Director/CEO and Chief Curator
Beaverbrook Art Gallery
Fredericton, New Brunswick
Terry Graff is Director/CEO and Chief Curator of the Beaverbrook Art Gallery. He previously served as Director and CEO of the Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; Rodman Hall Arts Centre, St. Catharines, Ontario; and Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. In addition, Graff is an accomplished visual artist, art writer, and art educator. He also served as Director of Struts Gallery, Sackville, New Brunswick, and as Education Curator for the Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario; and taught drawing and sculpture for the Department of Fine Arts at Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick.
Born in Cambridge (Galt), Ontario, Graff received his B.A. in Fine Art from the University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, and B.Ed in Visual Arts from the University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario. He studied Fine Art at the Doon School of Fine Arts, Doon, Ontario, and received a diploma in Fine Art from Fanshawe College of Applied Arts and Technology, London, Ontario. He also pursued graduate work in art history, philosophy of art, media arts, and art education at Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, received a postgraduate diploma in Fine Art (M.F.A. equivalent) from the Jan Van Eyck Academie, Masstricht, the Netherlands, and holds a M.A. in Art Education from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Graff has curated over 150 exhibitions, and has written an extensive number of articles, catalogues, and books on a wide range of contemporary and historical artists and art subjects. Along with major sculpture commissions, he has received numerous awards and honours, including the Fanshawe College Distinguished Alumni Award; The Commemorative Medal for the Centennial of Saskatchewan (Official Honour of the Crown recognizing individuals who have made a significant contribution to the Province of Saskatchewan); the Christina Sabat Award for Art Criticism in Atlantic Canada sponsored by the Sheila Hugh MacKay Foundation; Recognition of Outstanding Contributions to the Advancement of Museums in Canada and to the Activities of the Canadian Museums Association; and two eagle feathers from the Mi’kmaq First Nation.