Audain Gallery
A shared self in Simorgh: a self-portrait
June 29, 2026By: Jonah Lazar, Staff Writer The art exhibit Simorgh: a self-portrait is currently on display at the Audain Gallery at SFU’s School for the Contemporary Arts. This exhibit is a collaborative work done by SFU graduate students Wyldie Bracewell, Alex Calcagno, Carlo Marchet, Chris Outten, and Taha Saraei, as well as SFU faculty Andrew Curtis. Simorgh: a self-portrait is a modern reimagining of The Conference of the Birds, a poem written by 12th century Persian poet Farid ud-Din Attar (also spelt Farid Al-Din Attar). This poem sees all the world’s birds undertake a long and arduous journey in search of…
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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…
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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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