Art Show

Everyone’s life is worth telling. We all have a story whose chapters address various subjects: fears, doubts, moral dilemmas, obstacles, but also encounters, friendship and love. In fairy tales, the perilous forest journey allows the main character to mature, enriched by trials and life lessons, and by the friendships forged along the way (see B....

Mary Gourlay’s work emerges from an emotional and physical immersion in the natural world, responding to the power, fragility, and temporality of landscape. Exploring remote environments by canoe, kayak, and on foot, Gourlay creates sketches, small paintings, and photographs that capture fleeting moments of encounter. These fragmentary records form the basis for larger studio works...

Sinclair A. Maloney presents: Rise – a focused selection of landscape and seascape paintings. With a professional background in photography spanning 15 years, his work is informed by a strong sense of composition and a keen observational eye. Influenced by 19th-century painters such as Corot and Courbet, and often compared to Turner for his atmospheric...

Exhibition Dates: March 7 – 21 Vernissage: Saturday, March 7 from 3 – 5 pm Wall Space Gallery is proud to present Simplicity in a Turbulent World, a solo exhibition by Ottawa-based photographer Joy Kardish, in celebration of International Women’s Month. The exhibition considers the quiet, sustaining moments often overlooked in the midst of unrest....

Exhibition Dates: March 7 – 21 Vernissage: Saturday, March 7 from 3 – 5 pm, artist talk @ 3:45 pm Wall Space Gallery is excited to present Peripheral Surfaces, a solo exhibition by Montreal-based artist Iryna Merkulova, in celebration of International Women's Month. In this series, Merkulova treats the storefront window not as a transparent...

Saturday, March 7, 2026, from 10 am to 4 pm at the Jim Durrell Recreation Centre,1265 Walkley Road, Ottawa, Ontario Art Show Free Admission Free Parking & Wheelchair Access Gift certificates are available at each art show for future art purchases or rentals. No sales tax Door prizes available to be won Art by over...

Another Cycle presents paintings and mixed-media works exploring the intersection of the human body and nature through surreal atmospheres and organic textures. Dinho Bento reflects on belonging, shelter and transformation, inviting viewers into a poetic dialogue about identity, emotional connection and the cyclical essence of existence. As a Brazilian artist based in Canada, Dinho Bento merges...

The Kanata Civic Art Gallery is pleased to present “Levelling Up,” a new exhibition featuring the work of 26 gallery artists. This vibrant show brings together a wide range of styles, subjects, and mediums, offering visitors an engaging look at the depth and diversity of our artistic community. From painting and photography to mixed media...

“Naturally Canada / Naturellement le Canada” is a dynamic exhibition of mixed media artwork inspired by the vast and diverse nature of Canada. The collection features works that range from abstract interpretations to detailed representational pieces. Each artwork demonstrates a visible integration of mixed media and/or mixed techniques—combining materials such as paint, collage, texture, found...

A new Art Show at Art Hub Gallery this spring.

Lenni Workman - Artist Statement My work is a Request. A request to the viewer to look and look again, don’t stop at superficial information. A request to notice how time and light transform your visual world.  Experience that a still-life or a room acts as a sun-dial. A request to see the alignment of the...

April 9 to 26, 2026 Vernissage: Saturday April 11, 1-4 pm Galerie Old Chelsea is thrilled to present a series of new paintings by Andrew Rucklidge, an internationally recognized artist now living in Chelsea.  The exhibition captures the invisible yet deeply familiar forces that shape the earth over time as Rucklidge draws on processes such...

Still*life is not a meditation on fruit bowls or porcelain vases; it proposes a dialogue between breath and silence, between the pulse of existence and the hush of its surroundings. These paintings have emerged from the experience of living surrounded by nature—a life steeped in forests, rivers, and the quiet choreography of seasons. They are...

