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Marnie Fleming

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​​​Marnie Fleming was raised in Windsor, Ontario. Following a master's in art history from the University of British Columbia, her career commenced in the Vancouver Art Gallery’s extension and education departments (1980–86.) Welcoming a return to Southwestern Ontario, she took up a position as curator of contemporary art (1986–91) at the London Regional Art Gallery (now Museum London) to work alongside chief curator Paddy O’Brien and London’s renowned artists. 

From 1991 to her retirement in 2014, Fleming took on a new challenge as curator of contemporary art at Oakville Galleries. From the outset, this position allowed her to reimagine the role that a small museum could play not only in the local community but in the promotion of a generation of national and international artists. Landmark commissions and acquisitions during her tenure established an important narrative in Canadian art while also distinguishing Oakville Galleries as one of Canada’s most prolific visual art publishers. In 2016, Marnie Fleming was awarded the Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts for Outstanding Contributions.

Fleming’s London tenure overlapped with many site-related projects at the Embassy Cultural House. This exciting period helped solidify her interest in site-related context awareness and participatory platforms. Among the international artists she programmed at Museum London during this time was the New York-based Chilean artist Alfredo Jaar, whose installation art ran parallel with the political and aesthetic interventions of many of those programmed at the ECH. The space/place interplay in London during this period was always part of a continuous process of dialogue, negotiation, and exchange.

Select published work

Angela Grauerholz: "Putting the Past in Order", Oakville Galleries, 1995. (Curator/author- Marnie Fleming).
"Is there a there there?" Illustrated catalogue, includes an essay by Alan Sears, National Gallery of Canada, 2007. (Curator/author- Marnie Fleming, Exhibition included Greg Curnoe.)
"Fig Trees", a video opera by John Greyson and David Wall, Oakville Galleries, 2003. (Catalogue by Marnie Fleming.)
"Jeremy Borsos: then again". Curated by Marnie Fleming; text by John O'Brian. Oakville Galleries, 2003.
"Roy Arden: Selected Works, 1985-2000". Illustrated catalogue includes essay by Shep Steiner, Oakville Galleries, 2002. (Curator/author- Marnie Fleming)
"Shui-Bo Wang: Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square". Illustrated catalogue includes essays by John Fraser and Maureen Furniss, Oakville Galleries, 2001. (Curator/author, Marnie Fleming)
"David Mabb: The Decorating Business". Illustrated catalogue; includes interview with the artist and Matthew Higgs and essay by Steve Edwards, Oakville Galleries, 2001. (Curator/author- Marnie Fleming)
"Panya Clark Espinal: The Visitor. Illustrated catalogue"; includes essay by Ruth Kerkham, Oakville Galleries, 2001. (Curator/author- Marnie Fleming)
"Janet Cardiff: A Large Slow River". Illustrated catalogue and CD, Oakville Galleries, 2001. (Curator/author- Marnie Fleming)
"Kim Adams: Breugel-Bosch Bus". Illustrated catalogue, with essay by Tomas Pospiszyl and interview with Marc Mayer. The Power Plant (Toronto) and Oakville Galleries, 2001. (Curator/author- Marnie Fleming)
"Beaver Tales", group exhibition featuring the work of Kim Adams, Mary Anne Barkhouse, Michael Belmore, Wendy Coburn, Fastwürms, Bud Fujikawa, Frank Gehry, Komar and Melamid, Liz Magor, Carl Skelton, Kathryn Walter, Joyce Wieland, and Jin-me Yoon, Oakville Galleries, 2000. (Catalogue- Marnie Fleming, co-curated with Reid Diamond.)
"Petal Pushers", group exhibition featuring work by David Merritt, Chrysanne Stathacos, Tomayo Sasaki and Laura Vickerson, Oakville Galleries, 1999 (Catalogue- Marnie Fleming)
"Track Records: Trains and Contemporary Photography". Illustrated bilingual catalogue; with essays by Lynne Kirby, David Tomas, Tom Fleming, Su Ditta, Karen White and artists' statements, Oakville Galleries, 1997. (Curator/author- Marnie Fleming, exhibition included Ron Benner.)
“Soo-Ja Kim: A Laundry Field - Sewing into Looking”. Illustrated catalogue; includes interview with the artist. Oakville Galleries, 1997. (Curator/author- Marnie Fleming)
“Tatsuo Miyajima: Time House”. Illustrated catalogue, includes interview with the artist and essay by Grant McCracken, Oakville Galleries, 1996. (Curator/author- Marnie Fleming)
“Colette Whiten: Seducing the Receiver”. Illustrated catalogue, includes interview with the artist, Oakville Galleries, 1995. (Curator/author- Marnie Fleming)
“Ken Lum: Recent Work”. Illustrated catalogue, includes essay by Richard Rhodes, Oakville Galleries, 1994. (Curator/author- Marnie Fleming)
“Sylvie Bélanger: The Silence of the Body”. Essays by Scott Mackenzie and Andy Patton. Oakville Galleries, 1994 (Catalogue- Marnie Fleming)
“Micah Lexier: Book Sculptures”. Illustrated catalogue, includes essay by Nancy Tousley, Oakville Galleries, 1993. (Curator/author- Melanie Fleming)
Stephen Andrews: Facsimile”. Oakville Galleries, 1992 (Published Booklet- Marnie Fleming)
“Kim Moodie: Pirates”. Illustrated catalogue; includes essay by Barbara Fischer, Oakville Galleries, 1991. (Curator/author- Marnie Fleming)
“Colin Darke: Labour in Irish History”. Illustrated catalogue; includes interview with the artist and essay by Eamonn McCann, Oakville Galleries, 1999. (Curator/author- Marnie Fleming)
“Radiant Places: Bill Barrette and Wyn Geleynse”, Oakville Galleries, 1993. (Catalogue- Marnie Fleming)
“Attila Richard Lukacs: Recent Work”. London Regional Art Gallery, 1990. (Catalogue- Marnie Fleming)
“Alfredo Jaar: They Loved it So Much: The Revolution”. Illustrated catalogue, London Regional Art Gallery,1990. (Curator/author- Marnie Fleming)
“Stephen Andrews: Recent Work”. Illustrated brochure, London Regional Art Gallery, 1989. (Curator/author- Marnie Fleming)
“David Merritt: The Magic Voice and Geometric Solids”. Illustrated catalogue, London Regional Art Gallery, 1988. (Curator/author- Marnie Fleming)
“Nick Johnson - drawings, feathers and stones: A Port Bruce Codex”. Illustrated catalogue; includes essay by Ron Benner, London Regional Art Gallery, 1987. (Curator/author- Marnie Fleming)
“Ed Zelenak: Finding a Place”. Illustrated catalogue, London Regional Art Gallery, 1989. (Curator/author- Marnie Fleming)
“London Life Young Contemporaries”. Illustrated catalogue, London Regional Art Gallery, 1987. (Curator/author- Marnie Fleming)


