Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art
460 Portage Ave, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3C 0E8
460 Portage Ave, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3C 0E8
204-944-8663
Tues to Fri noon - 6 pm; Thurs till 8 pm; Sat & Sun noon - 5 pm
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Gilles Hébert Named Interim Executive Director at Plug In ICA in Winnipeg
Jul 22, 2024
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Michèle Pearson Clarke
Confronting fears and finding collective solace in song.
Apr 10, 2023
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Stanley Wany
An emotional exhibition pays tribute to those who defied slavery.
Nov 28, 2022
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Prairie Art Book Fair Coming Up in Winnipeg
Winnipeg's Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art is holding the Prairie Art Book Fair from Sept. 9 to Sept. 11.
Sep 1, 2022
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Manuel Mathieu
Haitian history, trauma and the complexity of diasporic identity.
Mar 7, 2022
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Q & A: Chukwudubem Ukaigwe
Engaging Winnipeg’s arts community with questions about inclusion.
Feb 8, 2021
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Sovereign Intimacies
Diasporic artists negotiate new ways of being together.
Nov 16, 2020
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Prairie Art Book Fair Goes Digital
The Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art in Winnipeg is holding a digital version of its Prairie Art Book Fair this month.
Sep 3, 2020
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Allison Yearwood to Head Winnipeg's Plug In
Allison Yearwood has been appointed as executive director of the Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art in Winnipeg.
Aug 17, 2020
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Nasrin Himada Appointed Interim Executive Director at Winnipeg's Plug In
Nasrin Himada, a Palestinian curator and writer from Montreal, has been appointed as the interim executive director of Winnipeg's Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art.
Jul 17, 2020
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Jenifer Papararo Leaving Winnipeg's Plug In ICA
Jenifer Papararo will join the Art Gallery of York University in Greater Toronto as director and curator.
Nov 17, 2019
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French Artist Daniel Buren to Speak in Winnipeg
Influential French conceptual artist Daniel Buren will give a public talk about his work at the Winnipeg Art Gallery at 7 p.m. on April 9.
Mar 28, 2019
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Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art Summer Institute
The Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art is accepting applications for two iterations of its Summer Institute, an international post-graduate research program for professional artists and thinkers in all disciplines and media.
Mar 4, 2019
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Plug In ICA Hires New Assistant Curator
A new assistant curator, Nasrin Himada, will join Winnipeg's Plug In ICA on May 6.
Feb 22, 2019
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Plug In ICA Presents Prairie Art Book Fair
The Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art presents the inaugural Prairie Art Book Fair in Winnipeg from Sept. 7 to Sept. 9.
Aug 13, 2018
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Winnipeg Stages Public Art
Plug In's "Stages: Drawing the Curtain," which runs Aug. 18 to Sept. 4 in Winnipeg, moves contemporary art out of the white cube of the gallery and into public space.
Aug 12, 2017
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Patrick Cruz: Brown Gaze
It’s impossible to turn away from Toronto-based artist Patrick Cruz’s show "Titig Kayumanggi (Brown Gaze)" at the Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art in Winnipeg.
May 20, 2017
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Eleanor Bond: Mountain of Shame | An exhibition catalogue by Plug In ICA in collaboration with the Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary, AB
Curated by Helga Pakassar in 2010, the exhibition Mountain of Shame signifies both a new direction for Plug In ICA as an institution and a distinct shift in the work of Winnipeg born artist Eleanor Bond.
May 7, 2017
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Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art Receives $200,000 in Canada Council New Chapter Funding
Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art is pleased to announce the award of $200,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts through the New Chapters grant program towards the presentation of an ambitious public art project: "Stages: Drawing the Curtain."
Feb 2, 2017
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Vahap Avṣar, Maryam Jafri, Christian Jankowski and Duane Linklater, The State, Plug In ICA, Winnipeg, July 1 to September 11, 2016
Citizens typically experience the state’s coercive power through airport security, traffic lights and taxes. As the artists in "The State" make clear, however, the repressive genius of state power lies in its ability to impose itself.
Oct 12, 2016
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Kim Beom, "Continuing Studies," to June 26 at Plug In in Winnipeg
Kim Beom, a leading conceptual artist in South Korea, presents "Continuing Studies," which uses absurdist humour to consider conventional learning structures.