Step into the world of Randall Anderson in Trailer Trash, a provocative exploration of high and low culture through personal and social lenses. Drawing on his upbringing in trailer parks, early work as a diesel mechanic, and extensive studies in critical theory and formalist painting, Anderson creates work that challenges conventional ideas of art and...

In Dimensions, Annie-France Bowker explores form, perception, and imagined landscapes through handwoven wall hangings. Her work navigates the space between the tangible and the abstract, where geometry meets intuition and structure gives way to otherworldly possibility. Weaving is a deeply meditative process for Bowker, and in its rhythm, she often finds herself transported into unfamiliar...

Wall Space Gallery is proud to present From the Ground Up by Ottawa artist Nicole Allen. This exhibition reflects both a physical and emotional journey toward renewal and serves as a meditation on growth, resilience, and the transformative power of starting anew. Through her richly layered florals and botanical imagery, Allen explores the delicate interplay...

Wall Space Gallery is delighted to present Falling Back into Bloom by Kaitlin Johnson. In this new body of work, Johnson revisits florals with a fresh perspective and a sense of freedom. Blending abstraction with representation, she approaches still life as a dynamic space for experimentation, where colour, pattern, and form can shift, overlap, and...

Wall Space Gallery is pleased to exhibit WILD HEART Tapestries: Portraits from the Forest & Garden, featuring new works by Crystal Beshara. This collection explores an allegorical space where fine art and narrative illustration intertwine. Beshara’s compositions, built like textiles of dense foliage and radiant light, create a tactile sense of depth. Rooted in the...

The Fourth Annual West End Sculpture Show runs from April 28 through to May 10 at the Kanata Civic Art Gallery (John G. Mlacak Centre, 2500 Campeau Dr, Kanata). This is a juried exhibition showcasing contemporary sculpture in stone, metal, wood, and mixed media made by sculptors from across the National Capital Region. Free and...

Galerie Old Chelsea is thrilled to welcome Chelsea’s Reid McLachlan with “A Murmuration of Whispers”, a compelling new body of work that offers a rare glimpse into his creative process. McLachlan’s paintings begin not with images, but with words. Whether fragments, phrases, or complex thoughts, his visual language emerges from an incessant, shape-shifting murmuration of internal...

Tim desClouds - Artist Statement In this most recent body of works I have pared down my working process to a celebration of the tradition of drawing and painting leaving behind the many sculptural embellishments included in earlier works. The content of the works flow forward from my previous 2022 exhibition, “Somewhere Between Mother Goose...

Wall Space Gallery is excited to present Andrew Beck's solo exhibition Into the Trees, a series of paintings that invites viewers deep into the northern forests where light filters through ancient canopies and the boundary between the familiar and the unknown begins to blur. Andrew Beck is a British born painter now living in Ottawa,...

Wall Space Gallery presents Depth of Field, a solo exhibition by Kelly Grace that considers the act of looking as a reciprocal exchange. Moving between screen, audience, and painted surface, the work explores how attention circulates, with viewing becoming a shared and shifting experience. Kelly Grace was born in Toronto in the 70s and raised...

New Painting Exhibition Explores the Beauty of Defying Expectation. A new exhibition of abstract painting explores the beauty of resisting expectations. Through layered surfaces, assertive colour, and gestures that challenge conventional harmony, the works embrace disruption as a deliberate artistic strategy. Rather than seeking perfect order, the paintings celebrate the vitality that emerges when structure...

ArtCredo is an art exhibit in which parishoners and visitors enjoy, and may purchase, artworks from over 40 local artists. The artworks are intended to be of a spiritual, contemplative or devotional nature. This popular Ottawa Art show brings more than 700 people into our beautiful sacred space each year.

Join us for the 5th Annual Spring Art Festival, a one-day celebration of original art created by Ottawa–Gatineau artists, and set in a covered open-air venue at the Jim Tubman Chevrolet Rink. Browse exceptional artwork, enjoy live music throughout the day, and grab something delicious from local food trucks. It’s a relaxed, welcoming atmosphere where creativity...