EDITORIAL TEAM

ONLINE FOUNDER
Tariq Hassan Gordon

COFOUNDERS & CURATORIAL ADVISORS 
 
Jamelie Hassan 
& Ron Benner

ADVISORY CIRCLE
Samer Abdelnour, Marnie Fleming, Wyn Geleynse, Fern Helfand, S F Ho, Lorraine Klaasen, Judith Rodger, Ruth Skinner, Mary Lou Smoke, and Lucas Stenning 

COORDINATING EDITORS
Tariq Hassan Gordon & 
Olivia Mossuto

CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
Blessy Augustine, Anahí González, Jared Hendricks-Polack, Jessica Irene Joyce, Ira Kazi, 
Shelley Kopp, Jenna Rose Sands, Mireya Seymour, Venus Tsao, Diana Tamblyn, and Michelle Wilson. 

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OUR STORY
Artists Jamelie Hassan and Ron Benner and jazz musician Eric Stach founded the Embassy Cultural House (1983-1990) located in the restaurant portion of the Embassy Hotel at 732 Dundas Street in East London. In 2020, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Embassy Cultural House was re-envisioned as a virtual artist-run space and website. 

The Embassy Cultural House gratefully acknowledges the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council and the London Arts Council through the City of London's Community Arts Investment Program.
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The Embassy Cultural House is thankful for the mentorship program established by Western University's Visual Arts department and the continued support of the students and Faculty of Arts & Humanities.
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E M B A S S Y  C U L T U R A L  H O U S E . C A

The Embassy Cultural House (ECH) is located on the traditional lands of the Anishinaabek, Haudenosaunee, Lūnaapéewak, and Chonnonton peoples, at the forks of Deshkan Ziibi (Antler River), an area subject to the Dish with One Spoon Covenant Wampum and other treaties, colonized as London, Ontario. The ECH strives to create meaningful relationships between the Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island and our contributors. The ECH honours the stewardship of the many Indigenous peoples who have resided on these lands since time immemorial.

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