Richmond BC, Canada #richmondartgallerybc
Known for their passionate work rooted in personal experience, artist Manuel Axel Strain embraces and exalts the Coast Salish longhouse to confront the oppressive, racist colonial context surrounding them. Titled xʷən̓iwən ce:p kʷθəθ nəw̓eyəł ((((Remember your teachings)))), their major multi-media exhibition—including paintings, sculptures, family photographs, video, and installation—transforms the Gallery with a dynamic mix of new and recent artworks …
Activating memories through movement, Khim Mata Hipol folds migrant rituals into Eroplanong Papel at Bangkang Papel (Paper Airplane and Paper Boat), evoking the childhood innocence of paper airplanes and boats. Each photogram is carefully folded and exposed to light for five seconds – a symbolic gesture reflecting the five-year journey toward obtaining Canadian citizenship. The resulting gradients of …
This public art project is featured in tandem with Restless by Nature: Mary Sui Yee Wong, 1990s to the Present, a major survey exhibition presented at Richmond Art Gallery from April 12 to June 8, 2025.
Mary Sui Yee Wong’s TREASURE (1999) was originally a public art commission that was part of Québec’s Art and Architecture Integration Policy. The …
Levels is an ongoing series of works centring around the concept of measurement as a means of justifying and understanding phenomena. As part of this series, Sequence 1–5 is composed of five photographs which capture an uncertain moment in time, grounded by a tiny bubble of air at the centre of a level tool. The instrument negotiates a version of truth …
Every fall, Richmond Art Gallery collaborates with Aspire Richmond to present an exhibition at the City Hall Galleria, celebrating the creativity and talents of participants in Aspire Richmond’s Avenues Day Program.
This year’s exhibition, Magnificent Kingdom, showcases a vibrant collection of mixed-media paintings that reflect the imagination, dedication, and enthusiasm of the artists. Rooted in personal connections to place, …
In Mystical Whorl No. 3, Susan Point draws from her vast knowledge of Coast Salish beliefs, practices, and aesthetics in her celebration of the spindle whorl. She employs a combination of trigons, triangular forms that Point extends and curves to suggest the wings, horn, tail, and beak of the mythical thunderbird, and crescents to imply the bird’s face, claws, …
Bringing together the works of Sofiya Mukhachova and Quinton Qiu, Companionship and the Cosmos presents intimate visual diaries with a pet and whimsical cosmic dreamscapes. Through contrasting yet complementary approaches, Mukhachova’s and Qiu’s works respectively illuminate both the intimate and infinite dimensions of being—from everyday affection to celestial meditations.
Mukhachova’s semi-abstract paintings delve into the cosmos as a metaphor for …
