Art In Ottawa

Sunlit Moments by Marianne Feaver - Vernissage
2025-11-08 13:00 - 16:00 (America/Toronto) | Galerie Old Chelsea, 783 Route 105, Chelsea, QC, J9B 1P1, Canada
Marianne Feaver celebrates the natural world through colour and light. Fleeting moments of radiance – sunlight filtering through trees, the shimmer of water across a lake or the dancing highlights of flower petals – form the heart of her work. Her inspiration is drawn from the landscapes that surround her; the forest trails of the Gatineau Hills or the peaceful, rugged beauty that surrounds Wakefield.
Through vivid colour and loose, expressive brushstrokes, Marianne translates her emotional response to the landscape onto canvas. Each painting seeks to capture the awe, joy and serenity found in those moments – the stillness of reflection, the brilliance of passing light, the quiet energy of the natural world.
Her works invite the viewer to pause and be immersed in the harmony and vitality of the scene – to breathe, to feel the exuberance, and to be transported to a place of peace and familiarity.

BHAT BOY: Artist Showcase - Vernissage
2025-11-14 18:00 - 21:00 | Salon des Bananes, 2207 Carling Ave., Ottawa, ON, K2B 7E9, Canada
Experience the grand reveal of ‘National Capital Legacy’
The Salon Des Bananes is proud to present this special Artist Showcase, featuring Bhat Boy, one of Ottawa’s most celebrated artists. Be among the first to see the reveal of Bhat’s latest painting: National Capital Legacy – measuring an impressive 9 ft x 9 ft!
The National Capital Legacy art piece was commissioned by the National Capital Commission for its 125th anniversary, and will be displayed in the public area of the NCC’s new headquarters (at 80 Elgin Street).
You will also get to see several other original artworks by Bhat Boy!

Twinkling Hearts
2025-11-15 - 2025-12-24 | Art Hub Gallery, 50 Bennett St, Carleton Place, ON, K7C 4J9, Canada
Christmas-themed art show featuring 39 local and regional artists and artisans. A lot of unique cards!

Gift of Art Show and Sale - 2025
2025-11-15 09:00 - 2025-11-16 17:00 | Kanata Civic Art Gallery, 2500 Campeau Drive, Kanata, ON, K2K 2W3, Canada
The Kanata Civic Art Gallery, with over 30 juried members, has been in the community for 30 years. This signature event offers the public original fine art in a wide variety of media and styles: paintings, photography, textile art, and abstract art, to high realism. The artwork ranges in size and price
With free parking, admission and refreshments, this is a great show to shop, relax, and find that perfect gift for the holidays.

Artist Showcase: Bhat Boy (TEA PARTY)
2025-11-15 12:00 - 16:00 | Salon des Bananes, 2207 Carling Ave., Ottawa, ON, K2B 7E9, Canada
Overview
Join us for an Afternoon Tea Party and the artwork reveal of one of Ottawa’s most celebrated artists, Bhat Boy!
The Salon Des Bananes is proud to present this special Artist Showcase, featuring Bhat Boy, one of Ottawa’s most celebrated artists. Join us for an exciting afternoon tea party complete with an assortment of teas and baked goods. Be among the first to see the reveal of Bhat’s latest painting: National Capital Legacy – measuring an impressive 9 ft x 9 ft!
This is an ‘open-house’ style event, so feel free to just drop by anytime between 12pm to 4pm at the Salon Des Bananes on Carling Ave. to be among the first to see this art piece!
The National Capital Legacy art piece was commissioned by the National Capital Commission for its 125th anniversary, and will be displayed in the public area of the NCC’s new headquarters at 80 Elgin Street.
Bhat Boy’s Story
I think of myself as a painter and author, in that order. I was born at my grandparent’s house in London, England, in 1965 and immigrated to Canada on a steam ship in 1966. It was a rough crossing, and my mother later told me that the stewards fought to look after me as all I did was sleep to the rocking of the ship. My father met us in Montreal and I settled down with my parents in the Nation’s Capital, one a cleaning lady the other a spy.
After a colorful gap year in Europe, I returned to Canada to attend the Ontario College of Art and Design in Toronto disguised as mild-mannered Ian Van Lock and studied Fine Arts. The program included a year in Florence, Italy, where I was introduced to the magic of the Renaissance.
After graduating, I worked for Barclays Bank and in 1992 I narrowly escaped death in a terrorist attack on my workplace when a bomb was detonated in my building. This life-changing event made me decide to pursue my art career full time. The now famous Gherkin is where my former workplace was destroyed, a monument to my decision. It is today one of the City of London’s most iconic modern buildings.
Throughout the 1990s I traveled with rolled up paintings, selling work in the United States, Britain, Switzerland and the Netherlands. During this time, I had exhibitions in Florence, San Francisco, London, New York, Miami and Fort Lauderdale. By the year 2000, my work could be found on every continent but Antarctica.
Since settling in Ottawa, Canada, I have completed numerous public commissions and established Art in the Park, now the New Art Festival. This annual art festival has grown to become Eastern Ontario’s largest and recently celebrated its 25th anniversary.
I am driven to create paintings, drawings and books. My work stays forever young. I want others to be able to see what I can see; that is my gift to the world.
I live with my husband and four cats in Ottawa, Canada. My hobbies include traveling by ship, mapmaking, and drinking tea. I am never bored.