Apr 29, 2016
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Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art receives international funding award from The Andy Warhol Foundation
Plug In ICA announced that The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts has bestowed the organization with $80,000 USD to support artistic programming over the next two years.
Feb 21, 2016
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"The Belgrade Hand," Aleksandra Domanović: Sept. 27 to Jan. 3, 2015 at the Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art in Winnipeg
Serbian-born artist Aleksandra Domanović explores how images and information circulate, rearranging them to produce new content and meaning.
Sep 21, 2015
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"Was Once Tomorrow", Feb. 7 to March 15, 2015 at the Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art in Winnipeg
Art magazines that emerged and folded in Canada between 1990 and 2000 are the focus of Yesterday Was Once Tomorrow (or, A Brick is a Tool).
Jan 19, 2015
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Plug In appoints new Director, Programs
Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art Board of Directors announces the appointment of Jenifer Papararo as Director, Programs. Papararo has fifteen years of experience within the field of contemporary art.
Aug 22, 2014
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Plug In appoints new Director, Administration and Development
Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art Board of Directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Sheila Spence as Director, Administration and Development.
Aug 14, 2014
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"Toxicity" at The Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art to February 9, 2014
The Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art taps into current anxieties in "Toxicity," bringing together work by 12 artists who explore issues that relate to biotechnology, biosecurity, biomedicine and biopolitics.
Dec 21, 2013
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(DA BAO): (Takeout), To June 2, 2013, Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art, Winnipeg
This group show, its title a sidelong wink to how we come to know and digest other cultures through food, features a mix of Chinese, Canadian and Chinese-Canadian artists who explore ideas about cross-cultural exchange.
May 15, 2013
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"MY WINNIPEG: THE ARTISTS' CHOICE": Feb. 9, 2013 to March 17, 2013, Plug-In Institute of Contemporary Art, Winnipeg, MB
This exhibition is often a kind of “My Life” by 14 Winnipeg artists nominated by participants in the project’s earlier chapters. Sometimes, though, we wonder at the exact connection.
Apr 11, 2013
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MICHAEL DUMONTIER, "A Moon or a Button," January 28 to March 25, 2012, Plug In ICA, Winnipeg
"A Moon or a Button," new works by Michael Dumontier, is similar to a haiku by Basho or a zinger from Groucho Marx — a few well-chosen words and the world drops away from beneath you.
Dec 31, 2011
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ROB KOVITZ "Ice Fishing in Gimli," December 12, 2009 to February 21, 2010, Plug-In Institute of Contemporary Art, Winnipeg
“I’ve never made a dime off my books,” says Winnipeg architect-turned-artist Rob Kovitz. “My projects have always been a luxury, something low-key I did on the side.”
Dec 31, 2009
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JENNIFER STILLWELL, December 12, 2008 to January 24, 2009, Plug-In Institute of Contemporary Art, Winnipeg
After graduating from the Masters program at the Art Institute of Chicago in 2005, Winnipeg-based artist Jennifer Stillwell has been showing across the globe, garnering an excellent reputation.
Aug 31, 2008
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"DREAM HOUSE," opens Feb 15, 2008, Plug In ICA, Winnipeg
Winnipeg is famous for its art fundraisers — posh spreads at the Hotel Fort Garry, the now legendary, wall-to-wall frenzies at aceart, MAWA’s carnivalesque "Dollhouse" where bidding comes under pressure of time, and Platform’s "triple exposure."
Dec 31, 2007
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SARINDAR DHALIWAL, "Record Keeping," Dec 8, 2006 – Feb 17, 2007, Plug-In ICA
"I think the general public tends to like my paintings and the art world tends not to like them. And the art world likes the installations while the general public is perhaps mystified by them."
Dec 31, 2006
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ERWIN REDL, "Matrix XII," Aug 11 - Oct 22, 2005, Plug In ICA, Winnipeg
Austrian/New York artist Erwin Redel's installation at Plug In occupies the entire main exhibition space, defining the darkened gallery with a gently inclined grid of suspended blue LED lights.
Aug 31, 2005
