The Ryerson Image Centre (RIC) exists for the research, teaching and exhibition of photography and related media. The gallery is now closed, but we will re-open with a reception, free and open to the public, to celebrate our new season of exhibitions and the launch of the Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival on Friday, April 27, 7:00–11:00 pm.

What's On

Scott Benesiinaabandan

newlandia: debaabaminaagwad

Opening and CONTACT launch party: April 27, 7–11 pm
April 23 – August 5, 2018
Egerton Ryerson Statue (Gould St and Bond St) and Lake Devo (Gould St and Victoria St)
Curator: Bonnie Rubenstein

A public installation of the Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival

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A woman stands with her hands on her hips wearing a t-shirt that says: My ancestors were annihilated, exterminated, murdered and massacred

Scotiabank Photography Award

Shelley Niro

Opening and CONTACT launch party: April 27, 7–11 pm
April 28 – August 5, 2018
Main Gallery and University Gallery, Ryerson Image Centre
Curator: Gaëlle Morel

A primary exhibition of the Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival

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Fig. 1
Scott Benesiinaabandan, *newlandia: debaabaminaagwad, Rock no. 1*, 2018. Courtesy of the artist

Fig. 2
Shelley Niro, *The Shirt* (detail), 2003. Nine duratrans transparencies in lightboxes, Lightbox (each): 12 × 110 × 138 cm. Art Gallery of Ontario. Purchase with assistance from the Estate of P.J. Glasser, 2016. © Shelley Niro

A photograph of art hanging in a gallery — Fig. 1
*Benjamin Freedman: Observations of Foreign Objects in a Remote Town* (installation view), 2017 © Riley Snelling, Ryerson Image Centre

Apply for a chance to have your own exhibition in our student gallery

Deadline: June 30, 2018

The Student Gallery showcases the art and curatorial practices of Ryerson University’s current undergraduate and graduate students and recent alumni from all disciplines.

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Fig. 2
*Klaus Kindermann, [East Berlin riots against SED government], June 1953, gelatin silver print. The Black Star Collection, Ryerson Image Centre (BS.2005.018313)*

The Collection

We maintain a collection of photography spanning the medium’s history, as well as several artist and journalism archives. The RIC's collection offers researchers the remarkable opportunity to study firsthand works by a diverse group of internationally-renowned photographers.

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The artist wearing a shirt that says Abnormally Aboriginal — Fig. 3
Shelley Niro, *Abnormally Aboriginal* (detail), 2014, inkjet print on canvas. Courtesy of the artist

How Many Times Do I Have To Tell You?

Join curator Ryan Rice for a guest lecture about his experience as a curator, critic and cultural mediator in relation to Indigenous presence across the field of contemporary art and culture.

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A woman wearing a t-shirt with writing on it that says: My ancestors were annihilated, exterminated, murdered and massacred — Fig. 1
Shelley Niro, *The Shirt* (detail), 2003. Nine duratrans transparencies in lightboxes, Lightbox (each): 12 × 110 × 138 cm. Art Gallery of Ontario. Purchase with assistance from the Estate of P.J. Glasser, 2016. © Shelley Niro

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The Ryerson Image Centre showcases three contemporary Indigenous artists at this year’s Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival

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