JONATHAN H ALFARO

b. 1992, Windsor, Ontario
Lives and works in Vancouver, BC

Work

2026

2025

Select Projects

2026

SIRENSIREN, People, Vancouver, BC - curatorial project
- forthcoming

2025

Vulnerable Pleasures, Corpo Freudiano Vancouver School of Psychoanalysis with Gallery Gachet, Vancouver, BC

2024

Dear Friends &, Resident Artist, The Capilano Review and The Western Front, Vancouver, BC

2023

Curator’s Sauna, Canton-Sardine, Vancouver, BC

2023

High-Fructose Sun, Burrard Arts Foundation, Vancouver, BC

2023

Transmissions, Art Gallery at Evergreen, Coquitlam, BC

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Select Exhibitions

2027

Candy-Sized, Free Economy, Vancouver, BC - forthcoming

2026

Tender Threads, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC - forthcoming

2026

SIRENSIREN, People, Vancouver, BC - curatorial project - forthcoming

2025

Vulnerable Pleasures, Corpo Freudiano Vancouver Lacanian School of Psychoanalysis with Gallery Gachet, Vancouver, BC

2025

Fibre: CAROLINE ACHAINTRE, JONATHAN ALFARO, GHISLAIN BROWN-KOSSI, Wil Abale, Vancouver, BC

2023

High-Fructose Sun, Burrard Arts Foundation – solo Vancouver, BC

2023

Thank You James H, Burrard Arts Foundation Garage – solo Vancouver, BC

2023

Curator's Sauna, Canton-Sardine, Vancouver BC

2023

Transmissions, Art Gallery at Evergreen, Coquitlam, BC

2018

Intertwined, Michael O’Brian Exhibition Commons, Vancouver, BC

Grants, Awards + Residencies

2024

Dear Friends &, Resident Artist, The Capilano Review and The Western Front, Vancouver, BC

2023

Burrard Arts Foundation Artist Residency, Vancouver, BC

2023

Canada Council for the Arts, Concept to Realization Grant

2022

New Media Gallery Micro Residency Program, New Westminster, BC

2022

Canada Council for the Arts, Research and Creation Grant

2021

Canada Council for the Arts, Research and Crearion Grant

2019

Audain Art Museum RBC Emerging Artist Program, Whistler, BC

Publications + Published Writing

2024

The Capilano Review Spring Issue

2021

Kaur, Russna. Interviewed by Jonathan Alfaro. “A Conversation with: Russna Kaur.” 33 Acres Brewing Company, 22 April 2021 www.33acresbrewing.com/a-conversation-with-russna-kaur/

2017

Alfaro, Jonathan. Keepsakes for the Displaced. Freq Magazine

2017

Alfaro, Jonathan and Magalena Gorski. Catalytic Communities: People of the Hills. Freq Magazine, Vol 2, Issue 11.

Artist Talks

2026

Weaving Synposium, Surrey Art Gallery - forthcoming

2025

Contemporary Arts Society of Vancouver, Studio Tour

2024

Centre A, Writing Mentorship Program Studio Tour

2024

Langara Artist Speaker Series

2023

Langara Artist Speaker Series

2023

Contemporary Arts Society of Vancouver

Education

2022

NSCAD University – Anna Leonowens Gallery Certificate in Gallery + Studio Management, Halifax, NS

2020

BFA Visual Arts + Minor in Curatorial Studies – Emily Carr University, Vancouver, BC

Related Work

2025
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Preparator, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC

2023
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Archives + Library Catalogue Management, Jo-Anne Birnie Danzker, Vancouver, BC

2023
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Preparator, Art Gallery at Evergreen, Coquitlam BC

2023
-2026

Studio Manager, Brent Wadden Studio, Vancouver, BC

2023

Programming Jury, Modern Fuel, Kingston, ON

2023

Canada Council for the Arts Research and Creation Peer Jury

2022

Canada Council for the Arts Research and Creation Peer Jury

2022
-2025

Museum Library Catalogue Management, Rennie Museum, Vancouver, BC

2022

Invigilator for exhibition 51@51, Rennie Museum, Vancouver, BC

2022

Canada Council for the Arts Research and Creation Peer Jury

2020

Project Management, The Museum of Other Realities, Vancouver, BC

2010

Studio assistant to Nancy Patterson, Toronto, ON