Visual Art Professor Gu Xiong’s Exhibition – Galleries West Stories
AHVA Visual Art Professor Gu Xiong’s solo exhibition at Centre A, The Remains of a Journey, is currently on until February 13, 2021.
Professor Dana Claxton Awarded 2020 Scotiabank Photography Award
Dana Claxton, current AHVA Associate Professor and Department Head, has won the 10th annual Scotiabank Photography Award. She will receive a $50,000 cash prize, a solo exhibition during the 2021 Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival, and a book of her work will be published and distributed worldwide by renowned art book publisher, Steidl. The Scotiabank Photography […]
Dana Claxton and Kenneth Lum Honoured with Major Art Awards
Two AHVA-affiliated artists, Kenneth (Ken) Lum and Dana Claxton, have been awarded major Canadian art prizes. Both were awarded the Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts, Canada’s foremost distinction for excellence in visual and media arts. Laureates receive a medallion, cash prize of $25,000, and will have their work showcased at the Art […]
Stan Douglas – AHVA Koerner Artist in Residence 2019-2020
The Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory (AHVA) at the University of British Columbia is pleased to announce Stan Douglas as the Koerner Artist in Residence, from September 2019 to April 2020. During his residency at UBC, Douglas will be provided a studio in the Audain Art Centre, participate in the AHVA visual art […]
Professor Dana Claxton is a 2019 YWCA Woman of Distinction Winner
Associate Professor and Department Head, Dana Claxton, was honoured as a 2019 YWCA Woman of Distinction in the category of Arts, Culture & Design in the esteemed company of seven other nominees. A recognized academic, media producer, director and writer, Dana challenges stereotypes of Indigenous people within her image making. In 2018, the Vancouver Art Gallery […]
Professor Althea Thauberger Shortlisted for 2019 Scotiabank Photography Award
Congratulations to Assistant Professor, Althea Thauberger, for being shortlisted from 11 finalists of the 2019 Scotiabank Photography Award. The Scotiabank Photography Award is Canada’s largest and most prestigious annual peer-nominated and peer-reviewed award that acknowledges the outstanding contribution that artists have made to contemporary art and photography. The jurors for the 2019 prize are artist Edward […]
Professor Emeritus Serge Guilbaut Curates New Exhibition at Museo Reina Sofía
The Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory congratulates Professor Emeritus Serge Guilbaut on his newly curated exhibition opening in Madrid at the Museo Reina Sofía; Lost, Loose and Loved: Foreign Artists in Paris 1944-1968. The exhibition runs November 21, 2018 to April 22, 2019
Visual Art Professor Dana Claxton’s Solo Exhibition Opens at the Vancouver Art Gallery
The Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory congratulates Professor Dana Claxton on her solo exhibition opening at the Vancouver Art Gallery; Dana Claxton: Fringing the Cube. The exhibition runs October 27, 2018 to February 3, 2019.
First Book by Jillian Lerner: Graphic Culture
The Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory congratulates faculty member Jillian Lerner on the publication of her first book; Graphic Culture: Illustration and Artistic Enterprise in Paris, 1830-1848 (McGill-Queens University Press). Jillian is an alumna (BA 1998) and long-time sessional lecturer in the department. This exploration of print culture traces changing conditions of […]
AHVA PhD Candidate Jeff O’Brien Receives Darat al Funun Fellowship
AHVA PhD Candidate Jeff O’Brien has received the prestigious Darat al Funun Fellowship for Modern and Contemporary Arab Art for 2018-2019. Awarded by the Darat al Funun Art Gallery in Amman, Jordan, the Fellowship will support his thesis research which focuses on ‘The Right to be Seen: Archiving Absence After Nakba in Palestine and Lebanon […]