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• June 22, 2017 - Spring 2019
• CURATORS: Karen Duffek, Jordan Wilson, Bill McLennan
• Despite sitting still in a glass case before you, some artworks never stop moving. They contain histories. They challenge us. They are more than art. In a Different Light presents more than 110 historical Indigenous artworks and marks the return of many important works to British Columbia. These objects are amazing artistic achievements. Yet they also transcend the idea of ‘art’ or ‘artifact’. Through the voices of contemporary First Nations artists and community members, this exhibition reflects on the roles historical artworks have today. Featuring immersive storytelling and innovative design, it explores what we can learn from these works and how they relate to Indigenous peoples’ relationships to their lands. With the increasing impacts of colonization in the 19th century, many Northwest Coast objects were removed from their communities. As they circulated through museums and private collections, their histories were often lost. Indigenous community members are now reconnecting with these objects and rebuilding their past. Through their eyes, you will come to see these artworks in a different light — as teachers, belongings, even legal documents. Ultimately, this inaugural exhibition of the Gallery of Northwest Coast Masterworks highlights the creativity and inventiveness of Northwest Coast artists and how they understood the world they lived in. And critically, it shows us the immense body of knowledge that endures today.

• October 13, 1987 - January 3, 1988 (Gallery 5)
• An exhibition of photographs entered for the Commonwealth Photography Award. This project was produced with the assistance of the Standard Chartered Bank.

• January 20 - March 15, 1981 (Gallery 9)

• August 8 - October 15, 1978
• An exhibition of artefacts from the Palaeolithic to the rise of the Japanese state, borrowed from museums and private collections in Japan.

Use for: Ibo

• Southeastern Nigerian culture.

• June 28 - September 4, 1988 (Gallery 5)
• Using Pacific Northwest Coast Indian masks from MOA’s collection, this exhibition illustrates the tradition of making masks that extends along the entire Northwest culture area from northern Washington State through British Columbia to the Alaskan panhandle. The range of mask types and their use is considerable. They may represent chiefs and ancestors of high rank, or more commonly, serve as a means of making the supernatural world visible. Masks vary in size, shape, complexity and purpose from one tribal group to another. This exhibit combines both historical and contemporary examples of this dramatic art form.
• Canada House, London, England Travelling Through March 4, 1988

• May 26 – August 30, 1981 (Gallery 5)

• April 5 - June 15, 1977
• Student exhibition: An exhibition by the students of Fine Arts 461 and 561.

• [Spring 1996]
• Student exhibition: A look at souvenirs and other Northwest Coast artistry for sale in Vancouver by students in Anthropology 432, “The Anthropology of Public Representation.”

Use for: House boards

• April 11 - September 1979
• Student exhibition: A Fine Arts student colour slide presentation. Six hundred slides are collaged on the theatre’s six screens in a creative view of contemporary media and advertising.

• June 21 - December, 1994
• ‘High Slack’ is the moment when the tide has risen to its highest point before the ebb. Vancouver artist and UBC Fine Arts Professor Judith Williams sees this pause in the tides as a metaphor for a moment of calm in the social current. The installation of paintings, sculptures, photographs and bookworks at MOA is a series of proposals for future directions in our relations to the “other,” whoever, and whatever that might be. This exhibition is not a statement; rather, it provides an atmosphere for contemplation and change.