2018/19 Exhibitions

  • …we can know more than we can tell…

    Jun 1st, 2019 2:00 pm to Jun 6th, 2019 5:00 pm

    Exhibition dates: June 1 to 6, 2019 Opening reception: June 1, 4 to 6 p.m. Artist talks: June 1, 2 to 4 p.m. – Contemporary Art Gallery & Other Sights for Artists’ Projects June 4, 2 to 4 p.m. – Capture Photography Festival & VIVO Media Arts AHVA Gallery hours: Monday to Thursday, 12 to 5 p.m.  ...

  • 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...

  • AHVA Visual Art Undergraduate Exhibition 2019

    Jan 23rd, 2019 to Feb 15th, 2019

    Please join the University of British Columbia (UBC) Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory (AHVA) at the AHVA Gallery, in the Audain Art Centre on Wednesday, January 23 at 5 p.m. for the opening reception of the Visual Art Undergraduate Exhibition 2019 — an exhibition of recent works from second- and third- year...

  • Vocal Performance by Cathy Busby

    Jan 10th, 2019 5:00 pm to Jan 10th, 2019 6:00 pm

    Please join us on Thursday, January 10, 2019, at 5 p.m. in the AHVA Gallery for Cathy Busby’s PARKING, a vocal performance in the madrigal tradition, directed by Earle Peach and featuring singers Jenny Anderson, Caroline Olsen, Earle Peach, Veronica Roenitz. This new work is presented as part of the 2018 Visual Art Faculty Exhibition  which...

  • VISA 370 Printed Matter: Class Show

    Nov 20th, 2018 7:00 pm to Nov 20th, 2018 9:00 pm

    RECALL PRINTED MATTER CLASS SHOW  – one night only! Or Gallery, 555 Hamilton St, Vancouver Tuesday, November 20, 7 – 9 pm   Cathy Busby’s VISA 370 Printed Matter class warmly invites you to join them for a one-night show, Recall, at Or Bookstore on Tue Nov 20, 7 – 9 pm. From Geocam footage...

  • AHVA Faculty Exhibition

    Nov 14th, 2018 5:00 pm to Jan 10th, 2019 4:00 pm

    Please join the University of British Columbia (UBC) Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory (AHVA) at the AHVA Gallery, in the Audain Art Centre on Wednesday, November 14 at 5 p.m. for the opening reception of the AHVA Faculty Exhibition 2018—an exhibition of recent work by 15 members of our studio faculty. The...

  • Some Kind of Darkness

    Sep 19th, 2018 to Oct 26th, 2018

    “The contemporary is he who firmly holds his gaze on his own time so as to perceive not its light, but rather its darkness.”  – Giorgio Agamben Five MFA candidates present new work engaging different iterations and relationships with darkness. This exhibition combines diverse practices and process-based research via performance, sculpture, photography, animation, and video....