An Nguyen, "Fortune" Solo Exhibition - Vernissage
2025-11-16 17:30 - 19:30 | Atrium Gallery – Ben Franklin Place, 101 Centrepointe Dr, Ottawa, K2G 0B5, Canada
Artist Statement

As immigrants entering a foreign land, we all share the common desire to make our new country a place we can freely call home. We make efforts, from bringing our culinary traditions, to running enterprises that shape a nation’s economic future. As newcomers we do so with innovation, grit and determination. Our journeys to freedom are often fought with challenges, sacrifice, and difficult decisions.
April 30th, 2025 marks the 50th anniversary since the fall of Saigon. The Canadian government recognizes this day as a national day to commemorate the large exodus of Vietnamese refugees and their acceptance into Canada. Through art, I bear witness to this historical event by creating a series of paintings, which illustrates the story of my refugee beginnings and celebrates how far I’ve come. My vivid paintings chronicle the perilous journey of leaving Vietnam to stories of life as an Canadian immigrant.
During the Vietnam war, my parents lived through the trauma of hearing constant gunshots while watching the skies engulfed in flames. They heard cries of those lost at sea and witnessed children die in the arms of their parents. They saw the desperate who tossed their offspring onto precarious vessels in the hopes that their child might find potential refuge. These memories are etched in their hearts and forever changed their view on life and parenting.
My brother and I grew up in a home grounded in traditional values situated within a typical Canadian milieu. Growing up, most of what we learned about the Vietnam War was through our parents. My parents taught us how to cook old family recipes so that we remember where we came from, while watching Wheel of Fortune. They planted flowers to beautify our home, while cultivating basil and chili plants for aromatic dishes. As stoic survivors of war, they cried when I graduated from university. They decorated the house in “lucky” red to affirm their happiness during my tea ceremony, and shared laughter and joy when I danced at my wedding. They are changemakers who bravely risked everything so that we could live in safety to pursue our hopes and dreams. As a child of these war heroes, I honour their valour and courage in the face of such seemingly insurmountable adversity.
This exhibition showcases, how my road to a bright future, was founded on decades of personal sacrifices and hardship. For many Vietnamese Boat People, crossing the tumultuous South China Sea was a huge risk. Like many immigrant families our origins were humble, but overtime we have made substantial contributions to our communities, while preserving our heritage and customs. It is my hope that this exposition celebrates the half-century of achievements of the Vietnamese diaspora and the triumphs we have made in the face of adversity. Let this show be a beacon of light that shines luck on those who today make similar perilous journeys. May their “hopes adrift” in the water, to light a path towards safety and a better future.
An Nguyen

Grand Opening :
NOV 6, 2025, 5:30pm to 7:30pm,
Atrium Art Gallery, Ben Franklin Place, 101 Centre Point Drive, Ottawa, ON
Free Family Friendly Event

