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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: Gailan Ngan, Double Hearing, 2017, clay, slips, glazes, metal stand, 128 cm x 89 cm x 51 cm. Photo by Dennis Ha. Collection of Surrey Art Gallery. Purchased with support of the Surrey Art Gallery Association.
Current & Upcoming Exhibitions
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ARTS 2021
Enjoy local art in this popular juried art show organized by the Arts Council of Surrey.
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Cindy Mochizuki: Autumn Strawberry
Experience life on local Japanese Canadian farms in the twentieth century prior to WWII with hand-painted and digital animation.
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Henry Tsang: Hastings Park
With a thermal imaging camera, multimedia artist Henry Tsang makes Hastings Park's invisible history visible again concerning Japanese Canadians during WWII.
Past Exhibitions
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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.
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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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Yam Lau: Hutong House
Look inside a traditional Chinese courtyard house in this video installation about home, friendship, and time.
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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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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.