School of Art

School of Art Gallery

The School of Art Gallery exhibits and collects contemporary and historical art addressing a range of practices and perspectives. Exhibitions and collections are complemented by engaging outreach programs and publications.

About the gallery

The School of Art Gallery has been serving the School of Art, the University of Manitoba, and broader communities since it was established in 1965 as Gallery One One One. Since 2012, it has been prominently situated as the physical and philosophical gateway to the ARTlab, a state-of-the-art facility which conceptually frames the Gallery as a site of both research and presentation.

This Category A facility houses two exhibition spaces and a significant permanent collection focused on Manitoban, Canadian and Indigenous art, as well as the FitzGerald Study Centre Collection, devoted to Lionel LeMoine Fitzgerald and his contemporaries.

Exhibitions and collecting activities comprise the core of the School of Art Gallery’s activities, with outreach programming and publishing emanating from, and supporting exhibition research and collection development. Through its work, the Gallery aims to represent a diverse range of practices and perspectives, contextualizing contemporary and historical work to facilitate critical engagement with art and its many discourses. The School of Art Gallery supports the mission of the School by fostering creativity, supporting research, and encouraging critical thinking among undergraduate and graduate students alike.

The School of Art Gallery is generously supported by the University of Manitoba, the School of Art’s faculty and staff, national and provincial funding agencies, donors, and volunteers.

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Exhibitions

A textile installation with a large black-and-white woven portrait hanging on the wall, depicting a person’s face. In front, red and black fabric structures are connected by cords and wooden poles, creating a sculptural arrangement that extends across the floor.
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Jade Yumang: Next Door, Around the Corner, Inside the Bathhouse, By the Sea and Back

Curated by Blair Fornwald

November 21, 2024–February 1, 2025

 

Next Door, Around the Corner, Inside the Bathhouse, By the Sea and Back explores the mutable and unfixed aspects of diasporic identity. Queering the logic of linear historical analysis, artist Jade Yumang examines two disparate moments where cultural identity has been shaped and expressed in relation and opposition to dominant cultural paradigms: the evolution of filet lace in the Philippines and that of 90s-era gay porn-star Brandon Lee’s Asian-American “boy-next-door” persona.  

 

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A vibrant abstract composition featuring fragments of blue textured surfaces, a pink chain link, and layered imagery with bold pink and blue tones.
Lobby Gallery

Elizabeth Milton: The Bottom of the Fountain is Painted Turquoise

Curated by Blair Fornwald

November 21, 2024–February 1, 2025

 

Elizabeth Milton’s video, The Bottom of the Fountain is Painted Turquoise, reflects on the potential, use, and ownership of public space, drawing from the artist’s 2019 residency at Artscape Gibraltar Point on Toronto’s Centre Island. Through playful and ambiguous tableaux created with found materials like turquoise paint chips and concrete rubble, Milton explores cycles of construction, decay, and the queering of public spaces through unexpected, performative uses. The work speaks to the contested history of the Toronto Islands, a site of sacred significance, urban recreation, and displacement.

 

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Poster for the exhibition 'Kidult Club: The Collaborative Kinetics of the Royal Art Lodge, ca. Y2K,' featuring bold orange and black typography, a hand-drawn black cat, exhibition details, and handwritten notes including 'Mon–Fri, 9am–5pm' and 'Closed all statutory holidays.' has context menu
Collections Gallery

Kidult Club: The Collaborative Kinetics of the Royal Art Lodge, ca.Y2K

Curated by Professor Oliver Botar and students of the Introduction to Curatorial Studies course

December 4, 2024–January 17, 2025

This exhibition, collectively curated by students of the “Introduction to Curatorial Studies” course this fall term, features the generous donation of Royal Art Lodge works from around the year 2000 by Maryon Adelaar (Vancouver). With a distinctive blend of humour, whimsical and complex hybrid creatures and dynamic-kinetic energy, this collection – often the result of collaboration between the members – captures the essence of the Royal Art Lodge. This show seeks to demonstrate the way that RAL members toyed with the line between organization and rebellion that accompanies the awkward – as one critic termed it – “kidult” time between adolescence and young adulthood. The Royal Art Lodge members – School of Art alumni from the mid 1990’s for the most part – have significantly influenced contemporary art, ushering in a vogue for artist collectives during the early 2000’s internationally, and this exhibition aims to celebrate their impact, the fact that they continue to inspire many students at the School of Art today. 

