Past Exhibitions

How to be 57 draws its title from this act of learning through the lives of others, in particular two 57-year old women who have radically different experiences with police in their respective homes.

This exhibition has come together from an admiration for and curiosity about objects, and a desire to explore their potential as bearers of meaning, memories and knowledge.

Curated by Lesley Johnstone, Head of Exhibitions and Education at the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal

Featuring works by Shuvinai Ashoona, Lynne Cohen, Kosso Eloul, Brian Fisher, Michael Flomen, Tristram Lansdowne, Agnes Lefort, Doris McCarthy. Eva McCauley, Ray Mead, Frieda Nelson, Otto Planding, Jon Sasaki. Gordon Smith. Takao Tanabe, Tom Thomson and F.H. Varley

Featuring work by Maria Thereza Alves, Marjorie Beaucage, Deanna Bowen, Dana Claxton, Brenda Draney, John Hampton, Jamelie Hassan, Mike MacDonald, Nadia Myre, Krista Belle Stewart and Maika’i Tubbs.

Stand before an artwork: observe and engage in a search for meaning. An unspoken conversation follows, revealing as much about the viewer as it does about the artist.

Featuring a diverse range of ninety works, Making Shade celebrates the rarely-seen sketches, studies and drawings found in KWAG’s Permanent Collection.

Representing three distinct photographic series – Vantage Point, Glance, and Echo – these works convey Hickox’s interest in the aperture as both a mechanical and symbolic device.