AHVA Gallery

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Christos Dikeakos giving an artist talk at the AHVA Gallery in the Audain Art Centre

The AHVA Gallery is located in room 1001 in the Audain Art Centre at 6398 University Boulevard, University of British Columbia, Vancouver.

This 2000 square foot purpose-built, contemporary exhibition space serves the Visual Art, Art History and Curatorial Studies programs of the Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory at the University of British Columbia. Providing a site for student and faculty artistic and curatorial collaborations from within the department, the university as a whole and with artists and art students outside the university community; the Gallery allows for interactions on issues relating to art, culture and creative research. Each academic year the Gallery provides a showcase for the work of student, faculty and other professional artists through the BFA, MFA and Faculty exhibitions as well as selected curatorial projects.

AHVA Gallery hours during exhibitions are 12 to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday (closed holidays). For more information call (604) 822-4563.

For upcoming exhibition and schedule information please visit the Exhibitions page.

Current Exhibition

  • Violentia: Representing Bodies and Violence

    Mar 7th, 2019 to Mar 29th, 2019

    Violentia is a collaborative, interdisciplinary event, organized by current AHVA graduate students meant to showcase the talents of emerging academics, artists, curators, and professionals in the arts. From Latin violentia, “vehemence, impetuosity” the signification of the word “violence” seems to have reached the contemporary moment unaltered. At the core of human experience, there are no...

Recent Exhibitions