Alexandra Suda


Alexandra Suda is a Canadian art historian who is the 11th director of the National Gallery of Canada, since 19 April 2019.

Early life and education

Suda was born in Orillia, Ontario and raised in Toronto, Ontario. She completed a BA at Princeton University, an MA at Williams College, before earning her PhD at The Institute of Fine Arts at New York University.

Career

Prior to her current appointment, Suda was Curator of European Art at the Art Gallery of Ontario. According to the Governor General's Canadian Leadership Conference, her Small Wonders: Gothic Boxwood Miniatures exhibition, held in Ontario, New York and Amsterdam, "received extensive positive press for its high level of scholarship which is driven by the public's curiosity about these wondrous works of art."
In 2020, Suda was part of a jury that chose Stan Douglas to represent Canada at the Venice Biennale.

Publications