Xchanges Gallery and Studios

Xchanges Gallery and Studios Xchanges is an artist-run-centre (ARC) in Victoria, BC. Established in 1967, Xchanges is a non-profi

Many of Victoria’s artists over the past 55 years have been involved with Xchanges. Some have had their first solo exhibition here; others have given classes, been active members, and had studios in one of the 4 locations which we have inhabited since 1967. Xchanges is currently home to a gallery exhibition space and studios rented to member artists, including the darkroom of Crossgrain Photograph

ic Society. Our Life Drawing , Portrait, and Sculpture sessions in the main gallery are open to the public (see our website for schedules). Over the years, Xchanges has hosted events such as poetry readings, concerts, jam sessions, filmmakers’ nights, film festivals, theatre performances, the Mayday Erotica festival, art workshops for both adults and children, and multicultural events. Our non-commercial gallery features work by local emerging and established artists. If you would like to receive our newsletter, please e-mail [email protected]

Xchanges gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the Province of British Columbia and the Capital Regional District

https://xchangesgallery.org/2026/05/09/xchanges-summer-2026-atelier/
05/10/2026

https://xchangesgallery.org/2026/05/09/xchanges-summer-2026-atelier/

Date: Saturday, June 27, 2026 Time: 9:30am-4:30pm Xchanges is excited to announce a new Summer Atelier – Capturing the Wrack Line: Printing what the tide brings in with Cindy Wright. No experience is required – all are welcome. Maximum 10 participants. This is another Atelier fundraising event f...

https://xchangesgallery.org/2026/04/27/heather-kai-smith-open-planes/
04/27/2026

https://xchangesgallery.org/2026/04/27/heather-kai-smith-open-planes/

Opening May 1 2026,  7pm – 9pm Show Runs Saturday/Sundays : May 2-17, 2026 In Open Planes, Heather Kai Smith examines the imagery of touch and interpersonal exchange. Working through drawing, painting and installation, Smith explores how bodies meet and negotiate one another across surfaces. Con...

04/15/2026
There's still time to sign up for this workshop!!
04/13/2026

There's still time to sign up for this workshop!!

By donation. To register, email [email protected]

In this workshop, participants will be guided through a playful, contemplative sculpture process that focuses on the attachment between people, materials, and other entities. We will follow curiosity and pay attention to the senses as we touch, hold, manipulate, combine and connect a range of materials and objects. As we create, we may reflect on relational attachment in our lives, noticing parallels that emerge through materials and forms.

It’s hard to believe it’s that time of year again – the coveted Xchanges Annual General Meeting – when we get together t...
04/12/2026

It’s hard to believe it’s that time of year again – the coveted Xchanges Annual General Meeting – when we get together to review the year’s achievements and challenges, get a sneak peek of the year ahead, elect a new board, renew our membership and commitment to Xchanges success, and recruit additional volunteers. Please join us and help strengthen and shape the future of Xchanges! Get all the details and rsvp at this page

It’s hard to believe it’s that time of year again – the coveted Xchanges Annual General Meeting – when we get together to review the year’s achievements and challenges, get a sneak peek of the year ahead, elect a new board, renew our membership and commitment to Xchanges success, and recru...

Excited to be hearing Rowan Doucette speak about her art this upcoming Sunday the 22nd at 1pm at our gallery. See you al...
03/19/2026

Excited to be hearing Rowan Doucette speak about her art this upcoming Sunday the 22nd at 1pm at our gallery. See you all there :)

02/26/2026

Xchanges Gallery is excited to announce the opening of Rowan Doucette - Threshold on Friday, March 6, 2026, 6:30pm – 9pm

Show Runs Saturday/Sundays : March 7-22, 2026

Artist Q&A: Sunday March 22, 1:00pm

Threshold features diary excerpts, miniature oil paintings, and thickly worked surfaces depicting gates in various states of opening. Throughout the work, the theme of shielding and revealing becomes a guiding force, as Doucette navigates the fine line between abstraction and realism.

Each painting functions simultaneously as barrier and passage, inviting viewers to consider what is held back, what is let through, and what it means to move between states of openness, protection, and enclosure.
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Xchanges is located and serving on unceded territories of the lək̓ʷəŋən, Songhees, Esquimalt and W̱SÁNEĆ peoples.
2333 Government Street, Suite 6E,
Victoria, BC, Canada, V8T 4P4 [email protected]

Xchanges gratefully acknowledges the support of and

https://xchangesgallery.org/2026/01/18/allan-toews/
01/19/2026

https://xchangesgallery.org/2026/01/18/allan-toews/

Opening February 6, 2026,  7pm – 9pm Show Runs Saturday/Sundays : February 7 – 22, 2026 The exhibition, Eastend Cowboys, Monumental Miniatures, is loosely based on the artist’s residential experience at the Wallace Stegner House for writers and artists in Eastend Saskatchewan in 2016. The mu...

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2333 Government Street Suite 6E
Victoria, BC
V8T4P4

Opening Hours

Saturday 11am - 4pm
Sunday 11am - 4pm

Telephone

+12503820442

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