Category: Exhibitions
Art Teachers’ Exhibition 2014
June 20 to September 14, 2014 The Kelowna Art Gallery proudly presents works of art created by the professional and talented teachers who lead classes at the Gallery. This exhibition showcases a range of art, reflecting the diverse classes we offer, such as drawing, acrylic and watercolour painting, mixed media,…
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…
Crystal Przybille: Wish
May 5 to Nov 3, 2014 Crystal Przybille, Wish, 2014, mixed media Photography: Clea Haugo Kelowna-based artist Crystal Przybille has created a work reminiscent of two giant bird wings, made from wood and metal. Entitled Wish, the piece is intended to make reference to the human longing for and efforts toward…
Marc Siegner: Adaptation
July 5 to September 28, 2014 Marc Siegner, Big Magic (detail), 2013, mixed media on panels, 98 x 75 in. (250 x 190 cm) Marc Siegner is a senior Canadian artist based in Edmonton, Alberta. He has focused most of his artistic practice within printmaking, but has recently extended that to…
Christos Dikeakos: Nature Morte
June 21 to October 5, 2014 Christos Dikeakos is a senior Canadian artist based in Vancouver, where he has worked for his entire career. He also happens to own (along with his wife Sophie) an apple orchard in Naramata, and this has led him to spend a fair amount of…
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…
Art in Action 2014: Back to Basics
March 7 to June 15, 2014 The Kelowna Art Gallery is pleased to host our 28th annual Art in Action exhibition. This exhibition, on display in the Front Project Space, features approximately 125 works of art created by students in Kelowna’s public and private high schools. Art in Action is…
The Power of Women’s Creativity: Past, Present, & Future
September 20 to December 6, 2014 This exhibition is presented in partnership with the Central Okanagan Women’s Resource & Education Foundation and features over 60 works of art in a variety of media, including painting, drawing, sculpture, mixed media, and quilting, all created by local women. It coincides with Women’s…
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…
One on One
Jenny Western with Kenneth Lavallee: Man and Nature April 12 to June 29, 2014 The Kelowna Art Gallery is pleased to announce a new exhibition series to be installed annually in our Mardell G Reynolds Gallery space. One on One will be curated each year by an emerging Aboriginal curator.…
Ann Kipling: The Falkland Drawings
a thirty-five-year survey March 22 to June 15, 2014 Ann Kipling is a senior Canadian artist who works exclusively on paper (in drawing, printmaking or with ink or paint). She was born in Victoria, BC in 1934 and studied at the Vancouver School of Art. Kipling lived in Richmond, Lynn…
David Rokeby: Very Nervous System
January 4 to April 6, 2014 David Rokeby, Very Nervous System (1986-2004), Video camera, computer, custom software. Collection of Carleton University Art Gallery: Purchased in 2009 with assistance from the Friends of the Art Gallery, the Elizabeth L. Gordon Art Programme and the Canada Council for the Arts. Photographs courtesy…
Unreal
January 11 to March 9, 2014 Jock Macdonald, The Black Quartet, 1946, ink, watercolour on paper, 25.8 x 35.7 cm, Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Acquistion Fund, Photo: Teresa Healy, Vancouver Art Gallery. The Kelowna Art Gallery is pleased and excited to be a venue for the tour…
Day Job
Curated by Neena Sood January 18 to March 2, 2014 Our upcoming exhibition Day Job features work of approximately twenty-five past and present staff members of Opus Framing and Art Supplies, Kelowna. Past employees now live across North America, and as far away as Israel and New Zealand. Everyone who…
Glenn Clark: Best of Seven
November 4, 2013 to May 5, 2014 Glenn Clark, Best of Seven, 2013, mixed media, installation at Kelowna International Airport Penticton-based artist Glenn Clark decided to focus on Canada’s national game for his commission at the Kelowna International Airport. With a retro edge to them, his hockey players are greatly…
Past to Present: Members’ Exhibition 2013
November 30, 2013 to January 11, 2014 What, or who has influenced your art? What was the catalyst for you becoming an artist? Is there an historical work of art that fascinates, or inspires you? This year we asked artists to select an influential work of art from the past,…
Keith Langergraber: Theatre of the Exploding Sun
October 5 to December 29, 2013 Photo by Yuri Akuney, Digital Perfections Keith Langergraber is a mid-career artist who is based in Vancouver. This major exhibition is being produced in partnership with the Southern Alberta Art Gallery in Lethbridge. It will focus on Langergraber’s three-part film, titled Time Traveller Trilogy,…
Art Teachers’ Exhibition 2013
August 6 to September 22, 2013 The Kelowna Art Gallery proudly presents works of art created by the professional and talented teachers who lead classes at the Gallery. This exhibition showcases a range of art, reflecting the diverse classes we offer, such as drawing, acrylic and watercolour painting, mixed media,…
Collective Points of View
June 8 to July 14, 2013 Youth inSights Youth inSights is a six-month-long after-school art program conceived to engage teens who may be considering a career in the arts. Through a series of workshops, gallery projects, and opportunities to work with local emerging and established artists, teens get an up-close…



