Eliane Ellbogen

Eliane Ellbogen is a Montreal-based curator and Artistic Director of Eastern Bloc, a New Media production and exhibition centre, which she co-founded in 2007. After completing a BA in Art History at McGill University, she has involved herself in the local art scene, as writer/director of multimedia theatre works, graphic designer and zine maker, and more recently, as independent curator, festival organizer and femme à tout faire. She has collaborated internationally and locally in the organization of Eastern Bloc’s annual audio/visual festival, Sight & Sound, and in recent years has co-curated the monthly Data : Salon series and other exhibits including Département des Nuisances Publiques, Clash, and Espèces Vulnérables.