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...
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...
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...
March 26 to May 5, 2026 Opening: Thursday, March 26, 5:30 to 7:30 pm By looking at her role in society as a woman, wife, mother, and artist, Ada Brzeski has created a series of clay sculptures exploring womanhood, addressing the everyday realities and frustrations women face. Through these works, she hopes to foster a...
Jane Languedoc was born in Ottawa, and living on the edge of the Canadian Shield, the landscapes that surrounded her inspired her deep love of trees, rocks and lakes. She moved to London, England in 1976 and was exposed to an entirely different life. Her frequent visits to the National Gallery gave her a love of impressionism and...
Don’t Just Watch — Decide Who Wins! Step into a world where imagination comes to life! Watch as talented artists transform blank canvases into breathtaking masterpieces in just 20 electrifying minutes per round. Feel the energy in the air as creativity flows and the crowd cheers them on. Vote to crown the ultimate champion and...
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...
The Kanata Civic Art Gallery invites you to experience Chasing the Wind, a new exhibition featuring 27 gallery artists exploring movement, atmosphere, and the changing rhythms of the natural world through painting, textile art, and photography. From dramatic skies and shifting waters to quiet landscapes and expressive abstraction, Chasing the Wind brings together a diverse...
Young at Art 2026 – Celebrating 30 Years of Creativity! Young at Art is a professionally assessed art exhibition bringing the work of young visual artists to local art galleries. Since 1996, YAA recognizes the creative efforts of young artists across Ottawa. Selected works are eligible for several awards.
A new art show at Art Hub Gallery at Carleton Place.
Galerie Old Chelsea is pleased to present a new exhibition by Sarah Bradfield a National Capital Region artist whose latest body of work explores the dynamic relationship between landscape, movement, and light across Ottawa and the Outaouais.
Bryna Cohen - Artist Statement Painting remains central to my practice, even within the vast range of contemporary art. It is how I chose to express the beauty I see. Flora and vegetation have their own allure and vitality. Each painting begins with an emotional or sensory response to nature and evolves gradually on the...
In Two Sisters, Mary Ellen Mueller Legault and Deborah Mueller Peate bring together two distinct yet complementary artistic voices shaped by family, creativity, and imagination. Mary Ellen’s playful watercolours capture the beauty of everyday scenes through vibrant colour and spontaneity, while Deborah’s imaginative mixed-media works combine textiles, collage, and vintage elements to create expressive “Whimsical...
In the Arber Room, Claude Chalifour presents Vision, an exhibition rooted in intuition, memory, and personal expression. A self-taught artist born in Quebec City, Chalifour draws from a lifetime surrounded by art to create vivid, emotionally resonant paintings that reflect imagination, spirituality, and inner reflection. Her expressive works invite viewers into a colourful and deeply...
In Two Sisters, Mary Ellen Mueller Legault and Deborah Mueller Peate bring together two distinct yet complementary artistic voices shaped by family, creativity, and imagination. Mary Ellen’s playful watercolours capture the beauty of everyday scenes through vibrant colour and spontaneity, while Deborah’s imaginative mixed-media works combine textiles, collage, and vintage elements to create expressive “Whimsical...
Bryna Cohen - Artist Statement Painting remains central to my practice, even within the vast range of contemporary art. It is how I chose to express the beauty I see. Flora and vegetation have their own allure and vitality. Each painting begins with an emotional or sensory response to nature and evolves gradually on the...
Nature sous tension explore le fragile équilibre entre la beauté du monde naturel et les pressions silencieuses qu’il subit. À travers une série de gravures au burin – sur plexiglass, imprimées comme des gravures sur bois, et sur cuivre en intaglio – se dessinent des paysages d’apparence intacte, mais subtilement altérés. Des virus, des masques,...
Galerie Old Chelsea is pleased to present a new exhibition by Sarah Bradfield a National Capital Region artist whose latest body of work explores the dynamic relationship between landscape, movement, and light across Ottawa and the Outaouais.
État Plasma renvoie à un état mystérieux et omniprésent de la matière dans l’univers, le plasma, qui impacte la propagation des ondes radio dans l’ionosphère terrestre. L’exposition s’inspire des mystères d’une mission secrète américaine des années 1980 à Sainte-Hedwidge-de-Roberval, qui aurait percé un présumé trou béant dans l’ionosphère, semant le doute et la peur. Les...
Patti Lefebvre is an Ottawa-based visual artist at The Rectory Art House and a graduate of the Ottawa School of Art. Her practice includes painting, printmaking, and collage, exploring the evolution of images and meanings in contemporary culture influenced by media, consumerism, and fashion. She has exhibited in Ontario and Quebec. Between the Noise explores how meaning changes in...
Don’t Just Watch — Decide Who Wins! Step into a world where imagination comes to life! Watch as talented artists transform blank canvases into breathtaking masterpieces in just 20 electrifying minutes per round. Feel the energy in the air as creativity flows and the crowd cheers them on. Vote to crown the ultimate champion and...
The Red Trillium Studio Tour was started by a group of talented local Artists & Fine Craftspeople, all working alone in their Rural Studios, who wanted to collectively share and bring awareness to the Art & Fine Craft in their community. When you visit our Artists in their Studios, you are welcomed into their private...
Wall Space Gallery presents Visualizing Urban Transformation, a new series of paintings by Eryn O’Neill that examines the infrastructure and materials embedded within changing urban environments. Construction fencing, traffic cones, barriers, and industrial containers are easy to overlook, yet they continually redirect movement and reshape public space.
Wall Space Gallery is excited to host AND THEN, IT’S NOW, a new body of work by oil painter Stewart Jones. The exhibition brings together paintings inspired by the quieter edges of the city and the shifting light and shadows found between buildings and alleyways. Through unexpected viewpoints and confident brushwork, Jones captures everyday urban...
Wall Space Gallery is excited to host AND THEN, IT’S NOW, a new body of work by oil painter Stewart Jones. The exhibition brings together paintings inspired by the quieter edges of the city and the shifting light and shadows found between buildings and alleyways. Through unexpected viewpoints and confident brushwork, Jones captures everyday urban...
OIS Art of Canada is delighted to invite you to “Hanji (韓紙): A Thousand Years of Korean Paper Art – Hanji Meets Canada,” the first-ever Hanji touring exhibition presented in Ottawa as part of Asian Heritage Month 2026. This special exhibition introduces the beauty, history, and contemporary artistic possibilities of Hanji — Korea’s traditional handmade...
OIS Art of Canada is delighted to invite you to “Hanji (韓紙): A Thousand Years of Korean Paper Art – Hanji Meets Canada,” the first-ever Hanji touring exhibition presented in Ottawa as part of Asian Heritage Month 2026. This special exhibition introduces the beauty, history, and contemporary artistic possibilities of Hanji — Korea’s traditional handmade...
Patti Lefebvre is an Ottawa-based visual artist at The Rectory Art House and a graduate of the Ottawa School of Art. Her practice includes painting, printmaking, and collage, exploring the evolution of images and meanings in contemporary culture influenced by media, consumerism, and fashion. She has exhibited in Ontario and Quebec. Between the Noise explores how meaning changes in...
Helen McNicoll: An Impressionist Journey invites audiences to rediscover the career of a pioneering Canadian artist, whose luminous paintings captured everyday life, nature, and modern womanhood. Celebrated by critics for her mastery of light and the immersive quality of her subjects, Helen McNicoll (1879–1915) helped elevate the profile of Canadian art on both sides of...
