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GradEx 111: Toronto’s largest free art and design exhibition returns May 6 to 10

Meet Canada’s next leaders in art, design, video games, animation and much more!

April 30, 2026

Strategic Foresight and Innovation students participate in global competition

On May 1, from 3 to 4:30 p.m., shortlisted candidates will make oral presentations to the OCAD U community.

April 29, 2026

OCAD U artists on global stage at La Biennale di Venezia and Toronto Biennial of Art

Faculty, alums and honorary doctorate recipients are being featured in two influential contemporary art exhibitions.

April 28, 2026

Celebrating volunteer Board leadership at OCAD U

The University recognizes the service of members of the Board of Governors during National Volunteer Week.

April 20, 2026

OCAD U Gala After Party celebrates art, music and connection

Limited tickets available for the OCAD U Gala and After Party.

April 16, 2026

Professors integrate AI tools into courses to reflect real-world practice

Preparing students for the future means helping them develop critical AI literacy skills

April 15, 2026

Events and exhibitions happening at OCAD U

GradEx 111

May 6, 2026 12 a.m. - May 10, 2026 11:59 p.m.

Main Building & Rosalie Sharp Centre for Design (MCA)

OCAD University’s 111th Annual Graduate Exhibition, Toronto’s largest free art and design exhibition, takes place May 6 to 10, 2026, featuring the work of more than 800 emerging artists and designers.

Event

Artwork: Maria Simmons, Membranous Boundaries (detail), 2025. Image by Sasha Azanova. Red, Pink, Black and Dark Blue sculpture on blue and green background.

Metabolic Loop. The Delaney Family Emerging Curator's Prize.

January 21, 2026 12 a.m. - May 16, 2026 11:59 p.m.

Onsite Gallery (RHD)

Metabolic Loop  is an exhibition exploring the in-betweenness of natural and artificial environments through the concept of metabolism.

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Alex McLeod, 333 (detail), 2025. Image courtesy of the artist in collaboration with his PC.

Becoming (in the light of the miracle)

January 21, 2026 12 a.m. - May 16, 2026 11:59 p.m.

Onsite Gallery (RHD)

Becoming (in the light of the miracle) explores emergent phenomena, spanning deep time to AI revealing how complexity occurs from simple rule-based interactions to create a whole that is more than the sum of its parts.

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OCAD U Gala

May 27, 2026 6:30 p.m. - 11:59 p.m.

Main Building & Rosalie Sharp Centre for Design (MCA)

Following a standout debut last spring, the OCAD U Gala returns on May 27, 2026, as a rising highlight in Toronto’s cultural calendar.

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Gillian Iles Exhibition

April 11, 2026 2:30 p.m. - June 7, 2026 5 p.m.

Off Campus

Gillian Iles presents Glorious Catastrophe, March 26 - June 7, 2026, at Koffler Arts

Exhibition

Announcing the Winners of Ignite Gallery’s 2026 Installation Award

May 6, 2026 12 a.m. - August 10, 2026 11:59 p.m.

Ignite Gallery

Join us for the Ignite Gallery Installation Award Exhibition
May 6, 2026

Exhibition

April Hickox: Vantage Point-Passing

May 1, 2026 12 a.m. - August 31, 2026 11:59 p.m.

Onsite Gallery (RHD)

Over the last three decades of her life, April Hickox (b. 1955, d. 2025) documented the groyne—a slab of concrete extending perpendicular to the shoreline of Lake Ontario.

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