February 10, 2026 Wunderkammer A selection of works by Connor Charlesworth’s painting classes at The University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus. Follow
January 21, 2026 Students of 2026 This show represents a fraction of the Visual Arts’ student body at UBCO this year. From painting to printmaking, this collection of works aims to showcase the hard work of the students and their diverse range of thought and aesthetic. The show is organised by the Visual Arts Course Union in collaboration with the artists. Students included: Averi Boerboom,... Follow
December 17, 2025 Preview 2025: emerging artists from school district #23 Preview was a celebration of the creative talent emerging from local high schools in Kelowna. Through a range of mediums and themes, Preview celebrated the innovation and artistic promise of the next generation. Participating schools included George Elliot Secondary, Okanagan Mission Secondary, Kelowna Secondary, Rutland Senior Secondary and Mount Boucherie Secondary. This inaugural annual exhibition was held in the FINA... Follow
December 10, 2025 Methods II Methods II is an interim exhibition by fourth-year students in the BFA programme. Follow
December 10, 2025 Methods I Methods I is an interim exhibition by fourth-year students in the BFA programme. Follow
November 27, 2025 Ephemeral Bodies Ephemeral Bodies VISA-582 & 583 November 20-27, 2025 FINA Gallery, UBCO There’s something unique about the body. It absorbs. It senses. It glows. Although this exhibition wasn’t specifically curated around themes of the body, the idea has naturally emerged through the recent works of UBCO VISA Graduate students. The paintings, video installations, sculpture and digital media works presented in Ephemeral... Follow
November 15, 2025 Amir Rahsaz – Mess is Beautiful: Small Dams, Big Futures My drawings grow from tangled lines and chaotic layers. Up close they seem meaningless, but from a distance hidden forms emerge. The beaver, notorious as the god of disruption, creates habitats that appear messy. What seems broken is, in fact, vibrantly alive, a quiet resistance to humans’ need for order. That is where my friendship with the beaver began. This... Follow
October 27, 2025 Hands For Eyes A new generation of young artists considers the rich territory of textiles, fibre-art and soft sculpture, reasserting the power of the needle and tangible materials to communicate their ideas and vision. In Hands for Eyes, personal histories, cultural traditions, socio-political, and formal themes serve as reference points for this group of 2nd-year Sculpture students who created work grounded in traditional... Follow
October 24, 2025 Behind the Door – Huiyu Chen A thesis exhibition by Huiyu Chen, who is an MFA candidate in Visual Arts. Behind the Door explores the threshold between the inner self and the external world—a space of vulnerability, rediscovery, and transformation. My work reflects the landscape of being, the continuous dialogue between what is seen and unseen, conscious and unconscious, illusion and reality. This body of work... Follow
October 10, 2025 Pulse: A measured rhythmical beat, vibration, impulse – Jim Kalnin Jim Kalnin is an emeritus professor from our fine arts program, where he taught drawing and painting from 1987 to 2009. He was the founding Curator of Lake Country Art Gallery from 2010 – 2011. He has taught art in many community settings, eager to convey his belief in the value of art in people’s lives. Jim has published two... Follow
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