Audain Gallery
SFU artists bend reality in Report on the Thing exhibit
July 24, 2025By: Katie Walkley, Peak Associate From July 3–26, the Audain Gallery is displaying six SFU artists’ works inspired by Clarice Lispector’s short postmodern text, Report on the Thing (1974). Her story questions the way we define categories and split things that are part of a larger whole. To illustrate her point, she discusses how her digital clock divides time, which, in reality, is “immutable.” Her topic of refuting labels is extremely difficult to write about since words themselves are inherently labels. So, through visual art, SFU students Constance Arden, Caroline Chernega, Chelsea MacKay, Carlo Marchet, Taha Saraei, and Kaleb Thiessen…
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Q&A with Accessibility as Creative Practice intern, Keimi Nakashima Ochoa
March 29, 2023By: Nercya Kalino, Staff Writer SFU Galleries is hosting a series of workshops for creatives with access needs led by 2023 Accessibility as Creative Practice intern, Keimi Nakashima-Ochoa. The first workshop, which took place on February 25, was for immunocompromised…
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A look into the practices of visual art students and the upcoming Audain shows
March 6, 2021Written by: Kaila Bhullar, Peak Associate For visual art students, the year-end art shows at the Audain Gallery are a culmination of their hard work. With the shows for 3rd and 4th year students approaching, The Peak sat down (virtually)…
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Need to Know, Need to Go: February 1–7
February 2, 2021By: Gurleen Aujla, SFU Student Global Talent Night 2021 | February 5, 8:30 p.m.–10:00p.m. | FREE with registration | Online Discover and celebrate the unique, diverse talents of the SFU community. Hosted by SFU International Services for Students, Global Peers,…
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Check out these artsy events coming to a campus near you
March 2, 2020by Kim Regala, Staff Writer This is How Distant I Am: A Workshop Interstecting the Works of Helen Cho, Theresa Hak Kyun Cha’s “Dictee,” and the Self Abolished through the Wreckage of Context Wednesday, March 4 | 6 p.m.– 8…
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Audain Gallery’s latest exhibition is a powerful exploration of the performativity of identity
November 2, 2019By: Kim Regala, Peak Associate 08/11/2019: This story has been corrected from an older version. The previous version stated that the Gitxsan Nation drum that Raven Chacon's piece revolves around was resounded by Chacon. The drum was resounded by Shabnam Honarbakhsh,…
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Currents celebrates the diversity of art as a medium
September 13, 2019By: Kim Regala, Peak Associate A warm welcome joined with a strong sense of community is immediately felt upon entering the Audain Gallery’s latest exhibition, Currents. Showcasing the works of three Master of Fine Arts (MFA) candidates, this culmination of…
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SFU Galleries’ newest exhibition calls for an active conversation about unspoken Sikh histories
June 10, 2019By: Kim Regala, Peak Associate In 1984, the Indian government carried out a military attack to target the Sikh community. Religious leader Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and his followers were attacked at Harmandir Sahib, otherwise known as the Golden Temple, in the…
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Need to Know, Need to Go: May 6-12
May 4, 2019By: Alison Wick, Arts Editor seams — SCA MFA Spring Festival seams is a 10-day spring festival at SFU Woodward, put on by the School of Contemporary Arts’ Master of Fine Arts students. Centred around the gallery exhibition at SFU’s…
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Gallimaufry brings an exciting jumble of art to SFU Woodward’s
May 18, 2018By: Paige Smith A weirdly wonderful assortment of works was presented at this year’s first-year Master of Fine Arts candidates’ spring showcase, Gallimaufry. Four artists from a range of disciplines attempted to expand their viewers’ understanding of art. …
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