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'''Ashok Mathur''' is a South Asian ([[Indo-Canadian]]) cultural organizer, writer and visual artist, and currently dean of graduate studies at the [[Ontario College of Art and Design University]]. Prior to this he was the head of Creative Studies and a professor in the Department of Creative Studies at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan campus. As a [[Canada Research Chair]] in Cultural and Artistic Inquiry, he also directed the [http://cicac.tru.ca// Centre for Innovation in Culture and the Arts in Canada (CiCAC)].<ref name="profile">[http://kamino.tru.ca/experts/home/main/bio.html?id=amathur Faculty profile], Thompson Rivers University, retrieved 2010-11-26.</ref><br />
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== Early life and education ==<br />
Mathur was born in [[Bhopal]], India; in 1962, at the age of one, he emigrated with his family to Canada. He worked as a journalist from 1981 to 1985, and then completed his studies at the [[University of Calgary]], earning a bachelor's degree, master of arts, and Ph.D.<ref>[http://www.arsenalpulp.com/contributorinfo.php?index=72 Author biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101119135021/http://arsenalpulp.com/contributorinfo.php?index=72 |date=19 November 2010 }} from publisher's web site, retrieved 2010-11-26.</ref> Prior to joining Thompson Rivers in 2005, he taught at the [[Emily Carr University of Art and Design|Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design]].<ref name="profile"/><br />
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== Works ==<br />
Mathur is the author of a volume of poetic prose (''Loveruage; a dance in three parts'', Wolsak and Wynn, 1994), a long poem ("The First White Black Man", monograph press, 2017) and three novels:<br />
* ''Once Upon an Elephant'' (Arsenal Pulp Press, 1998, {{ISBN|978-1-55152-058-2}}) recounts the story of the birth of [[Ganesh]] as a Canadian courtroom drama.<br />
*''The Short, Happy Life of Harry Kumar'' (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2002, {{ISBN|978-1-55152-113-8}}) was nominated for the [[Commonwealth Writers' Prize]], and blends the [[Ramayana]] with modern Canada.<br />
*''A Little Distillery in Nowgong'' (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2009, {{ISBN|978-1-55152-258-6}}) follows three generations of a [[Parsi]] family from India to North America. Along with the novel, Mathur also produced an associated art installation, which was [http://centrea.org/2009/01/a-little-distillery-in-nowgong/ shown in Vancouver], Ottawa, and Kamloops.<ref>Reviews: {{citation|url=https://www.straight.com/article-282130/vancouver/ancient-creed-animates-tale |title=Ancient creed animates author Ashok Mathur's A Little Distillery in Nowgong |first=Alexander |last=Varty |date=January 28, 2010 |journal=[[The Georgia Straight]] }}; {{citation|url=http://www.canlit.ca/reviews.php?id=19706 |title=Staying Power |first=Jennifer Bowering |last=Delisle |journal=[[Canadian Literature (journal)|Canadian Literature]] |year=2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101126103019/http://canlit.ca/reviews.php?id=19706 |archivedate=2010-11-26 }}; {{citation|url=http://network.nationalpost.com/NP/blogs/afterword/archive/2010/03/05/buy-it-or-skip-it-a-little-distillery-in-nowgong.aspx |title=Buy It or Skip It? A Little Distillery in Nowgong |first=Becky |last=Guthrie |journal=[[National Post]] |date=March 5, 2010 }}.</ref><br />
Additionally, Mathur's artwork "one hundred thirty-three thousand five hundred twenty-eight words and a super-8 grab" was part of a 2009 acquisition by the Canada Council Art Bank.<ref>{{citation|title=11 B.C. artists represented in 55 new works acquired for Canada Council art bank|first=Jessica|last=Werb|date=23 April 2009|journal=[[The Georgia Straight]]|url=https://www.straight.com/article-215577/11-bc-artists-represented-55-new-works-acquired-canada-council-art-bank}}.</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120320055140/http://www.tru.ca/cicac/index.php Centre for Innovation in Culture and the Arts in Canada]<br />
*[http://ashokmathur.blogspot.com/ Ashok Mathur's blog]<br />
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