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Archives

Gallery One One One was established in 1965 and served as the School of Art’s professional exhibition centre until 2011. In 2012, concurrent with the School of Art’s move to the purpose-built ARTlab, Gallery One One One was renamed the School of Art Gallery.

School of Art Gallery exhibitions: 2020-2024

2024 exhibitions

2023 exhibitions

2022 exhibitions

2021 exhibitions

2020 exhibitions

School of Art Gallery exhibitions: 2012-2019

2019 exhibitions

2018 exhibitions

2017 exhibitions

2016 exhibitions

2015 exhibitions

2014 exhibitions

2013 exhibitions

2012 exhibitions

Gallery One One One exhibitions: 2000–2011

2011 exhibitions

2010 exhibitions

2009 exhibitions

2008 exhibitions

2007 exhibitions

2006 exhibitions

2005 exhibitions

2004 exhibitions

2003 exhibitions

2002 exhibitions

2001 exhibitions

2000 exhibitions

Gallery One One One exhibitions: 1990–1999

1999 exhibitions

1998 exhibitions

1997 exhibitions

1996 exhibitions

1995 exhibitions

1994 exhibitions

1993 exhibitions

1992 exhibitions

1991 exhibitions

1990 exhibitions

Gallery One One One exhibitions: 1980–1989

1989 exhibitions

1988 exhibitions

1987 exhibitions

1986 exhibitions

1985 exhibitions

1984 exhibitions

1983 exhibitions

1982 exhibitions

1981 exhibitions

  • Faculty Members: Recent Works – September 23 - October 15, 1981
  • Roland de Laforcade: Recent Work
  • David McMillan: Photographs – November 16 - December 11, 1981

1980 exhibitions

Gallery One One One exhibitions: 1970–1979

1979 exhibitions

1978 exhibitions

1977 exhibitions

1976 exhibitions

1975 exhibitions

1974 exhibitions

1973 exhibitions

1972 exhibitions

1971 exhibitions

1970 exhibitions

  • Alex Bruning – January 16 - February 7, 1970
  • Incunabulae
  • Geigy Graphics – January 19 - February 10, 1970
  • Tiktak

Gallery One One One exhibitions: 1965–1969

1969 exhibitions

1968 exhibitions

1967 exhibitions

1966 exhibitions

1965 exhibitions

Collections

The School of Art Gallery collects historical and contemporary art, maintaining and evolving a growing collection of over 4100 artworks – the largest art collection within the University of Manitoba.

This collection has two parts: the FitzGerald Study Centre Collection and the Permanent Collection. The former is a tight, well-documented collection devoted to Group of Seven artist Lionel Lemoine FitzGerald and his contemporaries. The latter has a wide range of historical and contemporary artwork and is broadly focused on Manitoban, Canadian, and Indigenous artwork, with special focus on artists affiliated with the School of Art and the University of Manitoba. These collections are maintained and developed via gifts and purchases through the advisement of the School of Art Gallery Acquisition Committee.

For more information about the School of Art Gallery’s Permanent Collection and/or FitzGerald Study Centre Collection, please visit the School of Art Gallery, or contact C.W. Brooks, Registrar/Preparator, at 204-474-8980 or C.W.Brooks@umanitoba.ca.

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Submissions

The School of Art Gallery is a research-based institution. Our exhibitions are developed by the Director/Curator, gallery staff, and guest curators. The exhibition schedule is programmed approximately two years in advance.

The School of Art Gallery does not actively solicit submissions from artists, but welcomes artists to send information packages, which will be reviewed by the Director/Curator. Information packages will not be returned and will not necessarily receive a response. Exhibition proposals from independent curators and other institutions may be considered.

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School of Art Gallery
255 ARTlab
180 Dafoe Road
University of Manitoba (Fort Garry campus)
Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2

gallery@umanitoba.ca
204-474-9322
Monday-Friday, 9:00 am-5:00 pm
or by appointment
CLOSED all statutory holidays