Jon Davies

Jon Davies is a writer and curator based in Toronto. His writing has appeared in C Magazine, Canadian Art, GLQ, Animation Journal, and Cinema Scope, among many other publications. He has written book chapters on filmmaker Todd Haynes and on artists Luis Jacob, Daniel Barrow, FASTWÜRMS and Candice Breitz, and Arsenal Pulp Press recently published his book on Paul Morrissey and Andy Warhol's 1970 film Trash. He has curated numerous film and video screenings for Pleasure Dome (where he sits on the board/programming collective) and for various venues in Toronto and elsewhere. He is currently Assistant Curator at The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, where he co-curated the 2010 exhibition Ryan Trecartin: Any Ever.