Exhibitions

A black and white digital glitch composition featuring dense layers of randomly arranged numbers, Chinese characters, symbols, and distorted text blocks. The chaotic arrangement creates a fragmented, glitchy visual effect, evoking themes of digital noise, data corruption, and textual disintegration.
this is a colour print with a portrait orientation \ a black & white dog \ S \ a whippet is centred \ laying on a couch snuggled in blankets & pillows \ in the background there is a bookcase \ a light \ and a cup of tea to the right of the print is a handwritten poem \ which could be understood as the beginnings of an escape into drawing
Mar 6

The Gray Area - Jinxin Guo

March 6, 2025 11 a.m. -
March 10, 2025 5 p.m.
Ignite Gallery
Jan 20

New exhibition, constant : uncertainty, opens Jan. 20

January 20, 2025 9 a.m. -
April 13, 2025 6 p.m.
113Research Project Gallery

A new exhibition at OCAD University by nancy viva davis halifax reveals the refuge found, from disability loss, grief, indifference and cruelty, in a supportive human\animal relationship. 

Sacred Shapeshifter - Kay Nadjiwon
March 20, 2025 - March 24, 2025
Ignite Gallery
Exhibition
  • Graduate Student
  • Public
A loom beaded work depicts a sweat lodge in a winter landscape with a mountain range behind it.
I don’t see myself in the things being talked about. - Isra Amsdr
March 20, 2025 - March 25, 2025
Ignite Gallery
Exhibition
  • Graduate Student
  • Public
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The Way We Draw Student Group Exhibition
March 19, 2025 - March 31, 2025
Ada Slaight Student Gallery
ExhibitionIn Person
  • Public
Used paint brushes lined up
Call for Participants - Interwoven Perspectives: Sustainability, Creativity, and Cultural Practice in Photography
March 3, 2025 - April 3, 2025
OCAD U and St. Benilde students are invited to join a 6-week collaborative course exploring the intersections of photography, sustainability, and cultural practice. Through studio work, discussions, and gallery visits, participants will examine photography’s role in addressing global issues. The course runs from July to August, with mandatory in-person sessions from July 7–17 (9 AM–4 PM). Students will earn 0.5 credit (GLBE-3001) and engage in a final exhibition, critique,…
Event
  • Graduate Student
  • Public
  • Undergraduate Student
image is a digitial collage of plant, flowers and natural pigment samples of pink, yellow and ochres, with colour blocks of solid pink, green, and orange
Graduate Student Thesis Exhibitions
February 27, 2025 - April 7, 2025
Check out these upcoming exhibitions from OCAD U graduate students – all free and open to the public.
Event
  • Public
OCAD University's Sharp Centre for Design, with a graphic black and white facade suspended over primary colour support legs
Critical Distance Centre for Curators 2025 Public Billboard Call for Artists
February 14, 2025 - April 7, 2025
10 a.m. - 8 a.m.
OCAD University’s RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers (CEAD) and Critical Distance Centre for Curators (CDCC) have partnered to co-create the Critical Distance Public Art Billboard Career Launcher.
Event
  • Graduate Student
  • Undergraduate Student
Critical Distance billboard featuring work by Ernesto Cabral de Luna
Critical Distance Centre for Curators Call for Writers Exhibition Essay Commission
February 14, 2025 - April 7, 2025
10 a.m. - 8 a.m.
OCAD University’s RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers (CEAD) and Critical Distance Centre for Curators (CDCC) have partnered to co-create the Critical Distance Exhibition Essay Career Launcher.
Event
  • Graduate Student
  • Undergraduate Student
Critical Distance Centre for Curators space seen from behind their window.
Partial x OCAD University Artist Showcase Winter 2025 Call for Artists
February 7, 2025 - April 28, 2025
10 a.m. - 8 a.m.
Partial and OCAD U’s RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers are excited to announce the return of our partnership which provides an exceptional career opportunity for OCAD U student artists and recent alumni (2023 + 2024).
Event
  • Graduate Student
  • Public
  • Undergraduate Student
Three OCAD U Partial Artworks on display.
One-on-One Career Mentorship Session w/Ahmad El Sarraff
January 30, 2025 - March 27, 2025
12 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Rosalie Sharp Pavillion (MCD)
Looking for some feedback on your work, career path, or life after OCAD U? Book a one-on-one career mentorship session with our Winter 2025 Creative Professional-In-Residence, Ahmad El Sarraff!
Event
Purple background with CPIR logo in foreground.
One-on-One Career Mentorship Session w/Sagan MacIsaac
January 27, 2025 - April 7, 2025
10:30 a.m. - 2:15 p.m.
Rosalie Sharp Pavillion (MCD)
Looking for some feedback on your work, career path, or life after OCAD U? Book a one-on-one career mentorship session with our Winter 2025 Creative Professional-In-Residence, Sagan MacIsaac!
Event
  • Undergraduate Student
Purple background with CPIR logo in foreground.
Fortitude/Fragile
January 22, 2025 - May 17, 2025
12 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Onsite Gallery (RHD)
ExhibitionIn Person
  • Public
Presence in a past or an undetermined future. Delaney Family Emerging Curator’s Prize
January 22, 2025 - May 17, 2025
12 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Onsite Gallery (RHD)
ExhibitionIn Person
  • Public

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