Exhibitions
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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 out of his workplace. Large canvases, mid-sized works on paper, ‘Swarm’, a wall collage of ‘notations’…
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Walter May: Look Again
February 1, 2018 – April 28, 2018
Although primarily known as a sculptor, Walter May’s practice has also included drawing, digital photography, installations, and on occasion, performance art. Look Again does just that, giving a retrospective view of his practice from the 1970s forward. Image: Hooped, Walter May, 2015. Image courtesy the artist.
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SERIES: Richard Boulet — RAGE HOPE
October 6, 2017 – December 16, 2017
RAGE HOPE addresses the theme of mental wellness and features the work of Edmonton artist Richard Boulet. Mounted in conjunction with SPARK Disability Arts Festival, Boulet’s artworks feature highly crafted textiles, text-based art, drawings and artist books. These range from large‐scale wall hangings, to intimate cross-stitch and collaborative b…
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SERIES: Miruna Dragan — Everywhere Possible Therefore True
October 6, 2017 – December 16, 2017
Dragan is a Calgary-based multidisciplinary artist who has exhibited her work both nationally and internationally. Utilizing such diverse techniques as encaustic paint, photography, textiles, and architectural intervention, Dragan examines archetypes, myths, and symbols — including those of her native Romania. Her work interrogates paradoxes rel…
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The Writing on the Wall: Works of Dr. Joane Cardinal-Schubert, RCA
September 21, 2017 – December 16, 2017
The Writing on the Wall: Works of Dr. Joane Cardinal-Schubert RCA is a long overdue examination of this artist’s work that will be installed in the Nickle Galleries. The exhibition reflects the cyclical nature of Joane Cardinal-Schubert’s (1942-2009) work, including 60 pivotal pieces in painting, drawing, printmaking, collage, ceramic, and installa…
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EMBODIED – MFA Graduating Exhibition 2017
August 11, 2017 – September 24, 2017
Embodied presents the work of four artists from the University of Calgary’s Graduating Master of Fine Arts class of 2017. Through drawing, sculpture, video, and painting the artists explore their relationships to their bodies as sites of inscribed social, cultural, and political meaning. Each artist provides an intimate look at the ways they negoti…
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Coins of Jesus: Money and Religion in the Ancient World
March 3, 2017 – September 7, 2017
Coins of Jesus highlights the Judeo-Christian coinage in the Numismatics Collection of Nickle Galleries, covering a unique geographic area and a historic period of cultural and ideological diversity. Beginning with Persian Imperial coins and Phoenician shekels, the exhibition presents Jewish, Judeo-Roman, Roman Christian and Byzantine coinage, conc…
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SPEAKING NOTES: Nickle Galleries’ Recent Acquisitions
June 18, 2017 – August 18, 2017
Organized from the collection of Nickle Galleries, curated by Michele Hardy with assistance from Yara Saegh Since opening its doors to the public in 1979, Nickle Galleries has benefited from the generosity of countless individuals who have donated precious art objects, time, and occasionally, funds. Each new arrival not only expands the collection…
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PRESSED: Four Decades of Prints by D. Helen Mackie, RCA
June 18, 2017 – July 28, 2017
University of Calgary Alumna, member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Artists, and well-known and admired printmaker Helen Mackie has gifted Nickle Galleries an outstanding legacy. In 2017, Mackie donated one of every print series she created over her studio career of more than four decades – in all, nearly 350 prints using a wide variety of media,…
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