Exhibitions

The gallery is now closed, but we will re-open with a party to celebrate our new season of exhibitions on Wednesday, January 23, 6:00–8:00 pm. Happy holidays and hope to see you there!

Fig. 1

Jean Speiser, Untitled, [Winter/ N.Y.C.], date unknown, gelatin silver print. The Black Star Collection, Ryerson Image Centre

Upcoming

A girl seated, wearing a ball gown, with a purse in her hands — Fig. 1
Southworth & Hawes studio, [Portrait of a young woman], ca. 1850, daguerreotype in leather case with applied colour (half). Howard and Carole Tanenbaum Photography Collection

True to the Eyes

The Howard and Carole Tanenbaum Photography Collection

January 23 – April 7, 2019
Curators: Paul Roth, Gaëlle Morel, and Charlene Heath
Main Gallery and University Gallery, Ryerson Image Centre

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A boy on a boat on the water wearing a bright pink jacket — Fig. 2
Laura Henno, *M’Tsamboro*, video still, 2017 © Laura Henno, courtesy Galerie Les Filles du
Calvaire, Paris

Laura Henno

M’Tsamboro

January 23 – April 7, 2019
Curators: Gaëlle Morel
Salah J. Bachir New Media Wall, Ryerson Image Centre

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Old kodak ad — Fig. 3
Canadian Kodak Co., [Kodak brings your vacation back], ink on paper, 1922. From the Kodak Canada Corporate Archives and Heritage Collection, courtesy of the Ryerson University Library

Kodak Canada

The Early Years 1899-1939

January 23 – February 24, 2019
Student Gallery, Ryerson Image Centre

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A hand and some rocks — Fig. 4
Fehn Foss, *Build Up Break Down*, video still, 2018. Courtesy of the artist

Fehn Foss

A Broader Sense of Belonging

March 7 – April 7, 2018
Student Gallery, Ryerson Image Centre

Past Exhibitions

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A boy posing wearing an elaborate hat — Fig. 1
**Jason Perreault: Bien dans sa Peau**

A young, poor boy poses in tattered clothing — Fig. 2
**Gordon Parks: The Flávio Story**

A man standing on a pile of rubble — Fig. 3
**TERREMOTO: Mexico, 1985**

Exhibition Catalogues

As part of our exhibition program, the RIC publishes photo books in collaboration with a variety of partners and sponsors. The most recent addition is The Faraway Nearby: Photographs of Canada from The New York Times Photo Archive, published in partnership and distributed worldwide by Black Dog Publishing. This catalogue accompanied an exhibition by the same name, and features texts by an international team of authors, who explore how Canada’s visual identity in the twentieth century was constructed—from within and without—through the dissemination of images in this influential media outlet. Learn more about the exhibition and catalogue.

The Faraway Nearby

What It Means To Be Seen

Archival Dialogues

Berenice Abbott

Student Gallery

Apply for a chance to have your own exhibition in our student gallery! Deadline: June 30, 2019, 12:00 am EST

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The Student Gallery showcases the art and curatorial practices of Ryerson University’s current undergraduate and graduate students and recent alumni from all disciplines. Rigorous yet inclusive, the program engages audiences with important issues through group or solo exhibitions of contemporary art and historical lens-based media. Presenting seven exhibitions per year, the Student Gallery provides valuable, professional experience in the curation and display of artwork.

The exhibitions are selected annually, following a call for submissions, by a committee comprised of staff members from the RIC, along with students and faculty members from the School of Image Arts.