Past TREX exhibitions

This exhibition, featuring works from the collection of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, explores the artistic techniques of chiaroscuro and tenebrism and their influence in black and white photography.

The exhibition Plate Tectonics explores the enduring legacy of landscape drawing and painting in Alberta and investigates the diverse styles and intents expressed by artists working within this genre.

The exhibition Re-Imaging Normal combines archival materials with art works created by LGBTQ+ and LGBTQ-allied artists to allow people’s own stories to be told and expand the concept of ‘normal’.

The exhibition Aakíí isskská’takssin (Woman – thought) features the work of two Indigenous artists from southern Alberta who aim to foster a deeper awareness of Indigenous identity and a recognition of ‘story’ to contemporary Canadian society. 

In the exhibition Arthur Nishimura: Mystical Landscapes the artist captures the moods of landscapes and the every day through the use of analog photographic techniques. 

Storylines features a collection of work by Comic Artists from Alberta who use illustration as a form of narrative and storytelling.

The exhibition Bystanders features the work of street photographers; artists who enter public spaces as ‘bystanders’ to the scenes that unfold before them.

How do we present ourselves to the world – and how do we really feel inside? The exhibition Courage Journey is comprised of 7 diptychs representing the inner and outer worlds of anonymous participants of puppet making workshops facilitated by WP Puppet Theatre of Calgary.

Grids surround us every day and they manifest themselves in the artworks selected for this exhibition. This collection of work is intended to remind us of the grid’s tremendous influence on 20th-century art and architectural discourse, but also to lead us to contemplate its enduring presence.