Tairone Bastien

Tairone Bastien (he/him) is an independent curator based in Toronto and an Assistant Professor in the Criticism and Curatorial Practice program at the Ontario College of Art and Design University. Tairone co-curated the inaugural Toronto Biennial of Art in 2019 and collaborated on the second edition in 2022. Tairone holds a Master of Art from the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, New York, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Art History with a Minor in Critical Studies in Sexuality from the University of British Columbia.