About Amy Prouty

Amy Prouty holds an MA in Art History from Carleton University with a thesis on contemporary drawings from Kinngait and their reception in southern art institutions. She has worked with the Inuit Knowledge Centre at Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and is currently curating an exhibition at the Carleton University Art Gallery. She is looking forward to beginning the PhD program in Art History at Concordia University, researching the practice of urban Inuit artists. Additional research interests include contemporary Inuit art, the intersection of traditional knowledge and art history, as well as the function of art as a form of resistance and a medium for cross-cultural communication.