Summer Exhibition Celebration
Join us as we celebrate the launch of a new season of exhibitions at the Gallery! Free event. Everyone is welcome.
Friday, June 5 | 5-8pm
Stay tuned for the event schedule, coming soon.
Click below to learn more about our summer exhibitions:
Family Visits
May 9 – September 6, 2026
Organized by the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria and curated by Dr. Toby Lawrence, Curator of Contemporary Art, and Dr. Heng Wu, Curator of Asian Art.
Family Visits explores the vast possibilities of what family can be. This exhibition presents a selection of artworks that joined the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria Collection between 2020 and 2026.
From Brush to Block: Paintings and Prints by Imao Keinen and Kono Bairei
May 16 – October 11, 2026
Curated by Dr. Heng Wu, AGGV Curator of Asian Art
This exhibition explores the close and often overlooked relationship between painting and printmaking and shares new acquisitions to the collection. Featuring paired works by Imao Keinen (1845–1924) and Kono Bairei (1844–1895), this intimate exhibition invites viewers to trace how images move across media, from hand-painted surfaces to printed impressions.
As waters merge – swaying waves beckoning us closer
June 6 – October 4, 2026
Organized by the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria and Guest-Curated by Camille Georgeson-Usher with Jazmine Andrew, Curatorial Assistant.
This exhibition is part of a long-term curatorial inquiry that looks to the Pacific Ocean as a guide for understanding the fundamental way the ocean influences our pleasure, joy, romance, love, movement, and togetherness. The act of standing at the edge of land and gazing out at the sea teaches us about how we understand these vital elements of self as constantly becoming, never stagnant. The ocean proves to us over and over how we are forever changing, as we evolve within interconnected ecosystems. These systems then become present in how we gather and build communities.
Image Credits: Kono Bairei, Exotic Birds and Chrysanthemums, c. 1880, ink & watercolor on artist’s washi. Courtesy of Wes Hartley, acquisition in process. | Robert Kakegamic, Family Tree, 1981, silkscreen print, Gift of Agnes Ananichuk & George Ford, AGGV 2020.004.003. | Léuli Eshrāghi, afiafi (detail), 2023, installation view, The National 4: Australian Art Now, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, 2023, glues, metallic foils and iron powder on cotton ʻie (sarongs); poem on vinyl; 2-channel digital video, HD, colour, sound, image courtesy and © the artist, photograph: Jenni Carter (detail).
