Multi Media artwork by artist Peter Smith

Pete Smith: Initial Public Offering

May 4 - June 16, 2013
This year, we celebrate the important community legacy of abstraction through the works of emerging artist Pete Smith.
Station Gallery is the first public cultural institution to host a solo exhibition of Smith’s abstract drawing, painting and animation.
Three Durham College Students stand with artwork and their teacher

6th Annual Durham College Show

April 13 - April 28, 2013
Curator's Walk & Talk - Thursday April 18th at 7 pm
Exhibition Reception - Thursday April 25th at 7 pm

For the sixth consecutive year, Station Gallery hosts the creative output of the Durham College arts programs. We’re proud to celebrate new beginnings and provide formal exhibition opportunities with this year-end student show.

Exhibition Partner:
SG Staff at the 2012 Drawing for Art Event

Drawing for Art

March 29 - April 11, 2013
A group exhibition previewing works donated for our 20th Annual Drawing for Art event on April 11th.

ONLINE ARTWORK PREVIEW HERE.
Susan Rankins glass sculpture - winged vessel

Valid Objects of Beauty

January 12 - March 24, 2013
Artist Talk, followed by Opening Reception: January 12th at 1 pm
Curator's Walk & Talk: January 17th & February 21 at 7 pm (Free)

Susan Rankin: Valid Objects of Beauty includes work that spans over the last twelve years, and displays a varied range of inquiry into form, function, and the role of aesthetic appeal. Rankin’s skill has been applied to epergnes, scroll vases and sculptural works, and while inspiration for these different bodies of work has been clearly drawn from botanical designs, Rankin has also engaged the history of glass itself.  She flawlessly combines an in-depth knowledge of technique with an emphasis on the importance of beauty in works of art.
SHIFT, annual members art exhibition logo 2012

Annual Members' Exhibition

December 8 - January 6, 2013

Opening Reception & Awards: Dec.  8 at 1pm

Curator's Walk & Talk: Dec 20 at 7 pm

Twenty years have passed since Station Gallery's first members’ exhibition! This ever-popular, year-end show is a great professional development opportunity for established and emerging artist members to participate in a professionally juried and curated exhibition.

Through an on-line vote you chose SHIFT as this year’s theme and a record number of entries responding to the theme were received. A three-member arms length jury culled a selection of 70 works to comprise the adult category for the Shift exhibition.  25 entries in the Children's category and and 16 Youth entries had Station Gallery brimming with inspired works.

350 guests came out to the opening and hear the winners announced
 

Click on the SHIFT image above for complete list of exhibiting artists.

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Reading the Image

Reading the Image

October 20 - December 2, 2012
October 20 - December 2, 2012
Opening Reception: Saturday October 20 at 1pm, all are welcome
Curator's Walk & Talk: Thursday November 15, 7pm

“A painting of a pipe with the caption “this is not a pipe” by Belgian artist René Magritte puzzled viewers with his image/text pairing titled The Treachery of Images over eighty years ago. The surrealist painter opened new discussions by coupling words with pictures in his art,” explains gallery curator, Olexander Wlasenko.  “This conversation continues in Reading the Image, a group exhibition opening at Station Gallery on Saturday, October 20 at 1pm.”

Words and pictures are very powerful, particularly when they appear together. This show explores this pairing. Artists and writers from across Durham Region and beyond share how they merge images with text to create new meanings. Check out Reading the Image to see, learn and feel how pictures and words are made for each other!  

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Surfacing off the pages...

Surfacing: Off the Pages

September 8 - October 14, 2012
Surfacing magazine (Durham Region's guide to arts and culture) launched at Station Gallery in the autumn of 2008 and is going strong 13 issues later.

Surfacing Off the Pages features works from some 100 artists, writers and craftspeople who have circulated on the pages of this unique arts and culture platform.

Thanks for supporting arts and culture!:  .
Fictionary

Fictionary

July 21 - September 2, 2012
What better way to celebrate the right side of the brain than with a summer exhibition of contemporary mark making. 

 

Patrons Picks

Patrons' Picks

June 2 - July 15, 2012

For six weeks starting June 2nd you can explore the works of over fifty artists. As always, it’s free to visit and we’re open seven days a week.

Durham College School of Media, Art & Design (MAD) art exhibition

Durham College Students' Art Exhibition

April 26 - May 26, 2012
View works from tomorrow's artistic leaders. This group exhibition features works created by students from Durham College School of Media, Art & Design (MAD).

For information on the program click here.
Some artists deserve a double take.

Past and Present

April 26 - May 26, 2012
Explore works from SG's permanent collection paired with current works from featured artists.
Artist Meryl McMaster's work titled: Tempor nunc nisi

Meryl McMaster: In-Between Worlds

February 17 - April 7, 2012
Exhibited at Whitby’s Station Gallery February 2012. McMaster is an early-career artist to watch. Her works summon a profound spirit. A spirit of exchange and affinity inhabits the heart of this project. View the artist interview.
Joscelyn Gardner: Bleeding & Breeding

Joscelyn Gardner: Bleeding & Breeding

January 13 - February 11, 2012

In Bleeding & Breeding, Joscelyn Gardner exhibits a body of work completed between 2009 and 2011 which centers on Creole women’s secret use of exotic tropical plants as natural abortifacients on 18th century Caribbean plantations.

Large-scale sculptural installations from Ibgy and Lemmens in this exhibitions.

Ibghy & Lemmens: The Promise of the Promised Land

September 9 - October 22, 2011
Ibghy and Lemmens' work is an engaging discussion of social and economic concepts through film, video, signage, and murals.