The Penticton art Gallery is proud to host the annual local high school exhibition once again. The exhibit will host works by artists in grade nine through twelve from Penticton Secondary School, Princess Margaret Secondary School, and Summerland Secondary School.

“’From a Bird’s eye view’ is about the beauty of the land, specifically the Okanagan region. This monumental beauty that surrounds us creates in me a strong feeling of gratefulness which in turn propels me to give back by sharing my vision in my work.” said Deselliers, describing her inspiration.

“Self-Preservation” features a combination of sculptures and collages representing a health battle Danielle went through in June of 2020.

"Migration Parade: Holon" is a work that holds a kind of luminous, safe, altered space of inquiry for feeling, thinking, and being in collectives. It explores the individual within the collective and the collective within the individual. It carves out an abstract and sensorial space to explore these phenomena, free of semantic entanglements or polarized political analyses, yet including them as a line of inquiry in the research.

Ari Neufeld will be joining our featured exhibits during the time of the Ignite the Arts Festival in the Toni Onley Gallery. Ari is a second generation British Columbian, raised by missionary parents.

We are thrilled to be able to host Mia Harris in the Penticton Art Gallery over the month of February as our Artist in Residency as she continues to develop the Vocal Improvisation and Motion-activated Electroacoustic Sound Interaction (VIMES Interaction) Project.

In the spring of 2018 the much loved Dr. Michael Sime was recognized by the Penticton arts community at the annual Penticton and District Community Arts Council’s Arts Awards Gala with their highest honour, the lifetime achievement award for his contributions to the development and support of the arts community here in the South Okanagan.

Each year the Gallery puts a call out to artists of all kinds to submit three artworks, all priced under $500. This exhibition receives interest from artisans, crafters, and visual artists working in all media from across British Columbia.

This mixed media sculpture is a meditation on nature, paying homage to an actual stone which defined the development of Beverley Reid’s rock garden overlooking Christina Lake.

In celebration of British Columbia’s 150th Birthday, the Penticton Photography Club and Penticton Quilters’ Guild - Artsy Girls have joined forces to feature eleven prominent Penticton and area landmarks through their artwork.

The work Kristen Roos creates explores the premise that weavings created by punched card Jacquard looms of the 1800s were the first example of an image created from data, as a kind of early form of digital image. This connects to his research with personal computers, and would add a wider historical context to his research into the roots of the digital image.

Weaving Cultural Identities explores multicultural identity and intercultural relations through traditional weaving as a storytelling medium. Graphic artists and weavers from Vancouver’s immigrant Muslim communities and Coast Salish Indigenous communities including Musqueam, Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh, and Tl'azt'en were brought together in collaboration to create a series of 10 small-scale “prayer rugs” inspired by Islamic prayer rugs and ceremonial Indigenous weavings.

Buffy Sainte-Marie’s exhibition Pathfinder, presents a rare and unique window into the evolution of one of the early innovators of digital art starting with the purchase of her first Macintosh personal computer in 1984. Within this unassuming beige cube, Buffy quickly discovered the power, flexibility, potential and the infinite possibilities presented to her through this sudden democratization of technology.

Brian Fisher was born in Uxbridge, England in 1939, moving to Canada with his family as a child. He first studied fine arts at the University of Saskatchewan's Regina College under Arthur McKay, Roy Kiyooka, Ron Bloore, and Kenneth Lochhead. His paintings were also influenced by the Russian Constructivist style that emphasized a sense of movement.

This incredible collection of artwork was assembled between 1958-59 by Ken and Gladys Davis who were living at that time in Guadalajara, Mexico where they were assisting with the restoration of Mexican churches.

With this project, we want to encourage young people to start creating their own unique collection. The Penticton Art Gallery will have a selection of 150 original works of art for children to choose from.

If you have ever lived or spent any time in the lower mainland over the past 60 years, you have most likely been impacted in some regard by Dale's commercial work. More recently if you have attended any group exhibitions here in the Okanagan over the years, you have most certainly communed with his paintings.

Over the past year the famed Canadian musician, activist, and author Rae Spoon partnered with illustrator Gem Hall to produce Green Glass Ghosts, their first Y.A. novel to be published by Arsenal Pulp Press this spring. This exhibition will feature the original illustrations for this book.

Featuring artists ranging from up-and-coming to established, Living While Marginalized focuses on unpacking and highlighting the daily marginalization and discrimination LGBTQ2S+ and BIPOC Communities face.

This exhibition aims to lift the veil and introduce you to the work of three incredible artists and activists, each of whom has had to overcome unimaginable challenges to be able to function within the confines of our increasingly unpredictable and ever-shifting landscape.