Events at: Or Gallery (Old)

Facing the Animal on CiTR

Radio Interview June 6th, 2012, 5-6 pm, 101.9 FM Tune in to hear curator Tarah Hogue and artist Julie Andreyev discuss Facing the Animal, Hogue’s MA practicum exhibition currently on view at the Or Gallery (555 Hamilton Street, Vancouver) as well as Andreyev’s current artistic project, Animal Lover with Vancouver-based writer Zoe Peled.

Bill Burns Artist Talk and Book Signing

Bill Burns will talk about his critically acclaimed book Dogs and Boats and Airplanes Bill Burns will talk about his critically acclaimed book Dogs and Boats and Airplanes told in the form of Ivan the Terrible published by Space Poetry in Copenhagen and his new record album The Dogs and Boats and Airplanes Children’s Choir. […]

Things Matter: Curated by CCST candidate Klara Manhal

Opening Reception: December 7, 8 PM. Show runs to January 26th. Accompanying talk December 11, 7 PM. The Or Gallery is pleased to present Things’ Matter, a group exhibition curated by CCST candidate Klara Manhal featuring works by Kika Thorne, Heather Passmore, Michael Drebert and Jen Weih. Accompanying Talk with artist Kika Thorne and political […]

Dust on the Lens: Curated by CCST Candidate Michaela Rife

Exhibition runs May 10 – June 28, 2014 Jeremy Everett, Simone Jones, Richard T. Walker and Will Wilson Reception Friday, May 9, 8pm Curated by Michaela Rife The Or Gallery is pleased to present Dust on the Lens, a group exhibition featuring works by Jeremy Everett, Simone Jones, Richard T. Walker and Will Wilson. This […]

#saltandwater: The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: Curated by CCST Candidate Margaret Stern

Exhibition runs June 6 – July 17, 2015. The Or Gallery is pleased to present #saltandwater: The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict, an exhibition of four Palestinian artists. In his 1981 book, The Political Unconscious, Fredric Jameson asserts the idea of Louis Althusser’s “absent cause” within a structure. He posits that the structure itself is intrinsic to its effects, […]

Security Theatre

Graduating exhibition by Critical and Curatorial Studies MA student Justin Barski Opening Reception Friday May 13th 8:00 pm Or Gallery The Or Gallery is pleased to present Security Theatre, an exhibition featuring works by Karl Burke, Harun Farocki, An-My Lê and the Bureau of Inverse Technology. Security Theatre revolves around methods of simulation and documentation […]

It Is Almost That

Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, Eleanor King, Nadia Myre, Erdem Taşdelen Curated by Ines Min May 6 – June 10, 2017 Reception Friday, May 5, 8PM Or Gallery 555 Hamilton Street Vancouver Critical works by international artists Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, Eleanor King, Nadia Myre and Erdem Taşdelen will be shown for the first time in […]

An Absolute Movement

Sonny Assu, Matt Browning, Fiona Bowie, Kelly Jazvac, Genevieve Robertson & Jay White June 17 — July 22, 2017 Reception June 16, 8 PM Curated by CCST Student Weiyi Chang at the Or Gallery. An Absolute Movement brings together a body of work by Sonny Assu, Fiona Bowie, Matt Browning (recent AHVA MFA graduate), Kelly […]

VISA 370 Printed Matter: Class Show — one night only!

Or Gallery, 555 Hamilton St, Vancouver Thursday, March 29, 2018 7 – 9 pm Projects by 22 current VISA 370 students along with some graduates of this course. Topics are wide-ranging: the poetry of the everyday; rethinking the past, reflections on relationships, on being geographically dislocated, relocated; grappling with how to express, how to move […]

We Built a House Out of the Things We Had Gathered

Maggie Groat, Joar Nango, Leya Tess April 7 — 28, 2018 Reception Friday April 6, 7:00 PM Curated by Laurie White Artist Talk: Leya Tess in conversation with Laurie White, Saturday, April 7, 2:00 PM We Built a House Out of the Things We Had Gathered brings together works by three artists who each utilize […]