Current Exhibitions
Sites of Memory: Legacies of the Japanese Canadian Internment
The histories, impacts and legacies of the Canadian government’s internment of Japanese Canadians during World War II are powerfully considered in video, installation and works on paper by three contemporary artists of Japanese-Canadian ancestry.
Inheriting Redress: The Ottawa Japanese Community Association Archive
In spring 1988, Japanese Canadians marched on Parliament Hill to pressure the government to acknowledge and offer compensation for their internment during World War II. This exhibition surveys the redress campaign’s visual culture, telling stories through objects loaned by the Ottawa Japanese Community Association and activists involved in the landmark effort.
Rah: SuperNova
SuperNova is a video installation that presents a futuristic talent show set in an intergalactic realm. Rah appears in the guise of seven different characters, including Oreo, Fatimeh and Coco, whose talent show entries playfully explore questions of race and ethnic performance.
Olivia Johnston: Saints and Madonnas
The Ottawa-based artist investigates Christianity’s influence on art and society with a new series of photographic portraits of her contemporaries portraying saintly figures.
CUAG Connects
Holding Memories: In Conversation with Norman Takeuchi and Emma Nishimura
Thursday, 26 September 2019, 7:00 p.m.
Eternal Representations: In Conversation with Olivia Johnston and Janet Tulloch
Wednesday, 6 November 2019, 7:00 p.m.
On Stage: In Conversation with Rah and Andrea Fitzpatrick
Wednesday, 27 November 2019, 7:00 p.m.
