Exhibitions
Money and Calgary: The City’s History of Numismatics
May 10, 2019 – July 20, 2019
Curated by Marina Fischer from the Collections of Nickle Galleries and the Calgary Numismatic Society. “There is nothing more fascinating than collecting coins, all history is summed up in them…they are the story of humanity.” W.H…
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Closer Look: Investigating the Every Day
May 17, 2019 – July 20, 2019
Curated by Christine Sowiak from the collection of Nickle Galleries During the summer of 2019, Nickle Galleries will hold three concurrent exhibitions featuring the collections of Nickle Galleries. Money and Calgary: The City’s History of Numi…
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Revolutionaries and Ghosts: Memory, Witness and Justice in a Global Canadian Context
January 31, 2019 – May 3, 2019
Works from the Collections of Nickle Galleries and the MacKenzie Art Gallery, curated by Timothy Long and Christine Sowiak Co-produced by Nickle Galleries, University of Calgary and MacKenzie Art Gallery Opening Reception: Thursday 31 January, 5:00 –…
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BREAKING TRADITION: LANDSCAPE (IM)POSSIBILITIES
January 31, 2019 – April 13, 2019
Curated by Jasmine Hynes in collaboration with Museum and Heritage Studies from the Collection of Nickle Galleries Opening Reception: Thursday 31 January, 5:00 – 8:00 pm Traditionally, in Canada, when we think of landscape we think of the grea…
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Mireille Perron – The Anatomy of a Glass Menagerie: Altaglass
January 31, 2019 – April 13, 2019
Inspired by Anna Atkins (considered the first female photographer), artist Mireille Perron contributes to a reactivation of meaning for Altaglass. Opening Reception: Thursday 31 January, 5:00 – 8:00pm. Organized by Nickle Galleries, cur…
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Lyndal Osborne: Mutation of the Commons
September 27, 2018 – December 15, 2018
Lyndal Osborne: Mutation of the Commons offers a survey of Osborne’s poignant sculptural work, completed since 1995. Her work speaks to forces of transformation within nature and comments upon the pressing issues relating to the environment. In her…
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Jude Griebel: Illuminated Collapse
October 18, 2017 – December 15, 2018
Jude Griebel: Illuminated Collapse offers a series of dioramas that project metaphorical End-of-Time narratives. Richly detailed, they represent anatomies/landscapes engaged in dramatic acts of self-consumption and destruction. Griebel’s work occup…
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Shona Rae: Re-Imagined Narratives
October 18, 2018 – December 15, 2018
Shona Rae: Re-Imagined Narratives is the culmination of two decades of work by this locally based ‘madwoman extraordinaire.’ Begun in 1998, Rae crafted 22 wearable sculptures inspired by fairy tales and the archetypes found in the Higher Arcana of…
Read MoreINTERSTITIAL – 2018 MFA Thesis Exhibition
August 10, 2018 – September 15, 2018
Organized by the Department of Art and Nickle Galleries After two years of research-led creation, seven MFA students present their final works in an exhibition, organized and curated by the students themselves and Nickle Galleries. The interdisciplin…
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What is Money?
May 3, 2018 – September 8, 2018
Thursday, May 3, 2018 to Saturday, September 8, 2018 Curated by Marina Fischer with assistance from Justine Buchler, Organized by Nickle Galleries What is Money? is the newest exhibition of ethnographic objects from the Nickle’s numismatic collection…
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