Arbor Art Gallery - GIFTED Art Show
2025-11-19 - 2025-12-14 | Arbor Gallery, 103 High St., Vankleek Hill, ON, K0B 1R0, Canada
From November 19 to December 14, many of Arbour’s members share their art with the community! Come see creations by fine artists, fibre artists and crafts artists. It will be a wonderful opportunity to get that special Holiday gift!
The gallery will present the art in two spaces:
Main Room (Pemberton-Smith) – Art Shoppe
Affordable art – (Max 3 pieces per Artist Member), priced at $400 or less.
Arber Room – Gift Shoppe
Giftable items of all sizes and prices created by artists/artisans
For the holiday season, and to make your gift shopping easier, all artwork displayed at the gallery can be purchased and taken home immediately. (For this exhibition only)

Art Battle, Nov 20, 2025
2025-11-20 19:00 - 22:00 | Overflow Brewing Company, 2477 Kaladar Ave, Ottawa, ON, K1V 8B9, Canada
Paint Flies & Creativity Soars
3 rounds of action
📅 November 20 @ 7:00 PM
📍 Overflow Brewing – 2477 Kaladar Ave, Ottawa
returns for a night of live art, creativity, and community connection! Watch as artists bring their ideas to life on canvas in just 20 minutes, competing in three exciting rounds.
You
decide who takes the spotlight!
Here’s why you should join us (and bring a friend!):
✨Live Painting in Action
– See the artistic process unfold right before your eyes.
✨Audience Voting
– Have your say and help choose the winning artist.
✨Art Auction
– Bid on your favourite creations and take home an original piece.
✨Celebrate Local Talent
– Connect with the vibrant Ottawa art scene in a fun, welcoming atmosphere.
Art Battle Ottawa is an All Ages event.

Winter Count: Embracing the Cold
2025-11-21 - 2026-03-22 | National Gallery of Canada, 380 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, ON, K1N 9N4, Canada
Featuring more than 150 works from the early 19th century to the present, this exhibition brings together Indigenous, Canadian settler and European perspectives on the subject.
Winter Count delves into concepts of tradition, identity and heritage as it explores how individual artists engage with winter motifs through objects, paintings, sculpture and works on paper. Historic Indigenous belongings are juxtaposed with works by contemporary artists like Inuit printmaker Pitseolak Ashoona and Cree artists Duane Linklater and Kent Monkman, highlighting ancestral knowledge, storytelling and contemporary critique. The exhibition then draws comparisons between Canadian painters such as Maurice Cullen and Clarence Gagnon and French Impressionists Claude Monet and Camille Pissarro, focusing on their distinct approaches to capturing the effects of light on snow. Finally, it reveals a shared visual language among Canadian artists like J.E.H. MacDonald and Lawren S. Harris and their Canadian and Scandinavian counterparts through the lens of winter.
Named for the pictorial records used by Indigenous nations from the Plains like the Lakota, Winter Countreflects on themes of survival, adaptation and kinship, portraying winter as a transformative force that shapes human experience.
This exhibition is a collaboration between the departments of Indigenous Ways and Decolonization, Canadian Art and European, American and Asian art.

The Fall Art Show by Art In the Neighbourhood
2025-11-22 10:00 - 16:00 | Emmanuel United Church, 691 Smyth Rd, Ottawa, ON, K1G 1N7, Canada
25 artists gather under one roof to bring you a one-of-a-kind gallery event! Explore a rich variety of:
visual art, wood art, sculptures, clay, fibre ar,photography, jewellery and so much more.
Now in our 9th year, Art in the Neighbourhood is delighted to host this celebration of local creativity. Whether you’re young, old, or in between—there’s something here for everyone.
Enjoy live music performed by The Bluesy Swing Duo!
Meet the artists, hear their stories, and discover affordable, original works of art to take home.
Don’t miss the raffle! Buy a free ticket on our website and exchange it at the show for a raffle entry to win amazing door prizes donated by our artists.

Artistic Symphonies
2025-11-26 - 2026-01-04 | Kanata Civic Art Gallery, 2500 Campeau Drive, Kanata, ON, K2K 2W3, Canada
The Kanata Civic Art Gallery is pleased to present “Artistic Symphonies”, our final exhibition of the year, featuring the work of 27 member artists.
This show brings together paintings, sculpture, textiles, photography, and mosaics. All pieces are created by local artists and are available for purchase. With the holiday season approaching, it is a wonderful opportunity to find a meaningful, one-of-a-kind gift. We also carry a selection of artist cards that make perfect stocking stuffers.

