FCCS ART – UBCO Creative Studies Virtual Gallery

October 26, 2026

Painting, Present Tense

Painting, Present Tense brings together recent work by students in Advanced Painting with Katherine Pickering at UBC Okanagan, on view in the Galleria at the Rotary Centre for the Arts, October 22 to December 4, 2026. The exhibition approaches painting as an evolving process. Through studies, experimentation, and revision, students have used the act of making to develop ideas, test...

October 9, 2026

All The Colours From My Dreams – Odartey Aryee

My artistic practice is rooted in my understanding of culture, identity, and lived experience. Working primarily with photography and film, I explore ways of creating a contemporary visual language that reflects the complexity and beauty of cultural traditions. Masquerade culture exists within a fascinating tension: it can be fearful, imaginative and colourful. The exaggerated forms, masks, costumes, and movements...

September 18, 2026

Prelude

Prelude is an annual exhibition and speaker series featuring the artwork of selected faculty and staff in the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies. All of our visual art and media studies instructors are practising artists, as are many of our staff. This is an opportunity to showcase their work and offer opportunities for our students to learn more about...

July 14, 2026

Odds & Ends

The event showcases the work of fourth-year students who are graduating from the Bachelor of Fine Arts and Bachelor of Media Studies programs. The exhibit features sculpture, performance, installation, painting, photography, drawing, digital media, game design, immersive art, new media and animation. The students have been working hard to create a collection of original and engaging works over the past...

July 13, 2026

The Structure of Smoke

The Structure of Smoke explores artworks that problematize the poetic, structural and political aspects of fire. In a region where wildfires regularly impact our lives and the landscape, The Structure of Smoke gathers together artists to conceptualize our relationship to this challenging force of nature. This exhibition is co-curated by Melanie O̓Brian and Tania Willard, Director of the Belkin Gallery and UBC Okanagan...

June 1, 2026

2026 Outdoor Banner Exhibition

This project originally launched in 2020, with the first banners erected in the spring of 2021, as a means of creating new opportunities for local artists amidst pandemic-related facility closures. The banner project continues as a unique and engaging way to expand access to exhibition space in the city. Each year, the Outdoor Banner Exhibition Program showcases 13 original works...

June 1, 2026

Augmented Reality Banners

Alongside the banners installed on the lampposts along the Artwalk, larger banners using augmented reality (AR) are installed along the opposite side of the walkway. The AR allows three-dimensional animations to appear on top of the printed image. Alumni Evan Berg, Kailee Fawcett, and Sofie Lovelady created a banner and animation under the direction of visual arts professor Myron Campbell....

May 8, 2026

Always In The Making: UBCO Student Show

Kelowna’s SOPA gallery is featuring student work from UBCO’s 4th year Arts & Media graduating class. This year’s student exhibition includes: Maya Taki, Stevie Poling, Talia Gagnon, Peony Wong, Sierra Loewen, CJ Ozee, Averi Boerboom, and Carly Johnson. This exhibition brings together their final and most accomplished works. From sculpture and painting to installation, digital media and design.

April 5, 2026

Confirm you’re not a robot.

Confirm you’re not a robot. is a multi-media exhibition by the VISA382 Advanced Practice in Media Arts class. Instructor: Myron Campbell

March 25, 2026

Latent Memories and the Poetry of Compromise

Latent Memories and the Poetry of Compromise is an exhibition by students in the VISA 282 Drawing class. The exhibition features an extended exploration of various drawing approaches, material applications, and image manipulation practices. Instructor: David Doody