Byori Seo | Gallery Assistant

Byori@latitude53.org

Byori Seo (she/her) is a craft artist and lover interested in the communicative capacities of materials, the doing and undoing of material relationships.

Byori received her BFA in Material Art and Design with a specialization in Jewellery and Metalsmithing from OCAD University in 2024 and has shown her work at Ignite Gallery, Toronto Outdoor Art Fair (TOAF), and as part of the travelling Canadian Student Silversmith Exhibition. She is currently working on a public art project for the City of Edmonton and Edmonton Arts Council for installation in ArtsHub Ortona in 2026, and developing a new body of work for solo exhibition at Harcourt House in Spring 2027.

As the Gallery Assistant, Byori works to support the entire Latitude 53 team with fundraising, event planning, artist relations, and more, helping out wherever she can.

Ariana Ozga-Reinecke | Communications MANAGER

ariana@latitude53.org

Ariana Ozga-Reinecke (she/her) is a visual artist and designer from amiskwaciwâskahikan. She graduated with a BFA from the University of Alberta in 2021 and has exhibited her work in spaces such as Mile Zero Dance, The Nina Haggerty Centre, and The Roxy Theatre. In her artwork, she translates video into drawn and painted stills to create fractured worlds. In her design practice she enjoys creating colourful illustrations and dynamic motion graphic pieces.

As the Communications Manager, Ariana oversees Latitude 53’s communications across various platforms including social media, the member’s newsletter, memberships, and the gallery website. She does a bit of design work for promotional material as well.

Michelle campos castillo | co-Executive Director

director@latitude53.org / michellec@latitude53.org

⁠Michelle Campos Castillo (she/her) is a local Salvadoran artist, designer, and arts administrator. She brings with her a wealth of experience in the Edmonton arts community, including working for the Ociciwan Contemporary Art Centre as Project Coordinator and Community Coordinator. Her most recent exhibits are a solo show, Terremoto, presented in the summer of 2022 at grunt gallery in Vancouver, BC and as part of Imborrable at the National Gallery in San Salvador, El Salvador. She has been the recipient of several public art commissions from the City of Edmonton, including Platanos, a set of three sculptures on permanent display at Belvedere Transit Centre, and is finalizing artwork for the LRT Valley Line in the west end of the city. She is currently working on a graphic memoir titled Colonia, based on her life in El Salvador during the country’s civil war.

As Co-Executive Director, Michelle works directly with the Board of Directors and staff to oversee Latitude 53’s programming, operations, finances, and development.

HANNAH QUIMPER-SWIDERSKI | CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

director@latitude53.org / HANNAH@LATITUDE53.ORG

Hannah Quimper-Swiderski is an artist and curator from Edmonton-amiskwaciwâskahikan. Using combinations of performance, digital and analog video, and more recently, sculpture and puppets, their work often explores concepts of identity and performativity, referencing her adolescence in small-town Alberta.

Hannah completed her BFA at the University of Alberta in 2019, and a certificate in Arts and Cultural Management at MacEwan University in 2022. Hannah has shown work in venues such as the Edmonton International Film Festival, the Art Gallery of Alberta, Latitude 53, and Mile Zero Dance. In 2023, they co-curated THE MALL at the John and Maggie Mitchell Art Gallery, exploring what continues to inspire artists to make work about the former largest mall in the world.

As Co-Executive Director, Hannah works directly with the Board of Directors and staff to oversee Latitude 53’s programming, operations, finances, and development.

Adam Waldron-Blain | Program Manager

program@latitude53.org

Adam Waldron-Blain has worked with local, national and international artists to mount Latitude 53’s exhibition programming. As an artist, Adam has worked in various performance and video practices, games, writing and conversation, and other objects. He has participated in a number of exhibitions and residencies and in 2018, he was honoured with the inaugural Alberta Role-Playing Game Award.⁠ As Program Manager, Adam brings vital and extensive experience in mounting exhibitions and engaging in conversations with artists.