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About Atrium Art Gallery

Owned and operated by the City of Ottawa, the Atrium Art Gallery features the works of local and regional artists. Artists are selected through peer assessment.

Front of art gallery showing open doors, artwork on the walls and a sign indicating what is happening in the exhibition space.

Undercoverpaintbrushes - Sense of Place

November 7, 2024 to January 14, 2025
Vernissage: Thursday, November 7, 5:30 to 7:30 pm

We are the Undercoverpaintbrushes, a diverse collective of womxn artists who met at the Ottawa School of Art in 2019. Through the pandemic's challenges, art provided us with mindfulness, kindness, and community. Embracing our varied styles and techniques, we celebrate our differences as strengths, growing together and exploring new artistic horizons.

Sense of Place by the Undercoverpaintbrushes explores emotional ties to daily environments. Our works reveal how people and places affect each other, capturing a range of emotions from solace and inspiration to discomfort and loss. They highlight the deep connection between humanity and the landscapes that shape our lives.

This oil painting depicts a whimsical scene of a swan-shaped pool float gently drifting in a serene backyard swimming pool, framed by lush greenery and a fence in the background.
Undercoverpaintbrushes(AH), Swan Lake, 2024, oil on canvas, 30.48 x 40.64 cm, courtesy of the artist

Luminita Serbanescu - Human Moments

August 22 to November 5, 2024 
Vernissage: Thursday, August 22, 2024, 5:30 to 7:30 pm 

Art is my raison d’être. I was trained as an architect in Europe and came to Canada to be free and raise my son. I'm an artist who never gives up, experimenting and enjoying life in the artistic community. I am involved in art associations, solo and group shows, and book illustrations. Art brings me joy.

Human Moments, a series depicting the saga of human nature and individuality, a celebration of each individual, separate, unique, colourful. A collection of old Ottawa scenes intersected by dreams of futuristic flying machines. The paintings are of local people and places, inviting the viewer to reflect on contemporary social problems.

This colour image portrays an urban, Victorian era street scape that includes a stone building, cars and people. It is an acrylic electronic art print.
Luminita Serbanescu, Back to Future, 2022, print on acrylic of electronic art, 61 x 46 cm, courtesy of the artist

Guido Correa – Connections

June 13 to August 20, 2024

Vernissage: Thursday, June 13, 2024, 5:30 to 7:30 pm

As an artist, art instructor, and architecture designer, I am a constant observer of people, places and landscapes. My artwork focuses on the intersections between visual arts, natural sciences, social issues and community. I have held art shows in Colombia, Spain and Canada, my three homes so far. 

This project highlights the inter-connectivity of trees, their intricate, subterranean bonds, and the key role of mother trees. It reveals forests as complex ecosystems based on actual communication, collaboration and intelligent social behaviours. Ultimately, it aims to point out the idea of inter-dependence and community.

  • This black and white image portrays the Mother Tree on watercolor paper, symbolizing the concept of interdependence and community.
    Guido Correa, Mother tree, 2024, black ink on watercolour paper, 112 x 76 cm, courtesy of the artist
  • This image shows a human with tree-like roots, highlighting the complexity of forest ecosystems driven by communication and collaboration.
    Guido Correa, Roots, 2024, black ink on watercolour paper, 76 x 56 cm, courtesy of the artist 
  • This black and white image portrays the Mother Tree on watercolor paper, symbolizing the concept of interdependence and community.
    Guido Correa, Mother tree, 2024, black ink on watercolour paper, 112 x 76 cm, courtesy of the artist
  • This image shows a human with tree-like roots, highlighting the complexity of forest ecosystems driven by communication and collaboration.
    Guido Correa, Roots, 2024, black ink on watercolour paper, 76 x 56 cm, courtesy of the artist 

Sylvie Grenier - Ephemera

April 4 to June 11, 2024

Vernissage: Thursday, April 4, 5:30 to 7:30 pm

Ephemera explores the passage of time and the transient nature of everything that surround us from materials to memories. Even in a fragile state, lifeforms possess beauty and rich textures that offer extraordinary moments of poetry. The exhibit offers a form of visual meditation on the notion of passage and becoming.

Sylvie Grenier has always demonstrated a strong visual sense, in her career as an urban planner and now as a painter. Her paintings are found in many private collections. She participated in artist residencies in France, Iceland and Spain and received grants from the City of Ottawa and the Ontario Arts Council.

example of artwork on display
Sylvie Grenier, Layers of Time, 2023, oil on panel, 101 x 101 cm, courtesy of the artist

Foyer Gallery Artists’ Association – Out and About

November 23, 2023 to February 20, 2024

The Foyer Gallery Artists’ Association is a group of local visual artists, carefully selected for their creativity, professionalism, and diversity. Their exhibits run throughout the year at the Foyer Gallery, providing a valuable experience for art lovers and the general public.

Out and About showcases artists from the Foyer Gallery Artists’ Association who through their paintings, drawings, photographs and 3D works, using different styles and techniques, capture the spirit of our diverse world, a true testament to the boundless range of human creativity.

  • Aerial view of ocean and shore with green and blue tones
  • Wintery scene that shows large grey building next to water.
  • Aerial view of ocean and shore with green and blue tones
  • Wintery scene that shows large grey building next to water.

Location and hours

Ben Franklin Place
101 Centrepointe Drive
613-580-2701

Hours of operation

Statutory holiday and special event hours may vary.

  • Monday to Friday, 8:30 am to 8 pm
  • Saturday and Sunday, 10 am to 5 pm