Indigenous First Nations’ Teachings Through Visual Art February 6 to April 11, 2021 Untitled work by KLO Middle School grade 9 student, Sarah. Dreaming Forward showcases 75 works of art created by students from fifteen different Central Okanagan Public Schools that have participated in the Indigenous Art Lesson Project since…
Art in Action 35 April 17 to June 13, 2021 Bright New World features artworks by young artists from across the Okanagan and marks the 35th anniversary of our annual Art in Action student exhibition. For this year’s presentation, students were encouraged to explore a brighter future and consider the…
June 19 to September 12, 2021 Kato Rempel, Luminous (detail), 2020, oil on canvas. Courtesy of the Artist. Undressed features the work of sixty-three members who support the ongoing work of the Gallery by being a part of our growing membership. For thousands of years, the human form has fascinated visual artists and…
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…
March 20 to July 18, 2021 Guest Curator: John O’Brian BOMBHEAD is organized and circulated by the Vancouver Art Gallery Bruce Conner, Bombhead, 1989/2002, pigment on RC photo paper, acrylic. Private Collection © 2021 Conner Family Trust, San Francisco / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SOCAN, Montreal …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Mariel Belanger June 22 to October 6, 2019 This June visitors to the Kelowna Art Gallery will have the chance to experience a traditional tule mat house created by artist Mariel Belanger of the Syilx—Okanagan Nation. The new immersive installation piece tukʷtniɬxʷ will be constructed in our open air gallery…
August 24 to November 17, 2019 Through Her Eyes traces a long history of landscape, and how ‘landscape’ has evolved into painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, the analogue and the digital. It highlights the particular vision that women artists bring to their environment, one that is filled with awe and appreciation…
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…
Canadian Mental Health Association Exhibition September 21 to November 3, 2019 Artists Among Us is an annual exhibition that celebrates recovery and wellness for people with lived experience of mental health challenges. This year’s show features a collection of works created by artists from the ArtWorks Studio. The ArtWorks Studio…
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