Coming Soon
January 1, 2010 onward

As the initial public-art project for the Audain Gallery at SFU Woodward's, four visual artists who are SFU Alumni have been commissioned to create new site-specific public art works. Coming Soon will address the qualities of the neighbourhood and the context of the new location of the School for the Contemporary Arts.

The first commissioned work by Ken Lum will be will be shown in the Hastings Street windows of the Audain Gallery beginning in January, before the official opening of SFU Woodward's. Lum's work will be followed by a window project by Kathy Slade.

As an extension of the window project into another medium, and as a public interface for the Audain Gallery, Lorna Brown and Jamie Hilder will create projects specifically designed for the internet on the Audain Gallery’s website.

Recent Events

Public Symposium
As part of the Coming Soon project, a public symposium was held at the Audain Gallery on Saturday, January 23.

The symposium's aim was to address questions regarding the different, and often competing, public and artistic expectations of art in the public sphere and art as a public discourse. Two panel discussions with artists, curators, and cultural critics opened these issues: Lorna Brown (CA), Jamie Hilder (CA), Am Johal (CA, moderator), Makiko Hara (CA), Ken Lum (CA), Bik Van Der Pol (NL), Jeff Derksen (CA, moderator) and others.

>>  Visit the commissioned art projects, Coming Soon

First Nations / Second Nature
February 6–March 20, 2010

The inaugural exhibition in the new Audain Project Gallery at SFU Woodward's is First Nations / Second Nature, curated by Candice Hopkins. With its roots in the local history of Vancouver, First Nations / Second Nature is built of works which mediate the politics of site and the shifting conceptions of territory.

The works, from local, national as well as international artists, together offer divergent engagements with the politics of site from the national to the local as it is defined by First Nations' conceptions of place and territory.

Artists include Rebecca Belmore, Matthew Buckingham, Greg Curnoe, Sam Durant, Jimmie Durham, Andrea Geyer, Cheryl L’Hirondelle and Andrew Lee, Brian Jungen and Patricia Reed.

Date: February 6–March 20, 2010   |   Tuesday–Saturday   2 pm–8 pm

Opening: February 6, 2010 at 7 pm

Location: Audain Gallery, SFU Woodward's
149 West Hasting Street, Vancouver