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05/07/2026

FAB Gallery is now closed for the season and we're delighted to report that we'll be getting some long-awaited renovations over the summer. We can't wait to see you all in September!

04/15/2026

Opening Tuesday April 21!

Never Getting Back To My Emails: They Will Find Me Eventually
2026 Bachelor of Fine Arts Graduate Exhibition
April 21-May 2, 2026

About the show:
We all ignore our inbox in fear of what is to come, yet we yearn for human connection. Never Getting Back To My Emails: They Will Find Me Eventually presents the work of ten Art & Design Bachelor of Fine Arts graduating students working across a wide range of studio areas. These artists reveal, through their practices, the connections art can foster in an age of digital communication.

Featuring works by:
Jagoda Bolesta
Lucas Deary
Sophia Grace F***r
Tony Friesen
Peri Glimm
Alisan Lam
Kay Peters
Fiona Rintoul
Daniel Lee Whyte
Al Young

04/08/2026

In a recent visit to FAB Gallery, Radio-Canada's Jules Bonnet explored the BDes graduation Exhibition, "I have an idea." and spoke with design instructor Valéry Goulet and graduating student Mayada Rahal. You can find the article and video linked here: https://www.ualberta.ca/en/art-design/about-art-and-design/news/2026/04-apr/bachelor-of-design-graduation-exhibition-in-the-news.html

This Saturday, APRIL 11 is the final day to catch "I have an idea."
(FAB Gallery is open Tues.-Fri. 11am-5pm and Sat. 12-3pm.)

Photo by Danielle Bénard

03/24/2026

I have an idea.

2026 Bachelor of Design Graduation Exhibition

March 31 - April 11, 2026

I have an idea! The exciting phrase that plays a part in every designer's journey.
Ideas are scraped, reworked, and refined until they grow into something new.
All it takes is one spark to turn a concept into reality.

List of Bachelor of Design 2026 grad exhibition participants:
Alyssa Li
Anastasia Sukach
Ashley Hammer
Bernie Bernhardt
Cameron Roscoe
Cassia Ostby
Danielle Lacanienta
Diane Casaje
Edwin Chu
Elvin Saracan
Faith Adra
Hafsah Mohummed
Ian Weber
Iris Pham
Jacqueline Armitstead
Jasmine Chan
Jaxon Hume
Joy Jia
Marypaula Okpara
Mayada Rahal
Mushaira Habib
Raquelle Castil
Rowan Franson
Sarah Elcock
Shreya Ravi
Simone Bruneau
Taemin Kim
Tayla Hamilton
Tessa Rivera
Thomas Gibbon
Van Nguyen
Vanessa Tran
Xi Chen
Yania Zhou
Yushan Pian

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03/12/2026

WATCH: Video interview with Sheryl Spencer by Sophia F***r, BFA practicum student at FAB Gallery.

"A Season of Melancholy" runs until March 21
Learn more:
https://www.ualberta.ca/en/art-design/fab-gallery/current-and-upcoming-shows.html

02/23/2026

Opening Feb 24

Xpainting | Jesse Thomas & Will Bauer (Main Floor)

Xpainting is an interactive, multimedia installation about Edmonton's river valley incorporating painting, lighting, sound, and video elements to create an installation that blurs lines between artist and audience - an immersive experience where human participation influences nature.
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A Season of Melancholy | Sheryl Spencer, MFA in Printmaking (Second Floor)

A Season of Melancholy invites viewers into a time of introspection and personal reflection. Combining fiber, stitching, and printmaking, this series of work explores themes of femininity, inherited expectations, and mourning for what was, and what never came to be.

https://www.ualberta.ca/en/art-design/fab-gallery/current-and-upcoming-shows.html

02/04/2026

Final 3 Days!

Saturday, Feb. 7 is your last day to catch these two fantastic shows in the FAB Gallery.

"Help! I need somebody
Help! Not just anybody"
Featuring artistic work, design practice, and creative research by the team of Technical Demonstrators & Coordinators who work in the Department of Art & Design.

and

"The Alcuin Society Awards for Excellence in Book Design in Canada 2024"
Featuring the winners of Canada's only national competition for book design.

Find out more at:
uab.ca/fabgallery

01/14/2026

Running now in the FAB Gallery until Feb. 7. Be sure to check these two fantastic shows!

The Exhibition Reception is this Thursday, Jan 15 from 7-9 p.m. Join us!

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12/22/2025

Before we break for the holidays, just a sneak peak of what's ahead - OPENING JANUARY 13

Main Floor FAB Gallery: Help! I need somebody Help! Not just anybody

Help! I need somebody, Help! Not just anybody brings together artistic work, design practice, and creative research by the team of Technical Demonstrators & Coordinators who work in the Department of Art & Design. This group of twelve talented individuals offer their expertise and guidance to students, faculty, and staff daily.
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Second Floor FAB Gallery: The Alcuin Society Awards for Excellence in Book Design in Canada 2024

The Alcuin Society Awards for Excellence in Book Design in Canada is the only national competition for book design. Winners of these awards are Canadian book designers whose books were published in the country in the previous calendar year. The award winning books are exhibited both nationally and internationally.

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11/20/2025

The World to Come | Olivia Arau McSweeney, MFA in Printmaking
SHIFT/WORK: Portraits of Precarity
Opening Tuesday, November 25!

The World to Come | Olivia Arau McSweeney, MFA in Printmaking
Main Floor, FAB Gallery, FAB 1-1, Fine Arts Building,

The World to Come is about the ever-changing nature of gardens and the many ways they evoke the human condition. Drawing from real and imagined gardens – from Milton’s Paradise Lost, to lavish palace gardens, to memories of her childhood home’s garden, to visits to local gardens – Olivia Arau McSweeney has come to see history, land, stewardship, and power all contained within. The whole world is in the garden.
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SHIFT/WORK: Portraits of Precarity
Lisa Wood, Renata Truelove, Michael Vachon, Dhairya Vachon and Brendon Ehinger
Second Floor, FAB Gallery, FAB 1-1, Fine Arts Building

SHIFT/WORK: Portraits of Precarity is an immersive installation featuring drawings, paintings with 3D sculptural elements and audio collages. The show asks what the intersection of precarious work, mental health and family life looks and sounds like. It is the artistic outcome of the project “Precarious Work and Mental Health: Understanding Uncertainty through Research-Creation”.

ALSO: Join us for an Artist Talk, Behind the scenes of SHIFT/WORK: Portraits of Precarity, with artist Lisa Wood and researcher Breanna Lawrence on Thursday November 27 at 11 am in Education Centre South, Room 122.
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Both shows run November 25 - December 17, 2025
Reception | Thursday November 27, 7-9 p.m., FAB Gallery

Address

1-1 Fine Arts Building, University Of Alberta, 112 Street And 89 Avenue
Edmonton, AB
T6G2C9

Telephone

+17804922081

Website

https://www.ualberta.ca/en/art-design/fab-gallery/index.html

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