TwelvebyTwelve 2025
2025-11-27 - 2025-12-31 | Wall Space Gallery, 1090 Bank St, Ottawa, ON, K1S 3X5, Canada
Wall Space Gallery x Interval House of Ottawa
Purchase advance tickets!
Or pay at the door (suggested minimum donation of $10)

Join us for an inspiring evening celebrating local creativity and community impact at Wall Space Gallery’s TwelvebyTwelve, a large-scale group exhibition featuring square-foot artworks and jewellery by more than 50 Canadian artists. This annual event offers a unique opportunity to acquire works by both emerging and established artists at accessible price points.
Enjoy art, jewellery, drinks, snacks, and more, with every ticket including entry into a raffle for a chance to win a stunning piece from one of our participating local jewellers, including Hailey Jane, Andrea Mueller, Galili Ellis Jewelry, and Brenda Wong.
As part of this year’s event, we’re proud to support Interval House of Ottawa, a local organization providing safety and shelter for women and children fleeing violence. Proceeds from ticket and painting sales will directly fund the purchase of furniture for their new second-stage housing, scheduled to open in spring 2026. This new space will offer safe, stable housing and enhanced supports for families rebuilding their lives after violence, and your participation will help make it feel like home for those transitioning to safety and independence. This is a wonderful opportunity to give meaningful, artful gifts this holiday season while supporting those in need.

Please join us at the gallery for the opening reception on
Thursday, Nov 27 from 5 – 7 pm!

TwelvebyTwelve 2025 - Vernissage
2025-11-27 17:00 - 19:00 | Wall Space Gallery, 1090 Bank St, Ottawa, ON, K1S 3X5, Canada

Winter Count: Embracing the Cold - Vernissage
2025-11-27 17:00 - 20:00 | National Gallery of Canada, 380 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, ON, K1N 9N4, Canada

Artistic Creations
2025-11-28 - 2025-11-29 | Mess Hall, 2240 Craig Side Rd, Carp, ON, K0A 1L0, Canada
Annual art sale – everything under $200.
Nov 28: 3- 8 pm
Nov 29: 9 am – 4 pm

Jean-François Provost - Transit Points
2025-11-28 - 2025-12-16 | Galerie St-Laurent + Hill, 293 Dalhousie St, Ottawa, ON, K1N 7E5, Canada
This exhibition brings together works created at moments of transition—a threshold between one place, one inner state, and another. Some paintings were born out of fleeting but deeply inspiring encounters, brief connections that sparked creative momentum of rare intensity. Others, more silent, bear the mark of an intimate transition from one place to another.
The exhibition is an invitation to explore these passages, those that connect, those that separate, those that transform. To feel the beauty of what appears, what dissolves, and what remains. My work revolves around the imprint left by these passages that shape our relationship with the world.
Jean-François Provost holds a degree in visual arts from the University of Quebec in Outaouais. His paintings and drawings have been exhibited in Canada, the United States, and Europe. He has received several awards and honours for his work as a painter. His works can be found in several collections, including those of Loto-Québec, Global Affairs Canada, Provigo, the City of Ottawa, the City of Gatineau, CitiFinancial, Brookfield Energy, as well as in numerous corporate and private collections in the United States, Canada, Europe, and the Middle East. He is represented by Galerie St-Laurent + Hill and Galerie de Bellefeuille.

PMAC Fall 2025 Art Exhibition
2025-11-30 | PMAC, 16 Mill Square, Alexandria, ON, K0C 1A0, Canada
Discover a collection of more than 100 paintings as well as works in stone, glass, silver, copper enamel and more, created by 44 local artists — some well-established — others showing their work in a gallery for the first time.

