{"id":3375,"date":"2016-02-20T09:36:34","date_gmt":"2016-02-20T14:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=3375"},"modified":"2018-05-20T23:16:50","modified_gmt":"2018-05-21T03:16:50","slug":"david-liss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/david-liss\/","title":{"rendered":"David Liss"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_495\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3375-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/davidliss.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/davidliss.mp3\">http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/davidliss.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/interviews-by-brainard-carey\/id1468502583?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5ZxsN79E1W6VJOjQF9GNuZ\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Interviews-by-Brainard-Carey-p1236598\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/interviews-by-brainard\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/xSQrKY\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to  join mailing list\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here to  join mailing list<\/a><\/p><p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3378 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/unnamed4.jpg?resize=192%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"unnamed[4]\" width=\"192\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/unnamed4.jpg?resize=192%2C300&amp;ssl=1 192w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/unnamed4.jpg?w=441&amp;ssl=1 441w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/>David Liss is Artistic Director and Curator of the <a href=\"http:\/\/mocca.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">Museum of Contemporary Art, Toronto, Canada<\/a>, since December 2000. Arriving from Montreal with a vision to create a permanent museum for contemporary art in Canada\u2019s largest city, Liss evolved MOCA from modest beginnings in the Toronto suburb of North York, re-locating the museum to Queen St. West in 2005. Through innovative exhibitions, extensive publications and multi-disciplinary platforms, over the course of a 10-year lease on Queen St. he has developed MOCA into an important cultural venue in Toronto, in Canada and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>Most recently he has established a greatly expanded and permanent home for the museum in the iconic Tower Automotive Building in Toronto\u2019s west end where MOCA is poised to make significant contributions to Canadian and global arts and culture.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to establishing MOCA as a permanent institution he has curated and organized numerous exhibitions at MOCA, and for other institutions, in Canada and abroad.<\/p>\n<p>From April 1995 until November 2000 he was Director\/Curator of the Gallery of the Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts in Montreal.<\/p>\n<p>He holds a BFA (1987), from Concordia University in Montreal, and between 1994 and 1996 he regularly contributed art reviews to the Montreal Gazette.<\/p>\n<p>Since the mid-1980s he has organized, produced and curated numerous solo and group exhibitions of contemporary art, in addition to overseeing related publications, educational programs, performances, events, and travelling exhibitions and projects in Canada and internationally.<\/p>\n<p>He is a member of the Canadian Association of Museum Directors Organization (CAMDO), a contributing editor to Canadian Art magazine and Adjunct Professor at York University in Toronto. He is also a practicing artist in drawing, watercolor and photography.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3379\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3379\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3379 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/01_MOCCA.jpg?resize=625%2C469&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"01_MOCCA\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/01_MOCCA.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/01_MOCCA.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/01_MOCCA.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/01_MOCCA.jpg?resize=624%2C468&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/01_MOCCA.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/01_MOCCA.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3379\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MOCCA on Queen St. West, 2005 &#8211; 2015<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3380\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3380\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3380 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/2015-04-13-20.58.47.jpg?resize=625%2C833&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"2015-04-13 20.58.47\" width=\"625\" height=\"833\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/2015-04-13-20.58.47.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/2015-04-13-20.58.47.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/2015-04-13-20.58.47.jpg?resize=624%2C832&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/2015-04-13-20.58.47.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/2015-04-13-20.58.47.jpg?w=2088&amp;ssl=1 2088w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3380\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MOCA Toronto&#8217;s new location, scheduled to open in Spring of 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3383\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3383\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3383 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/unnamed2.jpg?resize=625%2C938&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"unnamed[2]\" width=\"625\" height=\"938\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/unnamed2.jpg?resize=682%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 682w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/unnamed2.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/unnamed2.jpg?resize=624%2C936&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/unnamed2.jpg?w=749&amp;ssl=1 749w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3383\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Current MOCA Toronto project: Solid States by Toronto artist An Te Liu, at the Toronto Sculpture Garden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/davidliss.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS | Click here to join mailing listDavid Liss is Artistic Director and Curator of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Toronto, Canada, since December 2000. 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