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
MFA Thesis Exhibition 2026
Apr 10 - 18, 2026
Exhibitions
-
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
-
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.
-
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
MFA Thesis Exhibition 2026 Opening Reception
Illingworth Kerr Gallery, AUArts
OPENING RECEPTION
Thursday April 9, 2026
5 – 7:30p.m.
Closing Reception: Jenifer Darbellay Memorial Award Fundraiser
5 to 7:30 p.m.
Alberta University of the Arts
Join us for the closing reception and final bidding of a special wearable-art-themed silent auction in support of the Jenifer Darbellay Memorial Award.
Reception: Rebus Plates for our Times
2 to 4 p.m.
Join Alberta Craft Calgary and Mireille Perron for the reception of her solo exhibition Rebus Plates for our Times.