Faculty of Art
Visual Art Professor Gu Xiong’s Exhibition – Galleries West Stories
Gu Xiong, Facing Home – Harling Point, 2020, HD video projection, 5:24 min. (camera, Yu Gu and Tom Campbell; editor, Tom Campbell) AHVA Visual Art Professor Gu Xiong’s solo exhibition at Centre A, The Remains of a Journey, is currently on until February 13, 2021. The Remains of a Journey brings visibility to […]
Gu Xiong, Facing Home – Harling Point, 2020, HD video projection, 5:24 min. (camera, Yu Gu and Tom Campbell; editor, Tom Campbell) AHVA Visual Art Professor Gu Xiong’s solo exhibition at Centre A, The Remains of a Journey, is currently on until February 13, 2021. The Remains of a Journey brings visibility to […]
AHVA MFA Alumni Jay Pahre Featured in the Winter Issue of Canadian Art
Jay Pahre, Piebald Undercoat, 2020. Copper-coated steel, aluminum and gauze, 68.6 x 53.3 cm. Congratulations to AHVA MFA alumni (2020), Jay Pahre, for being featured in the 2021 winter issue of Canadian Art. Jay was also the Chair in Transgender Studies at the University of Victoria through a fellowship in 2020. Jay Pahre is a […]
Jay Pahre, Piebald Undercoat, 2020. Copper-coated steel, aluminum and gauze, 68.6 x 53.3 cm. Congratulations to AHVA MFA alumni (2020), Jay Pahre, for being featured in the 2021 winter issue of Canadian Art. Jay was also the Chair in Transgender Studies at the University of Victoria through a fellowship in 2020. Jay Pahre is a […]
Seeking Curator of Collections: Apply by February 2
The Department of Art History, Visual Art, and Theory (AHVA) at the University of British Columbia invites applications for the Management and Professional (AAPS) Curator of Collections role with an anticipated start date in Winter 2021. This position is full time and offers a $75,048 minimum annual salary plus benefits. JOB SUMMARY The Curator […]
The Department of Art History, Visual Art, and Theory (AHVA) at the University of British Columbia invites applications for the Management and Professional (AAPS) Curator of Collections role with an anticipated start date in Winter 2021. This position is full time and offers a $75,048 minimum annual salary plus benefits. JOB SUMMARY The Curator […]
Call to Action! Joanne & Alice Application Support Fund for Black and Indigenous People
Do you identify as Black or Indigenous and plan to apply to the MFA Visual Art Program this winter? If so, thanks to the Joanne & Alice Application Support Fund for Black and Indigenous People in the Department of Art History, Visual Art, and Theory and Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies at UBC, you’re […]
Do you identify as Black or Indigenous and plan to apply to the MFA Visual Art Program this winter? If so, thanks to the Joanne & Alice Application Support Fund for Black and Indigenous People in the Department of Art History, Visual Art, and Theory and Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies at UBC, you’re […]
Seeking Audain Chair in Historical Indigenous Arts (tenure-stream)
We invite applications for a tenure-stream appointment at the rank of Associate or Full Professor in the field of historical and traditional Indigenous arts and cultural practices. The anticipated start date of employment is as early as July 1, 2021. The incumbent of the Audain Chair in Historical Indigenous Arts will be at the […]
We invite applications for a tenure-stream appointment at the rank of Associate or Full Professor in the field of historical and traditional Indigenous arts and cultural practices. The anticipated start date of employment is as early as July 1, 2021. The incumbent of the Audain Chair in Historical Indigenous Arts will be at the […]
BMO 1st Prize Regional Winner for BC
Congratulations to recent graduate David Ezra Wang (BFA 2019) who is the regional winner (BC) of the BMO 1st Art Prize with his work Practicum (video, audio, 7 minutes 51 seconds). Each regional winner received $7,500. Each year, BMO 1st Art! invites deans and instructors from 110 undergraduate art programs across Canada to nominate three […]
Congratulations to recent graduate David Ezra Wang (BFA 2019) who is the regional winner (BC) of the BMO 1st Art Prize with his work Practicum (video, audio, 7 minutes 51 seconds). Each regional winner received $7,500. Each year, BMO 1st Art! invites deans and instructors from 110 undergraduate art programs across Canada to nominate three […]
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Thought, outside
Nov 12th, 2020 at 1:00pm - Jan 30th, 2021 at 5:00pm
November 12, 2020 – January 30, 2021 Western Front Curated by Amy Kazymerchyk Thought, outside is composed with an eye to how each artwork thinks the phenomenon of the outside....
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MIRADAS ALTERNAS Through Her Lens
Dec 11th, 2020 at 10:00am - Feb 7th, 2021 at 5:00pm
December 11 2020 – February 7, 2021 The Polygon Curated by Andrea Sanchez Ibarrola The exhibition Miradas Alternas explores alternative approaches to the photographic representation of violence in contemporary Mexico. It features...
The Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory comprises three streams of research-based learning and practice: Art History, with a particular focus on theoretical and critical discourses concerning the social impact of art and visual representation at both the undergraduate and graduate levels; Critical and Curatorial Studies, examining through research and exhibition projects issues in contemporary visual culture and display; and Visual Art, with an undergraduate curriculum placing art production, academic learning and a graduate emphasis on preparation for participation in the field of contemporary international art.
