Past Exhibitions

Amanda Rhodenizer's Casual Frontier is an oil painting depicting a dark interior living space occupied by a black leather chair and bright television screen; a tall bright window also adds contrasting light to the scene
The Brain is wider than the Sky // Curated by Crystal Mowry
18 July 2018 to 23 September 2018
Tara Cooper, Hyang Cho, Meg Harder, Žana Kozomora, Amanda Rhodenizer, Aislinn Thomas Opening Reception: Wednesday 18 July, 7 pm The lives of artists – whether they be poets or painters – often make for excellent legends. In the case of the American poet Emily Dickinson (1830 –... Read More
Lucie Chan: How To Be 57
23 March 2018 to 30 June 2018
Curated by Crystal Mowry Palimpsest… a word to describe the effect of inscription and partial erasure. An accumulation of marks and impressions of all sorts. A resonant hum. A perennial garden. A newspaper. A commute in the dark. For Vancouver-based Lucie Chan, the palimpsest is... Read More
Expressions 43: Recalibrate + InSight: RE:
21 April 2018 to 27 May 2018
Opening Reception: Sunday April 22, 2-5 pm Expressions 43 is the annual exhibition of student artwork that celebrates the next generation of creativity in the Waterloo Region. Artwork made by students in Junior Kindergarten through to Grade 12 are paired with works from the... Read More
Maggie Groat`s Alternative Guide to SET, a framed paper collage of brightly coloured shapes sparsely arranged on a deep blue background assembled from four pieces of paper
Object Lessons // Curated by Beatriz Asfora
17 March 2018 to 19 August 2018
Collecting practices–personal or institutional–are characterized by a pursuit of knowledge and a genuine love for objects. Human curiosity leads one to find out everything about those objects, their past and shared significance to oneself and to one’s community. This exhibition... Read More
Halcyon Days // Works from the Permanent Collection
26 January 2018 to 4 March 2018
Curated by Crystal Mowry Featuring works by Shuvinai Ashoona, Lynne Cohen, Kosso Eloul, Brian Fisher, Michael Flomen, Tristram Lansdowne, Agnes Lefort, Doris McCarthy. Eva McCauley, Ray Mead, Frieda Nelson, Otto Planding, Jon Sasaki. Gordon Smith. Takao Tanabe, Tom Thomson and F... Read More
Emanuel Licha // Now Have A Look At This Machine
26 January 2018 to 1 April 2018
Curated by Lesley Johnstone, Head of Exhibitions and Education at the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal Now just have a look at this machine. Up till now a few things still had to be set by hand, but from this moment it works all by itself. It’s a remarkable piece of... Read More
Close up image of a rock formation made from paper pulp embedded with a legible page of text from a yellowed trade paperback book
Carry Forward // Curated by Lisa Myers
29 September 2017 to 14 January 2018
Featuring work by Maria Thereza Alves, Marjorie Beaucage, Deanna Bowen, Dana Claxton, Brenda Draney, John Hampton, Jamelie Hassan, Mike MacDonald, Nadia Myre, Krista Belle Stewart and Maika’i Tubbs. The term “carry forward” suggests passing or transferring something on to the... Read More
Storylines—The Long and the Short of it // Works from the Permanent Collection
2 September 2017 to 11 March 2018
Curated by Jennifer Bullock and Linda Perez Stand before an artwork: observe and engage in a search for meaning. An unspoken conversation follows, revealing as much about the viewer as it does about the artist. Storylines—The Long and the Short of It offers the stuff of dreams... Read More

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