Exhibitions

Joi T. Arcand, ekawiya nepewisi (don’t be shy), 2017, neon channel sign. Photograph by Toni Hafkenscheid

The RMG annually programs over twenty exhibitions across six gallery spaces. With a focus on modern and contemporary Canadian art, we present a variety of exhibitions that reflect a diverse range of artistic output, including painting, photography, sculpture, film, installation and performance. Reflecting our commitment to connect our communities through art, we strive to produce innovative and timely exhibitions that recognize our collective responsibility to contend with the past and vision a more equitable, just, and expansive future.  

View a selection of online exhibition catalogues here.

Natural Curiosities

January 17, 2026 - June 7, 2026

Permanent Collection

Curator: Sonya Jones

Artists: Various from permanent collection

Flowers and plants have long fascinated artists, serving as both subjects of study and sources of inspiration. To hone their skills of observation, artists look to botanical subjects to study the effects of form, colour, and light and to translate the beauty and fragility they see in nature into poignant works of art. Drawing from […]

Community Connections

January 17, 2026 - June 7, 2026

Community Partnerships

Curator: Sonya Jones

The Robert McLaughlin Gallery and the Oshawa Camera Club is teaming up with Community Development Council Durham’s (CDCD) Community Connections program to highlight the experiences of newcomers and immigrants in Durham Region. For this project, the participants took photographs that capture their lives in their new community and consider their important role within it. The […]

Haley Uyeda: RBC Emerging Artist Residency Exhibition

February 24, 2026 - April 19, 2026

Artist Residency

Curator: Hannah Keating

Artists: Haley Uyeda

During her residency, Haley Uyeda will produce new works on paper, photo-based works, and site-specific paintings. Considering the premise that we each hold distinctive postures towards, and awarenesses of, our inner and outer worlds, her explorations will centre around the question: how are personal sensibilities formed? As someone who is half-Japanese and half-Newfoundlander, with two […]

Sukaina Kubba, Wolf

Sukaina Kubba: Not Soft by Nature

April 11, 2026 - September 6, 2026

Special Exhibition

Sukaina Kubba, Wolf, hand-drawn PLA filament, 26” x 20”, 2025. Courtesy of the artist.