2025 exhibitions

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Sébastien Gaudette – Langage éphémère (Ephemeral Language)

April 17 to August 7, 2025

Opening: Thursday, April 17, 5:30 to 7:30 pm
Access is limited to the Laurier Avenue entrance. 

Sébastien Gaudette, Château de cartes, 2023, spray paint and mixed pencils on aluminum plates, 61 x 52 x 6 cm, courtesy of the artist 

Triangular scuplture made from aluminum plates that resemble traditional red and white playing cards

This exhibition is built around paper, presenting a set of drawings as well as huge sculptures and installations made of paper. Creating dialogues around the trompe-l’œil, the process and the shape, the exhibition will highlight different approaches where materiality gives new narrative dimensions to paper. 

Emily Rose Michaud and Marie Drolet – Illuminated Seasons

August 21 to November 2, 2025

Opening: Thursday, August 21, 5:30 to 7:30 pm
Access is limited to the Laurier Avenue entrance. 

Emily Rose Michaud and Marie Drolet, Illuminated Autumn, 2023, porcelain, cherry wood, LED lights, 140 x 140 cm, courtesy of the artists

A honey-comb shaped lightbox comrpised of seven hexagons, set against a dark background

This exhibition unites research, experimentation and creation on our ecological reflections of the region. Porcelain tiles of plants from our local bioregion are backlit to form a beehive. Hexagons depict the water molecule, a powerful element that unites us as humans. Cyanotype drawings incorporating these same plants are layered with the lines of local rivers familiar to us. Dried plant specimens sit among the works, inviting a taste of this place indoors.

And I Have Come Upon This Place by Lost Ways

Curator: Remco Volmer

November 13, 2025 to February 15, 2026

Opening: Thursday, November 13, 5:30 to 7:30 pm
Access is limited to the Laurier Avenue entrance. 

Kira Xonorika, Deep Time Dance (video still), 2024, digital video, 8 minutes, courtesy of the artist 

a green iridescent figure floats through a dark, bubble-filled space

This exhibition explores science fiction as a critical methodology to challenge dominant narratives and reimagine futures untethered from linear time. It presents works that merge ancestral knowledge with speculative fiction, opening up space for alternative representations of identity and sovereignty. By inviting viewers to envision new possibilities, the exhibition fosters a collective reimagining of the present through the lens of emancipatory futurity.

2024-25 Exhibitions Peer assessment committee members

Gabriela Avila-Yiptong, Claudia Gutierrez, Carl Stewart