Exhibitions
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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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 forwa…
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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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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 archetype…
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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 art…
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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)…
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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 so…
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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 pr…
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