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VIU’s View Gallery presents Taryn Walker, Echoes From a Time Not Yet Here
February 7, 2023
The exhibit runs from February 16 to April 7. Vancouver Island University’s (VIU’s) View Gallery is honoured to host an exhibition by Indigenous artist Taryn Walker from February 16 to April 7. With their exhibition Echoes From a Time Not Yet Here, Walker will bring their engaged imagination, compassion and sensitive touch to the drawings preserved in wax, large-scale wall drawings, and the video... Read more
VIU’s View Gallery presents the 2023 Student Art Salon
January 6, 2023
Exhibit runs Tuesday, January 10 to February 9. Is the weather getting you down? Do you need some colour and pop, some enchantment and pizzazz to brighten up the January-February blahs? Swing by Vancouver Island University’s (VIU’s) View Gallery anytime between Tuesday and Friday from 10 am to 4 pm from January 10 to February 9 to check out our 2023 Student Art Salon! The View Gallery is excited... Read more
Graphic design students address sustainability by rethinking product packaging
November 16, 2022
What: Unwrapped: A package design exhibit where less is more When: November 22 to December 1, 2022 Where: VIU’s View Gallery (Building 330), Nanaimo campus Product packaging is a major contributor to global waste and designers can make an environmental impact by choosing more sustainable options. Third-year graphic design students at Vancouver Island University (VIU) were challenged to select... Read more
View Gallery presents Cindy Stelmackowich – Trenched
September 7, 2022
The exhibit runs from September 15 to November 11. Vancouver Island University’s (VIU’s) View Gallery is excited to welcome Ottawa-based sculptor Cindy Stelmackowich to present new works in her exhibition Trenched. The projects explore notions of care and violence as each relates to the history of medical advancement and war. Trenched runs from September 15 to November 11, with an opening... Read more
VIU’s View Gallery presents Photo Salon 2022 hosted by Harbour City Photography Club
June 16, 2022
Exhibit that features some of the Island’s best photography runs from June 18 to 26. After a two-year hiatus, the Nanaimo Harbour City Photography Club’s annual photo salon is once again on display at Vancouver Island University’s (VIU’s) View Gallery. The exhibit, Photo Salon 2022, features some of the Island’s best photography. Early in the spring, photographers were invited to submit... Read more
VIU’s The View Gallery Presents Escape Artists
April 22, 2022
Bachelor of Arts Major in Studio Art graduating student exhibition runs from April 20 to May 13. After a year of taking studio art classes online, the 11 students in this year’s graduating student exhibition Escape Artists hit the ground running last September – challenging themselves in the final year of their Vancouver Island University (VIU) undergraduate degree. The result is the diverse... Read more
VIU’s View Gallery presents Jim Holyoak: Arborescence
February 10, 2022
The exhibition runs from February 17 to April 9 with a virtual opening reception on February 17. Working primarily in drawing, Jim Holyoak creates all-immersive environments that envelope the gallery walls in lush and, at times, decrepit ecosystems of forest, jungle and glade. Working from field sketches, memory, fantastical dreamscapes and myth, he renders his research on a massive scale on... Read more
Figuratively Speaking: A Journey Through Movement
January 21, 2022
Vancouver Island University’s the View Gallery is excited to present an exhibition of painting and sculpture reflecting the themes of both figural work and movement. Through the intriguing work of four accomplished and varied artists, human movement is portrayed on a number of levels, from both internal and external perspectives. The exhibition, curated by Pam Vickars, will run until February... Read more
The View Gallery Presents Rande Cook
October 6, 2021
When a Tree Falls, Are We Listening? WHERE: VIU’s The View Gallery WHEN: October 14 – November 27, 2021 – Artist talk and reception October 21, 6-8 pm The View Gallery is thrilled to present an exhibition of new works from Kwakwaka’wakw multimedia artist Rande Cook. The exhibition will run from Thursday, October 14 to November 27, 2021, with an opening reception and artist talk to be held on... Read more
VIU Student Art Exhibit Explores Questions about Diversity and Common Experiences
March 3, 2020
The View Gallery hosts student drawing exhibition, which runs March 5 to April 9. The View Gallery’s latest exhibit, Puzzle: An Exhibition of Student Drawings, asks questions about who we are, how we got here and how we express ourselves. The exhibit focuses on routes ̶ how we get to our destination or travel through life; and roots ̶ where we come from and some of the social, cultural and... Read more