Vessna Perunovich
Shifting Shelter, (installation detail)
2017. Mixed Media
Photo credit: Jeremy Pavka
Galleries on campus
Art is everywhere at AUArts.
Our world-class gallery spaces infuse the campus with the work of professional artists and designers – provoking thought, inspiring discussion and welcoming the greater community.
Illingworth Kerr Gallery
A world-class exhibition space and flexible platform for critical enquiry and theoretical debate with a focus on visual culture. As an interface between AUArts and the broader community, IKG is the longest-running international art program in Calgary, and a vital component of the city’s cultural ecology.
Image: Mark Igloliorte, Diptychs Series. 2017. Installation view. Photo credit: Elyse Bouvier
Marion Nicoll Gallery
The MNG hosts student-run installations, group shows and exhibitions.
UPCOMING
Exhibitions
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Resistant Fibres
Âjagemô art space at the Canada Council for the Arts
Ottawa, Ontario
Opening: June 17, from 5 to 7 p.m.
Curated by Julie Graff
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Faye HeavyShield: Issokawo'taan
AGO in Toronto, Ontario
Faye HeavyShield, recipient of the 2021 Gershon Iskowitz Prize at the AGO, has for more than three decades created powerful installations and sculptures, characterized by repeating forms and motifs, including spirals, circles, grids, and lines.
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Shift: Marie Lannoo and Katie Ohe
Art Gallery of Alberta (Edmonton, Alberta)
Shift includes the works of two senior women artists.
Events
An Alberta A(r)titude Opening Reception
5 to 8 p.m.
Join us for the opening reception of the Illingworth Kerr Gallery's winter exhibition. Artists will be in attendance.
An Alberta A(r)titude Artist Talk: Sahar Te
1 to 2 p.m.
Join us in the gallery for an Artist Talk with Sahar Te, one of the featured artists in Illingworth Kerr Gallery’s Winter 2026 exhibition.
Panel Discussion: Art Criticism in Western Canada
1 to 2 p.m.
Stanford Perrott Lecture Theatre at AUArts
Join us to explore the importance of regional art writing in shaping Canadian cultural conversations.