Guy Sioui Durand is Wendat (Huron) from Wendake near Quebec city (Quebec). He circulate in the contemporary art field as a sociologist (Ph.D.), an art criticism and as an independant curator (www.siouidurand.org).
He often participate at art event in Canada and in other countries. In 2003, Sioui Durand was part of Making a Noise. Aboriginal Perpspectives on art, art history, critical writing and community, organised by The Banff International Curatorial Institute.
In 2004, he wrote for HorizonZéro, no. 17, Raconter : "narrations autochtones et médias numériques" , The Banff New media Institute.
In 2005, he was invited to Refresh. The First International Histories of media Art, Science and Technologyalso at Banff. The same year he was part of Performing Heritage The Hemispheric Institute’s 5th Encuentro Performing Heritage : Contemporary Indigenous and Community-Based Practicesat Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
In 2006 for Curatorial practice and beyond : an ethic parti-pris au colloque « The Way Ahead : Surveying the Curatorial landscape » (Aboriginal Curatorial Collective / Collectif des Conservateurs Autochtones ACC/CCA), Urban Shaman, Winnipeg, and in this spring 2007, he has presented an allocution to Corralling aboriginal art : Aboriginal curatorial practices in The Prairies and beyondde l’ACC-CCA, Saskatoon.
During summer time 2007, Guy Sioui Durand participate at interdisciplinary event Chantier libre/Freeland au CASH in Montreal. He is also invited by the Banff new Media institute to the seminar Cross Cultural Partnership in july.
In 2008, he participate to Fiction, a Native Art residency at the Banff Centre (january/february). In May, he was on the panel discussing new approach for Aboriginal Museology at the international colloquium Creative Construction in Ottawa. Selected to be part of the Native curator team’s for a journey at Sydney Biennal in June, Sioui Durand declined because of his intense implication as artistic director to create a Indian art programmation for Espace 400e during the festivity of Quebec City foundation 1608-2008 (june/september). Both in 2007 in Saskatoon and in 2006 in Winnipeg, he was there for the two first ACC/CCA colloquium. This fall, he is teaching (« chargé de cours ») Regards théoriques sur l’art actuel at the Art department of Université du Québec à Chicoutimi. Guy Sioui Durand is invited to the Teorical Forum at the X’ Habana Biennale in march 2009. Finally, Sioui Durand also prepare a special issue of Inter, Art actuel magazine about Urban Native Art today in Canada for 2009.