Exhibitions

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: 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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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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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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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 he…
Read MoreMIND THE GAP
April 20, 2017 – May 19, 2017
MIND THE GAP is the 2017 Department of Art graduating exhibition organized and curated by students participating in the Honors Program. It presents a variety of artistic works that these students have produced over the course of the year. The curricu…
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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 Phoenici…
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HOME ECONOMICS 150 years of Canadian Hooked Rugs
January 26, 2017 – April 8, 2017
HOME ECONOMICS: 150 years of Canadian Hooked Rugs explores the evolution, creative and social dimensions of hooked rugs, a uniquely Canadian folk art. For over 150 years, as long as Canada is old, the craft and commerce of rug hooking has been an in…
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