About

Tyler Durbano (he/they) is a queer visual artist and cultural worker based in Barrie, Ontario, on Treaties 16 and 18 Territory. They hold a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Western Ontario, and undergraduate degrees from Acadia University and NSCAD University. Their interdisciplinary practice locates a queer ethos and intuition embedded in the regular, within and beyond erotic tropes associated with queer art.

As a visual artist, Durbano’s work has been exhibited throughout Ontario and Nova Scotia, including at ArtLab at Western University (London, ON), the Anna Leonowens Gallery (Halifax, NS), and Eyelevel Gallery (Halifax, NS). In 2014, Durbano completed a year-long community studio residency with the Town of New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. In 2018, they won the Juror’s Prize for Innovation during the inaugural TD Wealth | Thor Wealth Management Art Prize. In May 2019, they travelled with Ed Video (Guelph) to participate in Art Fair Suomi.

As a cultural worker, he has been an instructor in Design and Visual Arts at Georgian College, and was recently Curator at Latcham Art Centre, Stouffville, ON. Their writing has accompanied exhibitions in Ontario and the Yukon. In 2024, their exhibition Continuous Memory: Max Lupo & José Andrés Mora, curated for the Latcham Art Centre, received the Exhibition of the Year Award (Budget Under $10,000) from Galeries Ontario Galleries. Tyler is currently Interim Artistic Director at the MacLaren Art Centre.

tyler durbano [at] gmail dot com