Camera and the City and Sylvia Safdie: TERRA - OPENING
2025-12-11 17:00 - 20:00 | National Gallery of Canada, 380 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, ON, K1N 9N4, Canada
Drawing on the rich collection of the National Gallery of Canada, Camera and the City brings together the work of a wide range of photographers who have captured the spirit of city streets.
Sylvia Safdie: TERRA examines the decades-long career of Montreal-based artist Sylvia Safdie through a selection of her paintings, sculptures and videos.
Thursday, 11 December
5 to 8 p.m. – Exhibition opening
6 p.m. – Opening remarks
National Gallery of Canada
Scotiabank Great Hall
380 Sussex Drive
Ottawa, ON K1N 9N4
Canada
Food and refreshments available for purchase. Free admission. Bilingual event.

Art Battle Ottawa, Dec 11, 2025
2025-12-11 19:00 - 22:00 | Overflow Brewing Company, 2477 Kaladar Ave, Ottawa, ON, K1V 8B9, Canada
🕊 Daniel Martelock – The urban alchemist, transforming discarded materials into vibrant murals alive with birds, wildlife, and color. His work reinvents the cityscape, turning forgotten objects into meaningful visions of renewal.
🎨 Heather CarGio – The whimsical surrealist, painting playful icons and mischievous characters with bold palettes and expressive eyes. Her art dances between sweetness and strangeness, nostalgia and uncanny delight.
⏳ Jennifer Ford – The seasoned storyteller, weaving decades of multimedia craft into the immediacy of Art Battle. With every brushstroke she distills vision to its essence—personal, relatable, and alive in the moment.
✨ Sarah O’Neill – The emotive narrator, channeling portraiture into raw storytelling. A designer by day, she embraces spontaneity and imperfection at the easel, creating works that pulse with human connection.
🔥 Suzannah Robertson – The expressive contender, painting fast and loose with fearless energy. From cerebral to emotional, literal to abstract, her art captures the fleeting intensity of each moment under pressure

Art Lending of Ottawa Show
2025-12-13 10:00 - 16:00 | Jim Durrell Recreation Centre, 1265 Walkley Rd, Ottawa, ON, K1V 6P9, Canada
Art Landing invites visitors to explore and select affordable artwork from its online gallery for rental or purchase, with pickup available at upcoming art shows when applicable. Guests may also attend the shows in person to rent or buy artworks on site.
To browse the online gallery, artists, and artwork details, users simply select an artist’s image below or choose an artist from the left navigation bar. Within each artist’s gallery, the price, medium, and size of any painting or photograph can be viewed by clicking the image and hovering the mouse over the enlarged version. On mobile devices, tapping the image and then tapping the lower right corner of the screen will display the artwork information.
The gallery includes acrylic, oil, watercolour and mixed media paintings by numerous artists plus
* Encaustics by Marie Léger
* Ink by Bill Sommers
* Mosaic by Linda Bordage
* Pastels by Leslie Firth and Linda Bordage
* Photography by John Hugh Craig, Sandra Hawkins and Anita Schlarb
* Printmaking by Linda Bordage

Shifting Perspectives
2026-01-01 - 2026-02-15 | Art Hub (127 Bridge St.), 127 Bridge Street, Carleton Place, ON, K7C 2V6, Canada
Stop in between now and February 15 to see the show, Shifting Perspectives.The Art Hub cooperative gallery is staffed by the artists themselves and you can stop in any time to meet them and get to know their work!Open 10-5 daily, 7 days a week, at 127 Bridge St.

Cool Surprises
2026-01-06 - 2026-01-25 | Foyer Gallery, 1701 Woodroffe Avenue, Ottawa, ON, K2G1W2, Canada
Who doesn’t like a pleasant surprise? At Foyer Gallery’s 5-Person Focus Show this January, many “Cool Surprises” await!
Whether you’re drawn to artwork about people or animals in action, peaceful or nostalgic scenes, local joys or far-off landscapes, from Iceland to Africa, mountains to shorelines, this show has something for everyone!
Step inside and be transported to wonderfully surprising places!

Opening Lines
2026-01-07 - 2026-03-01 | Kanata Civic Art Gallery, 2500 Campeau Drive, Kanata, ON, K2K 2W3, Canada
The Kanata Civic Art Gallery is pleased to welcome the new year with Opening Lines, our first exhibition of 2026.
This large group show introduces seven new members to the gallery alongside works by existing members. Together, they present over 80 artworks in a wide range of mediums, including painting, sculpture, photography, and textiles. All artwork in the exhibition is available for purchase.

