EDUCATION
2019 - 2023 • Masters of Art History, Concordia University, Montréal, QC.
Thesis title: Transcending Beyond the ‘Detectable’: Mourning, Memory, and ARVs in Contemporary HIV/AIDS Activism
2017 - 2019 • Bachelor of Fine Arts, major Visual Arts, University of Ottawa. Graduated cum laude. Ottawa, ON.
2015 - 2017 • Bachelor of Fine Arts, major Visual Arts, University of Regina. Honour roll. Regina, SK.
AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS
2020 - 2021 • Faculty of Fine Arts Graduate Fellowship, Concordia University.
2020 - 2021 • Out-of-Province Award, Department of Art History, Concordia University.
2019 - 2020 • Faculty of Fine Arts Graduate Fellowship, Concordia University.
2019 - 2020 • Out-of-Province Award, Department of Art History, Concordia University.
2018 • Merit Scholarship of the Faculty of Arts, University of Ottawa.
2017 • Merit Scholarship of the Faculty of Arts, University of Ottawa.
2015 • Centennial Merit Scholarship, Faculty of Media, Art, and Performance, University of Regina.
PROFESSIONAL
2022 • Artistic Direction for Parade Lunetterie, with Manivelle Films Inc.
2022 • Artistic Direction for DoorDash Canada (La Pizza Week 2022), with Manivelle Films Inc.
2022 • Teaching Assistant to Professor Karen Herland for FASS392-AA: Queer Theory. Department of Fine Arts, Concordia University.
2021 • Teaching Assistant to Professor Reilley Bishop-Stall for ARTH384: Theories of Representation: Art & Activism in the Streets and Online. Department of Art History, Concordia University.
2021 • Graphic Designer for Department of Art History, Concordia University.
2021 • Teaching Assistant to Professor Karen Herland for FFAR291/INTE398: HIV/AIDS: An Interdisciplinary Introduction. Department of Fine Arts, Concordia University.
2020 - 2021 • Special Project Coordinator, Communication Officer, and Graphic Designer for AHGSA’s 15th Annual Art History Graduate Symposium: Empathy/Empathie, Feb 5 - 6, 2021. Department of Art History, Concordia University.
2020 • Event Photographer for Pop Montreal International Music Festival, performance by Artesmisia. Ursa Mtl, Montréal, QC.
2019 • Teaching Assistant to Professor Philippe Guillaume for ARTH 267: Aspects of the History of Photography. Department of Art History, Concordia University.
2019 • Studio Assistant to Ottawa-based artist, Andrew Wright for completion of ART 4900: Independent Internship. Department of Fine Arts, University of Ottawa.
2019 • Graphic Designer for Meridian/Méridien Graduating Exhibition. Exhibition Catalogue.
2016 - 2017 • Gallery Facilitator at the MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK.
BIBLIOGRAPHY & PUBLICATIONS
2021 • Maegan Gaudette. Alexandra Sofia and Jocelyn Keays. Ottawa Photography and Art Label (OPAL), vol. 4, issue 1.
2021 • Gaudette, Maegan E. “David Wojnarowicz: Queer Resilience in the Eye of an Epidemic.” In Millefeuilles Journal of Art History 6, no. 1 (2021). Edited by Zeina Hamod. (Forthcoming)
2019 • Meridian/Méridien Graduating Exhibition. Exhibition Catalogue.
2019 • OPAL. Tony Fouhse. drool. Online blog.
2019 • Maegan Beck. Alexandra Sofia and Jocelyn Keays. Ottawa Photography and Art Label (OPAL), vol. 2, issue 1.
2018 • Maegan Beck. Alexandra Sofia and Jocelyn Keays. Ottawa Photography and Art Label (OPAL), vol. 1, issue 1.
ACADEMIC CONFERENCES
2021 • Gaudette, Maegan E. “Precarious Possibilities: NYC’s Queer Piers.” 44th Annual Graduate Symposium, Radical (Re)worlding: Breaking and making worlds through radical lenses. 4-5 March, 2021. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
CONFERENCE MODERATION
2021 • “Alternatives and the Futurity of Empathy,” via Zoom. AHGSA’s 15th Annual Art History Graduate Symposium, Empathy/Empathie. 12:30-2:00pm EST, 6 February, 2021. Concordia University, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
CONDUCTED INTERVIEWS
2019 • Frederick Weston. Interview by Maegan Beck. Conducted over Zoom. November 15, 2019.
2019 • Eric Rhein. Interview by Maegan Beck. Conducted over Zoom. October 30, 2019.
2019 • Steven Dwayne Bryk. Interview by Maegan Beck. Concordia University, Montréal, QC. October 23, 2019.
WORKSHOPS
2019 • Applying to Grad School. Hosted by CUJAH. Concordia University, Montréal, QC.
ARTISTIC CURATION
2021 • Empathy/Empathie, Art History Virtual Vitrine. Co-curated with Michelle Sones. Jan 18 - Feb 28, 2021. Virtual Exhibition.
2019 • Constructing Utopia. Co-curated with colleagues of ART 4989: From Studio to Exhibition. Gallery 115, University of Ottawa.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 • Raise Beirut Art Fundraiser. Le Suq, Ottawa, ON.
2019 • Meridian/Méridien Fine Arts Graduating Exhibition. Ottawa, ON.
2018 • Aligned Duality. Gallery/Galerie 115. Ottawa, ON.
2018 • Selected works. Paradigm[e] Gallery, Ottawa, ON.
2017 • Revive. Paradigm[e] Gallery, Ottawa, ON.
2017 • The Sentimentalists. WOT Pop-Up Space. Regina, SK.
2016 • HAND/EYE. The Fifth Parallel Gallery, University of Regina. Regina, SK.