and the works on display in the exhibition space.

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The Delaney Family Emerging Curator’s Prize: Presence in a past or an undetermined future. is a two-person exhibition featuring Nabil Azab and Shannon Garden-Smith that endeavours to hold a moment of presence by calling on what came before it, and giving space to think of what will come after it. Through the immersive work of these artists, viewers are encouraged to engage in an act of prolonged looking and moved towards a space of affect. It is in this space and the coalescing of history and future, that the present moment emerges.

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Guest Curated by Avalon Mott

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Onsite Gallery is generously supported by The Delaney Family.

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Onsite Gallery Production Team: Víctor Medina Vázquez, Jay Saltanatkhah & Lion (Ismail) Sher.

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Video production by Lion (Ismail) Sher