Joanne Gauthier - Mesclun d'égarement
2026-01-14 - 2026-03-15 | Espace Pierre-Debain, 120 Principale St, Gatineau, QC, J9H 3M3, Canada
En explorant la porcelaine et d’autres matériaux, Joanne Gauthier construit une forme d’archéologie intime :
une archive sensible, à la fois vivante et vulnérable. Dans un mode où la transformation de notre environnement efface peu
à peu le sacré, Mesclun d’égarement déploie un corpus d’œuvres marqué par un contraste fort entre la densité de la matière et l’élan spirituel qu’elle évoque. Ce mélange sensoriel, volontairement déroutant, invite à perdre ses repères pour
mieux interroger la nature sacrée des choses et leur inscription dans l’espace et le temps.

Julie Beauchemin Mirrors
2026-01-15 - 2026-02-03 | Galerie St-Laurent + Hill, 293 Dalhousie St, Ottawa, ON, K1N 7E5, Canada
My practice is grounded in abstract painting as a form of narrative construction. I approach painting as a language system, where mark-making functions as syntax and movement across the surface reveals relationships between space, time, and gesture. Through layered processes of application, erasure, and accumulation, my work navigates between intuition and deliberateness, order and disruption.
Working primarily with mixed media on canvas, I employ acrylic paint, oil pastels, spray paint, inks, and unconventional materials. These elements are applied through dense, tactile passages and thin, diluted washes, allowing the history of the process to remain visible. While the work may initially suggest immediacy or spontaneity, it is guided by sustained attention to composition, colour, rhythm, and material interaction.
My paintings draw from street-based mark-making, narrative painting, and art-historical conventions, positioning these references within a single visual field. I am interested in how gestures associated with immediacy and informality can coexist with formal painterly structure. Acts of scratching, wiping, and reworking are integral to the process, introducing cycles of destruction and reconstruction that guide each painting toward resolution.
By working with multiple media and defragmenting established conventions, my practice proposes a metalinguistic approach to painting—one that embraces contradiction, physical presence, and the visibility of process as essential components of meaning.
Mirrors serves as a conceptual lens for this body of work, extending beyond literal reflection to consider how experience, perception, emotion, and interaction are mirrored through the act of painting. The works emphasize response as a central principle, where gestures unfold in relation to prior marks and material conditions, much like the effects of our interactions on one another. Through layered material processes, the paintings trace the imprint of response and presence, while serving as records of moments in time.

Julie Beauchemin Mirrors - Vernissage
2026-01-15 17:00 - 20:00 | Galerie St-Laurent + Hill, 293 Dalhousie St, Ottawa, ON, K1N 7E5, Canada
Mirrors serves as a conceptual lens for this body of work, extending beyond literal reflection to consider how experience, perception, emotion, and interaction are mirrored through the act of painting. The works emphasize response as a central principle, where gestures unfold in relation to prior marks and material conditions, much like the effects of our interactions on one another. Through layered material processes, the paintings trace the imprint of response and presence, while serving as records of moments in time.

Art Battle, Jan 17 2026
2026-01-17 19:00 - 22:00 | Overflow Brewing Company, 2477 Kaladar Ave, Ottawa, ON, K1V 8B9, Canada
Don’t Just Watch — Decide Who Wins on the First AB Ottawa of the 2026!

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 take home a piece of the night with the silent auction of all original works.
This is an All Ages event.

