Ellyn Walker

Curator, Writer, Researcher, Educator

Canada

About

Research interests: critical museology, visual culture, critical art histories, cultural studies, black feminist thought, critical feminisms, critical race theory, diaspora, black studies, indigenous studies, critical settler studies, histories of activism, contemporary art, crip and queer theory and trans feminisms

Experience

  • Course Instructor at Wilfred Laurier University
    2025 - Present · 1 yr 6 mos

  • Freelancer (18 yrs 10 mos)
    • Independent Curator
      Sep 2007 - Present · 18 yrs 10 mos

    • Independent Writer
      Sep 2007 - Present · 18 yrs 10 mos

  • Instructor at University of Toronto Scarborough
    Aug 2025 - May 2026 · 10 mos

  • Visiting Assistant Professor at Colorado College
    Aug 2023 - May 2024 · 10 mos

    Assistant professor of Museum Studies and Art History

  • Acting Director/Curator at Blackwood Gallery
    Jul 2021 - Jan 2023 · 1 yr 7 mos