Daniel Mato
Dr. Daniel Mato is the curator of the African Collection
for the Canadian Museum of Making.
Prof. Mato completed his PhD. in African Art History at Indiana
University. His research focus has been in the arts of Africa, the
role of craft specialists in African society and symbolic display
in traditional African societies.
Beginning in 1968 Dr. Mato has conducted field research in Africa
which continues to the present. He curated exhibitions of African
Art and material culture in Germany, The Netherlands, The United
States and Canada. He has been a gallery director, curator and Associate
Curator for African Art at the Glenbow Museum In Calgary. In 1998
he was named a Research Affiliate at the University of Ghana. He
is a professor emeritus at the University of Calgary.
Dr. Mato has consulted and advised on a number of documentaries
broadcast on television. His most recent writings include “Aspects:
Akan Culture in Ghana," an exploration of the exhibition held
at the Gemeente Museum in the Hague (2001) and “Yoruba an
Art of Life: The Bennet-Luther Collection," which is an in-depth
exploration of the collection, which is currently on display at
the Art Museum, South Dakota State University at Brookings (2004).
For additional information please contact Dr. Mato: dmato@ucalgary.ca |