Wayne Baerwaldt is currently Director/Curator of Exhibitions at the Alberta College of Art + Design in Calgary, and a curator for the Toronto International Film Festival and Nuit Blanche, Toronto.  He has previously been the Director of Plug In Gallery, Winnipeg, and Director of The Power Plant, Toronto. Baerwaldt acted as Co-commissioner and Curator for Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller’s double award-winning production, The Paradise Institute, at the 49th Venice Biennale (2001).  He has curated numerous touring exhibitions including Under the Influence of Fluxus (1991-93), Pierre Molinier (1994-98), Joep van Lieshout-Collection 96 (1996),  Beck & Al Hansen: Playing With Matches (1998-2001) and The Royal Art Lodge: Ask the Dust (2003 and touring), among others.  He recently co-curated with Thelma Golden a major mid-career exhibition of work by Glenn Ligon that opened at The Power Plant (2005) and recently closed at MUDAM, Luxembourg (2008).