Imaginarium - Don Monet, Beth Shepherd & Sarah Wayne
2026-01-20 - 2026-03-29 | ASP Gallery, 35 Stafford Road, Ottawa, ON, K2H 8V8, Canada
Welcome to Imaginarium — a space where memory, myth, and whimsy collide. Each work in this exhibition offers a doorway into a world just slightly askew from our own, where the familiar transforms into the fantastical. Imagination reshapes the everyday, inviting curiosity, reflection, and a quiet sense of wonder.
Don Monet(link is external) focuses his practice on landscape, photo-collage, and acrylic painting on birch plywood. Through photo-collage and acrylic paint, he creates sequences of fractured photos which are then unified through paint and traditional landscape techniques. Co-Founder and director of Cube Gallery, Ottawa (2005-present), Don has organized dozens of thematic group exhibitions and solo shows and provided a venue for hundreds of artists.
Beth Shepherd(link opens email application) is an Ottawa-based artist working in printmaking, photography, video, and text. Situated at the intersection of ecology, animal advocacy, and ecocritical art history, her multi-year art-research projects explore the non-human world and humanity’s impacts on it. In this exhibition, the artist imagines a garden far beyond.
Sarah Wayne is an acrylic painter and mixed media artist creating works focused on abstracted figures and landscapes. An accountant by profession, Wayne brings a structured and disciplined approach to her art. Her bold colour palette and emphasis on shape combine to create stimulating pieces that invite the eye to linger.
ASP Gallery, Stafford Studios
Nepean Creative Arts Centre, Unit 1
35 Stafford Road, Bells Corners
Free admission
The gallery is open to the public by appointment only: cgc@ottawa.ca

Alexandra Tataru. Faces of Passage: A Gilded Tapestry of Hybrid Ethnicities
2026-01-29 - 2026-03-10 | Atrium Gallery – Ben Franklin Place, 101 Centrepointe Dr, Ottawa, K2G 0B5, Canada
Opening: Thursday, February 5, 5:30 to 7:30 pm
Faces of Passage: A Gilded Tapestry of Hybrid Ethnicities is a portrait-based multimedia exhibition exploring unique identities shaped by movement and cultural exchange. Inspired by Canada, travel, and Eastern European heritage, hand-crafted gilded portraits merge global patterns and contemporary forms, reimagining ethnicity as fluid, relational, and continually becoming.
Alexandra Tataru, MA, is a European-born artist residing in Canada. Trained in art and design from childhood, she studied in Eastern Europe and was awarded a scholarship in Spain. Working in oil, acrylic, pastel, and gold leaf, she creates vibrant cityscapes and portraits, capturing the energy of culture, travel, and human expression.
ATRIUM ART GALLERY
Ben Franklin Place
101 Centrepointe Drive
Free admission. Wheelchair accessible.

Voir bleu
2026-01-30 - 2026-03-29 | Galerie Montcalm, 25 Laurier St, Gatineau, Quebec, J8X 3Y9, Canada
Gatineau présente cet hiver Voir bleu, une exposition issue de la Collection Loto-Québec, à la Galerie Montcalm. Commissariée par Manon Pouliot, responsable de la Collection Loto-Québec, Voir bleu réunit une trentaine d’oeuvres d’artistes québécois et célèbre plus de 45 ans d’engagement envers l’art d’ici.
L’exposition s’articule autour de quatre univers :
– Bleu abstrait : oeuvres liées aux grands courants modernistes québécois;
– Bleu nature : paysage, environnement et rapport au territoire;
– Bleu optique : perception, lumière et photographie;
– Bleu engagé : oeuvres portées par un propos social ou politique.
Parmi les artistes présentés, on retrouve Serge Lemoyne, Fernand Leduc, Françoise Sullivan, Guido Molinari, ainsi que trois artistes de la région de l’Outaouais (Pierrette Lambert, Dominique Plastre et Denise Tremblay).
Citations
« Accueillir l’exposition Voir bleu, c’est offrir à la population de Gatineau un voyage au coeur d’une des plus importantes collections d’entreprises au Québec. C’est une occasion unique de voir se côtoyer les grands courants modernistes et la vision d’artistes de chez nous, dans une exploration poétique et engagée qui saura toucher tout le monde », a déclaré madame Isabelle N. Miron en tant que présidente de la Commission des arts, de la culture, des lettres et du patrimoine (CACLP).
« Voir bleu propose une exploration au coeur des quelque 4 800 oeuvres de la Collection Loto Québec, un patrimoine culturel inestimable. Les pièces retenues pour cette exposition mettent en lumière la diversité des styles qui traversent l’art québécois tout en faisant écho à l’histoire de la couleur bleu, chère à la Société. Nous invitons le public à découvrir ce parcours et à porter un regard renouvelé sur la place du bleu dans leur entourage », a souligné la responsable de la Collection Loto-Québec, madame Manon Pouliot.
