EXHIBITIONS

The ARTSCO Community Gallery is located on the second floor of the Rotary Centre for the Arts in the heart of Kelowna’s Arts and Culture District.

OPENING RECEPTION FRIDAY NOV 1, 6 - 8 PM! COME JOIN US!

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OPENING RECEPTION FRIDAY NOV 1, 6 - 8 PM! COME JOIN US! 〰️

Ebb and Flow

Kelowna Art Gallery

Front Space

1315 Water Street
Kelowna, BC, Canada
V1Y 9R3

November 2, 2024 to March 30, 2025

Front Space

Ebb and Flow explores the Okanagan Valley’s natural and cultural history through the Four Elements: Earth, Water, Air, and Fire. This exhibition examines how these elements have shaped the valley’s landscape and influenced its inhabitants, from the ice age to the present. By highlighting the dynamic interplay between these fundamental forces, the exhibition fosters a deeper appreciation for the region’s rich heritage and ongoing evolution.

This exhibition will feature work by prominent Okanagan artists including Alison Beaumont, Fern Helfand, Joanne Gervais, Wanda Lock, Shauna Odliefsson, Julie Oakes, and Andreas Rutkauskas.

Curated by Kirsteen McCulloch, Executive Director of the Arts Council of the Central Okanagan.

Julie Oakes, 2020 
Hesitation Over a Shadow of Lizards

PAST EXHIBITIONS

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PAST EXHIBITIONS -

ARTSCO Community Gallery

June 7 -July 31, 2024

"Bai Bai" is a 3D-animated multimedia video installation by Bengi Agcal. The collection of videos explores the emotional and psychological stages of immigration, drawing upon Agcal's experiences of migrating from Turkey to Hong Kong and finally to Canada. Told through the migration narrative of a water tiger, the story depicts the tiger experiencing the shock of displacement, the anger and rejection of facing systemic barriers, and the eventual recovery and digital nostalgia for a lost home.

ARTSCO Community Gallery

September 14 -October 14, 2023

Moozhan Ahmadzadegan’s one thing is certain and the rest is lies is a continued exploration on navigating Queer culture as a person connected to the Iranian diaspora in so-called Canada. Ahmadzadegan’s practice involves connecting with his Iranian heritage through traditional forms of art such as Persian miniatures, Mughal miniatures, and illuminated manuscripts.

ARTSCO Community Gallery

June 30-September 1, 2023

Coined by French philosopher Quentin Meillassoux, the concept of Arche-fossil refers to objects that indicate the existence of ancestral realities or events that are anterior to terrestrial life. In this exhibition, Charlesworth presents works that engage with second-hand experiences, such as reproductions, testimonials, digital archives, and records. These works morph from fact to fiction in an attempt to familiarize ourselves with future unknowns. Charlesworth is an artist and instructor at UBC’s Okanagan campus on unceded Syilx territory. Recent exhibitions include “The Distance of the Sun” (2023) and “Both Sides Now” (2022). Charlesworth also participated in a mentorship with artist Enrique Martinez Celaya out of his Los Angeles studio (2022 + 2023).

ARTSCO Community Gallery

April 25-June 15, 2023

Tissue is a group show curated from the studios of UBCO fine art students. These colourful artworks portray unique ways of expressing relationships to the body. Whether it be through textiles, sculpting or painting, we see the importance of acknowledging oneself in the process of learning, growing and creating. Tissue is the delicate skin, the gossamer fabric that keeps us all together. Perhaps within the intimate, we seek the ultimate understanding of ourselves.

Written and curated by Jorden Doody 

on and with the land

ARTSCO Community Gallery

November 24-March 31, 2023

Indigenous perspectives are diverse and embody nation-specific teachings, including intergenerational relationships and kinship structures, places of belonging, experiences of displacement and dispossession, and the spaces where we relocate and may or may not call home. Indigenous peoples are informed by historical and ongoing colonization and the dynamics of being related to and with ancestral homelands that continue to be affected by colonial settler systems. Located within the unceded territories of the syilx people, on and with the land, evokes intimate moments with the land. Art is an intrinsic form of Indigenous expression; within this exhibition, the artists are dedicated to an art practice they convey powerfully and personally, Providing us with insight, learning, and understanding. Beyond the dichotomies of ‘urban’ and ‘bush’, ‘traditional’ and ‘contemporary’ Indigenous artists are pushing all boundaries of materials, tools, space, subject matter, and roles in the creative pursuit to reimagine these conversations.

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