Claudine Hubert

Claudine Hubert is a writer and curator specializing in digital and visual arts. Her interests focus particularly on the artistic applications of artificial intelligence, performance art, and institutional structures. She has been active in the Canadian cultural sector for over 15 years, beginning her career at the International Symposium of Contemporary Art of Baie-Saint-Paul in the early 2000s. She later moved to Saint John, New Brunswick, where she co-founded the artist-run centre Tiers-espace (2005), overseeing its publications and community project coordination. She worked at the artist-run centre OBORO for 11 years—serving as co-executive and artistic director for seven of them—where she launched numerous artist programs, including the Local Artist Residency, the M&M curatorial research exchange residency with Mexico City, and an extensive professional training workshop series in digital art. She has represented the sector by serving on the boards of the RCAAQ and the AAMI. Currently, she is an active member of Centre Clark and the Viva! Art Action festival, serves on the digital arts committee of the Conseil des arts de Montréal, and chairs the board of directors of Ateliers Belleville. From 2018 to 2020, she was part of MUTEK’s strategic development and programming team, working on the festival’s professional forum and exhibition components. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Art History (Université de Montréal) and a Master’s degree in Translation Studies (Concordia University). Of European descent, she grew up on Algonquin territory in the Ottawa Valley and settled in Montreal/Tio’tia:ke/Mooniyang in 1998.