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

Two viewers look at a grid of small paintings in blue and yellow tones

Marion Nicoll Gallery

The MNG hosts student-run installations, group shows and exhibitions.

Marion Nicoll Gallery

UPCOMING

Sahar Te, still from Hearing Circles Approved Motion, 2025. Courtesy of the artist.

An Alberta A(r)ttitude

Curated by Tak Pham

Jan 16 - Mar 14, 2026

Exhibitions

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Resistant Fibres

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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

Stanley Day, Acceleration, 1971. Acrylic on Canvas.

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Great Plains Series: Points of Return – Spaces of Departure

Marquee Gallery at Remai Modern

 

Movement is positioned as a lens through which to understand the experiences of flora, fauna, and people who have traversed these lands.

Noah Milo

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Solutions for the City

Lightbox Studio (Located on the main level of Werklund Centre, beside the Martha Cohen Theatre)

Open your mind to one-of-a-kind, experimental, studio-based projects and artist exhibitions in the Lightbox Studio.

Events

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Emily Promise Performance

Artist Performance: Conundra

5:30 to 7:30 p.m. 

Illingworth Kerr Gallery

Artist Emily Promise Allison presents performance: Conundra

Calgary Atlas

Calgary Atlas Project Launch – Making Place: A Map of Black Calgary

6 to 8 p.m. 

Esker Foundation

The unveiling of the Calgary Atlas Project's newest map.

Particle + Wave

PARTICLE+WAVE 2026: Performance & Screening Night

Particle + Wave 2026 – Live Performances & Screening at TELUS Spark