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Gregory Elgstrand is a curator, writer and the Director/Curator of Bohart. He has curated and organized numerous exhibitions across Canada including Happy Medium, a survey of Brian Jungen's drawings, Redwood Downs by David Hoffos, an exhibition of posters and publications produced by Portikus in Frankfurt and group exhibitions such as Futures with Garry Neill Kennedy, Louise Lawler and John Will, and Blue Calgary Sky. He curated the exhibitions Exhibitions and Exhibition in 2006 and 2008 respectively at the Gladstone Hotel in Toronto, Air-Conditioned Jungle at Diaz Contemporary, and Nuit Blanche for the City of Toronto both in 2009. Elgstrand was also part of the organizing group behind Reverse Pedagogy 2 that was held in Venice in June 2009. His writings have been published by Canadian Art, C Magazine, the Palais de Tokyo, YYZ, the Glenbow Museum and the University of Calgary. Elgstrand recently served as Director of YYZ from 2004 to 2008 and as Director/Curator of the Art Gallery of Calgary (AGC) from 1999 to 2003. Before joining the AGC, Elgstrand worked as Director of Truck in Calgary and from 1995 to 1998 he was Coordinator of Struts Gallery in Sackville, New Brunswick. In 1993, he and his brother, screenwriter, playwright, and director Kris Elgstrand, co-founded AH UM Theatre in Vancouver. Elgstrand studied at the Emily Carr College of Art and Design, Simon Fraser University, and the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. Elgstrand is co-editor, with Dave Dyment, of One for Me and One to Share, a survey of artist multiples (YYZBOOKS, 2011).