Exhibitions
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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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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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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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…
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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…
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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LAND – PEOPLE – MOVEMENT: Selections from the Collections of Nickle Galleries
May 25, 2018 – August 10, 2018
We began planning this exhibition near the end of a winter determined to hang on longer than most, so perhaps that is why we were drawn to works from all the collections that took us outside. To the wilderness, to city streets and small towns, to the…
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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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home.mak.er
April 19, 2018 – May 18, 2018
An art exhibition by BFA honours students Kajill Aujla and Chantal Snodgrass. Story telling and personal experience become the threads that tie our unique identities together.
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Each Painted Document (selections) – Mark Dicey
April 19, 2018 – May 18, 2018
Each Painted Document (selections) features selected works from Dicey’s earlier exhibition (Each Painted Document – February 1 – April 7, 2018). According to Grant Poier, Each Painted Document: is a visual manifest of the artist’s travels into and ou…
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