Lakehead University Department of Visual Arts

03/06/2025

We are excited to share a preview of the upcoming 40th Visual Arts Student Juried Show. Follow us through the Visual Arts studios as students bring in their artwork for review by the jury. Faculty members will select a diverse range of submissions to showcase the incredible talent of our students across all programs. Once selected, the artworks will be moved to the Thunder Bay Art Gallery, where a dedicated team of faculty and gallery staff will assist with the installation—support that has been vital for the past forty years in promoting and professionally presenting the work of our students from the Lakehead University Visual Arts Department.

Join us for the opening ceremony on Friday, March 28, from 7 to 9 p.m. We hope to see you there! Thunder Bay Art Gallery

10/13/2024

L.U Department of Visual Arts Lecture Series presented.

“Bonnie Devine talks about Land in War.”

Professor Devine is a visual artist, writer, and educator. An off-reserve member of the Ojibwe, Anishinaabek of Genaabaajing, Serpent River First Nation on the north shore of Lake Huron.

Professor Devine talked about her practice which is strongly influenced by the history of colonization of the Land of Turtle Island and her passion for preserving the history and stories of the Land and Anishinaabe culture through her visual art practice.

This event was funded by the Visual Arts Department and L.U internal grant for visiting scholars.
Stay tuned for the full lecture, which will be soon available on our website.
Thank you very much for joining us on Friday, Oct 11th. Thunder Bay Art Gallery, City of Thunder Bay Culture Day, Wonderful local Artists, L.U Indigenous Study Faculty, L.U Visual Arts Faculty, students and alumni.

05/12/2023

Check out 2023 People's Choice Award winners for the L.U Honours Exhibition and Juried Show in Thunder Bay Art Gallery. For the Honours Exhibition the winner was Ashley Gerolami for her outstanding painting titled "Awakening", Acrylic Paint and interlaced threads.
For the Juried Show Adele Agostino for ​her​ unique shaped-canvas painting ​titled ​"To Milkweed or Not to Milkweed"​, ​mixed media on wood panels.
​L.U Department of Visual Arts ​congratulates this year's People's Choice Award winners. Keep up the great work!
Special thanks to the wonderful visitors for participating in voting, Thunder Bay Art Gallery staff for organizing and counting hundreds of votes!

04/03/2023

Lakehead University Student Juried Exhibition and Honours Graduating Show opened to the public on Friday March 24th at Thunder Bay Art Gallery.
L.U student exhibits will be on display until Sunday April 23rd.
Thunder Bay Art Gallery

03/26/2023

Lakehead University Student Juried Exhibition and Honours Graduating Show opened to the public on Friday March 24th at Thunder Bay Art Gallery. The L.U Department of Visual Arts invites you to join us for the opening and award ceremonies on Friday March 31, 2023 in Thunder Bay Art Gallery. Doors open at 7 pm. There will be food and refreshments at the opening. This year the opening ceremonies will be emceed by Dr. Elizabeth Birmingham dean of Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities.
L.U student exhibits will be on display until Sunday April 23rd.
Thunder Bay Art Gallery

01/03/2023

Popular Thunder Bay artist and professor emeritus Mark Nisenholt from Lakehead University recently attended a Royal Canadian Academy of Arts ceremony through Zoom that celebrated his work in computer illustration.

Prof. Mark Nisenholt was recently inducted into the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.

08/17/2022

Fun artworks and art trivia from Guinness Book of Records by News.Artnet.com

Some of the best art-related Guinness World Records, from most expensive artwork to largest painting made from coffee and more.

06/04/2021

Join us online for Honours Exhibition opening at Thunder Bay Art Gallery

04/15/2021

JOIN US for the 2021 Lakehead University’s Student Juried Exhibition. The LU Student Juried show is one of the Gallery’s most anticipated exhibitions of the year. This year, for the first time, we’ve moved the exhibition online due to COVID-19. Students created these works at home across Northern Ontario, Southern Ontario, and China.