Buhler Gallery

10/15/2026

Artist Profile: What Colour is the Sacred?

Dominique Rey, Play, 2016.
This triptych shows the artist playing with her daughter. The austerity of the plain stone walls and floor is broken by diagonal lines of shadows which create a triangle of light in which Dominique and Madeline play. The stone and shadow provide an angular counterpoint to the tumbly figures, emphasizing their aliveness. Playfulness thrives among openness and imagination and provides a way for the world to inhabit us, as well as creating shared experiences that bond us.

Dominique Rey is a French-Canadian multidisciplinary artist whose work has been exhibited internationally. Working across photography, film, and sculpture, her practice centres on performance and the body. She holds an MFA from the Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts at Bard College, New York, USA and an MFA in New Media from the Transart Institute, Berlin. She is the recipient of numerous awards and grants and her work is in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada, Remai Modern, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Scotiabank, and Province of Manitoba. She is a Professor at the School of Art at the University of Manitoba in Canada. 

Artist portrait: Matt Horseman
Dominique Rey

Dominique Rey, Play, 2016.
This triptych shows the artist playing with her daughter. The austerity of the plain stone walls and floor is broken by diagonal lines of shadows which create a triangle of light in which Dominique and Madeline play. The stone and shadow provide an angular counterpoint to the tumbly figures, emphasizing their aliveness. Playfulness thrives among openness and imagination and provides a way for the world to inhabit us, as well as creating shared experiences that bond us.

Dominique Rey is a French-Canadian multidisciplinary artist whose work has been exhibited internationally. Working across photography, film, and sculpture, her practice centres on performance and the body. She holds an MFA from the Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts at Bard College, New York, USA and an MFA in New Media from the Transart Institute, Berlin. She is the recipient of numerous awards and grants and her work is in the collections

09/30/2026

September 30 is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, also known as Orange Shirt Day. It is a day to honour the Indigenous children that were taken away through the Residential “School” System, and their families and communities. It is a day to raise awareness of the horrific experiences many Indigenous people had in Residential “Schools,” as well as the legacy of this system. It is a moment to recognize not only historic harms but also the intergenerational impacts and ongoing violence Indigenous communities continue to face. - www.theindigenousfoundation.org

Resources for learning about Truth and Reconciliation Orange Shirt Day can be found in many places including:

nctr.ca

guides.wpl.winnipeg.ca/residentialschools

https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/audio/9.7363044 (Gerald Master - Art, Truth and Reconciliation )

09/29/2026

Artists profiles: What Colour is the Sacred?

Alana MacDougall. Strata I; 2026.

Alanna’s sculpture looks both solid and precarious. There is an urge to decipher the shapes—what is leaning on what? And then there is the small green plant, quietly nestled among the ceramic shapes— how did it get there and how does it stay alive? Whether we figure these things out or not, the sculpture still stands.

Alana is a multi-disciplinary artist working primarily in drawing, print-making, and sculpture. She currently lives and works in Winnipeg, Manitoba on Treaty 1 Territory. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours) from the University of Manitoba and a Master of Fine Art from the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. She has exhibited in Canada, the United States, and Australia and has taught as a sessional instructor at the University of Manitoba since 2018.



Katrina Mendoza. Seeing , 2026.

It is as if a force has taken objects lying around Katrina’s studio and dressed itself in them. Her sculpture is rich with detail. Its elements—carved wood, beads placed in an obtuse pattern, several knots—are carefully balanced, aesthetically as well as physically, and they combine to create a powerful presence.

Katrina Marie Mendoza (b. 1990, Winnipeg) works with drawings and sculpture as units of manner and remembered form.

Artist portrait: Luther Konadu.

09/02/2026

Launching 17 September, 6-9pm. Everyone welcome!

What is the sacred’s hue, texture, form? How is it perceived and expressed through art? A wonderfully alive quality of the sacred is that it refuses tethers—a quality shared by great art. In this group exhibition, the art works hold the potential to tell us something about where the sacred might be found, whether this is outside ourselves or within.

Quelle est la teinte, la texture, la forme du sacré? Comment est-il perçu et exprimé à travers l’art? L’une des qualités les plus saisissantes du sacré est qu’il refuse toute contrainte – tout comme le grand art. Dans cette exposition collective, les œuvres d’art ont le pouvoir de nous révéler où se trouve le sacré, que ce soit à l’extérieur ou à l’intérieur de nous-mêmes.

ian___august LOURDES | Natural Dyer Alana MacDougall Katrina Marie Mendoza seema goel Tyson Houseman (ᑭᐦᐁᐃᐧᓇᐯᐢ) Nina Haggerty Centre Dominique Rey Iyuna Indigenous Fine Art M.E. Sparks Suzie Smith ♥Karen Asher♥ violet Anita Stallion Ted Barker

07/29/2026

Drawing workshop with Robert Sim! Free! 12 August 11.30-2. Materials provided!

Programmed as part of the exhibition Drawings by Roger LaFrenière. Up until 11 August.

07/13/2026

Drawings | Roger LaFrenière
Opening reception Thursday 16 July 6-8pm
Runs 17 July - 11 September 2026
Exhibition conceived by Tanya Gadd.

Drawing Workshop with Robert Sim 12 August, 11.30 am - 1pm. Free and all are welcome.

À la fois singuliers et énigmatiques, dynamiques et économiques, les dessins de Roger LaFrenière témoignent d’une profonde sensibilité aux qualités formelles du territoire manitobain. La Galerie Buhler Gallery est fière de présenter en première une sélection de ses dessins réalisés au graphite et au fusain entre la fin des années 1970 et le début des années 2000. La rapidité autant que la géométrie façonnent ces œuvres, qui révèlent combien le paysage est en perpétuelle transformation. Dans ces dessins inédits, nous voyons LaFrenière poursuivre l’instant qui sépare un clignement d’yeux du suivant.

Distinctive yet enigmatic, dynamic and simple, Roger LaFrenière’s drawings express a great sensitivity to the formal qualities of the land in Manitoba. In this exhibition, Galerie Buhler Gallery proudly premieres a selection of his drawings made with graphite and charcoal between the late 1970s to early 2000s. Rapidity as well as geometry shape these works and they reveal how a view of landscape contains constant change. In these never-before-seen drawings, we witness LaFrenière chasing the instant between one blink and the next.

07/07/2026

Last few days of Hannah Doucet’s exhibition at GBG!

Our next exhibition is of never before seen drawings by Roger LaFreniére launching 16 July

04/23/2026