Description
Audain Gallery opened in 2010 and is named after patron Michael Audain. The gallery is in downtown Vancouver in the Goldcorp Centre for the Arts, along with SFU’s School for the Contemporary Arts. The gallery advances the aesthetic and discursive production and presentation of contemporary art through a responsive program of exhibitions that support engaged pedagogy. Focusing on the ways in which contemporary art is socially formed and formative, the gallery initiates local, national, and international projects, including exhibitions by visiting international artists through the Audain Visual Artists in Residence Program, such as Marjetica Potrč, YOUNG-HAE CHANG HEAVY INDUSTRIES, Raqs Media Collective, Claire Fontaine, Walid Raad, and Hito Steyerl. Other exhibitions have included the work of Dana Claxton, Ursula Mayer, Nep Sidhu, Martine Syms, and Althea Thauberger. Audain Gallery also hosts SFU SCA Visual Arts student exhibitions. Events such as artist’s talks, public discussions, and screenings are organized parallel to the gallery’s exhibitions, cultivating the cultural context and conversation around visual art. Audain Gallery offers a critical space for engagement with the diverse and timely ideas of contemporary art in a dynamic and shifting manner.
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