Exhibitions

The gallery is now closed, but we will re-open with a reception to celebrate our new season of exhibitions on Wednesday, September 12, 6:00–8:00 pm. Hope to see you there!

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Scotiabank Photography Award: Shelley Niro (opening night), 2018 © Clifton Li, Ryerson Image Centre

Upcoming

A young, poor boy poses in tattered clothing — Fig. 1
Gordon Parks, *Flavio da Silva*, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1961. Courtesy of and copyright The Gordon Parks Foundation

Gordon Parks

The Flávio Story

September 12 – December 9, 2018
Main Gallery, Ryerson Image Centre
Co-curators: Paul Roth and Amanda Maddox

Organized by the Ryerson Image Centre, Toronto, Canada, the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California, USA, and The Gordon Parks Foundation, New York, USA, in partnership with Instituto Moreira Salles, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with assistance from Instituto Sacatar, Bahia, Brazil.

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A man standing on a pile of rubble — Fig. 2
Pedro Meyer, [Rescue workers at collapsed building, Mexico City], 1985, gelatin silver print. The Black Star Collection, Ryerson Image Centre

TERREMOTO

Mexico City, 1985

September 12 – December 9, 2018
University Gallery, Ryerson Image Centre
Curator: Denise Birkhofer

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A group of soldiers with shields on a street with colourful signs — Fig. 3
Production image, *Every Building on Avenida Alfonso Ugarte—After Ruscha*, 2011. Two-channel digital HD color video with sound, edition of 3 and 2 APs; running time: 26 minutes. Courtesy of LMAKgallery, NY. © Claudia Joskowicz

Claudia Joskowicz

Every Building on Avenida Alfonso Ugarte – After Ruscha

September 12 – December 9, 2018
Guest Curator: Ilana Shamoon
Salah J. Bachir New Media Wall, Ryerson Image Centre

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A portrait of a girl with tattoos and a head scarf — Fig. 4
Alia Youssef, *Faye* from the series *The Sisters Project*, 2017. Courtesy of the artist

Alia Youssef

The Sisters Project

September 12 – October 14, 2018
Student Gallery, Ryerson Image Centre

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A boy posing wearing an elaborate hat — Fig. 5
Jason Perreault, Untitled, 2018, inkjet print. Courtesy of the artist

Jason Perreault

Bien dans sa peau

October 24 – December 9, 2018
Student Gallery, Ryerson Image Centre

A girl seated, wearing a ball gown, with a purse in her hands — Fig. 6
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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Past Exhibitions

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A little girl sitting in a big chair with her back towards the camera, and her hair hanging down the back of the chair — Fig. 1
**Cynthia Johnston: Ceydie**

A woman stands with her hands on her hips wearing a t-shirt that says: My ancestors were annihilated, exterminated, murdered and massacred — Fig. 2
**Scotiabank Photography Award: Shelley Niro**

Hands writing on a piece of paper with a pencil, with jars of beads to the side — Fig. 3
**Nadia Myre: Acts that Fade Away**

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.