Past Exhibitions

Cat’s Cradle
FEB 3 – APR 6, 2024

Cat's Cradle features work by Alberta artists Sondra Meszaros, Jane Ash Poitras and Angeline Simon. Work by each artist employs photomontage, a collage technique involving the collecting, organizing, arranging and fixing of photographs and other media into new arrangements. The resulting artwork can be understood as attempts to dissect and reveal hidden or peripheral histories of identity, emotion, social norms and other cultural-political arenas of both personal and civilizational significance.

Image Credits:
Installation views of Cat’s Cradle at TREX Space.

Patch Portraits
FEB 3 – APR 6, 2024

Patch Portraits showcases the work of Michelle Sound and Raneece Buddan, two artists who employ fabrics and materials of cultural heritage to explore the genre of portraiture and identity. Stitching, patching and collaging together found and fabricated textiles, the resulting bodies of work by each artist showcase multiple ways in which threads and fabrics can be deployed in contemporary art practices.

Image Credits:
Installation views of Patch Portraits at TREX Space featuring work by Raneece Buddan and Michelle Sound.

The Drift
NOV 17, 2023 – JAN 20, 2024

The Drift features three bodies of work by Medicine Hat-based artists Wes Bell, Susan Sakamoto and Wendy Struck that centering around the theme of psychogeography and the question of how we relate to and explore the places we inhabit. As a practice, psychogeography conducts a minute examination of the effects of place and space on the psyche. The exhibition aims to introduce new psychological perspectives on the surrounding landscape.

Image Credits:

1. Wes Bell, Falling Through the Cracks, 2022, fiber-based gelatin silver prints. Collection of the artist.
2. Wendy Struck, Essentials, 2019, acrylic, gel transfer, bird cage parts, wood, clay and toys. Collection of the artist.
3. Susan Sakamoto, (from left to right)Spring Thaw, 2019; Boro Pillar II, 2018; Old Fashoneed Dance Tunes, 2019; Silk Curtains, 2018, acrylic, found and family papers. Collection of the artist.

Tale of a Fish Scale
SEP 9 – NOV 4, 2023

Tale of a Fish Scale features artwork by 3 Albertan artists — Laura Grier, Erin Marie Konsmo and Ruby Sweetman — made with and about fish from the province of Alberta. The exhibition aims to share knowledge of the fish scale art form while opening important dialogues surrounding the preservation of Alberta waterways.

Medicine Hat Artist Feature
AUGUST 2023

The Medicine Hat Artist Feature brings together an eccentric grouping of wonderful artists, each at varying stages of their careers and with unique backgrounds and interests that have led them to their artistic work. We hope this project will bring some merriment to everyone who encounters it, and perhaps inspire some of you to start a creative project of your own this summer.

Featuring artwork by Allan Wright, Aurelia Archibald, Chuck Wadman, Elaine Zimmer, Hayden Rue, Jason Hanlun Li and Michele Winger

Inside Skies a solo exhibition by Elly Heise
MAY 6 – JUL 22, 2023

Stepping into shades of sky blue, Inside Skies welcomes audiences into a meditative state. Anchored in digital photography – a medium most often used as a method for capturing and preserving memories – this body of work reflects on the role memory plays in our physical and psychological health, while simultaneously exploring the artist’s Norwegian background and the Norse mythologies of that heritage.