CBC Radio interviewed Niku Koochak and ACWR’s Executive Director, Alejandro Tamayo, about the Creatives at Work Artist Residency Program. The interview is available for listening on cbc.ca.
GOG Curatorial Award Feature (2026)-University of Windsor News
Feature article on receiving the 2025 Galleries Ontario / Galeries Ontario Award for First Exhibition in a Public Art Gallery. The interview discusses my curatorial philosophy, collaborative exhibition-making, spatial approaches to exhibition design, and balancing curatorial practice with my work as an interdisciplinary artist.
University of Windsor News – Shifting Borders: Reframing the Windsor–Detroit Border Through Art, Archives, and Student Research (2025)
Featured by the University of Windsor for Shifting Borders, a guest-curated exhibition developed in collaboration with faculty, students, and Leddy Library Archives. The exhibition brought together contemporary artworks, archival materials, and student research to examine how borders are shaped by access, power, memory, and lived experience.
The feature discusses my curatorial approach, the collaborative development of the exhibition, and the role of university galleries as spaces for research, dialogue, and interdisciplinary learning.
In 2023, CBC Windsor highlighted Niku Koochak’s thesis performance Blots, again Blots at the University of Windsor’s School of Creative Arts.
CJAM 99.1 FM – Creatives at Work: Artist Interview (2026)
Invited to participate in a two-part radio conversation reflecting on the Arts Council Windsor & Region's Creatives at Work Residency. The interview explored the goals of the residency, my artistic practice, collaboration with local businesses, and the role of artist residencies in strengthening connections between artists and the Windsor-Essex community.
Listen: CJAM 99.1FM
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WE Belong Podcast – Workforce WindsorEssex (2026)
Invited as a guest on the WE Belong Podcast, produced by Workforce WindsorEssex and the Windsor Essex Local Immigration Partnership in collaboration with the Arts Council Windsor & Region.
In this conversation, I discuss my journey to Canada as an international student, building an artistic and curatorial practice in Windsor, and how a sense of belonging can emerge through community, collaboration, and long-term support. The episode also reflects on the impact of the Creatives at Work Artist Residency and the role of local arts organizations in supporting artists and newcomers.
