2020 – Kelowna Art Gallery

Storytellers

Organized by the Arts Council of the Central Okanagan (ARTSCO) Through to April 11, 2021 We are all storytellers. Whether we encounter stories in books, newspapers, conversations, or on social media; we are confronted by many overlapping narratives in our daily lives. However, it is our own inner narrative that…

FIFTEEN

UBC Okanagan Alumni – Fine Arts September 19 to November 15, 2020 FIFTEEN features the art of University of British Columbia Okanagan alumni from the Fine Arts program in celebration of the campus’ 15th anniversary. The exhibition showcases work from 2007 until now, and demonstrates how the artists, who all received formal training…

Northern Pine

Watercolours and Drawings by the Group of Seven from the McMichael Canadian Art Collection Guest Curator: Ian Thom October 24, 2020 to March 7, 2021 Franklin Carmichael, Lake Superior, 1926, watercolour on paper, 28.5 x 34.2 cm Gift of Mrs. R.G. Mastin. McMichael Canadian Art Collection. Celebrating the 100th anniversary…

Goin’ Where the Climate Suits My Clothes

Melanie Daniel November 14, 2020 to April 4, 2021 Melanie Daniel, Only Four Degrees, 2019, oil on canvas, 77 x 120 in. Courtesy of Asya Geisberg Gallery, NY. Melanie Daniel relates her fear for humankind’s unhealthy relationship with the natural world in Goin’ Where the Climate Suits My Clothes. Through…

puti kʷala – we are still here

Sheldon Pierre Louis Satellite Space at the Kelowna International Airport July 8, 2020 to June 23, 2021 In his painting series puti kʷala – we are still here, interdisciplinary artist Sheldon Pierre Louis creates vibrant portraits that celebrate the beauty of the syilx/Okanagan Nation’s history and culture. These colourful multi-layered canvases…

I Must Be Streaming

Jorden Doody July 25 to November 1, 2020 In the exhibition I Must Be Streaming, Jorden Doody investigates how contemporary culture responds to notions of the body in a digital age where illusion, escape, and distraction are at the forefront of our collective consciousness. Our expanded communities are continually being challenged through…

Nothing to be done

Melany Nugent-Noble August 8, 2020 to August 29, 2021 Nothing to be done takes reference from the stage set of Samuel Beckett’s play, Waiting for Godot. First performed in Paris in 1953, the play is about two characters—Vladimir and Estragon—who wait beneath a tree by a country road for Godot…

Small things left behind

Katherine Pickering Satellite Space at the Kelowna International Airport January, 22 2020 to July 8, 2020 In this series of shaped paintings Kelowna-based artist Katherine Pickering explores the overlap between painting and sculpture. The installation uses pattern, colour, and the materiality of paint to suggest the fluidity of time. In…

Art in Action 2020: COLOUR

February 29 to September 13, 2020 For this year’s 34th Art in Action student exhibition, the Kelowna Art Gallery invited young artists to explore the vibrant world of colour. Middle and high school students throughout the Central Okanagan Region were encouraged to express themselves in a variety of mediums and…

Slipstream

Jenn E Norton March 21 to July 12, 2020 Slipstream video still; viewer in the installation. Photo courtesy of Jenn E. Norton. In an otherwise empty gallery space, this immersive video installation includes six reflective panels positioned in an inward-facing ring which create channels of infinite regress. A dancing figure…

From Geisha to Diva: The Kimono of Ichimaru

March 14 to October 11, 2020 The word geisha is made up of two characters, gei means ‘art’ or ‘accomplished’ and sha means ‘person.’ Therefore it can be translated as ‘accomplished person’ or ‘person who lives by the arts.’ The fascinating life of Ichimaru (1906-1997), one of the most famous…

Experiment in F# Minor

Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller January 18 to March 15, 2020 Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller, Experiment in F# Minor, 2013, 72-channel audio installation including speakers, photosensors, and wooden worktables, 96 1/8 x 72 x 30 inches. Courtesy of Luhring Augustine, New York. Experiment in F# Minor is…

Members’ Exhibition: Stories

November 9, 2019 to February 23, 2020 For this year’s annual members’ exhibition, the Kelowna Art Gallery asked its members to submit works of art that celebrate Stories. As human beings, we are drawn to stories because we see ourselves reflected in them. Sharing our subjective experiences through stories enables…

Creative Growth Centre for Spiritual Nourishment

Lucas Glenn and Mat Glenn October 18, 2019 to August 2, 2020 We’re Solarpunk because the only other options are denial or despair. —Adam Flynn The Rotary Courtyard gallery has been taken over by two exciting, young, local artists—Lucas and Mat Glenn. Creative Growth Centre for Spiritual Nourishment is…

Daphne Odjig 100

September 14, 2019 to January 5, 2020 Daphne Odjig 100 is a capsule retrospective of the late artist Daphne Odjig that opens the week of what would have been her 100th birthday. Odjig is one of Canada’s most celebrated Indigenous painters and printmakers, and has often been referred to as…

Sovereign Acts

November 30, 2019 to March 1, 2020 Guest curator Wanda Nanibush’s touring exhibition will showcase photography, video, and installation works by eight well known Indigenous contemporary artists: Rebecca Belmore, Lori Blondeau, Dayna Danger, Robert Houle, James Luna, Shelley Niro, Adrian Stimson, and Jeff Thomas. The history of Indigenous Peoples performing…