Credit: Ed Varney, Mona Lisa Mail Art project (detail), 1988, artist stamps. Surrey Art Gallery Permanent Collection.
Exhibitions
Experience contemporary art by local, national and international artists. Browse current and past exhibitions.
We've shown over 500 exhibitions and 10,000 artists at Surrey Art Gallery!
Artists range from local to international and emerging to established. Our exhibition history highlights a diversity of artistic practices from painting and ceramics to sculpture and digital art, including audio art.
Image credit: Ed Varney, Mona Lisa Mail Art project (detail), 1988, mixed media collages. Surrey Art Gallery Permanent Collection. Featured in Facing Time exhibit.
Current & Upcoming Exhibitions
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Art by Surrey Secondary School Students
See the creativity of local youth through photography, paintings, drawings, collage, and more.
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I Spy a City
Play "I spy" with sights from Surrey in these short and surprising animations.
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Yam Lau: Hutong House
Look inside a traditional Chinese courtyard house in this video installation about home, friendship, and time.
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Delineations: Marilyn Dyer and Gailan Ngan
See bright paintings and sculptures that explore the tension between line and form.
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Mark Soo: Twilight on the Edge of Town
Immerse yourself in this video installation where the recent past meets the speculative future.
Past Exhibitions
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Facing Time
Get up close to faces in paintings, photographs, textiles, and more. This exhibit invites you to consider the importance of faces in a time of virtual gatherings, selfies, and mask-wearing. Virtual tour now available! View here
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Carol Sawyer: Proscenium
Explore this playful foray into narrative, perspective, performance, appearance and truth.
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Varvara and Mar: We Are the Clouds
See yourself in the clouds in this interactive outdoor artwork.
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Searching for Surrey
The Colour Collective presents their vision of many sites throughout Surrey and its surrounding region.
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Don Hutchinson and Ying-Yueh Chuang: Passages
Experience whimsical ceramic works from Don Hutchinson and Ying-Yueh Chuang.
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Where We Have Been
View works from the Gallery's Permanent Collection that explore place and identity.
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Art by Surrey Elementary School Students - 2020
Showcasing a range of artwork from students of Surrey School District, Grades 1-7
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Don Li-Leger: Counting the Steps of the Sun
View late works of painting and video from Surrey Civic Treasure Don Li-Leger.
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Susan Point: Spindle Whorl
Featuring over three decades of printmaking by Musqueam artist Susan Point.
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Faisal Anwar: CharBagh
Enjoy this outdoor projection art that uses social media to generate beautiful gardens.