2015 – Page 2 – Kelowna Art Gallery

Bring out your Best: Members’ Exhibition

December 13, 2014 to January 25, 2015 Scroll down for more exhibition images. The Kelowna Art Gallery is pleased to once again present our annual members’ show this December. Our members play a very important role in the gallery’s continued success, and this is our opportunity to recognize and celebrate the…

Gary Spearin: iNifiNiTi

October 4, 2014 to January 11, 2015 Ontario-based artist Gary Spearin began his iNifiNiTi project in 2007, and it continues to grow. iNifiNiTi is a large series of twenty-four-by-twenty-inch-sized oil-on-canvas paintings. Each one is more-or-less abstract in nature, but may contain shapes, repeated lines or patterns, which create images that…

Johann Wessels: Side Show

November 3, 2014 to May 11, 2015 click image for larger version For his commission at the Kelowna International Airport, Penticton-based artist Johann Wessels has conceived of a caravan of wheeled carts or wagons, reminiscent of a travelling carnival. He calls his installation Side Show, and thinks of his…

7: Professional Native Indian Artists Inc.

October 11, 2014 to January 4, 2015 Daphne Odjig, Thunderbird of Courage, 1977, acrylic on canvas, 61 x 50.8 cm. Private Collection. © Daphne Odjig. Photo credit: Don Hall In the early 1970s seven professional First Nations artists decided to join together and create a new Group of Seven for…

Okanagan Print Triennial 2015

The OPT is a collaborative project of the Vernon Public Art Gallery, the Kelowna Art Gallery, and the University of British Columbia Okanagan. The juried group exhibition alternates between the Kelowna and Vernon galleries, with the winner of each show being given a solo show at the alternate gallery concurrently…

Superheroes & Supervillains

January 31 to March 8, 2015 The Kelowna Art Gallery is pleased to present the Superheroes & Supervillains exhibition. Over thirty artists have created works of art that explore the subculture and phenomena surrounding their favorite superhero and villain cartoon characters. This exhibition presents work that ranges from classical animation…

Lynden Beesley: Hortus Conclusus

The Artist’s Garden Project Spring 2014 to Spring 2015 The second in our series of commissioned artist’s gardens, created spring 2014 in our outdoor courtyard space by Kelowna-based artist Lynden Beesley. She pays a tribute to the medieval herb/physic garden, using raised beds arranged symmetrically around the centre of the…