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Archived Exhibitions

Grace Nickel: Eruptions

08/03/2019 - 10/27/2019

Eruptions is a close study of the life cycle of a tree. Nickel examines the decaying trees on plots of land near her home along the Red River in Winnipeg, Manitoba (Treaty 1) to observe how closely the process of growth, decay, recovery, and regeneration is true of all organic forms.

Jeneen Frei Njootli: my auntie bought all her skidoos with bead money

05/24/2019 - 08/18/2019

Vuntut Gwitchin artist Jeneen Frei Njootli’s solo exhibition, my auntie bought all her skidoos with bead money, is comprised of four huge sheets of steel where we glimpse shadowy impressions left by hand-sewn beadwork created by the females in the artist’s family.

150 Acts: Art, Activism, Impact

05/24/2019 - 08/18/2019

What does nationhood mean to Canada? This is the question that 150 Acts: Art, Activism, Impact is designed to, if not answer, then continue exploring.

In Common Uncommon

04/27/2019 - 07/27/2019

Line Dufour: Worn Worlds

05/31/2019 - 07/07/2019

“Clothes are our autobiography and our identity. Cloth’s materiality carries the absent body. Through clothing and textiles, connections of love and relationships transcend absence, death, memory, and genealogy.”

Denise McKay: In Search of Self

03/09/2019 - 04/28/2019

A retrospective exhibition is always a fascinating exercise to see where an artist started, where she went, and how she got there. The career of Denise McKay seems to have moved through many different paths, but on closer examination, there is a thread that unites it all.

Chari Cohen: Sanctuary

01/09/2019 - 04/21/2019

Chari Cohen’s Sanctuary examines the boundary between sculpture and installation. Ceramics is no longer confined to a pedestal or plinth – ceramics is now free to inhabit any space and expand its boundaries.

Ears, Eyes, Voice: Black Canadian Photojournalists 1970s – 1990s

02/09/2019 - 03/31/2019

Ears, Eyes, Voice brings together important visual works by Black Canadian Photojournalists Jules Elder, Eddie Grant, Diane Liverpool, Al Peabody and Jim Russell. Their combined archive reveals a comprehensive and rare record that visually documents over three decades of stories that tell the important history of Toronto’s diverse Black communities.

Voices in Black Canadian Narratives

02/09/2019 - 03/31/2019

Curator Lindon Barrett presents Voices in Black Canadian Narratives, an exhibition honouring the work of artists Joan Butterfield, Nicole Alexander, and Ian P. Grant. Each artist brings their own distinct voice to the fabric of Canadian stories and histories.

Territories in Metal

02/02/2019 - 03/31/2019

Territories in Metal presents the work of Brigitte Clavette, Chantal Gilbert, Lou Lynn, and Silvia Taylor – four artists who work with metal and the inclusion of other materials. While these artists may be linked by medium, it is the distinctive way each artist challenges the function of everyday objects that connect them.

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