The Kamloops Art Gallery is the principal gallery of the southern interior of British Columbia supporting contemporary and historical art on a local, national and international level through exhibitions, programs and collections. Mon to Sat 10 am - 5 pm; Wed and Thurs till 8 pm (Free admission Thursdays sponsored by BCLC)
Kamloops Art Gallery
101-465 Victoria St, Kamloops, British Columbia V2C 2A9
101-465 Victoria St, Kamloops, British Columbia V2C 2A9
Mon to Sat 10 am - 5 pm; Wed and Thurs till 8 pm (Free admission Thursdays sponsored by BCLC)
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Quick Pick: Gambletron, Johnny Forever Nawracaj and zev tiefenbach at Kamloops Art Gallery
Diasporist Anchors for Future Memory on view through Sept. 21
Jul 24, 2024
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The Queer NHL
Lucas Morneau has spent the pandemic crocheting hockey jerseys.
Feb 13, 2023
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Jin-me Yoon
Hauntings of self and migration.
May 30, 2022
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Kelly Richardson
Using beauty – and technology – to tell dystopic tales about environmental collapse.
Mar 21, 2022
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Donald Lawrence
A fascination with optics and exploration casts an artist’s eye adrift.
Jul 12, 2020
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Public Art by Donald Lawrence Installed in Kamloops
Public art by Kamloops artist Donald Lawrence will be installed at the entrance to the city's art gallery.
Nov 27, 2018
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Photographs from South Asia
A fascinating show of contemporary and historic photography from South Asia invites viewers to look deeply.
Jan 29, 2018
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Kamloops Art Gallery Appoints Interim Curator
The Kamloops Art Gallery Board of Trustees announced the appointment of Adrienne Fast as Interim Curator of the Kamloops Art Gallery, effective December 12, 2016 to January 2018.
Dec 12, 2016
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Kamloops Art Gallery Appoints New Executive Director
The Kamloops Art Gallery Board of Trustees announced that the appointment of Margaret Chrumka as the new Executive Director of the Kamloops Art Gallery, effective November 8, 2016.
Nov 9, 2016
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Kamloops Art Gallery Exceeds Jann LM Bailey Legacy Fund Goal
In memory of the former Executive Director Jann LM Bailey, the Gallery worked over the summer to raise funds to acknowledge the first anniversary of her passing and honour her 28 years with the Gallery.
Nov 2, 2016
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Kevin Schmidt: Oct. 3 to Jan. 2, 2015 at the Kamloops Art Gallery
"The Commons", a survey of work from the last decade, demonstrates how Kevin Schmidt displaces cultural spectacles such as billboards or rock-show lights from the urban environment into wilderness settings.
Sep 26, 2015
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"Ideas & Things," Kamloops Art Gallery, March 28 to June 13, 2015
For "Ideas & Things", curator Charo Neville brings together six artists who traverse the space between materiality and idea-based practice.
May 10, 2015
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PAM HALL: "HouseWork(s)," Jan. 17 to March 14, 2015, Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, BC
It’s hard to call Pam Hall’s artistic practice anything but encyclopedic. Visually rich, thematically varied and intellectually dense, it includes small daily rituals, collaborations with other artists and ambitious social-engagement projects.
Jan 17, 2015
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KAG hosts "Luminocity" Oct 31 - Nov 8, 2014; Prep talk Apr 12
Instant Coffee Artist Talk. Join us Sat, April 12 at 4:30 pm to meet the artists and learn more about their collaborative practice and plans for "Luminocity" Oct 31 - Nov 8.
Apr 8, 2014
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Tania Willard awarded Aboriginal Curator Residency
The Kamloops Art Gallery is pleased to announce the appointment of Tania Willard as Aboriginal Curator in Residence. Her residency with the Kamloops Art Gallery will begin in October 2013 and run until April 2015.
Jun 13, 2013
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"WESTERN" and "ROUNDUP", Kamloops Art Gallery, Jan 18 to March 23, 2013
"Western", a group exhibition, and "Roundup", paintings by the late Interior B.C. artist and rancher Sonia Cornwall, welcome viewers with the scent of straw and thistle in an entrance painted yellow ochre, the colour of local hills and foliage.
Apr 11, 2013
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GERMAINE KOH: Brewing up conceptual art
A pot of water doesn’t boil. Germaine Koh is trying to make tea at her new studio. She investigates and discovers the stove’s electrical element isn’t working.
Dec 31, 2012
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KAG, AGA ANNOUNCE NEW, UPGRADED POSITIONS
Charo Neville has been recently appointed curator at the Kamloops Art Gallery, as predecessor Annette Hurtig moves into the position of adjunct curator. And in Edmonton, Catherine Crowston has taken on the role of acting executive director at the AGA
Dec 31, 2011
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PHOTO: Courtesy of the artist
"On the Nature of Things", Kamloops Art Gallery, October 15 - December 31, 2011
"On the Nature of Things", Kamloops Art Gallery, October 15 - December 31, 2011
Nov 4, 2011
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SARAH ANNE JOHNSON and LORRAINE GILBERT "Global Nature," June 11 to September 3, 2011, Kamloops Art Gallery
Sarah Anne Johnson and Lorraine Gilbert began exploring art and photography in different decades, but the environmental undercurrents in both their practices are now merging in a timely exhibition called Global Nature.
Apr 30, 2011
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MIKE ANDREW MCLEAN "Range," January 15 to March 12, 2011, Kamloops Art Gallery.
After originally showing the works from his series "Range" at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, photographer Mike Andrew McLean returned to the Rocky Mountains last summer to complete the series.
Dec 31, 2010
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JAYCE SALLOUM, "history of the present," October 25, 2009 to January 3, 2010, Kamloops Art Gallery
Salloum’s work can be challenging and is even regarded by some as having a ‘marginal’ aesthetic because it refuses to provide the simplistic linear narratives commonly seen in public discourse.
Dec 31, 2009
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GARY PEARSON, "The End is My Beginning," March 30 to May 25, 2008; Kamloops Art Gallery
Gary Pearson’s paintings typically explore communal spaces – bars, restaurants, jazz concerts. But those social settings also underline the sense of disconnection of the solitary figures central to Pearson’s work.
Aug 31, 2008
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A WIDE BRUSH - Daphne Odjig
Daphne Odjig had reconnected with her 1919 birthplace, community, and culture in 1964 on Manitoulin Island in Ontario while attending a pow wow. She returned in the early 1970s to mentor emerging artists while her own practice continued to grow.
Apr 30, 2008
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MICHAEL LA ROCQUE, "Staged Affects," August 25 to September 23, 2007, Kamloops Art Gallery
The dissimulation of identity, with its promise of temporary release from social norms, has long intrigued artists.
Aug 31, 2007
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LINDA WALTON, "Barnes Lake," Oct. 29 - Dec. 31, 2006, Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops
In a departure from her usual work in ceramics, Linda Walton’s Barnes Lake installation is an ambitious multi-media project about an alkali lake near Kamloops.
Aug 31, 2006
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"PROXIMITIES: Artists’ Statements and Their Works," Oct. 16- Dec. 31, 2005, Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops
The contested space between words and images — and the often uneasy relationship between making art and writing about it — offers rich terrain for a thought-provoking exhibition.
Aug 31, 2005
